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Translated short stories

‘Contemplation’, M.H. Gray, illustration for ‘Le Manteau de Joseph Olénine’ (‘Joseph Olenin’s Coat’) by E-M. de Vogüé in ‘Les Lettres et les arts’, 1 July 1886, Paris

Apart from George Sand’s novel Spiridion, and Jean Lorrain’s collection, Stories to Read by Candlelight, I’ve translated several short stories, and one radio play, and been fortunate to have them published in literary magazines. Here’s where you can read them.

By Jean Lorrain:

‘Madame Gorgibus’: The Brooklyn Rail ‘inTranslation’; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books 2019
‘Princess Mandosiane’: Eleven Eleven Journal; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books 2019
‘Queen Maritorne’: Eleven Eleven Journal; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books 2019
‘Gudule the Maid’: Danse Macabre, 99; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books 2019
‘Useless Virtue’: Sun Star Review, Vol 1 Issue 2; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books 2019
‘The Mandrake’: Belmont Story Review, Spring 2016

By Catulle Mendès:

‘The Only Beautiful Woman’: The Brooklyn Rail ‘inTranslation’, 2016 (The inTranslation section is defunct but my story has been archived on the Wayback Machine here.
‘The Enchanted Ring’: Peacock Journal, 2016
‘The Half-Veil’: Brilliant Flash Fiction, June 2017
‘The Lame Angel’: Peacock Journal, 2018
‘Tears on the Sword’: FairyTale Riot, 2018
‘Golden Kisses’: Fairytalez, 2018
‘A Flower’s Evening’: Book of Matches, Issue 1, 2021
‘The Little Blue Flame’: Danse Macabre Literary Magazine 148

By Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé:

‘Joseph Olenin’s Coat’: The Cossack Review, Issue 6, 2016; Bewildering Stories, Issue 831, 2019
‘The Time of Serfdom’: Bewildering Stories, Issue 929, 2021

By Théodore de Banville:

‘The Lydian’: Black Sun Lit, 2018
‘The Ragpicker’: The AALITRA Review, 2019
Fire Stealer’: Bewildering Stories, Issue 870, 2020

By Marcel Aymé

‘The Wolf’: Delos Journal, Fall 2018
‘Dead Time’: Delos Journal, Spring 2021

By Claude Aveline

‘Jonah’s Whale’: Delos Journal, Fall 2022

By Claudine Jacques:

Poem from Cœurs barbelés: Épisodes 1, 2009 (New Caledonia)
‘Legends’: Sillages d’Océanie 2014, 2014 (New Caledonia)
‘The Blue Cross’: The AALITRA Review, 2010
‘Life Sentence’: Southerly Journal, 2017
The Mask
(bilingual novella): Volkeno Books, Vanuatu, 2017
Life Sentence and The Blue Cross (bilingual short stories): Volkeno Books, Vanuatu, 2018
‘Bitter Secrets’: Transnational Literature, December 2018
‘Other People’s Land’: Sunspot Lit, September 2019
‘Opportunities’: The AALITRA Review, 2023