\u201cFootprint III\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Ji\u0159\u00ed Kratochvil, translated from the Czech by G. S. Evans (Cafe Irreal<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n JANUARY<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Lighthouse Girl\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Bao Shu, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (hard SF) A young woman starts suspecting that she is a clone or experiment and that her father has been lying to her her whole life.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cThe Heaven-Moving Way\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/a> by Chi Hui, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Apex Magazine<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (hard SF) A woman steals a starship to look for her brother, who went in search of alien civilizations in the galactic core.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n FEBRUARY<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Man Who Moved the Western Wall\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Uzi Weil, translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston (The Short Story Project<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou Know How the Story Goes\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by ? (Tor.com<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n Excerpt from Anna<\/em><\/span><\/a> by Niccol\u00f2 Ammaniti<\/span>, translated from the Italian by Jonathan Hunt (Guernica)<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (post-apocalyptic SF) It\u2019s been several years since a virus killed all the adults. Now Sicily lies in ruins while the disease lies in wait, poised to claim the children as they reach adolescence.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cThe Last Children of Tokyo\u201d<\/span><\/a> (excerpted from The Emissary<\/em>) by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani (Granta)<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (dystopia) Japan suffers a major disaster and cuts itself off from the world, as its children suffer health problems and its older citizens are the only ones able to keep moving forward.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Excerpt from The Bottom of the Sky<\/em><\/span><\/a> by Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n<\/span>, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden (Open Letter Books).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (speculative\/metafiction) An\u00a0homage to American science-fiction films and novels, The Bottom of the Sky<\/em> is the story of two boys, a disturbingly beautiful girl, and their joint love for other planets.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cParalysis\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Claude Ecken, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin (Motherboard)<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (speculative) In a short monologue, a father admonishes his son to reject the worlds offered to him in science fiction, and instead accept the cold, soulless reality of the present.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cThe Power is Out\u201d<\/span><\/a> by A Que, translated from the Chinese by Elizabeth Hanlon (Clarkesworld<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (post-apocalyptic SF) A pulse of electromagnetic radiation from space plunges the world into darkness and chaos, and survival depends on trust and ruthless self-preservation.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n MARCH<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Excerpt from The Invisible Valley<\/em><\/span><\/a> by Su Wei, translated from the Chinese by Austin Woerner (Samovar<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (fantasy) Set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Invisible Valley<\/em> tells the story of a teenager working in a remote mountain encampment who stumbles upon an ambiguous utopia.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cUnder the Spinodal Curve\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Hanu\u0161 Seiner, translated from the Czech by Julie Novakova (Tor.com<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (science fiction) \u201cMetallurgists\u2026splinter their own minds in order to manipulate metal at the microscopic level, creating shadow selves to craft the nano-architecture of metal alloys into perfection. Near the vast steelworks of Karshad, a journalist has fallen in love with the residual personality of a metallurgist, but what will happen when realliance\u2014and forgetting\u2014comes?\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cWalking\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Der Nister, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Tomaras (Samovar<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (dark allegory) An unnamed character continuously moving from place to place, always searching for some undefined thing and never satisfied with what he does achieve. Throughout his journey, he keeps running into a God-like figure who won\u2019t offer him any clear answers.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cThe Photograph Trade\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Abdul wakil Sulamal, translated from the Pashto by James Caron (Samovar<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (speculative) A story about how photographs make us see the world in terms of surface images and truth\/lies.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Excerpt from The Coincidence Makers<\/em><\/span><\/a> by Yoav Blum, translated from the Hebrew by Ira Moskowitz (St. Martin\u2019s Press).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (speculative) Three seemingly-ordinary people work for a secret organization devoted to creating and carrying out coincidences, which are in fact orchestrated events designed to make significant changes in the lives of their targets.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cDeep Sea Fish\u201d<\/a><\/span> by Chi Hui, translated from the Chinese by Brian Bies (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (hard SF) Archaeological explorations of Titan reveal sophisticated, ancient alien drawings etched into massive ice sculptures, but terraforming efforts threaten to destroy them.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cFarewell, Adam\u201d<\/span><\/a> by<\/span> Xiu Xinyu, translated from the Chinese by <\/span>Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (science fiction) A pop star is connected to and uses the consciousnesses of one hundred people, who together figure out how to best sustain his popularity among his followers and fans.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Excerpt from Sisyphean<\/em><\/span><\/a> by\u00a0Dempow Torishima, translated from the Japanese by Daniel Huddleston (Haikasoru).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (biohorror\/Weird) Even when genetic engineering has made humanity nearly unrecognizable, certain human traits and occupations never really change.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n APRIL<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYasha\u2019s Eternity\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Anna Starobinets, translated from the Russian by Hugh Aplin (The Short Story Project<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n Excerpt from Lui Vutoon<\/em> (\u2018Lui Vitton\u2019)<\/span><\/a> by Armin K\u00f5om\u00e4gi, translated from the Estonian by Adam Cullen (European Literature Network<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnnus Mirabilis (Anus Horribilis)\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Aleksey Lukyanov, translated from the Russian by Anne O. Fisher (World Literature Today<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAncient History\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n, translated from the Spanish by Cecilia Weddell (World Literature Today<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA Perfect Wife\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Ang\u00e9lica Gorodischer, translated from the Spanish by Amalia Gladhart (World Literature Today<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Tenants\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Anne Richter, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin (World Literature Today<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (surrealism) An old man left to roam his large, empty house starts seeing ghostly tenants whom no one else seems to see..<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cThe House\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Pierrette Fleutiaux, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin (World Literature Today<\/em>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (surrealism) Allegorical story about familial relationships.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cCatching Dogs With Dogs\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Rob van Essen, translated from the Dutch by Kristen Gehrman (2.3.74)<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n (post-apocalyptic sf) After a vicious flu wipes out nearly everyone under the age of 60, those who are left try to make sense of their survival, and some devote their lives to the abandoned animals that now roam the streets.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cTaklamakan Misdelivery\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Bae Myung-hoon, translated from the Korean by Sung Ryu (Asymptote<\/em>). <\/strong>[read review]<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n (science fiction) Characters live their lives in a 600+-story high-rise that functions as its own sovereign nation.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cAspirin\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Park Min-gyu, translated from the Korean by Agnel Joseph (Asymptote<\/em>). <\/strong>[read review]<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n (science fiction) When a large unidentified object appears in the skies above Seoul, residents react to it as only humans would\u2026<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n