Fiction

Since 2010, we have published a total of 61 stories and 1 novella. We published authors from 30 countries. We published 23 original stories published for the first time, or for the first time in English, on the World SF Blog.

Here is out full list of short fiction published on the World SF Blog.

FICTION LINE-UP (from October 26th, 2010, newest stories first, * denotes if first published on the World SF Blog)

2013:

• Smile of the Monster, by Ido Sokolovsky, Israel (June 18, 2013) *
• Sanditon, by Helen Marshall, Canada (May 28, 2013)
• Synchronicity, by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, Philippines (May 14, 2013)
• A Puddle of Blood, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexico (May 7, 2013)
• Ratan Mirrors, by Geetanjali Dighe, India (April 30, 2013) *
• Looking the Lopai in the Eyes, by Indrapramit Das, India (April 16, 2013)
• Battleflag, by Bojan Ratković, Serbia (April 2, 2013) *
• Case Notes of a Witchdoctor, by Nick Wood, South Africa (March 19, 2013) *
• Eternal Return, by Rodolfo Martínez, Spain (March 5, 2013) *
• Eagle Feathers, by Joyce Chng, Singapore (February 19, 2013) *
• Poison, by Henrietta Rose-Innes, South Africa (February 5, 2013)
• On the Feast of Stephen, by Cyril Simsa, Czech Republic (January 22, 2013) *

2012:

• Ceremony of Innocence, by Armando Salinas, Mexico (December 4, 2012) *
• Planetfall, by Athena Andreadis, Greece (November 20, 2012)
• Brita’s Holiday Village, by Karin Tidbeck, Sweden (November 13, 2012)
• Don’t Move a Muscle, Mr. Liberty, by Jordan Ellinger, Canada (October 23, 2012)
• Valletta, City of Guilt, by Michael Vella, Malta (October 9, 2012) *
• Disclosure, by Sarah Newton, United Kingdom (September 25, 2012) *
• The Princess and the Shadowspawn, by Ben Godby, Canada (September 18, 2012) *
• The Good Things in Life, by H.H. Løyche, Denmark (September 4, 2012)
• Electric Sonalika, by Samit Basu, India (August 28, 2012)
• Morrie and the Grand Potato, by Tom Learmont, South Africa (August 7, 2012) *
• The Transformist, by Horacio Sentíes Madrid, Mexico (June 26, 2012)
• Deadly Quiet on the Western Front, by Fábio Fernandes, Brazil (June 19th, 2012) *
• Waiting With Mortals, by Crystal Koo, Philippines (June 5th, 2012) *
• The Portal Plague, by Dinesh Rao, India (May 22nd, 2012) *
• Professor Berkowitz Stands on the Threshold, by Theodora Goss, USA (May 8th, 2012)
• Flight of the Ibis, by Fadzlishah Johanabas, Malaysia (April 24th, 2012)
• Prudence and the Dragon, by Zen Cho, Malaysia (March 20th, 2012)
• Dali’s Clocks, by Dave Hutchinson, UK (March 6th, 2012)
• Fear and Loathing in Deptford, by K.A. Laity, USA (February 21st, 2012)
• You Cannot Fight the War for Reason: Wearing the Wrong Trousers, by Aditya Bidikar, India (February 7th, 2012)
• Cosmic Love, by Harry Markov, Bulgaria (January 24th, 2012) *
• Clay Cast Cats, by TCA Lakshmi Narasimhan, India (January 10th, 2012) *

2011:

• A Hundred Thousand Armstrongs, by Zoltán László, Hungary (December 27th, 2011) *
• Kolkata Sea, by Indrapramit Das, India (December 13th, 2011)
• The City of Silence (Part Two), by Ma Boyong (translated by Ken Liu), China (December 6th, 2011) *
• The City of Silence (Part One), by Ma Boyong (translated by Ken Liu), China (November 29th, 2011) *
• Dancing Together Under Polarized Skies, by Milena Benini, Croatia (November 15th, 2011) *
• Maun of the Dead, by Sarah Lotz, South Africa (October 111th, 2011)
• The Man who Was Stronger than God, by Guy Hasson, Israel (April 12th, 2011)
• Mardock: Two Hundred Below by Tow Ubukata (translated by Nathan Collins), Japan (March 22nd, 2011) *
• Irredenta, by Lou Antonelli, US (March 15th, 2011) *
• A Change of Season, by Carmelo Rafala, US/UK (March 8th, 2011) *
• Encore, by John Kenny, Ireland (March 1st, 2011)
• Dance Dance Revolution, by Charlie Human, South Africa (February 22nd, 2011)
• Borrowed Time, by Stephen Kotowych, Canada (February 15th, 2011)
• Sand, Crushed Shells, Chicken Feathers, by Eliza Victoria, Philippines (February 8th, 2011)
• Seas of the World, by Ekaterina Sedia, Russia/US (February 2nd, 2011)
• LAPINS, by Michael Haulica (translated by Adriana Mosoiu), Romania (January 25th, 2011)
• An Orbital Flight With A Small Surprise, Pyotr Kowalczyk, Poland (January 18th, 2011)
• Thirstlands, by Nick Wood, South Africa (January 11th, 2010)

2010:

• Magique, by Lynne Jamneck, South Africa/New Zealand (December 21st, 2010)
• The Salt Line, by Grant Stone, New Zealand (December 14th, 2010)
• Copyfighter, by A.R. Yngve, Sweden (December 7th, 2010)
• Ganesh, in the Afternoon, by Fábio Fernandes, Brazil (November 30th, 2010)
• Eustace Albert, by Anil Menon, India (November 23rd, 2010)
• Mortal Danger, by Frank Roger, Belgium (November 16th, 2010)
• The Time traveler’s Son, by Jason Erik Lundberg, US/Singapore (November 9th, 2010)
• The Word of God, by Nir Yaniv Israel (November 2nd, 2010)
• Mélanie, by Aliette de Bodard, France (October 26th, 2010)

Our first feature was an original serial by Joyce Chng from Singapore: the 15-parter THE BASICS OF FLIGHT:

Part One: Basics

• Chapter One: Beginnings: First Steps (May 11, 2010)
• Chapter Two: Finding her Balance: Standing on Two Feet (May 18, 2010)
• Chapter Three: Balance of the World: An Interlude (May 25, 2010)
• Chapter Four: Finding her Balance: Walking Aware (May 25, 2010)
• Chapter Five: Maintaining Equilibrium (June 1, 2010)
• Chapter Six: A Moment of Gravity (June 9, 2010)
• Chapter Seven: A Moment of Lift (June 29, 2010)

Part Two: Flight

• Chapter One: Fledgling (July 6, 2010)
• Chapter Two: Hardening the Wings (July 13, 2010)
• Chapter Three: Dynamics (July 20th, 2010)
• Chapter Four: Earning the Wings (July 27, 2010)
• Chapters Five, Six, Seven and Epilogue (August 3, 2010)