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March 15, 2023
New anthology!
I am over the moon to be able to tell you about this new anthology I am editing for UK-based Rebellion Publishing.
Nordic Visions will be a collection of stories from some of the best Nordic authors in the speculative field (science fiction, fantasy, horror).
After editing anthologies for many years with a focus on the different continents, it has been so fun to be able to work with my home region. With this anthology I aim to give international readers an insight into some of the best No...
December 24, 2022
A Lion Roars in Longyearbyen – new story out
From me to all of you, here’s a Christmas story from the far-future Arctic city of Longyearbyen. It was published today in Slate Magazine! Hope you’ll enjoy it. It’s my first finished new short story in five years or so!
The story was published on the Future Tense pages, a fantastic partnership of Slate Magazine, New America, and Arizona State University (Center for Science and the Imagination) that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society. The Future Tense project pub...
October 7, 2022
Climate tipping points
On Tuesday I am doing something really fun! I have been invited as an author to the University of Oslo to follow a workshop on Nordic climate tipping points – what we know about them and how they could affect future life on Earth – and then write a futuristic short story based on this. How cool is that!?
With funding from the University of Oslo’s UiO:Norden initiative, the Department of Sociology and Human geography at the University of Oslo is organizing a one-day workshop on “Nordic Climate...
March 1, 2022
Book birthday for Winter Tales
It’s birthday for the anthology Winter Tales today! It was published by Fox Spirit Books in 2016.
This was a fun project to edit. I received over a hundred stories and poems after an open call for submissions, and selected 22 of these to work with.
Creepy, deliciously dark and grim tales to celebrate the winter season, and in between the sweet one. The stories are written in a multitude of genres: Crime, horror, science fiction, fantasy, post apocalyptic, superhero, the more literary.
...February 28, 2022
Speculative fiction from Ukraine
Are you interested in reading stories written by Ukrainian authors?
Check out the great list in the article by Alex Shvartsman here, where he has collected stories in English by Ukrainian speculative authors.
He also mentions the Eurasian Monsters anthology, edited by yours truly, published by Fox Spirit Books in December 2020, where we included stories from four Ukrainian authors:
“Sleepless in Enerhodar”, by Yevhen Lyr“Rapunzel”, by Volodymyr Arenev, translated by Mike Olivson“A Thous...February 14, 2022
The Stars Seem So Far Away
Just a short note to tell you that I have a book birthday! Fox Spirit Books published my debut book The Stars Seem So Far Away 7 years ago today.
The book was called «stunningly original» by Interzone. Gorgeous wrap around cover by Sarah Ann Langton. Shortlisted to British Fantasy Awards 2016 in category “Best Collection”.
Read more about the book here, where you’ll also find information about where to buy the book. Looks like the paperback is on sale at Amazon.
November 11, 2021
Monsters of Our Time: Review of Eurasian Monsters ed. Margrét Helgadóttir — Ancillary Review of Books
Monsters of Our Time: Review of Eurasian Monsters ed. Margrét Helgadóttir Alkisti Kallinikou Under Review: Eurasian Monsters. Edited by Margrét Helgadóttir. Fox Spirit Books, December 2020. When I started studying Russian a few months ago, I was driven by my desire to read traditional fairy tales in their original language. Leafing through pages of Slavic […]
Monsters of Our Time: Review of Eurasian Monsters ed. Margrét Helgadóttir — Ancillary Review of Books
July 9, 2021
European science fiction published
The anthology European Science Fiction #1 – Knowing the Neighbours was published by Future Fiction yesterday. Authors from 15 countries and translation from 11 languages. And one story from me! Proud to represent Norway (and Iceland!) here.
The book is edited by Italian editor and author Francesco Verso.
You can find paperbacks at Amazon, for instance here.
Ebook coming soon.
Thanks so much and congratulations to Francesco and all involved. I am very sad to not be able to at...
April 24, 2021
The View from the North
It’s been a while since I have spotted a new review of my debut book The Stars Seem So Far Away, so I was very happy to stumble across this one. And I am extra chuffed about the incredible kind words here. Thanks so much!
Post-apocalyptic fiction comes in many guises, most of them dark. You’ve got experimental books in which one of the points made appears to be that the breaking of the world will change everything–even the way we think and interact with reality. You’ve a...
March 27, 2021
Spells & Spaceships interviews me
Just a short note to tell you that there is an interview with me at the blog Spells & Spaceships today. There is also a (worldwide) giveaway of Eurasian Monsters on Twitter today, check it out.
Thanks so much to Alex at the Spells & Spaceships.
Here’s the interview: https://spellsandspaceships.com/2021/03/27/monsters-around-the-world/
For more details about Spells & Spaceships, and the giveaway, see @BlogSpells at Twitter. Alex has a special focus on monsters this week, and there are several int...
