Spanish author Vicente Luis Mora and translator Rahul Bery discuss “experimentation, Medieval and Renaissance poetry, and the strange allure of setting a fiction in nineteenth-century Prussia” in this piece from the Pittsburgh Review of Books. Check out my review here.
translated from the Spanish by Rahul Bery original publication (in Spanish): 2020 first English edition: Peninsula Press, 2023 this edition: Bellevue Literary Press, 2026 192 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Centroeuropa reminds me of a series of books I’ve been reading lately, namely Danish author Solvej Balle’s
“Those Who Left History” by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated from the Chinese by Stella Jiayue Zhu (Clarkesworld, March 1) “Antarctic Radio” by Gu Shi, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Asimov’s, March/April) City Like Water by Dorothy Tse, translated from the Chinese by Natascha Bruce (Graywolf Press, March 3) Your city is gone, as if
Red Sword by Bora Chung, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur (Honford Star, May 13). Red Sword is the mesmerizing and haunting English-language debut novel by International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Bora Chung. Expertly translated by Anton Hur, this speculative fiction unfolds on a distant, war-ravaged planet where advanced technologies wreak havoc and devastation. Told
“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) REVIEWS Shinjini Dey reviews Mevlido’s Dreams: A Post Exotic Novel on Strange Horizons Aran Ward Sell reviews Your Own Dark Shadow: A Selection of Lost
“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
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
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
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
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
