Megan McDowell is a leading English-language translator of fiction from Latin America. McDowell has worked with authors such as Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enríquez, known for the use of bodily,…
COVER FEATURE
International Horror in Translation
Agustina Bazterrica Tender Is the Flesh Trans. Sarah Moses Scribner, 2020 When cannibalism is all that’s left due to the extinction of animals, what does it mean to fall in love with…
Illustration by Apirak / Stock.adobe.com.Trigger warning for mental health, threats of violence and sexual violence, and suicidal ideation. Be careful what you wish for—especially online, especially i…
Photo by Edwin Tan / istockphoto.comTrigger warning for suicide and graphic violence. Desperate to have a child, a couple takes an unorthodox route to conception. But did they bargain with the devil?…
Photo by Joelee Creative / Stock.adobe.comIn this excerpt from a classic Argentine horror novel, something sinister visits a bathing woman in her new apartment. “The high heels! The high heels!” When…
Illustration by fran_kie / Unsplash.comThree groups of children dine at long tables inside cages in this claustrophobic tale of no escape. We, my brothers and sisters and I, have broad dining tables.…
Illustration by Abigail Larson, Something Wrong?, ink, watercolor, digital media, 2023Discussions of horror fiction often begin with attempts at a definition. Questions like “what is ‘horror’…
July 2024
With eight bonus pages, the July 2024 issue of World Literature Today presents International Horror Fiction in Translation, guest-edited by Rachel Cordasco. The cover feature gathers stories from Japan, Argentina, Egypt, and Sweden. Additional highlights include interviews, essays, booklists, and poetry. The book review section rounds up the best new books from around the world, and additional interviews, poetry, and essays offer indispensable summer reading.