Always great to see @cypayseur.bsky.social championing fiction and poetry in translation!

Charles (Cy) Payseur@cypayseur.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews Samovar 10/27/25 (2 originals, plus 1 poem) @samovarmag.bsky.social A new issue of SFF in translation from Strange Horizons' sibling publication.

Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction. “The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” — altermag.com/articles/the...

The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.

Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.

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Check out @cypayseur.bsky.social’s short fiction reviews from @samovarmag.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and @diabolicalplots.com -

Samovar, Baffling, Flash Fiction Online, and Diabolical Plots: Review by Charles Payseur

Samovar 7/28/25 Baffling 7/25 Flash Fiction Online 7/29/25 Diabolical Plots 7/25 July also saw the release of a new issue of Strange Horizons’ sibling publication, Samovar, which features short spe…

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Some horror in translation recommendations for Halloween, from @maudmarianw.bsky.social and @reactorsff.bsky.social!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Have you exhausted all the spooky books on your shelves? Marian Womack (@maudmarianw.bsky.social) recommends that you sample frights from around the world with these 6 horror novels in translation! reactormag.com/spooky-reads...

"It's always difficult to pass through a forest that has been hurt and is endlessly calling for help." Read 'The Heart of the Forest' by Ágnes Gaura, translated from the Hungarian by Vivian Urban, in our latest issue: samovar.strangehorizons.com/2025/10/27/t...

Our new issue is live! Journey into the forest, and meet the gods, with stories by Ágnes Gaura, translated by Vivien Urban, and Andrés González Galante, translated by Lucy Corrie-Tannen. And read a new translation of Rilke's 'The Second Elegy' by Sionnain Buckley samovar.strangehorizons.com

Our new issue is here! With a story by Sofia Rhei, translated by @maudmarianw.bsky.social; a reprint from author and translator Bella Han, and a poem by Marie T. Martin, translated by Kiley Karlak Malloy. Read more here! @strangehorizons.bsky.social samovar.strangehorizons.com

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Huge congratulations to Mónika Rusvai and translator Vivian Urban for winning the @bsfa.bsky.social for best translated short work at the British Science Fiction Association Awards last night for "Bone by Bone"/ "Csontról csontra"! www.sffworld.com/2025/04/news...

Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025. General April 16th with a 1,000 story cap Novelette (10k to 18k words) June 4th with a 300 story cap Indigenous Authors November 3rd with a 500 story cap Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.

Delighted to see "Bone by Bone"/ "Csontról csontra" by Mónika Rusvai, translated by Vivien Urban, on the BSFA Awards shortlist for best translated fiction! @bsfa.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social You can read the story here! samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/07/22/b...

Bone by Bone | Csontról csontra

Jadwiga is the city. Her body dissolves in the walls, her consciousness seeps into the cracks, her memory merges with the memories of buildings.

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Delighted to see @annadixit.bsky.social's gorgeous story 'Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her' on this list! You can read it in our Oct issue, in Portuguese and in Anna's own English translation. samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/10/28/b...

Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her | Porque Flora Existiu. E Eu A Amei

The truth is that I don’t know how much of my life was a dream and how much was reality. Does it matter in the end?

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Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 2y ago

2024 Recommended Reading List locusmag.com/2025/02...

Our first Bluesky post is to say that our new issue is live! We have stories by Hsin-Hui Lin, translated by Ye Odelia Yu; Mayumi Inaba, translated by Yui Kajita, and a poem by Mu Cao, translated by @queercomrades.bsky.social. Read more here! samovar.strangehorizons.com

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