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Iona Sharma

Iona is a writer, lawyer, and linguaphile, and the product of more than one country. Other than speculative fiction, she likes politics, travel, and land rights.


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11 Nov 2019
Fiction
Whom My Soul Loves 
By: Rivqa Rafael
Osnat went back to talk to the dybbuk again.
Podcasts
Podcast: Whom My Soul Loves 
By: Rivqa Rafael
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Rivqa Rafael's “Whom My Soul Loves.”
Poetry
The Mother Searches For Her Own Story 
By: Mary McMyne
You’re the girl with the basket full of bread and cream, who wandered somehow into this life.
Poetry
Syndrome 
By: Ugonna-Ora Owoh
your spongy tongue | as political as begging the world to drown
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
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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
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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
,
Wednesday: Soft Science by Franny Choi 
By: Lesley Wheeler
,
Friday: The Test by Sylvain Neuvel 
By: Mark Granger
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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
,
Friday: The History of Soul 2065 by Barbara Krasnoff 
By: Anthony Cardno
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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
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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
,
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
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Wednesday: Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi 
By: Matt Hilliard
,
Friday: AfroSFv.3, edited by Ivor W. Hartmann 
By: Rachel Cordasco
Read Issue
Issue 16 Sep 2019
Fiction
This Is How 
By: Marie Brennan
Art by: Qistina Khalidah
Podcasts
Podcast: This Is How 
By: Marie Brennan
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Stepping the path trod by the moon 
By: Hester J. Rook
Podcasts
Podcast: Stepping the Path Trod by the Moon 
By: Hester J. Rook
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Hester J. Rook
Art
Artist Interview: Qistina Khalidah 
By: Dante Luiz
Art by: Qistina Khalidah
Reviews
Monday: Europe at Dawn by Dave Hutchinson 
By: Catherine Baker
,
Wednesday: Monster Portraits by Del Samatar and Sofia Samatar 
By: Nicole E. Beck
,
Friday: The Green and Growing by Erin K. Wagner 
By: Stephen Case
Read Issue
Issue 9 Sep 2019
Fiction
And Now His Lordship Is Laughing 
By: Shiv Ramdas
Podcasts
Podcast: And Now His Lordship Is Laughing 
By: Shiv Ramdas
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Podcasts
Podcast: The Joy 
By: Sarah Shirley
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Poetry
The Joy 
By: Sarah Shirley
Reviews
Monday: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar 
By: Adri Joy
,
Wednesday: A Year Without a Winter edited by Dehlia Hannah 
By: Octavia Cade
,
Friday: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 
By: Electra Pritchett
Read Issue
Azimuth, Azimuth Highlights
Brazil Special: Call for Submissions
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
31 Aug 2019
Brazil Special Issue call for fiction submissions!
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Issue 26 Aug 2019
Poetry
The Unicorn's Question 
By: Cynthia So
Podcasts
Podcast: The Unicorn's Question 
By: Cynthia So
Podcast read by: Cynthia So
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
Stories from the Radio 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Articles, Non-Fiction
“A lag is happening” : A disconnect between YA writers and the readers the books are written for 
By: Victoria Chen
Reviews
Monday: China Dream by Ma Jian, translated by Flora Drew 
By: Christina Ladd
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Wednesday: Ambiguity Machines by Vandana Singh 
By: Sessily Watt
,
Friday: Sealed by Naomi Booth 
By: Anthony Cardno
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