The Apex Book of World SF: Volume 4 Lavie Tidhar Author

Now firmly established as the benchmark anthology series of international speculative fiction, volume 4 of The Apex Book of World SF sees debut editor Mahvesh Murad bring fresh new eyes to her selection of stories.From Spanish steampunk and Italian h... Read more

Now firmly established as the benchmark anthology series of international speculative fiction, volume 4 of The Apex Book of World SF sees debut editor Mahvesh Murad bring fresh new eyes to her selection of stories.From Spanish steampunk and Italian horror to Nigerian science fiction and subverted Japanese folktales, from love in the time of drones to teenagers at the end of the world, the stories in this volume showcase the best of contemporary speculative fiction, wherever it's written.Important to the future of not only international authors, but the entire SF community.--Strange HorizonsFeaturing:Vajra Chandrasekera (Sri Lanka) -- Pockets Full of StonesYukimi Ogawa (Japan) -- In Her Head, In Her EyesZen Cho (Malaysia) -- The Four Generations of Chang EShimon Adaf (Israel) -- Like A Coin Entrusted in Faith (Translated by the author)Celeste Rita Baker (Virgin Islands) -- Single EntryNene Ormes (Sweden) -- The Good Matter (Translated Lisa J Isaksson and Nene Ormes)JY Yang (Singapore) -- Tiger BabyIsabel Yap (Philippines) -- A Cup of Salt TearsUsman T Malik (Pakistan) -- The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani FamilyKuzhali Manickavel (India) -- Six Things We Found During the AutopsyElana Gomel (Israel) -- The FarmHaralambi Markov (Bulgaria) -- The Language of KnivesSabrina Huang -- Setting Up Home (Translated by Jeremy Tiang)Sathya Stone (Sri Lanka) -- Jinki and the ParadoxJohann Thorsson (Iceland) -- First, Bite a FingerDilman Dila (Uganda) -- How My Father Became a GodSwabir Silayi (Kenya) -- Colour Me GreyDeepak Unnikrishnan (The Emirates) -- SaramaChinelo Onwualu (Nigeria) -- The Gift of TouchSaad Z. Hossain (Bangaldesh) -- Djinns Live by the SeaBernardo Fernández (Mexico) -- The Last Hours of the Final Days (Translated by the author)Natalia Theodoridou (Greece) -- The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical SoulSamuel Marolla (Italy) -- Black Tea (Translated by Andrew Tanzi)Julie Novakova (Czech Republic) -- The Symphony of Ice and DustThomas Olde Heuvelt (Netherlands) -- The Boy Who Cast No Shadow (Translated by Laura Vroomen)Sese Yane (Kenya) -- The CorpseTang Fei -- Pepe (Translated by John Chu)Rocío Rincón (Spain) -- The Lady of the Soler Colony (Translated by James and Marian Womack)Cover art and design by Sarah Anne Langton. Less