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Betsy Ladyzhets

Hi, I’m Betsy Ladyzhets, high school senior and probable future creative writing major.  I’m aggressively fond of cute hats, terrible special effects, and pit orchestras, and my optimism is probably going to get me killed someday.


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Current Issue
2 Jun 2020
Azimuth, Editorials
Strange Horizons Fund Drive 
By: Vanessa Rose Phin
Our editors have seen a massive increase in submissions from writers since the Covid-19 crisis, and we want to be able to read and publish that work.
Fiction, Reprint
The Parts That Make Us Monsters 
By: Sheree Renée Thomas
We didn’t want your nail clippings or your blood. Your laughter, or tears, would do.
Poetry
The Last of Us 
By: Anne Carly Abad
They say that the Voyagers will outlast us for billions of years.
Poetry
Legacy 
By: Brianne Kerr
as if I wouldn’t wish to get all my deaths over with at once instead of waiting in dirt
Articles, Non-Fiction
Distributing Our Horizons: Ken Liu’s Children of the Cloud and the birth of Digital (Post)Humanity 
By: Ben Berman Ghan
In place of fear that they will lose control, the posthumans accept that control was never in their grasp and that the natural world extends beyond their reach and that nature has a beauty that is beyond the human.
Reviews
Tuesday: Mazes of Power by Juliette Wade 
By: S. Qiouyi Lu
Read Issue
Issue 1 Jun 2020
Fiction
The Husker 
By: Jessica P. Wick
Podcasts
Podcast: The Husker 
By: Jessica P. Wick
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
We Others 
By: Jade Riordan
Podcasts
Podcast: We Others 
Strange Horizons
Reviews
Monday: Velocities: Stories by Kathe Koja 
By: Zachary Gillan
,
Monday: Instances of Head-Switching by Teresa Milbrodt 
By: Jonathan Crowe
Read Issue
Issue 25 May 2020
Poetry
Abductions 
By: Dana Wilde
Podcasts
Podcast: Abductions 
By: Dana Wilde
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
On Worldcons and Passport Privilege: An Interview with Rafeeat Aliyu 
By: Gautam Bhatia
By: Rafeeat Aliyu
Columns
Stories from the Radio 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Reviews
Monday: Little Envelopes of Earth Conditions by Cori A. Winrock 
By: Eve Morton
,
Wednesday: Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo 
By: Kester Long
Read Issue
Issue 18 May 2020
Fiction
The DEATH/GRIP Challenge 
By: Johnny Compton
Podcasts
Podcast: The DEATH/GRIP Challenge 
By: Johnny Compton
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
The Fall of Snakes 
By: Jong-Ki Lim
Podcasts
Podcast: The Fall of Snakes 
By: Jong-Ki Lim
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Dark River by Rym Kechacha 
By: Caroline Dunford
,
Wednesday: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes 
By: Archita Mittra
Read Issue
Issue 11 May 2020
Fiction
Martian Cinema 
By: Gabriela Santiago
Podcasts
Podcast: Martian Cinema 
By: Gabriela Santiago
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
secrets from a telepath 
By: Ashley Bao
Podcasts
Podcast: secrets from a telepath 
By: Ashley Bao
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Of Cats and Elfins by Sylvia Townsend Warner 
By: Andy Sawyer
,
Wednesday: Providence by Max Barry 
By: Redfern Jon Barrett
Read Issue
Issue 4 May 2020
Podcasts
Podcast: Have Your #Hugot Harvested at This Diwata-Owned Café 
By: Vida Cruz
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Art
Artist Interview: Nina Satie 
By: Dante Luiz
Art by: Nina Satie
Poetry
OCTOBER 2026: THE END OF THE PICNIC 
By: Raimo Kangasniemi
Fiction
Have Your #Hugot Harvested at This Diwata-Owned Café 
By: Vida Cruz
Art by: Nina Satie
Podcasts
