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Pearlescent Tickwad 
By: Samir Sirk Morató
She doesn’t realize that she’s made of ticks until she gets her nipples pierced.
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The Quantum and Temporal Properties of Unresolved Love 
By: Massimo Mitolo
The Verona National Laboratory in Italy, specializing in tragic and unresolved love, was selected for all experimental work.
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SH@25 Episode 7: An Interview with John Scalzi 
By: John Scalzi
By: Michael Ireland
In this episode of Strange Horizons @ 25, producer Michael Ireland sits down with acclaimed SF author John Scalzi to discuss his 2001 story Alien Animal Encounters, which just so happens to be the only story he ever submitted anywhere.
Poetry
Of Water, Always Seeking 
By: Ali Trotta
remember, you are not alone, / and you have fury / as well as faith
Reviews
Monday: Leaked Footages by Abu Bakr Sadiq 
By: Paul Chuks
Wednesday: The City in Glass by Nghi Vo 
By: Nileena Sunil
Friday: Withered Hill by David Barnett 
By: Racheal Chie
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Current Issue
13 Jan 2025
Fiction
Pearlescent Tickwad 
By: Samir Sirk Morató
She doesn’t realize that she’s made of ticks until she gets her nipples pierced.
Poetry
The Quantum and Temporal Properties of Unresolved Love 
By: Massimo Mitolo
The Verona National Laboratory in Italy, specializing in tragic and unresolved love, was selected for all experimental work.
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 7: An Interview with John Scalzi 
By: John Scalzi
By: Michael Ireland
In this episode of Strange Horizons @ 25, producer Michael Ireland sits down with acclaimed SF author John Scalzi to discuss his 2001 story Alien Animal Encounters, which just so happens to be the only story he ever submitted anywhere.
Poetry
Of Water, Always Seeking 
By: Ali Trotta
remember, you are not alone, / and you have fury / as well as faith
Reviews
Monday: Leaked Footages by Abu Bakr Sadiq 
By: Paul Chuks
Wednesday: The City in Glass by Nghi Vo 
By: Nileena Sunil
Friday: Withered Hill by David Barnett 
By: Racheal Chie
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Issue 6 Jan 2025
Fiction
Dead Dog Mans the Lighthouse 
By: Max Franciscovich
Poetry
Little Haunted House 
By: Portia Yu
Poetry
Imaginal Discs 
By: Nadine Nakagawa
Podcasts
Podcast: Coming Through In Waves 
By: Samantha Murray
Podcast read by: Jenna Hanchey
Reviews
Monday: 2024 In Review: Part One 
By: Our Reviewers
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Wednesday: 2024 In Review: Part Two 
By: Our Reviewers
,
Friday: 2024 In Review: Part Three 
By: Our Reviewers
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Issue 23 Dec 2024
Poetry
What Beautiful Heavens These 
By: Kaya Skovdatter
Poetry
The Person Who Reminds the Other Person to Cast a Spell 
By: Bogi Takács
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Holiday Special: Little Brother™, by Bruce Holland Rogers 
By: Bruce Holland Rogers
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Reviews
Monday: Star Trek: Lower Decks—Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio 
By: Abigail Nussbaum
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Wednesday: The Great When by Alan Moore 
By: Matt Holder
,
Friday: The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer 
By: Cameron Miguel
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Issue 16 Dec 2024
Fiction
Exit Interview 
By: K.W. Onley
Poetry
Dad's recipe for never-keeping 
By: Anne Liberton
Poetry
RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE. 
