Fiction

We aim to publish fiction fortnightly, on Tuesdays.

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)

OTHER STORIES

• Lavie Tidhar, The Elders of Safed, June 13, 2010.