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Aaron Heil

Aaron Heil lives with his wife in Emporia, Kansas, where he is an MLS candidate at Emporia State’s School of Library and Information Management. His prose has also appeared in The Cleveland Review of Books, Corvus Review, and elsewhere. He regularly blogs for The Game of Nerds.


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20 Sep 2021
Fiction
Motivation Augmentation 
By: Clara Ward
Jaysee reported to decontamination, wondering why there hadn’t been a revolt by the augmented long before.
Podcasts
Podcast: Motivation Augmentation 
By: Clara Ward
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
In this episode of the Strange Horizons fiction podcast, editor Kat Kourbeti presents Clara Ward's "Motivation Augmentation."
Poetry
The Little Death After the Apocalypse 
By: Courtney Skaggs
"When we die again, I want to come back as a little brown bat," / I tell the only other person alive.
Podcasts
Podcast: The Little Death After the Apocalypse 
Art by: Courtney Skaggs
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Courtney Skaggs' “The Little Death After the Apocalypse.”
Reviews
Monday: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo 
By: Linda H. Codega
Wednesday: Disease by Sarah Tolmie 
By: Daniel Haeusser
Friday: The Fall of Koli by M. R. Carey 
By: Stephen Case
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Issue 13 Sep 2021
Fiction
An Exploration of Nichole Otieno’s Early Filmography (1232-1246) 
By: Kola Heyward-Rotimi
Poetry
The suck-up 
By: Steve Castro
Podcasts
Podcast: The suck-up 
By: Steve Castro
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee 
By: Nina Allan
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Wednesday: Curling Vines and Crimson Trades by Kellie Doherty 
By: Iori Kusano
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Friday: Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 
By: Gautam Bhatia
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Issue 6 Sep 2021
Poetry
Funeral for a Star 
By: Yuna Kang
Fiction
All Us Ghosts 
By: B. Pladek
Art by: Johnny Anger
Podcasts
Podcast: Funeral for a Star 
By: Yuna Kang
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Yuna Kang
Podcasts
Podcast: All Us Ghosts 
By: B. Pladek
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Reviews
Monday: The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag 
By: Anthony Cardno
,
Wednesday: Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison 
By: Kate Macdonald
,
Friday: Professor Everywhere by Nicholas Binge 
By: Ian J. Simpson
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Issue 30 Aug 2021
Editorials
Of Unexpected Treasures; Emeralds; Pearls; a Lion City; a Million Elephants 
By: Romie Stott
Poetry
Firework 
By: Ian Goh
Poetry
空心菜 ¹ 
By: Andy Winter
Poetry
City Lights as Myth 
By: Yong-Yu Huang
Poetry
Âu Cơ in the Water Palace 
By: Sunny Vuong
Poetry
All the Army Ghost Stories I Have Heard 
By: Natalie Wang
Poetry
Housekeeping Duties 
By: Mark Dimaisip
Poetry
Rites of Becoming a White Lady 
By: Yvanna Vien Tica
Poetry
Kuala Lumpur Urban Legends 
By: Jack Kin Lim
Poetry
Bunian Laundry 
By: May Chong
Poetry
Ode 
By: P. H. Low
Podcasts
Podcast: Poetry of the Southeast Asia Poetry Special 
By: Ian Goh
By: Andy Winter
By: Yong-Yu Huang
By: Sunny Vuong
By: Natalie Wang
By: Mark Dimaisip
By: Yvanna Vien Tica
By: Jack Kin Lim
By: May Chong
By: P. H. Low
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Ian Goh
Podcast read by: Yong-Yu Huang
Podcast read by: Sunny Vuong
Podcast read by: Natalie Wang
Podcast read by: Mark Dimaisip
Podcast read by: Yvanna Vien Tica
Podcast read by: Jack Kin Lim
Podcast read by: May Chong
Podcast read by: P. H. Low
Reviews
Monday: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 
By: Roy Salzman-Cohen
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Wednesday: The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay 
By: Octavia Cade
,
Friday: Elemental by the Center for the Art of Translation 
By: Rachel Cordasco
Read Issue
Issue 23 Aug 2021
Poetry
Ode to Women’s Arms in SF Television 
By: Hannah V Warren
Articles, Non-Fiction
Surviving Utopia 
By: Kes Otter Lieffe
Columns, Non-Fiction
