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Fiction
Wither And Blossom | Oka Ja Kukinto
By: Suvi Kauppila
I have outlived my parents and my little brother. My memory isn’t what it used to be.
Oka Ja Kukinto | Wither And Blossom
By: Suvi Kauppila
Olen saatellut lepoon vanhempani ja pikkuveljeni. Muistini ei ole enää entisensä.
Faces and Thoughts | څېرې او اندېښنې
By: Abdul wakil Sulamal
Translated by: James Caron
He had commissioned one of those mansions that people have nowadays, furnished with marble and stone, that he had just moved into two weeks ago.
څېرې او اندېښنې | Faces and Thoughts
By: Abdul wakil Sulamal
دا چې خداى ( ج) څنګه پرې دا هر څه لورولي وو ، دا اوږده کيسه ده ، خو صاحب چې اوس په کومو شنو او سروکې لوبېده ، هر سړى ورته ګوته په غاښ او هک پک حيران و . نه يې د پيسو شمېر کېده او نه هم د راز راز موټرو ، بنګلو او نورو حسابونو کتابونو … داسې ماڼۍ چې نن سبا دى په کې دېره و او پوره دوه اونۍ د مخه يې نوې رانيولې وه ، کله په خوب کې هم نه وه ليدلې او نه خو هم له ده سره کله داسې تصور
Reprint
Shira | שירה
By: Lavie Tidhar
Nur remembered a paragraph from one of Tirosh’s poems, from the single book he published, two years before the twentieth century came to an end: “The morning rises: another train station…”
שירה | Shira
By: Lavie Tidhar
נור נזכרה בבית אחד משיר של תירוש, מהספר היחיד שהוא פרסם, שנתיים לפני סוף המאה העשרים: “הבוקר עולה; עוד תחנת רכבת. השמיים בכחול כהה ופנסי הרחוב דולקים; אנשים, כמו תיבות טבועות של אוצרות עתיקים, יושבים במצולותיהם. מוקדם מדי להתחיל בפעולות חילוץ: לשעה קלה, לפני שהשמש תזרח, אנחנו לבד.” היא לא אהבה את הדימוי, לא מצאה בו את המקוריות הדרושה כדי להפוך את השיר למשהו מעבר למשני, אבל עדיין… היא חשבה עליו עכשיו, מכיוון שבדרכו שלו, תירוש תפש, בשיר, מהות מסוימת של מסע. לתחנה היה שם רשמי בו לא נעשה שימוש; עבור תושבי העיר, לפחות, היה לה רק שם אחד, שילוב
Poetry
Celestial Nirvana—written by the Curiosity Rover upon landing on Mars | 星球湼槃─為好奇號登陸火星而寫
By: Ko Hua Chen | 陳克華
Translated by: Annie Sheng
I traveled eight and a half months to finally pay a visit to / Earth’s brother, separated and scattered a distance away
星球湼槃─為好奇號登陸火星而寫 | Celestial Nirvana–written by the Curiosity Rover upon landing on Mars
By: Ko Hua Chen | 陳克華
走了八個半月終於得以拜見
Podcast: Wither And Blossom
Art by: Suvi Kauppila
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Translated by: Suvi Kauppila
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Suvi Kauppila’s “Wither And Blossom.”
Podcast: Wither And Blossom – Finnish
By: Suvi Kauppila
Podcast read by: Suvi Kauppila
Translated by: Suvi Kauppila
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Suvi Kauppila’s “Wither And Blossom – Finnish.”
Podcast: Faces and Thoughts
By: Abdul wakil Sulamal
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Abdul wakil Sulamal’s “Faces and Thoughts.”
Podcast: Faces and Thoughts – Pashto
By: Abdul wakil Sulamal
Podcast read by: Abdul wakil Sulamal
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Abdul wakil Sulamal’s “Faces and Thoughts.”
Podcast: Shira
By: Lavie Tidhar
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Translated by: Lavie Tidhar
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Lavie Tidhar’s “Shira.” The original Hebrew language version of this story was first published on the Israeli SFF Society website, by editor Nir Yaniv. It is also a reprint of the English version, originally published in The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow, 2008.
By: Rachel Cordasco
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