Podcast: OCTOBER 2026: THE END OF THE PICNIC 
By: Raimo Kangasniemi
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: In Veritas by C.J. Lavigne 
By: V. F. Armstrong
,
Wednesday: The Maiden Voyage of New York City by Gary Girod 
By: Ian J. Simpson
Read Issue
Issue 20 Apr 2020
Fiction
Our Souls to the Moon 
By: Tamara Jerée
Podcasts
Podcast: Our Souls to the Moon 
By: Tamara Jerée
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
young Death is in love 
By: L. D. Lewis
Podcasts
Podcast: young Death is in love 
By: L. D. Lewis
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: L. D. Lewis
Azimuth, Editorials
Staff Changes 
By: Vanessa Rose Phin
Reviews
Monday: Talk Like a Man by Nisi Shawl 
By: Nicasio Andres Reed
,
Wednesday: Docile by K. M. Szpara 
By: Hart St. John
Read Issue
Issue 13 Apr 2020
Fiction
The Longest Season in the Garden of the Tea-Fish 
By: Jo Miles
Art by: Galen Dara
Podcasts
Podcast: The Longest Season in the Garden of the Tea-Fish 
By: Jo Miles
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
A Spirit Friend 
By: Jasmeet Dosanjh
Podcasts
Podcast: A Spirit Friend 
By: Jasmeet Dosanjh
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Jasmeet Dosanjh
Reviews
Wednesday: Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri 
By: Nibedita Sen
,
Friday: Crowman by David Rae 
By: Idil Bostan
Read Issue
Issue 6 Apr 2020
Fiction
The Pride of Salinkari 
By: Elizabeth Crowe
Podcasts
Podcast: The Pride of Salinkari 
By: Elizabeth Crowe
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Growing Chair 
By: Shuyi Yin
Podcasts
Podcast: Growing Chair 
By: Shuyi Yin
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Shuyi Yin
Podcasts
Podcast: Naked 
By: Nome Emeka Patrick
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Madwoman of Serrano by Dina Salústio, translated by Jethro Soutar 
By: Rachel Cordasco
,
Wednesday: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 
By: Marina Berlin
Read Issue
Issue 30 Mar 2020
Editorials
Climate Crisis Special Issue 
By: Vanessa Rose Phin
Fiction
Dirty Wi-Fi 
By: Porpentine Charity Heartscape
Podcasts
Podcast: Dirty Wi-Fi 
By: Porpentine Charity Heartscape
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Fiction
Cairns 
By: Jason P Burnham
Podcasts
Podcast: Cairns 
By: Jason P Burnham
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Fiction
Three Days with the Kid 
By: Tara Calaby
Art by: Dante Luiz
Podcasts
Podcast: Three Days with the Kid 
By: Tara Calaby
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
The Wolf 
By: Kaily Dorfman
Poetry
Under and Down 
By: Camille Louise Goering
Poetry
Finding His Way into the Dark 
By: Brian Beatty
Podcasts
Podcast: Poetry of the Climate Special Issue 
By: Kaily Dorfman
By: Camille Louise Goering
By: Brian Beatty
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Kaily Dorfman
Podcast read by: Brian Beatty
Articles, Non-Fiction
What Do We Do When the World Doesn’t End? 
By: Sarena Ulibarri
Reviews
Monday: Always North by Vicki Jarrett 
By: Octavia Cade
,
Thursday: Bridge 108 by Anne Charnock 
By: Caroline Mersey
,
Friday: Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters edited by Sarena Ulibarri 
By: Nader Elhefnawy
Read Issue
Issue 23 Mar 2020
Poetry
naked 
By: Nome Emeka Patrick
Articles, Non-Fiction
The need for safer spaces in SFF: What can we do next? 
By: Stephi Cham
Columns, Non-Fiction
Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Short Fiction Round Up 
By: Maria Haskins
Reviews
Monday: Algorithmic Shapeshifting by Bogi Takács 
By: Eve Morton
,
Wednesday: Air Logic by Laurie J. Marks 
By: Electra Pritchett
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