The Science of Fiction
Gareth D Jones: Unofficially the second most widely translated science fiction short story author in the world
Friday, April 05, 2024
Escapades in Flight
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Venus of Poland
I'm very pleased to have sold my story Venus of Venus to long-running Polish magazine Nowa Fantastyka, to appear probably in July.
This will be my first appearance in this magazine, my fourth story in Polish and the third language for this story, following English and Hungarian.
Friday, March 22, 2024
Hiking in Germany
I'm very pleased to say that the German translation of my story Hiking in My Head has been published today in Phantastikon.
This is the third language for this story, and my third story in German.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Escapades in Punjabi
My short story Escapades in Time is being translated into Punjabi to appear in Udaan (Flight) magazine in the near future. Punjabi is a new language for me and will be the 33rd language I've been published in!
This will be the sixth language for this story.
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 Hungarian, 9 in Greek and 7 in Romanian, with a total of 31 languages altogether.