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Anna Cates

Dr. Anna Cates teaches college and graduate level writing, literature, and education online. She has published a variety of books (poetry, fiction, and drama) through www.cyberwit.net, prolificpress.com, and wipfandstock.com. She resides in Wilmington, Ohio with her two beautiful kitties.


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3 Nov 2025
Fiction
Palimpsest 
By: Melissa A Watkins
After my mother died, Dr. Rostrow called to ask me if I wanted anything out of her brain.
Poetry
wani gari 
By: Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi
the town has its own vision. / its eyesight is perfect / for destruction.
Poetry
sijo from a spaceship escaping a dying planet 
By: Annie Bolger
what season is space?
Critical Friends, Podcasts
Critical Friends Episode 17: On Imagining Hopefully 
By: Dan Hartland
By: Paul March-Russell
By: Jacqueline Nyathi
Dan Hartland is joined by Paul March-Russell and Jacqueline Nyathi to discuss speculative fiction’s approach to hope and optimism. Where has it gone? How do writers express it? And what are its pitfalls?
Reviews
Monday: Eat the Ones you Love by Sarah Maria Griffin 
By: Nileena Sunil
Wednesday: The Demon by Victory Witherkeigh 
By: Subham Rai
Friday: Field Of Frights by Christina Hagmann 
By: Racheal Chie
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Issue 20 Oct 2025
Poetry
ERROR 404: Expiation Not Found 
By: CP Nwankwo
Poetry
Holy Days 
By: Eleanor Ball
Fiction
Bullet Time at the Kink Party 
By: miriam
Podcasts, SH@25
A Masterclass in Writing (and Finding Love) with Tim Melody Pratt (SH@25 Episode 16) 
By: Tim Pratt
By: Kat Kourbeti
Podcasts, Writing While Disabled
Velociraptor Space Army (S2E4 Special Episode) 
By: Kristy Anne Cox
By: Kate Johnston
Reviews
Monday: The Man of Middling Height by Fadi Zaghmout, translated by Wasan Abdelhaq 
By: Kyle R. Garton
,
Wednesday: Seed Beetle: Poems by Mahaila Smith 
By: Vivian Wagner
,
Friday: Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce 
By: Tristan Beiter
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Issue 13 Oct 2025
Fiction
The Orchard Village Catalog 
By: Parker Peevyhouse
Poetry
Ogress (The Incredible Shrinking Woman) 
By: Shana Ross
Poetry
Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association! 
By: Bree Wernicke
Podcasts
Podcast: City Grown From Seed 
By: Diana Dima
Podcast read by: Emmie Christie
Reviews
Monday: The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken 
By: Akankshya Abismruta
,
Wednesday: Inner Space by Jakub Szamalek, translated by Kasia Bedford 
By: Dawn Macdonald
,
Friday: Blood of the Old Kings (The Bleeding Empire Volume 1) by Sung-il Kim, translated by Anton Hur 
By: Rachel Cordasco
Read Issue
Issue 6 Oct 2025
Poetry
pigwitch 
By: Rupkatha
Poetry
My Love Wails in the Mending 
By: Lora Gray
Azimuth
Welcome New Fiction Editor - Joyce Wolf Chng! 
