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Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.

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Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with ζœˆε½’ζ₯ The Moon Returns by Zhao Haihong θ΅΅ζ΅·θ™Ή, a major female voice in 20th century Kehuan. A Lunarian engineer arrives on Earth to build a giant dam, will he connect with his ancestry? Translated [email protected] Emerging Translator Prize winner Andrew Rule 6/

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This is a Good Path θΏ™ζ˜―δΈ€ζ‘ε₯½ηš„θ·― by well-known science fiction writer η³–εŒͺ Tang Fei, whose creative works spans multidisciplinary art forms. How would longevity impact on humanity? Dystopian Chinese Little Shop of Horrors. Translated by award-winning Singaporean author and poet Judith Huang. 5/

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Miracle Grass η₯žδ»™θ‰ byε‡Œζ™¨ Ling Chen, major female voice of 20th century Chinese sci-fi. Deadly virus breaks on the Kuiper Belt, the interplanetary rescue effort takes us from the moon to arid deserts, and ancient ecological wilds. It’s a great pleasure to be translating an author I’ve long admired. 4/

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I Want a Different World ζˆ‘ζƒ³ζ’δΈͺδΈ–η•Œ, a moving thriller by one of China's most prolific horror writers, Zhou Dedong ε‘¨εΎ·δΈœ. What would you do if you're suddenly separated from your loved one by quarantine, and never get to see them again? Translated @commapress.bsky.social veteran Jack Hargreaves. 3/

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2022 #48
One of my favourite collections in the Cities in Short Fiction series from @commapress.bsky.social , this time stories set in and around the Catalan capital. There's a longer blurb in the alt text, thoroughly recommend this one.
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The Book of Barcelona, edited by Manel OllΓ© and ZoΓ« Turner. A slighted wife escapes her wealthy family for the evening and stumbles into the city's red-light district... The head of security at Barcelona's container port searches for a figure that only he has seen sneak in... An elderly woman brings home a machine that will turn her body into atoms, so she can leave behind a city that is no longer recognisable... Historically, Barcelona is a city of resistance and independence; a focal point for Catalan identity, as well as the capital of Spanish republicanism. Nestled between the Mediterranean coast and mountains, this burgeoning city has also been home to some of the greatest names in modern art and architecture, and attracts visitors and migrants from all over the world. As a result, the city is a melting-pot of cultures, and the stories gathered here offer a miscellany of form and genre, fittingly reminiscent of one of Gaudi's mosaics. From the boy-giant outgrowing his cramped flat on the city's outskirts, to the love affair that begins in a launderette, we meet characters who are reclaiming the independence of their city by challenging common misconceptions and telling its myriad truths.
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