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17 Jun 2019
Fiction
Many-Hearted Dog and Heron Who Stepped Past Time 
By: Alex Yuschik
Art by: Galen Dara
"Before Dog, Heron had never seen someone remove their own heart."
Podcasts
Podcast: Many-Hearted Dog and Heron Who Stepped Past Time 
By: Alex Yuschik
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Alex Yuschik's “Many-Hearted Dog and Heron Who Stepped Past Time.”
Poetry
we aren't their fairytales, baby 
By: Cassandra Khaw
impotent, impatient, incapable of respecting Anything
Podcasts
Podcast: we aren't their fairtytales, baby 
By: Cassandra Khaw
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Cassandra Khaw's “we aren't their fairytales, baby.”
Reviews
Monday: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson 
By: Christina Ladd
Wednesday: Resonance and Revolt by Rosanne Rabinowitz 
By: Rachel Hill
Friday: Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator by Raz Greenberg 
By: A. S. Moser
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100 African Writers of SFF - Part Fourteen: The Great Walls of Lagos
100African, Non-Fiction
Introduction 
By: Geoff Ryman
100African, Non-Fiction
A. Igoni Barrett 
By: Geoff Ryman
100African, Non-Fiction
Amatesiro Dore 
By: Geoff Ryman
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Issue 10 Jun 2019
Fiction
Gephyrophobia 
By: Rykie Belles
Podcasts
Podcast: Gephyrophobia 
By: Rykie Belles
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
tigerlily 
By: Amanda Gafford
Podcasts
Podcast: tigerlily 
By: Amanda Gafford
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis 
By: Nina Allan
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Wednesday: Forget the Sleepless Shores: Stories by Sonya Taaffe 
By: Anthony Cardno
,
Friday: Love, Death & Robots 
By: Mazin Saleem
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Issue 3 Jun 2019
Fiction
Hunting the Viper-King 
By: Kathryn Harlan
Podcasts
Podcast: Hunting the Viper-King 
By: Kathryn Harlan
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
The Bride of Frankenstein Considers Her Options 
By: Meghan Phillips
Podcasts
Podcast: The Bride of Frankenstein Considers Her Options 
By: Meghan Phillips
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Strange Horizons Book Club: Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner 
By: Aishwarya Subramanian
By: Abigail Nussbaum
By: Charlotte Geater
By: Zen Cho
,
Wednesday: Strange Economics: Economic Speculative Fiction edited by David F. Schultz 
By: Maggie Clark
,
Friday: A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction edited by Jack Fennell 
By: Andy Sawyer
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100 African Writers of SFF: An Obituary for Binyavanga Wainaina
100African, Non-Fiction
One day this man will get his just reward: An Obituary for Binyavanga Wainaina 
By: Geoff Ryman
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Issue 27 May 2019
Poetry
You, Robot 
By: M. F. Morrison
Podcasts
Podcast: You, Robot 
By: M. F. Morrison
Podcast read by: Romie Stott
Podcast read by: M. F. Morrison
Columns, Non-Fiction
Stories from the Radio 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Columns, Non-Fiction
The System is Broken for People of Colour: Why Dan Mallory's Situation Is a Grumpy Canary in a Coal Mine 
By: Priya Sridhar
Articles, Non-Fiction
A Roundtable on Faith Depiction in SFF 
By: Farah Mendlesohn
By: Ben Jeapes
By: Zen Cho
By: Aliette de Bodard
By: Mimi Mondal
By: Liz Williams
By: Ken MacLeod
By: Michael A. Burstein
By: Tajinder Hayer
By: Daniel Heath Justice
Reviews
Monday: The Heavens by Sandra Newman 
By: Catherine Rockwood
,
Wednesday: We Call It Monster by Lachlan Walter 
By: Octavia Cade
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Friday: Mars: Stories by Asja Bakić, translated by Jennifer Zoble 
By: Sean Guynes
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Issue 20 May 2019
Fiction
Road: A Fairytale 
By: Shalini Srinivasan
Art by: Charis Loke
Podcasts
Podcast: Road: A Fairytale 
By: Shalini Srinivasan
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Abandon 
By: Lynette Mejía
Podcasts
Podcast: Abandon 
By: Lynette Mejía
Podcast read by: Lynette Mejía
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie 
By: Electra Pritchett
,
Wednesday: Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess 
By: Aaron Heil
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Friday: The Death Scene Artist by Andrew Wilmot 
By: Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
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Issue 13 May 2019
Fiction
Who Has Never Loved a Gentle House? 
By: Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Podcasts
Podcast: Who Has Never Loved a Gentle House? 
By: Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Es, fui 
By: Lucy Harlow
Fiction, Podcasts
Podcast: Es, Fui 
By: Lucy Harlow
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer 
By: Gabriel Murray
,
Wednesday: The Handyman’s Guide to End Times by Juan J. Morales 
By: Vivian Wagner
,
Friday: The Land of Somewhere Safe by Hal Duncan 
By: Mark Granger
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Issue 6 May 2019
Fiction
Sublet 
By: Ian Kappos
Podcasts
Podcast: Sublet 
By: Ian Kappos
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Nesters 
By: Sheikha A.
Fiction, Podcasts
Podcast: Nesters 
By: Sheikha A.
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Mother of Invention edited by Rivqa Rafael and Tansy Rayner Roberts 
By: Adri Joy
,
Wednesday: One Cut of the Dead 
By: Mazin Saleem
,
Friday: Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang 
By: Nicholas Russell
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Issue 29 Apr 2019
Fiction
The Storm Painter 
By: Ayodele Olofintuade
Art by: Suleiman Gwadah
Podcasts
Podcast: The Storm Painter 
By: Ayodele Olofintuade
Podcast read by: Ayodele Olofintuade
Fiction
Where The Rain Mothers Are 
By: Rafeeat Aliyu
Podcasts
Podcast: Where The Rain Mothers Are 
By: Rafeeat Aliyu
Podcast read by: Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Poetry
ELEGIAC: UNFINISHED DRAFT OF HAUWA LIMAN’S HUMANITARIAN WORK 
By: Ojo Taiye
Poetry
A Different Farming Tale 
By: Okwudili Nebeolisa
Poetry
Made of Gadget 
By: Onyendozi Samson Aja
Fiction, Podcasts
Podcast: Poetry of the Nigerian SFF Special 
By: Ojo Taiye
By: Onyendozi Samson Aja
By: Okwudili Nebeolisa
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
The State of Play of Nigerian SFF Today 
By: Mazi Nwonwu
Reviews
Monday: The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson 
By: Gautam Bhatia
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Wednesday: Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi 
By: Dan Hartland
,
Friday: The Half God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams 
By: Maureen Kincaid Speller
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Issue 22 Apr 2019
Poetry
Eurydice Stands with Attitude 
By: Rebecca Bennett
Podcasts
Podcast: Eurydice Stands with Attitude 
By: Rebecca Bennett
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
Variations on a Name: The -Punks of Our Times 
By: Jaymee Goh
Articles, Non-Fiction
Quiet Places and Dark Spaces 
By: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
Columns, Non-Fiction
The Myriad Drumbeats of Afrofuturism: Afro-Brazilian Speculative Fiction 
By: Mame Bougouma Diene
Reviews
Monday: Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas 
By: Christina Scholz
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Wednesday: Our Child of the Stars by Stephen Cox 
By: Catherine Baker
,
Friday: The Doll’s Alphabet by Camilla Grudova 
By: Paul Kincaid
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