iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Having been asked if we accept translations - we do! We do need confirmation from the original author that they approve of the translation and publication (if accepted).

152

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A very illuminating thread re: writing media tie-in novels, and the earning pros/cons to consider + a few extra factors!

000

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Something exciting arrived today! 🎉 #SFinTranslation @uniwalespress.bsky.social

4416

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

At long last, my translation of the novelette "The Sea's Decree" by Spanish writer Armando Boix has been published in Adventures BookZine #20!!! (Fittingly, this is also my 20th published speculative translation!!! 🎉 ) shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params... #SFinTranslation #horror #halloween

shop.ingramspark.com

Adventures, #20

Another multi-genre issue, carefully curated and designed to ignite your summer reading. Featuring icons like Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, this volume delivers the perfect blend of nostalgia...

141

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ha I just found this article, still warm from the oven, where @molowrites.bsky.social said it all better than me: www.sfintranslation.com?p=16513

111

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some of the records include the translators in the notes, because volunteers are awesome. For titles I touch, I am submitting as I go. But if these were data fields instead, functionality gains for research would be massive. E.g. click on a translator and see all their credits.

131

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Daniel Cottam @litbystraylight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've been working to compile a bibliography of cyberpunk prose translated into English. Clumsily, but I'm learning. ISFDB has been a tremendous resource for this, because of course it has. I do wish the record structure supported translator credits as data. #SFinTranslation

163

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You knowe when the heroine doth face the dragon wyth a looke of elegant courage -- the sworde, raised -- eyes steel -- so you almost pity the dragon? Wel, everye daye you fynde some joye or peace or tyme to create or room to helpe somebodye, or even just pull thrugh, that ys you. You wynne the daye.

424647

Reposted by Monica Louzon

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 06/08/2026

This is Bruce. He prefers his sticks with a little pizazz. 13/10 (IG: brucewaynethegoldenboy)

a golden retriever trots along a cement pathway outside with a city skyline in the distance. his front left paw is suspended in the air as he has been caught mid-step. he looks over at the camera with a little grin. he's holding a long leafy branch in his mouth. can't believe his luck at finding this razzle dazzle stick.

262186461624

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

To accompany my translation of "A Falling Boeing 767, Spinning Slowly" by Roberto Bayeto, I also did an interview about my translation process + some other fun tidbits!

143

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

My translation of "A Falling Beoing 767, Spinning Slowly", a novelette by Roberto Bayeto🇺🇾, is out in Chatterbox! Literary! Read it here: www.chatterboxlit.com/read/a-falli... #SFinTranslation

chatterboxlit.com

A Falling Boeing 767, Spinning Slowly — Chatterbox Literary

073

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

COMING SOON! My translation of the novelette "A Falling Boeing 767, Spinning Slowly" by Roberto Bayeto 🇺🇾 will appear in Chatterbox! Literary later this month!!! It took 14 submissions over 1.25 years to find a home for Roberto's story. (We received 1 personal rejection along the way.)

141

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

To celebrate being halfway through 2026, here's a thread of me shouting about the 6 speculative translations I've had published this year (with 2 more on the way!) from from authors in Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Spain, and Uruguay! #SFinTranslation #scifi #fantasy #horror #specfic #ICYMI

173

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

CORVID UPDATE: Sunday... after years of feeding them... MY CROWS BLESSED ME WITH MY FIRST GIFT!!! It was... a little pebble! Today... MY CROWS BLESSED ME WITH MY SECOND GIFT! It was... a big old hunk of hard, sandy dirt with some bits of moss and algae!!! 🤣

a hard clump of brown sandy dirt with some bits of green moss and green-grey algae on it

0130

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Santiago Eximeno @santiagoeximeno.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Mi microrrelato "Dead letters from a dead girl", traducido por @molowrites.bsky.social, ha sido publicado en el número #133 de la revista Dreams and Nightmares dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/05/dn-1...

dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com

DN 133 Contents

DN 133 Contents Denny E. Marshall , The Slow Touch, cover E.W.H. Thornton , Small Broken Things Santia...

092

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Word of mouth really does sell books. My friend gets me to read all kinds of things I have never felt like picking up because she's feral about them and I need to know why. I am a clown.

06811

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

PUBLICATION NEWS: My translation of Spanish author Daniel Badosa Moriyama's story "Rest in peace, Master Pruner" is out now in The Orange & Bee #9! Wondering what happened after Pinocchio grew up? This story is for you! theorangebee.substack.com/p/rest-in-pe... #fantasy #SFinTranslation

theorangebee.substack.com

Rest in peace, Master Pruner

Issue nine: fiction by Daniel Badosa Moriyama, translated by Monica Louzon

1114

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What makes Small Planet the superb magazine it is? Every contributor volunteers their time and expertise for the love of #SFinTranslation: www.sfintranslation.com?p=16928

sfintranslation.com

Issue #1: Small Planet: The SFT Magazine – Speculative Fiction in Translation

1136

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Mandalorian & Grogu was a lot of fun! I *very* much appreciated that the trailers did not give away the plot (AKA, they intentionally obfuscated it). The film was a solid installment to the Mando series, and I enjoyed this new adventure (+ the easter eggs)!

131

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

...an essay on ISFDB by @molowrites.bsky.social, an interview with @sueburke.bsky.social by @cristinajurado.bsky.social, and more!

