Speculative Fiction from Around the World
Small Beer Press have made available for pre-order the tremendously exciting anthology Three Messages and a Warning: This huge anthology of all-original Mexican science fiction and fantasy features ghost stories, supernatural folktales, alien incursions, and apocalyptic narratives, as well as science-based chronicles of highly unusual mental states in which the borders of fantasy and reality... Continue Reading →
French author Jean-Christophe Valtat's latest English-language novel, Aurorama, a current Campbell Award nominee, is reviewed by Adam Roberts at Strange Horizons: Better yet, the novel is as well-written as it is well-imagined: full of nice phrases—"the vandalized Bibi Eybat oil wells burned non-stop in the night, in true Zoroastrian fashion" (p. 153); a blizzard "whirls... Continue Reading →
In “Pataki,” by Nisi Shawl, published in two parts on 4 and 11 April 2011, Rianne is starting over in a new place, but still hasn't recovered from the disproved allegations that caused her to flee Ann Arbor, Michigan for Oakland, California. And it's affecting her magic. She meditates in front of her altars, but it... Continue Reading →
From PS Publishing: As if it wasn't enough that he's graced us with a couple of mightily fine short stories, two of the best novellas we've ever done (in Cloud Permutations and Gorel and the Pot-bellied God) and, with the forthcoming Osama, a gobsmackingly superb novel, Lavie Tidhar dropped us a line out of the... Continue Reading →
Jungle Jim is a new African pulp magazine, published out of South Africa, already in its second issue. It is incredibly cool - amongst the contributors you can find Jonathan Dotse (of AfroCyberpunk) and debut novelist S.L. Grey. Check it out!
Aliette de Bodard reviews J. Damask (Joyce Chng)'s first novel, Wolf at the Door - the world's first Singaporean werewolf novel! So, I finally got a chance to read J. Damask’s Wolf at the Door (published by Lyrical Press)–and really, really liked it. It’s a urban fantasy set in Singapore: Jan Xu is part of the lang, the... Continue Reading →
The Association for the Recognition of Excellence in Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation (ARESFFT) is delighted to announce the results of the 2011 Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards (for works published in 2010). There are two categories: Long Form and Short Form. In each form our jury has chosen to give an honorable mention... Continue Reading →
This issue features four female authors, three of whom are Indian, and one who is from the Philippines. Though there are only four stories, they cover such varied topics as transdimensional portals, mermaids, the Indian goddess of destruction, and space travel. The offerings of Filipina Eliza Victoria and Keyan Bowes are flavored with tragedy, Neesha... Continue Reading →
The story "God in the Sky", by An Owomoyela, is especially interesting coming as it does on the heels of the Rapture hype in the news in May. In this story, a light appears in the sky. Scientists study it, others claim it is evidence of God, everyone panics. Owomoyela uses the light in the... Continue Reading →
Via Side-Show Freaks: Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show (IGMS) and The Elephant and Macaw Banner have partnered up to create a contest that will bring the best of Brazilian speculative fiction to the English-speaking world via the Hydra Competition (Concurso Hydra in Brazil’s native [sic] language of Portuguese). A panel of judges will select three finalists from short... Continue Reading →
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