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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
9 Dec 2019
Fiction
Into the Eye 
By: SL Harris
“Full ahead, Mister Sal,” says Moore. I grit my teeth and force the Anastasis forward. The engines, the strongest of any ship I’ve ever steered, screech and whine like dying things. The nightgaunts are ten deep around us and it’s like flying through tar.
Podcasts
Podcast: Into the Eye 
By: SL Harris
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents SL Harris's “Into the Eye.”
Poetry
Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) 
By: Jessy Randall
I stand in a cell for suffrage.
Podcasts
Podcast: Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) 
By: Jessy Randall
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Jessy Randall's “Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963).”
Reviews
Monday: Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumour by Peter Watts 
By: Vivian Wagner
Wednesday: Sharp and Sugar Tooth edited by Octavia Cade 
By: Nibedita Sen
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
,
Wednesday: The Lucy Temerlin Institute for Broken Shapeshifters Guide to Starving Boys by Kuzhali Manickavel 
By: M.L. Clark
,
Friday: Something Like The End by Ashley Morrow Hermsmeier 
By: Nicole E. Beck
Read Issue
Issue 25 Nov 2019
Poetry
Autologous Transplant 
By: Nisa Malli
Podcasts
Podcast: Autologous Transplant 
By: Nisa Malli
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Nisa Malli
Articles, Non-Fiction
Stranger Than Fox Spirits 
By: Lucia Tang
Columns, Non-Fiction
Stories from the Radio 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Reviews
Monday: The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell 
By: Sean Guynes
,
Wednesday: Ghostographs by Maria Romasco Moore 
By: Gabriella Ekman
,
Friday: Poems by Diana Wynne Jones, edited by Isobel Armstrong 
By: Evelyn Deshane
Read Issue
Issue 18 Nov 2019
Fiction
Seed Vault 
By: Marika Bailey
Art by: Gary Frier
Podcasts
Podcast: Seed Vault 
By: Marika Bailey
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
The far western regions of the archipelago are where the dragons live 
By: Alicia Cole
Podcasts
Podcast: The far western regions of the archipelago are where the dragons live 
By: Alicia Cole
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Art
Artist Interview: Gary Frier 
By: Dante Luiz
Art by: Gary Frier
Reviews
Monday: Trapped in the R.A.W: A Journal Of My Experiences During The Great Invasion by Kate Boyes 
By: Nina Allan
,
Wednesday: Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu 
By: Gautam Bhatia
,
Friday: After The Flood by Kassandra Montag 
By: A. S. Moser
Read Issue
Issue 11 Nov 2019
Fiction
Whom My Soul Loves 
By: Rivqa Rafael
Podcasts
Podcast: Whom My Soul Loves 
By: Rivqa Rafael
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
The Mother Searches For Her Own Story 
By: Mary McMyne
Poetry
Syndrome 
By: Ugonna-Ora Owoh
Podcasts
Podcast: November 11 Poetry 
By: Mary McMyne
By: Ugonna-Ora Owoh
Podcast read by: Mary McMyne
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Women's War by Jenna Glass 
By: Foz Meadows
,
Wednesday: A Spy In Time by Imraan Coovadia 
By: Gautam Bhatia
,
Friday: Tell Them of Battles, Kings & Elephants by Matthias Enard 
By: Aaron Heil
Read Issue
Issue 28 Oct 2019
Poetry
The Bandit King 
By: Kelly Stewart
Podcasts
Podcast: The Bandit King 
By: Kelly Stewart
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Kelly Stewart
Articles, Non-Fiction
Orcs, Britons, And The Martial Race Myth, Part I: A Species Built For Racial Terror 
By: James Mendez Hodes
Reviews
Monday: Aniara 
By: Octavia Cade
,
Wednesday: Carnival Row 
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
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Friday: The Outside by Ada Hoffman 
By: Duncan Lawie
Read Issue
Issue 21 Oct 2019
Fiction
Promise Me This Is Ours 
By: Omar William Sow
Art by: Sarah Gonzales
Podcasts
Podcast: Promise Me This Is Ours 
By: Omar William Sow
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Follow You 
By: Amy H. Robinson
Podcasts
Podcast: Follow You 
By: Amy H. Robinson
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Art
Artist Interview: Sarah Gonzales 
By: Dante Luiz
Art by: Sarah Gonzales
Reviews
Monday: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland 
By: Jonah Sutton-Morse
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Wednesday: Soft Science by Franny Choi 
By: Lesley Wheeler
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Friday: The Test by Sylvain Neuvel 
By: Mark Granger
Read Issue
Issue 14 Oct 2019
Fiction
The Great Mandini and the Dead Man's Hand 
By: Kevin Wabaunsee
Podcasts
Podcast: The Great Mandini and the Dead Man's Hand 
By: Kevin Wabaunsee
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Heaven is Expensive 
By: Ruben Reyes Jr.
