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#SFinTranslation Review: THE PROPOSAL by Bae Myung-hoon, tr from the Korean by Stella Kim, from Honford Star sfintranslation.com/?p=14989

Semishigure "paints a detailed and believable picture of a significant moment in Japanese history while also telling a personal and well-wrought story of political intrigue, swordplay, and growing up."—Ben Woollard, Asian Review of Books - buff.ly/JA6WSCQ

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The Proposal is a "short, intense, compelling Korean novel so skilfully translated into English by Stella Kim"—Rachel Cordasco, Speculative Fiction in Translation. Read the review: buff.ly/t8pmhGl Get your copy: buff.ly/lhmeGIQ

We're publishing Come Down to a Lower Place by Yi Seoyoung (tr. Janet Hong) in October 2025! It's a part of the Lovecraft Reanimated project, where leading Korean speculative fiction writers reimagine the works of horror master H.P. Lovecraft. 🌃 buff.ly/69KEbzt

We're publishing Alien Gods by Lee Suhyeon (tr. Anton Hur) in October 2025! It's a part of the Lovecraft Reanimated project, where leading Korean speculative fiction writers reimagine the works of horror master H.P. Lovecraft. 🌠 Get your copy here: buff.ly/qkRTILA

Check out my review of Bora Chung's RED SWORD on WorldLiteratureToday, tr Anton Hur (from Honford Star): Korean #SFinTranslation worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/july/red-…

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We're publishing The Call of the Friend by JaeHoon Choi (tr. Janet Hong) in October 2025! It's a part of the Lovecraft Reanimated project, where leading Korean speculative fiction writers reimagine the works of horror master H.P. Lovecraft. 📻 buff.ly/6u3FVJj

Red Sword by Bora Chung: Review by Niall Harrison locusmag.com/2025/06/red-sw…

Red Sword explores "how an individual or small group can fight back against an overwhelming force"—Rachel S. Cordasco, WorldLiteratureToday , July 2025. Read the review: buff.ly/SC1IJD2 Get your copy: buff.ly/mm5cFTg

"Semishigure is a lot of fun, a well-developed historical novel that takes the reader back to the Tokugawa era."—Tony's Reading List. Get your copy: buff.ly/OLz1rMn Read the review: buff.ly/I9ZMRcD

"This selection of new Chinese writing is strong, varied, and continually fresh and surprising from beginning to end."—Joseph Schreiber, Rough Ghosts. Get your copy: buff.ly/1JiDQer Read the review: buff.ly/LG3OwbI

"Tsujihara, winner of virtually every major Japanese literary prize, writes with a casual, detailed candor, as if disturbing behaviors and impossible scenarios are just quotidian happenings."—Terry Hong, Book List. Get your copy: buff.ly/T8b0jMO

The "sense of bewilderment is more intensely evident through the uncanny parallels readers are bound to draw between their 21st-century realities and the jagged fight tale filled with aliens, cannibal birds and human clones."—Lee Jian, The Korea JoongAng Daily buff.ly/ekuDZVY

Another quietly disturbing, subversive piece of Japanese literature published by Honford Star... (dying to get my hands on it)

Happy Publication day to Mistress Koharu by Noboru Tsujihara (tr. Kalau Almony)! Get your copy wherever books are sold! buff.ly/lrefxPE