Writing While Disabled 
By: Nisi Shawl
By: Kristy Anne Cox
Podcasts
Podcast: Ode to Women’s Arms in SF Television 
By: Hannah V Warren
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 
By: Gautam Bhatia
,
Wednesday: Water Horse by Melissa Scott 
By: Kelly Jennings
,
Friday: The Fallen by Ada Hoffmann 
By: Duncan Lawie
Read Issue
Issue 16 Aug 2021
Poetry
Cartilage 
By: Bryce A. Taylor
Podcasts
Podcast: Cartilage 
By: Bryce A. Taylor
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Bryce A. Taylor
Reviews
Monday: The Green Knight 
By: Emily Price
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Wednesday: Silverfish by Rone Shavers 
By: Matt Holder
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Friday: Asadora! by Naoki Urasawa, translated by John Werry 
By: Shannon Fay
Read Issue
Issue 9 Aug 2021
Fiction
The Loneliness of Former Constellations 
By: P. H. Low
Poetry
Stardust Word 
By: Gabriel Ertsgaard
Podcasts
Podcast: The Loneliness of Former Constellations 
By: P. H. Low
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Reviews
Monday: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark 
By: V. F. Armstrong
,
Wednesday: Climbing Lightly Through Forests: A Poetry Anthology Honoring Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by R.B. Lemberg & Lisa M. Bradley 
By: Debbie Gascoyne
,
Friday: Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt 
By: Eric Hendel
Read Issue
Issue 3 Aug 2021
Fiction
Cocoon 
By: H. Pueyo
Art by: Gianne Encarnacion
Podcasts
Podcast: Cocoon 
By: H. Pueyo
Podcast read by: Courtney Floyd
Poetry
The Hollow 
By: M. Regan
Podcasts
Podcast: The Hollow 
By: M. Regan
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Tuesday: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 
By: Nicole Berland
,
Wednesday: The Monster Baru Cormorant and The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson 
By: Matt Hilliard
,
Friday: The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier 
By: Aaron Heil
Read Issue
Issue 26 Jul 2021
Poetry
What Cacti Read 
By: Mary Soon Lee
Podcasts
Podcast: What Cacti Read 
By: Mary Soon Lee
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Mary Soon Lee
Articles, Non-Fiction
Staff Stories: Art Department 
By: Gautam Bhatia
By: Heather McDougal
By: Dante Luiz
Columns
Stories From the Radio 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Reviews
Monday: Rabbit Island by Elvira Navarro, translated by Christina MacSweeney 
By: Jonathan Crowe
,
Wednesday: Plants in Science Fiction: Speculative Vegetation, edited by Katherine E. Bishop, David Higgins, and Jerry Määttä 
By: Octavia Cade
,
Friday: Busted Synapses by Erika L. Satifka 
By: Stephen Case
Read Issue
Issue 19 Jul 2021
Fiction
The Cataloguer of Deceit 
By: Ian Rosales Casocot
Podcasts
Podcast: The Cataloguer of Deceit 
By: Ian Rosales Casocot
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Poetry
In the Witch’s House 
By: Nora Claire Miller
Podcasts
Podcast: In the Witch's House 
By: Nora Claire Miller
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Nora Claire Miller
Reviews
Monday: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 
By: Paul Kincaid
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Wednesday: The Old Guard 
By: Marina Berlin
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Friday: Glitter & Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die, edited by dave ring 
By: Anthony Cardno
Read Issue
Issue 12 Jul 2021
Poetry
The Great Missouri Tornado of 1882 
By: Dante Novario
Podcasts
Podcast: The Great Missouri Tornado of 1882 
By: Dante Novario
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Dante Novario
Fiction
Data Migration 
By: Melanie Harding-Shaw
Podcasts
Podcast: Data Migration 
By: Melanie Harding-Shaw
Podcast read by: Melanie Harding-Shaw
Reviews
Monday: The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey 
By: A. S. Moser
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Wednesday: Robot Artists & Black Swans by Bruce Sterling (writing as Bruno Argento) 
By: M. L. Clark
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Friday: Collective Gravities by Chloe N. Clark 
By: Phoenix Scholz
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