Strange Horizons
Critical Friends, Podcasts
Critical Friends Episode 16: Length and Breadth 
By: Dan Hartland
By: Redfern Jon Barrett
By: Nileena Sunil
Reviews
Monday: When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift 
By: Paul March-Russell
,
Wednesday: The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott 
By: Electra Pritchett
,
Friday: It’s Not a Cult by Joey Batey 
By: Hana Carolina
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Issue 29 Sep 2025
Fiction
A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives 
By: Maria Haskins
Poetry
Jorinde Remembers 
By: Anne E. G. Nydam
Poetry
Love’s Not Time’s Fool 
By: Jenise Aminoff
Poetry
Behind the Scenes at Strange Horizons 
By: the Strange Horizons staff
Podcasts, SH@25
Celebrating 25 Years with The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Michael Ireland
By: Gautam Bhatia
By: Aishwarya Subramanian and Dan Hartland
By: Romie Stott
By: Hebe Stanton
Reviews
Monday: Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman 
By: Rachel Cordasco
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Wednesday: Contra Amatores Mundi: A Gothic Fantasy by Graham Thomas Wilcox 
By: Matt Holder
,
Friday: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch 
By: Cameron Miguel
Read Issue
Issue 22 Sep 2025
Azimuth
The Path Continues 
By: Joyce Chng
Poetry
Promised Detonations 
By: Christopher Morgan
Poetry
Pterosaur 
By: M. Frost
Articles, Non-Fiction
Rebooting The Future: On Perry Rhodan, Perry Rhodan NEO, and Two Plots Alike in Dignity 
By: Kyle Tam
Reviews
Monday: Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones 
By: Phoenix Scholz
,
Wednesday: Menacing Environments by Benjamin Bigelow 
By: Octavia Cade
,
Friday: The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed 
By: Jacqueline Nyathi
Read Issue
Issue 15 Sep 2025
Poetry
I Love You like an Apple Tree in Full Bloom 
By: Niina Tsuyuki Dubik
Poetry
the jacarandas are unimpressed by your show of force 
By: Gwynne Garfinkle
Reviews
Monday: Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha 
By: William Shaw
,
Wednesday: Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V edited by Olivia Kidula & Somto Ihezue 
By: Amritesh Mukherjee
,
Friday: Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake 
By: Subham Rai
Read Issue
Issue 8 Sep 2025
Podcasts
Podcast: 'Of Flowing Stone, of Liquid Gold, of Justice, Ash, and Battle' 
By: Malda Marlys
Podcast read by: Emmie Christie
Poetry
Lake Monster Fishing in the South 
By: Charles Richard Livesay
Poetry
Watching Migrations 
By: Keyan Bowes
Poetry
The Black Death 
By: Andrew Kozma
Reviews
Monday: There are Reasons for This by Nini Berndt 
By: E. C. Barrett
,
Wednesday: Orphan Planet by Madeehah Reza 
By: Nileena Sunil
,
Friday: Memories From The Jungle by Tristan Garcia, translated by Christopher Beach 
By: Will Emmons
Read Issue
Issue 1 Sep 2025
Fiction
The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet 
By: Carolyn Zhao
Poetry
Graft Versus Host 
By: S. Chaudhuri-Perelló
Critical Friends, Podcasts
Critical Friends Episode 15: On Time-Pass 
By: Dan Hartland
By: Sneha Pathak
By: Tansy Gardam
Reviews
Monday: Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo 
By: Jenny Hamilton
,
Wednesday: If the Stars Are Lit by Sara K. Ellis 
By: Redfern Jon Barrett
,
Friday: Supergiants by Kyle Flemmer 
By: Dawn Macdonald
Read Issue
Issue 25 Aug 2025
Poetry
Hex Supply Customer Support Log 
By: Elis Montgomery
Poetry
I Was A Fish 
By: Svetlana Litvinchuk
Articles, Non-Fiction
I’ll Laugh As You Bury Me: New Zealand, America and Cultural Hegemony 
By: Alexandra Stronach
Columns, Non-Fiction
Stories From The Radio - The Curse Of Nagana 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Fiction
The Capture 
By: Raja'a Khalid
Reviews
Monday: Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel 
By: Paul Kincaid
,
Wednesday: The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction edited by Rakesh Khanna, translated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar 
By: Sneha Pathak
,
Friday: Ice Cream Man by W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran 
By: Nataliia Sova
Read Issue
Issue 18 Aug 2025
Poetry
The World Awaits My Little Chicken 
By: Trevor Tingle
Poetry
[Re: Your Failed Tonsillectomy] 
By: Em Setzer
Fiction
Yesterday 
By: A.M. Barrie
Reviews
Monday: Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder by Cristina Bacchilega and Pauline Greenhill 
By: Sally Parlier
,
Wednesday: Dark Worlds We Wander by Kristin Kirby 
By: David Lewis
,
Friday: Ley Lines by Tim Welsh 
By: Cameron Miguel
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