I am so pleased to tell you that the anthology Nordic Visions is out now.

Buy it at your favourite bookstore or online, for instance here. 

A Unique Speculative Fiction Collection From The Nordic Countries.

Storytelling has been a major force in the Nordic countries for thousands of years, renowned for its particular sense of dark humour, featuring pacts with nature and a view of the worlds you seldom find in other places.

Perhaps it is the freezing cold winter? The closeness to the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic? Maybe it’s the huge ancient forests…

Most have heard about Nordic crime fiction with its dark noir flare or the Icelandic Sagas. This anthology combines all that is unique about Nordic speculative fiction, from the darkest dystopian science fiction to terrifying horror. From the rational to the eccentric, these stories combine a deep sense of place with social criticism, themes of loneliness and the concern for humanity’s impact on the wilderness.

Featuring 16 short stories from some of the best contemporary speculative authors from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and The Faroe Islands:

John Ajvide Lindqvist, Emmi Itäranta, Hannu Rajaniemi, Tor Åge Bringsværd, Kaspar Colling Nielsen, Lene Kaaberbøl, Karin Tidbeck, Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson, Jakob Drud, Johann Thorsson, Johanna Sinisalo, Margrèt Helgadóttir, Maria Haskins, Rakel Helmsdal, Tone Almhjell, and Thore Hansen.

Read short biographies of the authors here.

Several of the stories are translated to English exclusively for this book.

Translations by Marlaine Delargy, Olivia Lasky, Quentin Bates, and Marita Thomsen.

To celebrate the book, if you’re in US or Canada, you can win a free copy! Check it out before Oct 17th.

Thank you so much to Rebellion Publishing for making this happen, and thank you also so much to all the authors and translators.

I hope you will enjoy the book! And we course welcome all articles, reviews and basically, all help with getting the word about the book out there. Thanks!

The picture of me, the happy editor, is by photographer Lise Martine Halle.