The Netherlands – Speculative Fiction in Translation

Out This Month: October

By Rachel CordascoOctober 3, 2025out this monthAlex Shvartsman, Anne Thompson Melo, Antoine Volodine, Arabic, Argentina, Blake Stone-Banks, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Dutch, Enrique Muñoz-Mantas, Eva Meijer, Fairwood Press, France, French, Gabriela Rábago Palafox, Gina M. Stamm, Harper, Harper One, Honford Star, Hungarian, Hungary, Invisible Publishing, Iskanchi Press, JaeHoon Choi, Janet Hong, Japan, Japanese, K. A. Teryna, Korea, Korean, Krisztina Tóth, Liu Maijia, M. Elizabeth Ginway, Mauritania, Mexico, Moussa Ould Ebnou, Ottilie Mulzet, Paul Roochnik, Russia, Russian, Sarah Moses, Seven Stories Press, Spanish, Sung-il Kim, Takami Nieda, The Netherlands, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Tomás Downey, Tor, Two Lines Press, University of Minnesota Press, Yasushi Kitagawa

“Giant Grandmother” by Liu Maijia, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld, October 1) Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Fairwood Press, October 1) The world is not how we perceive it. A blizzard may be the fury of a whale god. Intelligent

Out This Month: February

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 2, 2022out this monthDutch, The Netherlands, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Tor Nightfire

NOVELS Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Moshe Gilula (Tor Nightfire, February 8) Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that his climbing buddy, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead. Nick’s own injuries are as extensive as they are horrifying. His face wrapped in bandages

SFT from DAW

By Rachel CordascoAugust 9, 2019spotlightDAW, Dutch, France, French, German, Germany, Russia, Russian, The Netherlands

During the 1970s and 80s, DAW Books published 21 works of SFT, including novels, collections, and anthologies. Below are the striking covers with links to their respective Goodreads pages. Enjoy! from the Dutch from the French

Reviews of Short Fiction: January Edition

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 8, 2019reviewAmélie Olaiz, Apex Magazine, Asja Bakić, Bosnia, Croatian, Dutch, Hazlitt, Italian, Italy, Japan, Japanese, Jennifer Croft, Jennifer Zoble, Katsuya Yatsukawa, M. H. Vesseur, Marian Coman, Massimo Soumaré, Menacing Hedge, Olga Tokarczuk, Paul Vincent, Poland, Polish, Romania, Romanian, Sebastian Simon, SFT, Spanish, The Netherlands, Toshiya Kamei, Unfit Magazine, Unreal Magazine, World Literature Today

Each month, 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.

Reviews of Short Fiction: November/December Edition

By Rachel CordascoDecember 28, 2018reviewAdrian Demopulos, Alberto Chimal, Andy Dudak, Cascadia Subduction Zone, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld, Clelia Farris, Czech, Czech Republic, Denis Álvarez Betancourt, Dutch, Future Science Fiction Digest, Getsl Selikovitch, Hanuš Seiner, Iliana Vargas, In Geveb, Italian, Italy, Jerry L. Robinette, Julia Meitov Hersey, Julie Nováková, Katie Brown, Latin American Literature Today, Laura Quijano Vincenzi, Lawrence Schimel, Liang Ling, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, Mexico, Michael Shapiro, Miguel Gomes, Mike Jansen, Nathan Faries, Peng Simeng, Portuguese, Rachel Cordasco, S. Qiouyi Lu, Samovar, Spanish, Susana Vallejo, Swylmar dos Santos Ferreira, The Netherlands, Toshiya Kamei, Unfit Magazine, Yiddish, Zhang Ran, Zhao Li

Out This Month: December

By Rachel CordascoDecember 3, 2018out this monthAndy Dudak, Aphelion, Black Coat Press, Brazil, Brian Stableford, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Costa Rica, Dutch, France, French, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Jerry L. Robinette, Laura Quijano Vincenzi, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Matt Treyvaud, Mike Jansen, Portuguese, Samovar Magazine, Spanish, Swylmar dos Santos Ferreira, The Netherlands, Toshiya Kamei, Yoshiki Tanaka, Zhang Ran

SHORT STORIES “Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler” by Zhang Ran, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, December 1) “Us and Them” by Swylmar dos Santos Ferreira, translated from the Portuguese by Toshiya Kamei (Aphelion, December) “Fluxless” by Mike Jansen, translated from the Dutch

INTERVIEW: Thomas Olde Heuvelt

By Rachel CordascoMay 18, 2016interviewThe Netherlands, Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Award-winning Dutch novelist Thomas Olde Heuvelt is the author of five novels and many short stories. His work has been translated into several languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and French. In 2015, his story, “The Day the World Turned Upside Down” won a Hugo Award. Two more of his stories have been nominated for

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