Dempow Torishima – Speculative Fiction in Translation

Horror in Translation in World Literature Today

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 7, 2019list, SFT recs, spotlightAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Bosnia, Bosnian, Coral Petkovich, Daniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Haikasoru, Iraq, Istros Books, Japan, Japanese, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Jonathan Wright, Marlaine Delargy, Penguin, riverrun, Selvedin Avdić, Sweden, Swedish

I wrote about horror in translation for World Literature Today‘s “What to Read Now” feature: check it out! –

Interview with Dempow Torishima

By Rachel CordascoApril 30, 2018interview, newsDaniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Weird Fiction Review

Over at Weird Fiction Review, David Davis interviews Japanese speculative fiction author Dempow Torishima, whose work of biohorror, Sisyphean, was translated by Daniel Huddleston and came out earlier this year from Haikasoru. You can also check out my review of this powerful, brilliant novel here.

Out This Month: April

By Rachel CordascoApril 2, 2018out this monthAndy Dudak, Asymptote Journal, Autin Woerner, China, Chinese, Dempow Torishima, Finland, Finnish, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Jiang Bo, Korea, Korean, Kurodahan Press, Laura Lindstedt, Margaret Mitsutani, New Directions, Oneworld, Owen Witesman, Small Beer Press, Su Wei, Tyran Grillo, Yoko Tawada, Yoshiki Tanaka

FICTION “The Wings of Earth” by Jiang Bo, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 1) “Fifth: You Shall Not Waste” by Piero Schiavo Campo, translated from Italian by Sarah Jane Webb (Akashic Books, April) “Taklamakan Misdelivery” by Bae Myung-hoon, translated from the Korean by

Out This Month: March

By Rachel CordascoMarch 2, 2018out this monthArabic, Blake Stone-Banks, Brian Bies, Brow Books, Bruno Schulz, Catalan, Catalonia, Chi Hui, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Daniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Gautam Bhatia, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Indonesia, Indonesian, Intan Paramaditha, Ira Moskowitz, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Karin Tidbeck, Madeline G. Levine, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Manuel de Pedrolo, Northwestern University Press, Polish, Sara Martín, St. Martin's Press, Stephen J. Epstein, Strange Horizons, Wesleyan University Press, Xiu Xinyu, Yoav Blum

FICTION “Farewell, Adam” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld Magazine) “Deep Sea Fish” by Chi Hui, translated by Brian Bies (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction) Typescript of the Second Origin by Manuel de Pedrolo, translated from the Catalan by Sara Martín

Review: Sisyphean by Dempow Torishima

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 26, 2018reviewDaniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese

translated by Daniel Huddleston Haikasoru March 20, 2018 304 pages grab a copy I’ve seen this book described as bio-horror and New Weird and post-apocalyptic horror…and it is all of these things and more. This is one of those books that, while not exactly long (just over 300 pages), takes an oddly long time to

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Interview with Dempow Torishima

Out This Month: April

Out This Month: March

Review: Sisyphean by Dempow Torishima