By: Fasasi Ridwan
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 6: An interview with Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li, and a reading of her poems, 'Ave Maria' and 'The Mezzanine' 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li
Reviews
Monday: Mevlido’s Dreams: A Post Exotic Novel by Antoine Volodine, translated by Gina M. Stamm 
By: Shinjini Dey
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Wednesday: The Theme Park of Women’s Bodies by Maggie Cooper 
By: William Shaw
,
Friday: Your Own Dark Shadow: A Selection of Lost Irish Horror Stories edited by Jack Fennell 
By: Aran Ward Sell
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Issue 9 Dec 2024
Fiction
A Wish for the Drowned 
By: Corey Farrenkopf
Poetry
The Universe Is Dying 
By: Michelle Koubek
Poetry
On The Shores of Nineveh 
By: Nnadi Samuel
Reviews
Monday: The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry 
By: Catherine Baker
,
Wednesday: Gliff by Ali Smith 
By: David Hebblethwaite
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Friday: Beyond the Light Horizon by Ken MacLeod 
By: Redfern Jon Barrett
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Issue 2 Dec 2024
Fiction
To Drive the Cold Winter Away 
By: E. Catherine Tobler
Poetry
Nose 
By: Devan Barlow
Poetry
The Monster in the Shape of a Star 
By: Vivienne Camille
Podcasts
Podcast: A Cure for Solastalgia 
By: E.M. Linden
Podcast read by: Jenna Hanchey
Reviews
Monday: Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer 
By: Christian P. Haines
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Wednesday: In Universes by Emet North 
By: Roseanna Pendlebury
,
Friday: Countess by Suzan Palumbo 
By: Dan Hartland
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Issue 25 Nov 2024
Columns, Fiction, Non-Fiction
Stories From The Radio: The Slide - Penultimate Episode 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Poetry
Inside this Egg, We Roll Together 
By: Akis Linardos
Poetry
A Headline Ripped From a Past, Present, and Future Issue of Anachronistic News America: 
By: Donald Towers
Articles, Non-Fiction
To Fact from Fiction: The Representation of Climate Change in Ibrahim Nasrallah’s Dog War II 
By: Rawad Alhashmi
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 5: An Interview with E.M. Faulds 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: E.M. Faulds
Reviews
Monday: Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik 
By: Shannon Fay
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Wednesday: Rare Birds by L. B. Hazelthorn 
By: Andy Sawyer
,
Friday: The Night Ends with Fire by K. X. Song 
By: Kristy Wang
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Issue 18 Nov 2024
Poetry
Interstellar Assistance 
By: M.C. Childs
Poetry
High 
By: Duy Đoàn
Fiction
A Slightly Different Sunrise from Mercury, Nevada 
By: Íde Hennessy
Podcasts
Podcast: Little Lila 
By: Susannah Rand
Podcast read by: Claire McNerney
Reviews
Monday: Zebra Meridian & Other Stories by Geoffrey W. Cole 
By: Catherine Rockwood
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Wednesday: Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words by Payal Kapadia 
By: Amritesh Mukherjee
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Friday: The 23rd Hero by Rebecca Anne Nguyen 
By: David Lewis
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Issue 11 Nov 2024
Poetry
The Angels Sip Manhattans Wearing the Faces of Our Dead 
By: Sarah Titus
Poetry
the dogs don’t forgive us 
By: Sophie Fink
Azimuth, Editorials
Delays! But We're Ok. 
By: Romie Stott
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 4: An Interview with Kyle Tam 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Kyle Tam
Fiction
The Lord of Mice’s Arrows 
By: Nadia Radovich
Reviews
Monday: Dakini Atoll by Nikhil Singh 
By: Eric Hendel
,
Wednesday: Metal From Heaven by august clarke 
By: Dylan Haston
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Friday: One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun, translated by Jung Yewon 
By: Areeb Ahmad
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Issue 4 Nov 2024
Fiction
The Butcher’s Heart 
By: AnaMaria Curtis
Poetry
Djinndroid 
By: Sara Omer
Poetry
Departure: New Selene Station 21:56 
By: K. M. Praschak
Podcasts
Podcast: Embroidery of a Bird’s Heart 
By: Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas
Podcast read by: L. W. Salinas
Reviews
Monday: The 2024 Ignyte Award for Best Novel Shortlist, Part One 
By: Tehnuka
,
Wednesday: The 2024 Ignyte Award for Best Novel Shortlist, Part Two 
By: Tehnuka
,
Friday: A Place Between Waking and Forgetting by Eugen Bacon 
By: Maya C. James
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Issue 28 Oct 2024
Fiction
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackened Husk of a Planet 
By: Adeline Wong
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 3: An interview with Arkady Martine, and a reading of her poem 'Cloud Wall' 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Arkady Martine
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
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