This is the quarterly bilingual Ukrainian English science fiction almanac Contours of Sagittarius and we’re counting down with annotations on Volume 1, April-June 2026!

Inside Volume 1: What’s Waiting for You?

• EYEPIECE [130+ pages]: A deep-dive review into the ultimate global sci-fi awards of 2026—Hugo, Nebula, and ESFS. Discover where speculative fiction is heading straight from the world cons.

• TIME MACHINE [60+ pages]: A trip back to the late 9th century. A bold experimental literary adaptation of Eastern Europe’s earliest cosmological text, decoded through modern astrophysics.

• COSMOFORGE [70+ pages]: Hard sci-fi at its grittiest. A heavy-hitting scientific essay on black holes and gravitation that challenges string theory and the existence of dark matter/energy.

• SHORT STORIES & NOVELLETES [460+ pages]:

o 5 Short Stories: From underground nano-tech labs and deep-sea anomalies to rogue AI morality and orbital spec-ops.

o 2 Epic Novelettes: High-concept socio-philosophical space operas exploring planetary awakening and millennium-long interstellar journeys.

• THE GRAND FINALE: A masterpiece of elite storytelling from our secret STAR GUEST—a 2026 Hugo & Nebula Award finalist.

Volume 2, July-September 2026 is expected on October 1!

https://newbooks.space/books/contours-of-sagittarius-vol-1-april-june-2026