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17 Feb 2020
Fiction
The Oldest Solution 
By: Priya Sridhar
Art by: Rachel Quinlan
Dr. Olk rarely took new patients. They liked him so much that his schedule was booked. I got lucky when one of them had to cancel due to having their brain turned inside out.
Podcasts
Podcast: The Oldest Solution 
By: Priya Sridhar
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Priya Sridhar's “The Oldest Solution.”
Poetry
Procrastination (A Lullaby) 
By: E. F. Schraeder
Slip out of duty like a loose shirt. Hide from the biting hum of time.
Podcasts
Podcast: Procrastination (A Lullaby) 
By: E. F. Schraeder
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents E. F. Schraeder's “Procrastination (A Lullaby).”
Reviews
Monday: [零] A Phantom Zero by Ryu Ando 
By: Sessily Watt
Wednesday: The Iron Dragon's Mother by Michael Swanwick 
By: Matt Hilliard
Friday: Windhome by Kristin Landon 
By: Maya C. James
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Issue 10 Feb 2020
Fiction
Company 
By: Shannon Sanders
Podcasts
Podcast: Company 
By: Shannon Sanders
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Abstraction 
By: Gabriel Ascencio Morales
Podcasts
Podcast: Abstraction 
By: Gabriel Ascencio Morales
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Hungry Ones by Elana Gomel 
By: M. L. Clark
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Wednesday: Elemental Haiku by Mary Soon Lee 
By: Salik Shah
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Issue 3 Feb 2020
Fiction
Across the Ice 
By: Ada Hoffmann
Podcasts
Podcast: Across the Ice 
By: Ada Hoffmann
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
A Time Traveler's Field Notes 
By: S.R. Tombran
Podcasts
Podcast: A Time Traveler's Field Notes 
By: S.R. Tombran
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Artificial Man and Other Stories, by Clare Winger Harris, edited by Brad Ricca 
By: M. L. Clark
Art by: M. L. Clark
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Wednesday: Eridani’s Crown by Alex Shvartsman 
By: Anthony Cardno
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Friday: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht 
By: Mark Granger
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Issue 27 Jan 2020
Poetry
Disemboweled Sonnet for Telling Your Crush You Like Him in the Waning Hours of the Party 
By: Weston Richey
Podcasts
Podcast: Disemboweled Sonnet for Telling Your Crush You Like Him in the Waning Hours of the Party 
By: Weston Richey
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
How to Make a Family: Queer Blood Bonds in Black Feminist Vampire Novels 
By: Tamara Jerée
Columns, Non-Fiction
The Myriad Drumbeats of Afrofuturism: The Pitfalls of Lazy Publishing 
By: Mame Bougouma Diene
Staff Stories
Staff Stories: AJ Odasso 
By: A.J. Odasso
By: Vanessa Rose Phin
Reviews
Monday: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine 
By: Catherine Baker
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Wednesday: Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell 
By: Stephen Case
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Friday: Fates and Furies by Christine Lucas 
By: Kelly Jennings
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Issue 20 Jan 2020
Fiction
One Hand in the Coffin 
By: Justin C. Key
Art by: Deoxy Diamond
Podcasts
Podcast: One Hand in the Coffin 
By: Justin C. Key
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Sap and Superstition 
By: Jessica P. Wick
Podcasts
Podcast: Sap and Superstition 
By: Jessica P. Wick
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Art
Artist Interview: Deoxy Diamond 
By: Dante Luiz
Art by: Deoxy Diamond
Podcasts
Be The Serpent Strange Horizons Special 
By: Alexandra Rowland
By: Freya Marske
By: Jennifer Mace
Reviews
Monday: Tears of the Trufflepig by Fernando A. Flores 
By: Christina Scholz
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Wednesday: Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey 
By: Rachel Hill
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Friday: Small Waiting Objects by T. D. Walker 
By: Octavia Cade
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Issue 13 Jan 2020
Fiction
The Orientation 
By: Julianna Baggott
Podcasts
Podcast: The Orientation 
By: Julianna Baggott
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
A New Face 
By: Terese Mason Pierre
Podcasts
Podcast: A New Face 
By: Terese Mason Pierre
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Terese Mason Pierre
Reviews
Monday: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 
By: Stephen Case
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Wednesday: The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz 
By: Abigail Nussbaum
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Friday: Black from the Future edited by Stephanie Andrea Allen and Lauren Cherelle 
By: Anahvia Taiyib
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Issue 6 Jan 2020
Fiction
The Marriage Book 
By: Mitchell Shanklin
Podcasts
Podcast: The Marriage Book 
By: Mitchell Shanklin
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
ode to an asexual 
By: Nikoline Kaiser
Podcasts
Podcast: ode to an asexual 
By: Nikoline Kaiser
Podcast read by: Nikoline Kaiser
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: 2019 in Review: Part One 
By: Our Reviewers
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Wednesday: 2019 in Review: Part Two 
By: Our Reviewers
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Friday: 2019 in Review: Part Three 
By: Our Reviewers
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Issue 23 Dec 2019
Poetry
The City That Changed Hands 
By: Maya Chhabra
Podcasts
Podcast: The City That Changed Hands 
By: Maya Chhabra
Podcast read by: Maya Chhabra
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Question Mark by Muriel Jaeger 
By: Paul Kincaid
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Wednesday: Patricia A. McKillip and the Art of Fantasy World-Building by Audrey Isabel Taylor 
By: Aaron Heil
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Friday: The Return of the Incredible Exploding Man by Dave Hutchinson 
By: Duncan Lawie
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Issue 16 Dec 2019
Fiction
Flags Flying Before a Fall 
By: Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Podcasts
Podcast: Flags Flying Before a Fall 
By: Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Pillage, Thundersnow 
By: Liu Chengyu
Podcasts
Podcast: Pillage, Thundersnow 
By: Liu Chengyu
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Azimuth
Original Fiction in 2019 
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
Reviews
Monday: The Little Animals by Sarah Tolmie 
By: Catherine Rockwood
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Wednesday: Shadows of the Short Days by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 
By: Rachel Cordasco
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Friday: Chronin, vols 1-2 by Alison Wigus 
By: Christina Ladd
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Issue 9 Dec 2019
Fiction
Into the Eye 
By: SL Harris
Podcasts
Podcast: Into the Eye 
By: SL Harris
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) 
By: Jessy Randall
Podcasts
Podcast: Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) 
By: Jessy Randall
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumour by Peter Watts 
By: Vivian Wagner
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Wednesday: Sharp and Sugar Tooth edited by Octavia Cade 
By: Nibedita Sen
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Friday: David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 
By: Gautam Bhatia
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Issue 2 Dec 2019
Fiction
The Garden's First Rule 
By: Sheldon Costa
Art by: Arturo Lauria
Podcasts
Podcast: The Garden's First Rule 
By: Sheldon Costa
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Gretel's Bones 
By: Mari Ness
Podcasts
Podcast: Gretel's Bones 
By: Mari Ness
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee 
By: Bee Gabriel
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Wednesday: The Lucy Temerlin Institute for Broken Shapeshifters Guide to Starving Boys by Kuzhali Manickavel 
By: M. L. Clark
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Friday: Something Like The End by Ashley Morrow Hermsmeier 
By: Nicole E. Beck
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