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\"\"<\/a>Illustration by Le Comte de L’Aigle, 1889, in “Le Portrait du Louvre”<\/p>\n

Apart from George Sand’s novel Spiridion<\/em>, and Jean Lorrain’s collection, Stories to Read by Candlelight<\/em>, I\u2019ve translated several short stories, and one radio play, and been fortunate to have them published in literary magazines. Here\u2019s where you can read them.<\/p>\n

By Jean Lorrain<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2018Madame Gorgibus\u2019: The Brooklyn Rail \u2018inTranslation\u2019<\/a><\/em>, 2015; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books,<\/em> 2019
\n<\/em>\u2018Princess Mandosiane\u2019: Eleven Eleven Journal<\/em>, 2015; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books,<\/em> 2019
\n<\/em>\u2018Queen Maritorne\u2019: Eleven Eleven Journal<\/em>, 2015; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books,<\/em> 2019
\n<\/em>\u2018Gudule the Maid\u2019: Danse Macabre, 99<\/a><\/em>, 2016; Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books, <\/em>2019
\n<\/em>\u2018Useless Virtue\u2019: Sun Star Review, Vol 1 Issue 2<\/em>; <\/a>Stories to Read by Candlelight, Odyssey Books,<\/em> 2019
\n\u2018The Mandrake\u2019: Belmont Story Review, Spring 2016<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

By Catulle Mend\u00e8s<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2018The Only Beautiful Woman\u2019: The Brooklyn Rail \u2018inTranslation\u2019<\/a><\/em>, 2016 (The inTranslation<\/em> stories have been archived on the Wayback Machine here.)<\/a>
\n\u2018The Enchanted Ring\u2019: Peacock Journal<\/a><\/em>, 2016
\n<\/em>\u2018The Half-Veil\u2019: Brilliant Flash Fiction<\/em>,<\/a> June 2017
\n\u2018The Lame Angel\u2019: Peacock Journal<\/em>, 2018<\/a>
\n\u2018Tears on the Sword\u2019: FairyTale Riot<\/a><\/em>, 2018<\/a>
\n\u2018Golden Kisses\u2019: Fairytalez<\/em><\/a>, 2018<\/em>
\n‘A Flower’s Evening’: Book of Matches, Issue 1<\/em>, 2021<\/a>
\n‘The Little Blue Flame’: Danse Macabre Literary Magazine 148<\/a>
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By Eug\u00e8ne-Melchior de Vog\u00fc\u00e9<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2018Joseph Olenin\u2019s Coat\u2019: The Cossack Review<\/em>, Issue 6, 2016; Bewildering Stories, <\/em>Issue 831, 2019<\/a>
\n‘The Time of Serfdom’: Bewildering Stories, <\/em>Issue 929, 2021<\/a>
\n‘The Portrait in the Louvre’: Bewildering Stories<\/em>, Issue 1075, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

By Th\u00e9odore de Banville<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2018The Lydian\u2019: Black Sun Lit<\/em>, 2018<\/a>
\n‘The Ragpicker’: The AALITRA Review<\/em><\/a>, 2019
\n\u2018<\/em>Fire Stealer\u2019: Bewildering Stories, <\/i><\/em>Issue 870, 2020<\/a>
\n‘Caf\u00e9 Br\u00e9bant’:\u00a0Bewildering Stories, <\/i><\/em>Issue 1125, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

By Marcel Aym\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018The Wolf\u2019: Delos Journal<\/a>, <\/em>Fall 2018
\n<\/em>‘Dead Time’: Delos Journal<\/em><\/a>, Spring 2021<\/p>\n

By Claude Aveline<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Jonah’s Whale’: Delos Journal<\/em><\/a>, Fall 2022<\/p>\n

By Claudine Jacques<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Poem from C\u0153urs barbel\u00e9s<\/em>: \u00c9pisodes 1<\/em>, 2009 (New Caledonia)
\n\u2018Legends\u2019: Sillages d\u2019Oc\u00e9anie 2014<\/em>, 2014 (New Caledonia)
\n<\/em>\u2018The Blue Cross\u2019: The AALITRA Review<\/a><\/em>, 2010
\n<\/em>\u2018Life Sentence\u2019: Southerly Journal<\/em>, 2017
\n<\/em>‘Bitter Secrets’: Transnational Literature<\/em><\/a>, December 2018
\n‘Other People’s Land’: Sunspot Lit<\/em><\/a>, September 2019
\n‘Opportunities’: The AALITRA Review<\/em><\/a>, 2023<\/p>\n

By\u00a0Jacqueline Exbroyat<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

‘The Vanilla and the Writer’:\u00a0TEXT Prose and Poetry<\/a>. TEXT<\/i> 29 (1)<\/em>, April 2025<\/p>\n

By Victor Hugo<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

‘The Word’: Inscribe Journal<\/em>, Issue 10<\/em>, September 2025<\/p>\n

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Illustration by Le Comte de L’Aigle, 1889, in “Le Portrait du Louvre” Apart from George Sand’s novel Spiridion, and Jean Lorrain’s collection, Stories to Read by Candlelight, I\u2019ve translated several short stories, and one radio play, and been fortunate to have them published in literary magazines. Here\u2019s where you can read them. By Jean Lorrain:…<\/p>\n

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