Why Read Échofictions ?

HOW ÉCHOFICTIONS STANDS OUT

Échofictions publishes novels and graphic novels, adventure stories, romantic comedies, and science fiction, ranging from the humorous to the dramatic, for all ages.

We favor uplifting stories that resonate long after the reader has finished them. 

Most Échofictions titles are works that previously appeared with other publishers, in out-of-print anthologies, or in magazines—hence the word "echo" in the name Échofictions.

Two concrete examples:

• "Maragi's Secret" was published in the United States in 2024 in the prestigious *Asimov’s* magazine; the text
  was subsequently picked up in 2025 by *Science Fiction World* (China) in a Mandarin translation.
  Échofictions is publishing the French version in 2025, following rejections from other publishing houses that turned the work down based on its genre, target audience, or novella format.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "Ice Monarch" an ecological fable, was published in French in 2010 in *Solaris* magazine (winning the 2010 Solaris Prize) and later appeared in 2012 in *Galaxies* (winning a Special Jury Prize).
  A Russian translation was released in 2014 in *SuperNovia* magazine.
  

 

 

 

SOCIAL VALIDATION

I am an author with twenty traditionally published novels and nearly one hundred short stories published in anthologies or professional magazines since 1999 to my credit. I have won a number of literary awards, the most recent being the 2026 Solaris Prize. (Media reaction: BOF.)

My 21st novel is due out from Éditions David (Ottawa) in 2027. And yes, it’s science fiction again! My sci-fi novels have been finalists three times for the Ontario Trillium Award (which I won in 2023), a finalist once for the Governor General’s Award, and winner of the Cécile Gagnon Award for young adult fiction in 2001. 

In short, there is no need to worry about the social validation of my work. Of my 20 novels, 15 have become "orphans" for various reasons:

• the publishing house decided to discontinue the series (2 cases); the publisher passed away and the company folded (this is what happened to the best publisher I ever had, Michel Lavoie of Vents d’Ouest, Gatineau);
• the publisher was in poor health and closed the company (1 case);
• the publisher went bankrupt (1 case).

As for the 10–12 graphic novels I had professionally published in Quebec and Ontario, *none* of those publishing houses exist anymore. I am therefore gradually bringing them back into print myself.