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Sara Norja & Matti Järvinen (toim.): Afterglow/Jälkikajo

20.00 EUR

Afterglow: Speculative Poems from Finland presents a selection of speculative poems written by poets living in Finland. The poems range widely among different speculative genres, including fantasy inspired by folklore, science fiction, and horror. Transformations and mythic beings, queer themes and surrealism, violence and sublime beauty: this anthology showcases the breadth of current Finnish speculative poetry. Jälkikajo: spefirunoja Suomesta tarjoilee kattauksen Suomessa kirjoittavien runoilijoiden spekulatiivisia runoja. Runoissa seikkaillaan monen spefigenren parissa: mukana on niin kansanperinteestä ammentavaa fantasiaa, scifiä kuin kauhuakin. Muodonmuutoksia ja myyttisiä olentoja, queer-teemoja ja surrealismia, väkivaltaa ja hämmästyttävää kauneutta: antologia esittelee laajalti suomalaisen spefirunouden nykytilaa. The authors / tekijät: Rimma Erkko, KM Fedyk, Timo Hellman, Juha Jyrkäs, Emma Kanckos, Anni Kanniainen, Artemis Kelosaari, Elli Leppä, Sara Norja, M.G. Soikkeli. Nysalor-kustannus. ISBN 978-952-7564-44-8. Pehmeäkantinen, 188 s. Julkaistu 26.6.2025. Kansikuva: Eve Lumerto.

Matti Järvinen (toim.): The Forest Nymph

15.00 EUR

Does a fine teacup bring bad luck? How can a huge whale disappear in a narrow bay? Who is the beautiful woman dressed in a forest green silk dress? The Forest Nymph and Other Weird Stories from Finland contains six tales of fantasy, sci-fi, horror and weird. Let’s go on an imaginative journey to dark forests, battlefields and space! The authors: Rimma Joonatan Erkko, Saara Henriksson, Artemis Kelosaari, Lucilla Lin, Mikko Rauhala, M.G. Soikkeli. Stages of Berlin by M.G. Soikkeli was awarded with the prestigious Portti Award in 2000. Nysalor-kustannus. ISBN 978-952-7275-99-3. Pehmeäkantinen, 140 s. Julkaistu 8.6.2023. Kansikuva: Rimma Joonatan Erkko.

Anne Leinonen: The Otherling

15.00 EUR

This short story collection features several award-winning stories from a Finnish author. They span strange and exciting worlds of imagination: in them an alien whose sole purpose is to serve others tries to understand humankind, an itinerant woman carries the world’s history in her tattoos, an old artisan is doing his skilled part to help revolution, a little boy discovers the secret of books, and a woman suffering from memory crashes follows a cat who both is and is not there… Anne Leinonen is a journalist, editor and author, and active in the Finnish SF/Fantasy community. Her short fiction has won multiple awards, and she moves effortlessly within and between the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Her works are noted for the recurring themes of otherness and crossing the borders of different worlds. Kuoriaiskirjat. ISBN 978-952-7021-53-8. Pehmeäkantinen, 140 s. Julkaistu 1.1.2015.

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Sara Norja & Matti Järvinen (toim.): Afterglow/Jälkikajo

Matti Järvinen (toim.): The Forest Nymph

Anne Leinonen: The Otherling