062

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

4331119

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

i printed lots of zines today i ran out of toner i still want to print more zines i cannot :(

030

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Redwall Feasts Bot @redwallfeasts.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Fresh-baked breads vied with vegetable salads, cheeses, tarts, and trifles, plus a huge cauldron of the moles' favorite deeper'n'ever turnip'n'tater'n'beetroot pie. There were hot herbal teas, cordials of all types, and a barrel of special dandelion ale on tap for the Elders.

0163

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I'm not claiming to be a hero, but with every Cadbury MiniEgg I eat, that's a dog not getting chocolate poisoning. I've saved so many dogs.

3439001692

Reposted by Monica Louzon

alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

for no particular reason here are some nostalgic fantasy books from my childhood that i have read to my kids! the enchanted forest chronicles the chrestomanci books the dark is rising series the hobbit gregor the overlander percy jackson the black cauldron inkheart island of the aunts

3638246

Reposted by Monica Louzon

weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

thinking about the medieval cat door in Exeter cathedral again

an old wooden cathedral door with a hole in the bottom through which a cat pokes its head

5361431195

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Cardboard Time @cardboardtime.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

3 years ago today I took a long nap and woke up with something I struggled with and caused me anguish for 41 years gone from my life. Gender affirming care is life saving and game changing. I've experienced it first hand. And that's why we continue to fight to not see it stripped away for others.

Me in a hospital bed post surgery in 2023.

521492125

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A few books I've read recently & loved: 1) Iran +100 2) The CIA Book Club 3) Imaginarias: Antología de mujeres en mundos peligrosos Links + TL;DRs 👇

120

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I have a new essay out! In this one, I highlight why ISFDB's indexing of translations frustrates me, and straightforward fix the admins could implement that would eliminate this problem.

021

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Includes two novels about witches in translation: #SFinTranslation by Olga Ravn and Marie Ndiaye

271

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

My translation of Isis Aquino's sci-fi story "The Abyss in the Depths of Her Eyes" is available now in @foofarawpress.bsky.social's Mindlessly Massive March issue, as are interviews foofaraw did with each of us! weightlessbooks.com/mindlessly-m... #SFinTranslation

weightlessbooks.com

Mindlessly Massive (Foofaraw Zine) – March 2026

Foofaraw is a zine and publisher of surreal storytelling and worldly observations. This month… Stories Moon Drama by Ashlee Lhamon My Personal Thief by Rachel Davey Escape Algorithm by B. Morris Allen...

053

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The headless body of a giant mechanical woman washes ashore, and the villagers find themselves slowly transformed as they are drawn to it. An enigmatic, dreamy history of a strange occurrence by @ramirosanchiz.bsky.social translated by @molowrites.bsky.social

They said afterward that the first fishermen who’d gone down to the beach that morning had found her, but when the people from the village hurried to see what the tide had carried in, no one claimed to be the person who’d discovered her. It was as if the woman’s gigantic body had been there for days already, and the population of Punta de Piedra had only just realized she was there.

Above The Sand, Under The Skin

Ramiro Sanchiz
translated by Monica Louzon

184

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Just posted "By the Numbers 10: Why We Need To Count on Each Other" to my site! arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe... This was published in the recent F&SF (Summer 2025, edited by the amazing Sheree Renée Thomas aka @shereereneethomas.bsky.social ) and is posted with permission of the publisher.

Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 1, Summer 2025, with Nnedi Okorafor, Maurice Broaddus, Justin C. Key, Matthew Kressel & Mercurio D. Rivera, John Shirley, Inda Lauryn all listed on the cover. A Black cyberpunk-ish figure is in the front, full, long dreadlocks, trench coat, having pulled a sword with an umbrella handle from its sheath, against a futuristic cityscape and a stunning orange-red sky with turquoise touches.

13312

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Rachel's essay on *finding* translated speculative fiction is a fascinating read & consistent with my own observations of #SFinTranslation! I have many thoughts on the topic, and maybe I could write a response essay of my own reflections, but I want to share while it's fresh. #1...

197

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

It's time for another general #SFinTranslation anthology!

062

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Mr. Cat loves his box.

2358896484

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Apparently, my dog is really into curling. Did not expect this plot twist.

000

Reposted by Monica Louzon

K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 13/02/2026

very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House! www.thedollhouse.studio

thedollhouse.studio

The Doll House

6324182

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

25897518

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

¡¡ESO!! ¡¡¡*THIS* is America!!! (And if you're watching this with the sound off, PUT THE SOUND ON!!!)

1146

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 Wolf's Path is a finalist! @jolantru.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Where the stories come from and why we need translations, more than ever. lingua.globalvoices.org/2026/02/stor...

Twelve sunshines are positioned around a map of the Earth, across regions of the Americas, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia.

0105

Monica Louzon @molowrites.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

While watching Bocelli sing for the Olympics opening ceremony, we spotted a bassoon. And my husband? MY HUSBAND? MY HUSBAND?! HE SAYS... "AN OBOE!!!" .... Fam, this man has been married to a bassoon player FOR OVER A DECADE. ಠ_ಠ ME: "THE FUCK?!?! ¿¡¿THE FUCK YOU JUST SAY?!?" ME:

media.tenor.com

Hand Gestures GIF

ALT: Hand Gestures GIF

070

Reposted by Monica Louzon

Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 07/02/2026

little heavy, cookie

fortune cookie fortune:

"Your July decisions will shape your destiny"

3221

Reposted by Monica Louzon

5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired

a round pottery piece with pig eyes and a snout

9106782666