Contents6 April 2015FICTION: Noise Pollution, by Alison WilgusBut sometimes it's three or four things. Sometimes a punk-ass kid wants to haggle with you over an unopened ten-pack of Type Two BASF Chrome Maximas and you're on the phone with your goddamn choir director and your walkman runs down while both your earbuds are out. And you don't notice right away. And then the Noise comes swooping down on you like a summer storm, and you've got problems a whole truckload of responsibility batteries aren't gonna fish you out of. FICTION: Podcast: Noise Pollution, by Alison Wilgus, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Alison Wilgus's "Noise Pollution." POETRY: Ekphrastic 25/The Fox Woman, by Jenn GrunigenA fox reads poetry / licks words till they stick to her tongue COLUMN: Intertitles: Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong and the Hollywood Problem, by Genevieve ValentineIn fact, non-whiteness is so often coded as the Other that it becomes subtly reinforced as a speculative element; a person of color appearing at all begins to suggest something supernatural—both within the text, and as evidence that a person of color made it in front of the camera at all. EDITORIAL: The Puppy Hugos, by Niall HarrisonFor those who have not seen or heard the news, this year’s Hugo nominees are dominated by a voting campaign led by Brad Torgersen and Vox Day. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: Pretty Deadly: Vol 1 by Kelly Sue Deconnick, Emma Rios, Jordie Bellaire and Clayton Cowles, reviewed by Phoebe Salzman-Cohen 30 March 2015ARTICLE: The 2014 SF Count, by Niall HarrisonWelcome to the fifth year of Strange Horizons' "SF count" of representation in reviewing. POETRY: Magpie Wings, by Jaymee GohWhen electromagnetic winds blow, / she lets a peony fly COLUMN: Matrilines: The Woman Who Made Fantasy: Katherine Kurtz, by Kari SperringWe are writing our history, shaping our genre to our cultural norms of value and hierarchy and status. And we are leaving out the women. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho, reviewed by Abigail Nussbaum 23 March 2015ARTICLE: The Strange Horizons Book Club: Red Shift by Alan Garner, by Maureen Kincaid Speller, Ethan Robinson, and Aishwarya Subramanian"Maureen's point that this is Garner's first attempt to write about sex directly intrigues me because it seems so true to me, and yet—as Maureen immediately points out—the novel's way of being direct is to be so indirect as to make sex (among other things) almost invisible." POETRY: Endurance Is Not Bravery/Do Not Declare Love by Staring, by Elizabeth R. McClellanIt was in their tin like ballet in my paper. POETRY: Podcast: March Poetry, by John W. Sexton, Rose Lemberg, Liz Bourke, and Elizabeth R. McClellan, read by Antonio Urias, Rose Lemberg, Liz Bourke, and Elizabeth R. McClellanIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the March issues. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber, reviewed by Nina Allan 16 March 2015FICTION: City of Salt, by Arkady MartineThe city of salt is a trap. In the daylight, it reflects the desert sky so brightly it blinds travelers. At night it is worse: at night it reflects travelers back upon themselves. FICTION: Podcast: City of Salt, by Arkady Martine, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Arkady Martine's "City of Salt." POETRY: Laying Claim, by Liz BourkeWhat we take was ours always. / What we erase was never there. COLUMN: Movements: Taking Stock: Encouragement and the Antidote to Toxicity, by Rochita Loenen-RuizThese days, I find myself looking back and taking stock of the road I chose to travel when I decided to embrace science fiction. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman, reviewed by Alix E Harrow Strange Horizons is a weekly online magazine of science fiction, fantasy, science fact, opinion, art, and reviews. All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. Updated every Monday Graphic design by Elaine Chen. |