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The Rosetta Archive: Notable Speculative Short Fiction in Translation
Contains these stories:
ROESIN by Wu Guan, translated from the Chinese by Judith Huang
WHALE SNOWS DOWN by Kim Bo-Young, translated from the Korean by Sophie Bowman
THE GREEN HILLS OF DIMITRY TOTZKIY by Eldar Safin, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman
RAISING MERMAIDS by Dai Da, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu
MATER TENEBRARUM by Pilar Pedraza, translated from the Spanish by James D. Jenkins
VIK FROM PLANET EARTH by Yevgeny Lukin, translated from the Russian by Mike Olivson
BIOGRAPHY OF ALGAE by Martha Riva Palacio Obón, translated from the Spanish by Will Morningstar
THE POST-CONSCIOUS AGE by Su Min, translated from the Chinese by Nathan Faries
JUST LIKE MIGRATORY BIRDS by Taiyo Fujii, translated from the Japanese by Emily Balistrieri
THE WITCH DANCES by Thiago Ambrósio Lage, translated from the Portuguese by Iana Araújo
FORMERLY SLOW by Wei Ma, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak
MENOPAUSE by Flore Hazoumé, translated from the French by James D. Jenkins
THE MOLE KING by Marie Hermanson, translated from the Swedish by Charlie Haldén
THE ANCESTRAL TEMPLE IN A BOX by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin
NO ONE EVER LEAVES PORT HENRI by K.A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman
COUSIN ENTROPY by Michèle Laframboise, translated from the French by N. R. M. Roshak
THE CURTAIN FALLS, THE SHOW MUST END by Julie Nováková, translated from the Czech by the author
ROESIN by Wu Guan, translated from the Chinese by Judith Huang
WHALE SNOWS DOWN by Kim Bo-Young, translated from the Korean by Sophie Bowman
THE GREEN HILLS OF DIMITRY TOTZKIY by Eldar Safin, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman
RAISING MERMAIDS by Dai Da, translated from the Chinese by S. Qiouyi Lu
MATER TENEBRARUM by Pilar Pedraza, translated from the Spanish by James D. Jenkins
VIK FROM PLANET EARTH by Yevgeny Lukin, translated from the Russian by Mike Olivson
BIOGRAPHY OF ALGAE by Martha Riva Palacio Obón, translated from the Spanish by Will Morningstar
THE POST-CONSCIOUS AGE by Su Min, translated from the Chinese by Nathan Faries
JUST LIKE MIGRATORY BIRDS by Taiyo Fujii, translated from the Japanese by Emily Balistrieri
THE WITCH DANCES by Thiago Ambrósio Lage, translated from the Portuguese by Iana Araújo
FORMERLY SLOW by Wei Ma, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak
MENOPAUSE by Flore Hazoumé, translated from the French by James D. Jenkins
THE MOLE KING by Marie Hermanson, translated from the Swedish by Charlie Haldén
THE ANCESTRAL TEMPLE IN A BOX by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin
NO ONE EVER LEAVES PORT HENRI by K.A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman
COUSIN ENTROPY by Michèle Laframboise, translated from the French by N. R. M. Roshak
THE CURTAIN FALLS, THE SHOW MUST END by Julie Nováková, translated from the Czech by the author
387 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 25, 2022
About the author
Alex Shvartsman
160 books146 followersAlex Shvartsman is a writer, editor, and translator from Brooklyn, NY. He's the author of The Middling Affliction (2022) and Eridani's Crown (2019) fantasy novels. Kakistocracy, a sequel to The Middling Affliction, is forthcoming in 2023.
Over 120 of his stories have been published in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, and many other venues. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a two-time finalist (2015 and 2017) for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction.
His collection, Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories and his steampunk humor novella H. G. Wells, Secret Agent were published in 2015. His second collection, The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories followed in 2018.
Alex is the editor of over a dozen anthologies, including the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series of humorous SF/F.
Over 120 of his stories have been published in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, and many other venues. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a two-time finalist (2015 and 2017) for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction.
His collection, Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories and his steampunk humor novella H. G. Wells, Secret Agent were published in 2015. His second collection, The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories followed in 2018.
Alex is the editor of over a dozen anthologies, including the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series of humorous SF/F.
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December 14, 2022
I read the Kim Bo young story.
March 1, 2026
A really cool collection of sci-fi, horror and fantasy that feels like all the weirdest dreams I have ever had mixed with some truly fascinating futurism and a splash of occult energy. All these tales are short stories translated from their original languages (Russian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, and more), which makes their rich description and haunting prose all the more singular, having come to life through multiple tongues. Stand out stories for me were: No one ever leaves Port Henri, Cousin Entropy, Biography of Algae, Vic from Planet Earth, and Formerly Slow.
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