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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
6 Dec 2021
Fiction
Coiffeur Seven 
By: Kiran Kaur Saini
I’m programmed to be autonomous, so I can access the public domain base for hair puns—hey, if I get a client who’s responsive, it can cheer them up.
Poetry
Werewoman 
By: C. S. E. Cooney
it is your nose i notice first—you demon, you delicacy! / keen to sniff each invisible stitch of meaning / whether categorical, imaginary, or subliminally intended
Podcasts
Podcast: Werewoman 
By: C. S. E. Cooney
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: C. S. E. Cooney
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents C. S. E. Cooney's “Werewoman” with a reading by the poet.
Reviews
Monday: Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer 
By: Matt Hilliard
Wednesday: The Goddess Bandit of the Thousand Arms by Hal Y. Zhang 
By: Eve Morton
Friday: Strange Labour by Robert G. Penner 
By: Andy Sawyer
Read Issue
Issue 29 Nov 2021
Azimuth, Editorials
Foreword: On Friendship 
By: Gautam Bhatia
Fiction
Little Lila 
By: Susannah Rand
Fiction
The Constellations Are Unrecognizable Here 
By: Andrew Joseph White
Poetry
The Mismanagement of Stars 
By: Holly Day
Poetry
Where the Moon Smiles 
By: Maxwell I. Gold
Poetry
Are you a good witch 
By: Marisca Pichette
Articles, Non-Fiction
Liminal Spaces: Shelters and Cells 
By: Avra Margariti
Reviews
Monday: The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei, translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich 
By: Rachel Cordasco
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Wednesday: The Best of World SF, Volume 1, edited by Lavie Tidhar 
By: Duncan Lawie
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Friday: Anti-Life by Vee Tat Lam 
By: Aaron Heil
Read Issue
Issue 22 Nov 2021
Poetry
The First Perpetual Motion Machine 
By: Natasha King
Columns, Non-Fiction
Writing While Disabled 
By: Mary Robinette Kowal
By: Kristy Anne Cox
Columns, Non-Fiction
Stories From The Radio 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Columns, Non-Fiction
The Myriad Drumbeats of Afrofuturism: Decolonizing Stargate (Part One) 
By: Mame Bougouma Diene
Reviews
Monday: The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson 
By: Matt Holder
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Wednesday: The Good Neighbours by Nina Allan 
By: Iori Kusano
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Friday: Machinehood by S. B. Divya 
By: Gautam Bhatia
Read Issue
Issue 15 Nov 2021
Azimuth, Editorials
Paying It Forward 
By: Gautam Bhatia
Fiction
Dragons 
By: Teresa Milbrodt
Podcasts
Podcast: The Giantess Angrboða Drowns All the Mirrors in the House When Her Husband Loki Leaves 
By: Madeline Grigg
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Poetry
The Giantess Angrboða Drowns All the Mirrors in the House When Her Husband Loki Leaves 
By: Madeline Grigg
Reviews
Monday: Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles 
By: Cat Fitzpatrick
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Wednesday: Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa 
By: Archita Mittra
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Friday: The Impossible Resurrection of Grief by Octavia Cade 
By: Paul Kincaid
Read Issue
Issue 8 Nov 2021
Fiction
Campfire Stories 
By: Rachael Cupp
Poetry
Variational Sestinoid Spiral Seeds 281698895 and 510616808 
By: Allison Parrish
Podcasts
Podcast: Variational Sestinoid Spiral Seeds 281698895 and 510616808 
By: Allison Parrish
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark 
By: Marisa Mercurio
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Wednesday: Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki 
By: Luke Beirne
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Friday: Bewilderment by Richard Powers 
By: Dan Hartland
Read Issue
Issue 1 Nov 2021
Fiction
What Floats in a Flotsam River 
By: Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Poetry
Frame of Reference 
By: Liam Corley
Podcasts
Podcast: Frame of Reference 
By: Liam Corley
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Liam Corley
Reviews
Monday: In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu 
By: Christina Ladd
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Wednesday: The Shadow Book of Ji Yun: The Chinese Classic of Weird True Tales, Horror Stories, and Occult Knowledge by Yun Ji, translated by Yi Izzy Yu and John Yu Branscum 
By: Ai Jiang
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Friday: Foxhunt by Rem Wigmore 
By: Octavia Cade
Read Issue
Issue 25 Oct 2021
Fiction, Strange Lusts
Introduction: Strange Lusts 
By: Sharang Biswas
By: Yeonsoo Julian Kim
Fiction
Heat From Fire 
By: Anna Anthropy
Fiction
Pockets 
Strange Horizons
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Issue 18 Oct 2021
Fiction
Bespoke Nightmares 
By: Carolina Valentine
Art by: Nina Satie
Poetry
Mission: Accomplished 
By: K. Ceres Wright
Podcasts
Podcast: Mission: Accomplished 
By: K. Ceres Wright
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Unbroken by C.L. Clark 
By: Adri Joy
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Wednesday: As the Distant Bells Toll by Aleksander Ziljak 
By: Archita Mittra
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Friday: Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes 
By: Gautam Bhatia
Read Issue
Issue 11 Oct 2021
Fiction
Surat Dari Hantu 
By: Lisabelle Tay
Podcasts
Podcast: Surat Dari Hantu 
By: Lisabelle Tay
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Poetry
sunday funnies 
By: Stella Wong
Reviews
Monday: Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena 
By: Idil Bostan
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Wednesday: Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen 
By: Ian J. Simpson
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Friday: From a Shadow Grave by Andi C. Buchanan 
By: Iori Kusano
Read Issue
Issue 4 Oct 2021
Fiction
Night Shift 
By: Max Franciscovich
Poetry
Insomnia 
By: Anthony Okpunor
Podcasts
Podcast: Insomnia 
By: Anthony Okpunor
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Offset by Calder Szewczak 
By: Redfern Jon Barrett
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Wednesday: Islam, Science Fiction & Extraterrestrial Life: A Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World by Jörg Matthias Determann 
By: Prema Arasu
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Friday: Slipping by Mohamed Kheir, translated by Robin Moger 
By: Rachel Cordasco
Read Issue
Issue 2 Oct 2021
Azimuth
The Strange Horizons Annual Kickstarter is Live! 
By: Romie Stott
Fiction
Thread Count 
By: Cynthia Gómez
Fiction
Harun 
By: Ryah Aqel
Poetry
The Evolution of Whales 
By: Michael Meyerhofer
Articles, Non-Fiction
Straight Outta Compton: White Flight In I Am Legend 
By: Olav Rokne
Articles, Non-Fiction
"Across fracture lines": An Interview with Chandler Davis 
By: Gautam Bhatia
By: Chandler Davis
Podcasts
Podcast: Fund Drive 2021 Poetry 
By: Michael Meyerhofer
By: Wale Ayinla
Podcast read by: Michael Meyerhofer
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
"It might be time to make some changes": An Interview with Arley Sorg 
By: Effie Seiberg
By: Arley Sorg
Poetry
To Disappear into a Song Wide Enough to Drown 
By: Wale Ayinla
Reviews
Saturday: Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell 
By: Katy Armstrong
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Saturday: The Solar Grid by Ganzeer 
By: Hazem Fahmy
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