The Science of Fiction
Gareth D Jones: Unofficially the second most widely translated science fiction short story author in the world
Monday, March 18, 2024
The Gondolier in Ido
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Two English Stories
In a break from my recent run of translated stories, I have sold a second new story in English - following on from my very short story to Stupefying Stories another has been accepted for an upcoming Dragon Gems anthology.
More news when I get publication dates confirmed...
Friday, February 09, 2024
Two Russian Stories
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
Spanish Launch
The Spanish translation of my 100-word story Launch appears on Argentinian blog Sinergia today, the third story to appear there.
This story has been published in English before, and a Scottish Gaelic translation appears on this blog.
This is my 17th story and 24th publication in Spanish.
Monday, February 05, 2024
Stupefying Claws
I'm very pleased to have sold my very short story Claws to Stupefying Stories. Described by Haydn T. A. Jones as 'proper creepy', it's written in a rather odd format, inspired by a Claire North novel. No publication date confirmed yet...
Saturday, January 27, 2024
One Hundred Translations
This month's publication in Ef-Zin marks my one hundredth translation!
Top of the leader board is Spanish with 23 publications of 16 stories.
I've also had 10 stories published in both Greek and Hungarian, and seven on Romanian, with a total of 31 languages altogether.
Friday, January 19, 2024
Righteous Greek Indignation
The Greek translation of my short story The Righteous Indignation of the Naked Mole Rat is out now in issue #44 of Ef-Zin magazine.
This is the sixth language and seventh appearance of this story, my sixth story in this magazine and my ninth story in Greek altogether.
Thursday, January 18, 2024
The Podcast of Robinson Clyde
Alex's short story The Ballad of Robinson Clyde has now been published as a podcast at Tall Tale TV
where myself Alex and Haydn have now had several stories published between us.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Correction - This is the Final Publication of the Year!
My flash fiction story Cat Burglar is out now in Argentina-based blog Sinergia, topping off the year at fifteen publications.
This is the first translation for this story and my sixteenth story in Spanish.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Final Publication of the Year, Probably
The reprint of my steampunk novelette The Journey Within appears now in the anthology Dickensian Steamfantasy, from Rogue Planet Press, making a total of fourteen publications this year.
This story was first published in the anthology Ancient New and has also been published in German.