Podcasts
Podcast: Heaven Is Expensive 
By: Ruben Reyes Jr.
Podcast read by: Ruben Reyes Jr.
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: A Spy In Time by Imraan Coovadia 
By: Gautam Bhatia
,
Wednesday: Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton 
By: Redfern Jon Barrett
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Friday: The History of Soul 2065 by Barbara Krasnoff 
By: Anthony Cardno
Read Issue
Issue 7 Oct 2019
Fiction
The Sloppy Mathematics of Half-Ghosts 
By: Charles Payseur
Podcasts
Podcast: The Sloppy Mathematics of Half-Ghosts 
By: Charles Payseur
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Those Who Tell The Stories 
By: Davian Aw
Podcasts
Podcast: Those Who Tell the Stories 
By: Davian Aw
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Using Life by Ahmed Naji and Ayman al-Zorkany, translated by Benjamin Koerber 
By: Teresa Pepe
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Wednesday: Jokes for the Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf 
By: Vivian Wagner
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Friday: First Contact and Time Travel: Selected Essays and Short Stories by Zoran Živković, various translators 
By: Rachel Cordasco
Read Issue
Issue 30 Sep 2019
Fiction
Replacement 
By: Isa Prospero
Art by: Juliana Pinho
Fiction
Progression 
By: Heitor Zen
Fiction
Spider 
By: Sérgio Motta
Fiction
Ajé 
By: H. Pueyo
Fiction
High Hopes 
By: Kali de los Santos
Poetry
The Color of the Mule 
By: Woody Dismukes
Poetry
movement 
By: Jarid Arraes
Podcasts
Podcast: High Hopes 
By: Kali de los Santos
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Azimuth
Strange Horizons presents: English-language SFF from Brazil 
By: Dante Luiz
Podcasts
Podcast: Progression 
By: Heitor Zen
Podcast read by: Julia Quandt
Podcasts
Podcast: Spider 
By: Sérgio Motta
Podcast read by: Sérgio Motta
Poetry
A Conversation Between the Embalmed Heads of Lampião and Maria Bonita on Public Display at the Baiano State Forensic Institute, Circa Mid-20th Century 
By: Woody Dismukes
Articles, Non-Fiction
The State of Play of Brazilian SFF 
By: Jana Bianchi
Podcasts
Podcast: Replacement 
By: Isa Prospero
Podcast read by: Solaine Chioro
Art
Artist Interview: Juliana Pinho 
By: Dante Luiz
Art by: Juliana Pinho
Reviews
Monday: 3% 
By: Preeti Singh
,
Wednesday: Dark Constellations by Pola Oloixarac, translated by Roy Kesey 
By: Abigail Nussbaum
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Friday: Collision: Stories by J. S. Breukelaar 
By: Cynthia C. Scott
Read Issue
Issue 23 Sep 2019
Poetry
The Woods 
By: August Huerta
Podcasts
Podcast: The Woods 
By: August Huerta
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
In Technicolor: A Roundtable on the Future of Diversity in Speculative Fiction 
By: Nisi Shawl
By: Linda Addison
By: Crystal Connor
By: Eileen Gunn
By: Greg Herren
By: Maria Nieto
By: Sumiko Saulson
By: Rain Graves
By: Tristissima et alia
Reviews
Monday: The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling 
By: Nibedita Sen
,
Wednesday: Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi 
By: Matt Hilliard
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Friday: AfroSFv.3, edited by Ivor W. Hartmann 
By: Rachel Cordasco
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