The Science of Fiction
Unofficially the second most widely translated science fiction short story author in the world.
Monday, December 04, 2023
A Response in Hindi
Friday, December 01, 2023
A Response in Dutch
The Dutch translation of my short story In Response to Your Reader appears in issue #283 of SF Terra magazine.
This is my second story in Dutch, and the fourth language and fifth appearance for this story.
Monday, November 06, 2023
A Response in Romanian
The Romanian translation of my epistolic story In Response to Your Reader is now out in issue #6 of ArtZone SF magazine.
This is the third language and fourth appearance for this story, my second story in ArtZone SF and my seventh in Romanian.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Dickensian Steamfantasy Anthology
The people behind last year's Shakespearian speculative fiction anthology are back this year with a Dickensian anthology: Dickensian Steamfantasy - A Very Unexpected 1800.
A reprint of my novelette The Journey within has been accepted for the anthology which could be out by the end of the year.
Monday, October 02, 2023
Slovenian Megafauna
It's been a busy week for translations! The third of my Yorick stories, Aurochs, Cave Bears and Other Charismatic Megafauna, has been accepted by Slovenian magazine Supernova, to be published next spring.
Sunday, October 01, 2023
Return of the Welsh Gondolier
Friday, September 29, 2023
Hindi Response
I'm very pleased that my story In Response to Your Reader, first published in scientific journal Nature, will now also be published in Hindi in scientific journal Vigyan Sampreshan. This follows on from the Greek translation, the English reprint and an expected Romanian translation. It will be my second story published in Hindi.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
The Gondolier Remix - Shakespeare Edition
The second author I decided to attempt to emulate with a remixed version of The Gondolier is none other than Shakespeare.
The
black prow of my gondola so swift,
Cut
smoothly through the waters o so calm,
Upon
canals the craft gives me a lift
It’s
many years of service like a charm.
For
many passengers along the way
Through
city’s waters I have been a guide
For
generations of the service pay
To
ancient kin of mine who have now died.
The sun sank down upon the city old,
And
turned the water to a lane of ink
Of
ribbon lain between the bricks of gold
Of
sandstone buildings warm and gold and pink
I
breathed in deeply of the evening breeze,
No city stands that is more beautiful
This
wondrous city of canals doth please
So
never is a day within it dull
As
the boat into its mooring eased
I
stopped to gaze with satisfied huzzahs
Another day in which I was so pleased
To be beneath the darking skies of Mars.
Friday, September 22, 2023
Greek Mole Rats
I'm very pleased that my short story The Righteous Indignation of the Naked Mole Rat has been accepted by Greek magazine Ef-Zin, to be published next year. This will be the sixth language for this story.