European Science Fiction #2
(2026)Building Bridges across Borders
An anthology of stories edited by Francesco Verso
‘Francesco Verso is doing the Lord’s work. Every anthology he puts out reminds us that SFF is a truly global literature and that the future belongs to all of us.’
Ian McDonald, European Science Fiction Grand Master
Fifteen stories from ten languages to represent one continent’s imagination. While Science Fiction literature has historically relied on Anglophone, centralized channels to reach global readers, this second volume of European Science Fiction seeks to build a more expansive landscape by establishing direct dialogues between European literary traditions.
This is not a rejection of any single perspective, but an embrace of a Sense of Wander – a commitment to encountering these imaginative territories on their own terms. We are building infrastructure to ensure these voices can travel more freely. From flooded landscapes to contested bodies and human-machine intimacies, these narratives do more than predict the future; they make the present obsolete.
Forget your preconceptions and look beyond standard expectations. The borders are open, the infrastructure is built from below, and the futures offered are as vibrant as their original languages.
It is time to wander.
Table of Contents
1 Saint Dismas and the Sorrow of the Mitten Crabs by Tais Teng (Netherlands)
2 Diary of a Repentant Poliorcete by Ugo Bellagamba (France)
3 In Bloom by Clelia Farris (Italy)
4 Golden Fern by Lucie Lukačovičová (Czech Rep)
5 Green Tide by Cristina Jurado (Spain)
6 Utopia 27 by Aiki Mira (Germany)
7 Those We Serve by Eugenia Triantafyllou (Greece)
8 A Pilgrimage to Memories Tattooed by Elena Pavlova (Bulgaria)
9 Signs of an Upcoming Apocalypse Sandor Szelesi (Hungary)
10 Red Petals Sylwester Gdela (Poland)
11 Lubarbri by Jakob Drud (Denmark)
12 The Successors by Ploum (Belgium)
13 My Dear House by Taru Kumara-Moisio (Finland)
14 Eukaryotic Variations by Luis Filipe Silvia (Portugal)
15 Tunnel Fever by Margret Helgadottir (Norway)
Translations into English by Sheryl Curtis, Carlotta Codebò, Sally McCorry, Elena Pavlova and Desislava Sivilova, Gergely Kamper, Christina Saarinen, and CD Covington.
Genre: Science Fiction
Ian McDonald, European Science Fiction Grand Master
Fifteen stories from ten languages to represent one continent’s imagination. While Science Fiction literature has historically relied on Anglophone, centralized channels to reach global readers, this second volume of European Science Fiction seeks to build a more expansive landscape by establishing direct dialogues between European literary traditions.
This is not a rejection of any single perspective, but an embrace of a Sense of Wander – a commitment to encountering these imaginative territories on their own terms. We are building infrastructure to ensure these voices can travel more freely. From flooded landscapes to contested bodies and human-machine intimacies, these narratives do more than predict the future; they make the present obsolete.
Forget your preconceptions and look beyond standard expectations. The borders are open, the infrastructure is built from below, and the futures offered are as vibrant as their original languages.
It is time to wander.
Table of Contents
1 Saint Dismas and the Sorrow of the Mitten Crabs by Tais Teng (Netherlands)
2 Diary of a Repentant Poliorcete by Ugo Bellagamba (France)
3 In Bloom by Clelia Farris (Italy)
4 Golden Fern by Lucie Lukačovičová (Czech Rep)
5 Green Tide by Cristina Jurado (Spain)
6 Utopia 27 by Aiki Mira (Germany)
7 Those We Serve by Eugenia Triantafyllou (Greece)
8 A Pilgrimage to Memories Tattooed by Elena Pavlova (Bulgaria)
9 Signs of an Upcoming Apocalypse Sandor Szelesi (Hungary)
10 Red Petals Sylwester Gdela (Poland)
11 Lubarbri by Jakob Drud (Denmark)
12 The Successors by Ploum (Belgium)
13 My Dear House by Taru Kumara-Moisio (Finland)
14 Eukaryotic Variations by Luis Filipe Silvia (Portugal)
15 Tunnel Fever by Margret Helgadottir (Norway)
Translations into English by Sheryl Curtis, Carlotta Codebò, Sally McCorry, Elena Pavlova and Desislava Sivilova, Gergely Kamper, Christina Saarinen, and CD Covington.
Genre: Science Fiction
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