A literary journal of poetry, fiction & essays
Czech and Slovak Speculative Literature in Translation.
About the Journal
We are a literary genre journal dedicated to strange, speculative, and scientifically improbable stories by writers and translators working in Czech or Slovak.
Considering that we are asking writers and translators for material dealing with the edges of human existence, science, and perception, we need these to be truly human perceptions.
Work sent to us should have been written and translated without the use of Artificial Intelligence.
Submissions
We read submissions on a rolling basis and try to respond within a month or two. We are looking for work that has been translated by a person from either the Czech or Slovak language original. This original will also be requested by us in the event that it was not supplied with the translation. All submissions are handled through Submittable.
Translations
Poetry: up to 5 poems per submission, any length. Sequence submissions welcome.
Fiction: short stories up to 5,000 words. Flash fiction welcome.
Simultaneous submissions accepted. Please notify us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
We will request proof of translation rights for all work that is accepted.
A note from the editors
"We await eagerly the unexpected. Accompaniment uncertain. Wiser words of wiser worlds are always welcomed …"
— The Editors, Astral Courier