World SF stories 2009
Dear Readers,
Expanded Horizons will be running a “double issue” next month in lieu of a new issue this month. Thank you all for your patience and understanding.
In the meantime, we have a special treat for those of you who enjoy international speculative fiction.
The World SF News Blog is currently running a series of summaries examining which SF magazines had stories by “world SF writers” in 2009. Here is our list!
This list only includes people from non-Anglo-Saxon countries or people who immigrated to said countries (but not people whose parents did) either as adults or as children. American/UK/etc. expats are not included. People from Anglophonic but non-Anglo-Saxon countries, i.e., where English is one of the official languages (such as the Philippines or India), are also included.
We present 18 stories overall, 6 of those by immigrants to Anglo-Saxon countries. 14 separate authors (5 of them immigrants to Anglo-Saxon countries). These make up approximately 37% of our published stories this year. As you can see, you need not be US- or UK-based to successfully submit to us!
We published the most stories by authors from the Philippines (4 stories, 3 authors) and India (4 stories, 3 authors), followed by Israel and Mexico (2-2 stories, by one author). We’ve received a lot of links and mentions from the Philippines blogosphere – we’d like to thank everyone who linked to us, and we will always remain open to great Filipino/a stories!
Stories are listed in the order of appearance.
Only the Song by Christine Lucas (Greek)
The Sun Diary by Lavie Tidhar (Israeli)
A Mother’s Dilemma by Jasmin Nanda (Indian)
Memories of my Sister by Aliette de Bodard (French-Vietnamese)
King of Sand and Stormy Seas by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican immigrant to Canada)
Night Out by Eliza Victoria (Filipina)
Bhima by Ajay Vishwanathan (Indian)
Slip Road by Tade Thompson (Nigerian living in the UK)
Alienation and Love in the Hebrew Alphabet by Lavie Tidhar (Israeli)
Sinking Palaces by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Mexican immigrant to Canada)
The Second Mrs. Sharma by Bindia Persaud (Guyanese immigrant to Canada)
A Texture Beyond Dreams by Swapna Kishore (Indian)
Haunted Persuasion by Lilian Wu (Singaporean)
I Am the City by Eliza Victoria (Filipina)
A Memory of Ice by Bint Arab (Iraqi immigrant to the US)
Twin Cities by Catherine Batac Walder (Filipina immigrant to the UK)
The Ascension of our Lady Boy by Mia Tijam (Filipina)
Dreams by Jasmin Nanda (Indian)
We also published a poem from an international author, The Rumpelstiltskin Retellings: A Series of Poetic Blogs by Keyan Bowes from India.
And your beloved site admin is from Hungary 