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DUTCH FANTASTICON 2026: WHERE REALITY FINALLY GIVES UP AND THE LOWLANDS LEARNED TO LEVITATE  – CRISTIAN TAMAȘ

There are days when the world feels too small, too polite, too neatly folded into its own predictable geometry. And then there are days like September 5, 2026, when Nieuw-Vennep (New-Vennep, a town and residential-commercial center in the Dutch province of North Holland, situated within the municipality of Haarlemmermeer) cracks open like a cosmic egg and something incandescent spills out across the Linquenda community...

THE SIDEWISE SPECTACLE OF CHRONOLOGICAL NONSENSE: A CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR’S MOST HEROICALLY MISLABELED “ALTERNATE HISTORIES”

MINISTRY OF TRUTH — DEPARTMENT OF TEMPORAL CORRECTION OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUÉ No. 2026‑ALT‑HIST‑001 Citizens of the Literary Dominion, Subjects of the Chronological Order, and Loyal Consumers of Approved Fiction, The Ministry of Truth is delighted to announce the triumphant conclusion of the Sidewise Awards 2026, the Empire’s most prestigious ceremony dedicated to honoring works of "alternate history," a genre we have carefully redefined to mean any narrative containing...
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“THE END OF IT”: A 250-YEAR-OLD TANTRUM IN A WORLD TOO POLITE TO YAWN

The 2026 Cannes premiere of “The End of It” is a film so achingly self-important, so drenched in its own existential hand-wringing, that one...

LYON BLAZES WITH THE FIRE OF A THOUSAND SUNS: INTERGALACTIQUES 2026 UNLEASHES THE SUPERNOVA OF „COUNTER-FICTIONS”

LES INTERGALACTIQUES LYON, FRANCE 14th EDITION | 5th – 7h JUNE 2026 The streets of Lyon are about to ignite with the kind of electric, otherworldly energy...

EMPIRE OF ICE: A TRANS-SIBERIAN ODYSSEY INTO WINTER LOGIC

JACEK DUKAJ’S "ICE" successfully finished as a top-ten finalist for the 2026 Locus Award for Best Translated Novel. Translated into English by Ursula Phillips and...

2026 GRAND PRIX DE L’IMAGINAIRE WINNERS, FRANCE

THE CONSTELLATION OF FIRE: THE 2026 GRAND PRIX DE L’IMAGINAIRE ERUPTS INTO HISTORY There are nights when literature stops behaving like a polite cultural artifact...

TOP EUROPEAN SF WRITERS

Why European Science Fiction Matters in 2026 European science fiction in 2026 is bold, multilingual, and intellectually ambitious. It blends philosophy, politics, mythology, and cutting‑edge...

EUROPA SF: THE PAN-EUROPEAN SFF PORTAL

Exploring and promoting European Science Fiction & Fantasy We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming relaunch of EUROPA SF, the central hub for science fiction and...

”El Hoyo” (The Platform) – Spanish SF Film, One of the Winners at the 2020 Goya Awards

The 34th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honored the best in Spanish and hispanophone films...

“The Witcher” : European Fantasy on Netflix

“The Witcher” is an upcoming fantasy drama web television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the book series of the...

THE WINNERS OF TRIESTE SCIENCE+FICTION FESTIVAL 2019 (Italy)

“Not just one of the world's leading science fiction festivals  but one of the finest genre events in the world regardless of the genre...

“Altri futuri” (Other Futures) The Year’s Best Italian Science Fiction Short Stories

The best of the 2018 Italian independent science fiction, edited by the Carmine Treanni, director of Delos Science Fiction, the longest continuously online science...

World Science Fiction #1. Visions to Preserve the Biodiversity of the Future : the first Anthology of International Science Fiction published in English by...

World Science Fiction #1. Visions to Preserve the Biodiversity of the Future Editor : Francesco Verso On one volume the best short stories to come out...

The Spanish Film Director Alice Waddington’s ”Paradise Hills”

”Paradise Hills” is a gorgeous, SF fantasy that both embraces femininity...and challenges it. The intricately rendered look of ”Paradise Hills” is so intoxicating you...