Don’t under any circumstances read this book, I said to myself.
And the world was created.
Toshiya Kamei
TOSHIYA KAMEI holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Arkansas. His translations have appeared in Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Strange Horizons.
Icarus by Vraiux Dorós
Izokumi by Alexy Dumenigo
translated from the Spanish by Toshiya Kamei
Izokumi For casualties and survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki It began with a flash. A chalky light filled every corner of the small hospital room and pierced the girl’s closed eyelids. Her nightmares that had haunted her since the night before faded as she woke. However, the intense light around her prevented her from opening […]
Coral Bracelets
by Umiyuri Katsuyama, translated from the Japanese by Toshiya Kamei
“We were arguing,” she said. Her eyes felt wide. Her palms were drenched in sweat.
“What?” Her boyfriend grabbed her elbow. He felt like fire. She pulled away. And he looked pale to her. Pale as bones. She smelled smoke. “When?”
“I don’t know. I don’t remember.” The incense singed her nose. Everything was aflame. “Wedding invitations?”
