Samovar Magazine
@samovarmag.bsky.social
We're a bilingual magazine, publishing speculative fiction and poetry in their original language and in translation. (Our sister magazine is @strangehorizons.bsky.social)
Free to read at samovar.strangehorizons.com
Free to read at samovar.strangehorizons.com
Always great to see @cypayseur.bsky.social championing fiction and poetry in translation!
Short SFF Reading Update #quicksipreviews
Samovar 10/27/25 (2 originals, plus 1 poem) @samovarmag.bsky.social
A new issue of SFF in translation from Strange Horizons' sibling publication.
Samovar 10/27/25 (2 originals, plus 1 poem) @samovarmag.bsky.social
A new issue of SFF in translation from Strange Horizons' sibling publication.
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Always great to see @cypayseur.bsky.social championing fiction and poetry in translation!
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Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
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Check out @cypayseur.bsky.social’s short fiction reviews from @samovarmag.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and @diabolicalplots.com -
Samovar, Baffling, Flash Fiction Online, and Diabolical Plots: Review by Charles Payseur
Samovar 7/28/25 Baffling 7/25 Flash Fiction Online 7/29/25 Diabolical Plots 7/25 July also saw the release of a new issue of Strange Horizons’ sibling publication, Samovar, which features short spe…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Check out @cypayseur.bsky.social’s short fiction reviews from @samovarmag.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and @diabolicalplots.com -
Some horror in translation recommendations for Halloween, from @maudmarianw.bsky.social and @reactorsff.bsky.social!
Have you exhausted all the spooky books on your shelves?
Marian Womack (@maudmarianw.bsky.social) recommends that you sample frights from around the world with these 6 horror novels in translation!
reactormag.com/spooky-reads...
Marian Womack (@maudmarianw.bsky.social) recommends that you sample frights from around the world with these 6 horror novels in translation!
reactormag.com/spooky-reads...
Spooky Reads From Yonder: Horror in Translation - Reactor
Venture into the unknown: horror literature… in translation!
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October 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Some horror in translation recommendations for Halloween, from @maudmarianw.bsky.social and @reactorsff.bsky.social!
"It's always difficult to pass through a forest that has been hurt and is endlessly calling for help." Read 'The Heart of the Forest' by Ágnes Gaura, translated from the Hungarian by Vivian Urban, in our latest issue: samovar.strangehorizons.com/2025/10/27/t...
Samovar - The Heart of the Forest | Az erdő szíve By Ágnes Gaura, Translated by Vivien Urban
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October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"It's always difficult to pass through a forest that has been hurt and is endlessly calling for help." Read 'The Heart of the Forest' by Ágnes Gaura, translated from the Hungarian by Vivian Urban, in our latest issue: samovar.strangehorizons.com/2025/10/27/t...
Our new issue is live! Journey into the forest, and meet the gods, with stories by Ágnes Gaura, translated by Vivien Urban, and Andrés González Galante, translated by Lucy Corrie-Tannen. And read a new translation of Rilke's 'The Second Elegy' by Sionnain Buckley samovar.strangehorizons.com
Samovar -
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October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Our new issue is live! Journey into the forest, and meet the gods, with stories by Ágnes Gaura, translated by Vivien Urban, and Andrés González Galante, translated by Lucy Corrie-Tannen. And read a new translation of Rilke's 'The Second Elegy' by Sionnain Buckley samovar.strangehorizons.com
Our new issue is here! With a story by Sofia Rhei, translated by @maudmarianw.bsky.social; a reprint from author and translator Bella Han, and a poem by Marie T. Martin, translated by Kiley Karlak Malloy. Read more here! @strangehorizons.bsky.social samovar.strangehorizons.com
Samovar
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April 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Our new issue is here! With a story by Sofia Rhei, translated by @maudmarianw.bsky.social; a reprint from author and translator Bella Han, and a poem by Marie T. Martin, translated by Kiley Karlak Malloy. Read more here! @strangehorizons.bsky.social samovar.strangehorizons.com
Huge congratulations to Mónika Rusvai and translator Vivian Urban for winning the @bsfa.bsky.social for best translated short work at the British Science Fiction Association Awards last night for "Bone by Bone"/ "Csontról csontra"! www.sffworld.com/2025/04/news...
NEWS: BSFA Award 2025 Winners Announced – SFFWorld
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April 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Huge congratulations to Mónika Rusvai and translator Vivian Urban for winning the @bsfa.bsky.social for best translated short work at the British Science Fiction Association Awards last night for "Bone by Bone"/ "Csontról csontra"! www.sffworld.com/2025/04/news...
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Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
Delighted to see "Bone by Bone"/ "Csontról csontra" by Mónika Rusvai, translated by Vivien Urban, on the BSFA Awards shortlist for best translated fiction! @bsfa.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social You can read the story here! samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/07/22/b...
Bone by Bone | Csontról csontra
Jadwiga is the city. Her body dissolves in the walls, her consciousness seeps into the cracks, her memory merges with the memories of buildings.
samovar.strangehorizons.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Delighted to see "Bone by Bone"/ "Csontról csontra" by Mónika Rusvai, translated by Vivien Urban, on the BSFA Awards shortlist for best translated fiction! @bsfa.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social You can read the story here! samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/07/22/b...
Delighted to see @annadixit.bsky.social's gorgeous story 'Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her' on this list! You can read it in our Oct issue, in Portuguese and in Anna's own English translation. samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/10/28/b...
February 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Delighted to see @annadixit.bsky.social's gorgeous story 'Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her' on this list! You can read it in our Oct issue, in Portuguese and in Anna's own English translation. samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/10/28/b...
Our first Bluesky post is to say that our new issue is live! We have stories by Hsin-Hui Lin, translated by Ye Odelia Yu; Mayumi Inaba, translated by Yui Kajita, and a poem by Mu Cao, translated by @queercomrades.bsky.social. Read more here! samovar.strangehorizons.com
Samovar
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February 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our first Bluesky post is to say that our new issue is live! We have stories by Hsin-Hui Lin, translated by Ye Odelia Yu; Mayumi Inaba, translated by Yui Kajita, and a poem by Mu Cao, translated by @queercomrades.bsky.social. Read more here! samovar.strangehorizons.com