Alia (CoopStudi)

"Alia" is small print anthology of international fantasy literature published in 2003 by CoopStudi, Turin. An offshoot of the LN LibriNuovi experience, the anthology (first in a series) was designed to fill a gap in the field of genre fiction as published by major publishers in Italy, presenting new translations of short stories, ranging from horror fiction to cyberpunk, split among four thematic sections:

*Italian stories, chosen to represent the best of the last five decades, including works by Nicoletta Vallorani, Massimo del Pizzo, Vittorio Catani, Gloria Barberi, Massimo Lo Jacono, Alessandro Defilippi, Milena Debenedetti, and Davide Mana.

*English and American stories, "missing links" in the history and development of the fantasy genre, featuring stories by Charles Grant Allen, Frank R. Stockton, Sarah Orne Jewett, Theodore Roosevelt, Robert W. Chambers, H. F. Arnold, and Mark McFadden.

*Japanese stories, representing the roots of Japan's modern genre fiction themes and styles, featuring works by Yamamura Bocho, Yumeno Kyusaku, Kenji Miyazawa, Unno Juza, Dazai Osamu, and Hayami Yuji.

*Monographs: Short novel "Absolution for God", by Massimo Citi, winner of the Amnesty International Omelas Prize, 2002.

Introductions and essays were included by Silvia Treves, Vittorio Catani, Massimo Soumaré, Davide Mana and Danilo Arona.