“Pollen” by Anna Burdenko, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Clarkesworld, March 1) “The Sound of the Star” by Ren Zeyu, translated from the Chinese by Jay Zhang (Clarkesworld, March 1) The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated from the Spanish (Argentina) by Sarah Moses (Scribner, March 4). The long-awaited new novel from the author
“Bodyhoppers” by Rocío Vega, translated from the Spanish by Sue Burke (Clarkesworld, February 1) “The Hanging Tower of Babel” by Wang Zhenzhen, translated from the Chinese by Carmen Yiling Yan (Clarkesworld, February 1) “Hotel California” by Hsin-Hui Lin, translated from the Chinese (Taiwan) by Ye Odelia Lu (Samovar, February 3) “Flying in the Dark Night”
The Bewitched Bourgeois: Fifty Stories by Dino Buzzati, translated from the Italian by Lawrence Venuti (NYRB, January 7). In The Bewitched Bourgeois, Lawrence Venuti has put together an anthology that showcases Buzzati’s short fiction from his earliest stories to the ones he wrote in the last months of his life. Some appear in English for
“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
“The Face of God: A Documentary” by Damián Neri, translated from the Spanish by the author (Clarkesworld, October 1) The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgaard, translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken (Penguin Press, October 1) Shapeshifting visitors, unsolved murders in the forest, black metal bands and an online bank of thousands of people’s
“The Children I Gave You, Oxalaia” by Cirilo Lemos, translated by Thamirys Gênova (Clarkesworld, September 1) The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir; translated from the Icelandic by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Nightfire, September 3) The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík that’s sure to keep you awake at night.
“The Rambler” by Shen Dacheng, translated from the Chinese by Cara Healey (Clarkesworld, April 1) The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated from the Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain (Restless Books, April 30) A perilous and fantastical satire of banned books, secret libraries, and the looming eye of an all-powerful government. Oracle
“The Peregrine Falcon Flies West” by Yang Wanqing, tr from the Chinese by Jay Zhang (Clarkesworld, February) You Glow in the Dark by Liliana Colanzi, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews (New Directions, February 6) The seven stories of You Glow in the Dark unfold in a Latin America wrecked and poisoned by human
“Stars Don’t Dream” by Chi Hui, translated from the Chinese by John Chu (Clarkesworld, January 1) “House on the Edge of the Crater” (“Ház a kráter szélén“) by Gábor Képes, translated from the Hungarian by Anna Kállai (Samovar, January 22) [reprint] “The House of the Scolopendra” by Nicola Lombardi, translated from the Italian by J.
“De Profundis, a Space Love Letter” by Bella Han, translated from the Chinese by the author (Clarkesworld, October 1). Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again by Shigeru Kayama, translated from the Japanese by Jeffrey Angles (University of Minnesota Press, October 3). The first English translations of the original novellas about the iconic kaijū Godzilla. On the
