Speculative Fiction from Around the World
Welcome to the World SF Blog. The blog, dedicated to posting "links, news and original content related to science fiction, fantasy, horror and comics from around the world", was a near-daily blog operating continuously from February 2009 to June 2013, for over four years. The blog was published by Lavie Tidhar, with associate editor Charles... Continue Reading →
I started the World SF Blog in February of 2009 - a century in Internet time! - partly as an excuse to promote my then-forthcoming anthology of international speculative fiction, The Apex Book of World SF - but mostly out of what can only be described as an ideological drive, a desire to highlight and... Continue Reading →
The World SF Blog was initially set up to promote the anthology, The Apex Book of World SF, which was later joined by The Apex Book of World SF 2, with a third volume scheduled for 2014. If you have found the blog useful, do consider purchasing a copy of one or both volumes by clicking on... Continue Reading →
Over the past four years we've run a selection of articles, guest posts and round tables exclusive to the blog. Here is a small selection: Non-Western SF Roundtable (Part 1) Non-Western SF Roundtable (Part 2) (Global) Women in SF Round Table Australian SF Round Table Round Table: On Environment and Background, Part One Round Table: Environment and Background, Part... Continue Reading →
Over the past four years we've run a plethora of exclusive interviews. Here is a small selection: Interview with Blaft Publications of India Portuguese Dagon Magazine and Roberto Mendes Indian author Samit Basu interview Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi Romanian author Sebastian A. Corn British author Richard Calder interview Greek author and editor Athena Andreadis Haikasoru editor Nick Mamatas Russian author Lena Meydan... Continue Reading →
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,... Continue Reading →
Apex Magazine's latest issue has a new short story by Chinese author Tang Fei, translated by Ken Liu: Call Girl. Morning climbs in through the window as shadow recedes from Tang Xiaoyi’s body like a green tide imbued with the fragrance of trees. Where the tidewater used to be, now there is just Xiaoyi’s slender... Continue Reading →
Dutch author Thomas Olde Heuvelt has a new story up at Tor.com: The Ink Readers of Doi Saket: It was during a night in the twelfth lunar month of this year when two strong hands pushed young Tangmoo down into the bed of the Mae Ping River, and by doing so, ironically, fulfilled his only... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to Aliette de Bodard for winning a Nebula Award for Best Short Story, for Immersion. This is something of a historical win as, as far as we can ascertain, Aliette is the first ever European writer to win a Nebula in the entire history of the award. Congratulations to Aliette and here's hoping for the continuation of greater diversity... Continue Reading →
The winners of our Silvia Moreno-Garcia Week giveaway - chosen at random - are number 6: Pete and number 17) Bret. Congratulations! You will be contacted shortly. We'll be back tomorrow with a new short story.
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