Spain – Speculative Fiction in Translation

Out This Month: December

By Rachel CordascoDecember 4, 2024out this monthBlake Stone-Banks, Celia Corral-Vázquez, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Gelian, Spain, Spanish, Sue Burke

“The Coffee Machine” by Celia Corral-Vázquez, translated from the Spanish by Sue Burke (Clarkesworld, December 1) “Life Sentence” by Gelian, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld, December 1)

Out This Month: May

By Rachel CordascoMay 5, 2024out this monthAnnie McDermott, Cho Yeeun, Dino Buzzati, Honford Star, Italian, Italy, Korea, Korean, Lawrence Venuti, Layla Martinez, NYRB Classics, Sophie Hughes, Spain, Spanish, Two Lines Press, Yewon Jung

“Renting to Killers” by Elena Pavlova, translated from the Bulgarian by the author and Kalin M. Nenov (Asimov’s, May/June) Woodworm by Layla Martinez, translated from the Spanish (Spain) by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott (Two Lines Press, May 14) The house breathes. The house contains bodies and secrets. The house is visited by ghosts, by angels that

SFT Looking for a Publisher: The Last Fire

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 23, 2024spotlightCatalan, Joaquim Casal, Spain

translated from the Catalan Do we know everything about fire? After many years of studies and research, and the analysis of many fires, we think so. But this is not the case. There is another dimension to fire, another world, that our technological society does not know about. The Last Fire, which received an honourable

Review: Stories by Cristina Jurado

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 10, 2024reviewCalque Press, Cristina Jurado, Monica Louzon, Spain, Spanish, Steve Redwood, Sue Burke

translated by Sue Burke, Ines Galiano, Monica Louzon, Steve Redwood, and James Womack first English edition: Nevsky Books, 2018 new English edition: Calque Press, 2023 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library I first read Alphaland a few years ago and loved the stories’ creeping horror and dark mystery [see

Out This Month: February

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 5, 2023out this monthArgentina, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Dalkey Archive Press, Emily Jin, Gu Shi, Hogarth, Jon Bilbao, Katie Whittemore, Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell, Spain, Spanish

SHORT STORIES “Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition” by Gu Shi, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, February 1) NOVELS Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Hogarth, February 7) A young father and son set out on a road trip, devastated by the death of

Out This Month: January

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 4, 2022out this monthApex Magazine, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Coach House Books, Cristina Jurado, Dmitry Glukhovsky, France, French, Gregoire Courtois, Gu Shi, Japan, Japanese, Marian Schwartz, Monica Louzon, Rhonda Mullins, Russia, Russian, S. Qiouyi Lu, Spain, Spanish, World Literature Today, Yilun Fan, Yuki Fuwa

SHORT STORIES “No One at the Wild Dock” by Gu Shi, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Clarkesworld, January 1) “Devour Me” by Yuki Fuwa, translated from the Japanese by (World Literature Today, January) “City Lights” by Yilun Fan, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu (Apex Magazine, January) “Lamia” by Cristina

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 3, 2021out this monthAlex Shvartsman, Alexander Bachilo, Alfred Döblin, Arabic, Ari Larissa Heinrich, Asimov's, Chi Ta-wei, China, Chinese, Chris Godwin, Clarkesworld Magazine, Columbia University Press, Cristina Jurado, Egypt, Future Science Fiction Digest, Galileo Publishers, German, Germany, Head of Zeus, K. A Teryna, Lavie Tidhar, Mohamed Kheir, Nathan Faries, Robin Moger, Russia, Russian, Spain, Spanish, Sue Burke, Two Lines Press, Wanxiang Fengnian

SHORT STORIES “Embracing the Movement” by Cristina Jurado, translated from the Spanish by Sue Burke (Clarkesworld, June 1) “Face Changing” by Jiang Bo, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, June 1) “The Chartreuse Sky” by K.A. Teryna and Alexander Bachilo, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Asimov’s, May/June)

Daniel’s Reviews: Rabbit Island by Elvira Navarro

By Rachel CordascoApril 9, 2021Daniel's Reviews, reviewChristina McSweeney, Daniel Haeusser, Elvira Navarro, Spain, Spanish, Two Lines Press

Daniel Haeusser reviews short works of SFT that appear both online and in print. He is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Canisius College, where he teaches microbiology and leads student research projects with bacteria and bacteriophage. He’s also an associate blogger with the American Society for Microbiology’s popular Small Things Considered. Daniel reads

Out This Month: April

By Rachel CordascoApril 4, 2020out this monthAlex Shvartsman, Andrés Barba, Angry Robot, Asaf Ashery, Blake Stone-Banks, Chen Qiufan, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Eldar Safin, Francesco Verso, Hao Jingfang, Head of Zeus, Hebrew, HMH, Israel, Italian, Italy, Ken Liu, Lisa Dillman, Luna Press Publishing, Marganit Weinberger-Rotman, Russia, Russian, Sally McCorry, Samovar Magazine, Spain, Spanish

SHORT STORIES “Debtless” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 1). “The Green Hills of Dimitry Totzkiy” by Eldar Safin, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Samovar, April). NOVELS Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated from the

Flash Fiction From Around the World: “Returning”

By Rachel CordascoMay 7, 2019Flash FictionCascadia Subduction Zone, Lawrence Schimel, Spain, Spanish, Susana Vallejo

This is the nineteenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. The series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Susana Vallejo (Madrid, 1968) is an author who works in PR/Communication in Barcelona, where she’s lived since 1994. She has won numerous prizes in the fields

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