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Nicholas Pell

Nicholas Pell is a freelance writer from Hollywood, California. He has penned feature articles and reviews for LA Weekly, Playboy and VICE.


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18 Nov 2024
Poetry
Interstellar Assistance 
By: M.C. Childs
Your distress signals are understood
Poetry
High 
By: Duy Đoàn
Somehow we’re now Harold Lloyd/Jackie Chan, letting go of the minute hand
Fiction
A Slightly Different Sunrise from Mercury, Nevada 
By: Íde Hennessy
It was always a beautiful day on April 22, 1952.
Podcasts
Podcast: Little Lila 
By: Susannah Rand
Podcast read by: Claire McNerney
In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Little Lila by Susannah Rand, read by Claire McNerney. Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: Spotify
Reviews
Monday: Zebra Meridian & Other Stories by Geoffrey W. Cole 
By: Catherine Rockwood
Wednesday: Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words by Payal Kapadia 
By: Amritesh Mukherjee
Friday: The 23rd Hero by Rebecca Anne Nguyen 
By: David Lewis
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Issue 11 Nov 2024
Poetry
The Angels Sip Manhattans Wearing the Faces of Our Dead 
By: Sarah Titus
Poetry
the dogs don’t forgive us 
By: Sophie Fink
Azimuth, Editorials
Delays! But We're Ok. 
By: Romie Stott
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 4: An Interview with Kyle Tam 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Kyle Tam
Fiction
The Lord of Mice’s Arrows 
By: Nadia Radovich
Reviews
Monday: Dakini Atoll by Nikhil Singh 
By: Eric Hendel
,
Wednesday: Metal From Heaven by august clarke 
By: Dylan Haston
,
Friday: One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun, translated by Jung Yewon 
By: Areeb Ahmad
Read Issue
Issue 4 Nov 2024
Fiction
The Butcher’s Heart 
By: AnaMaria Curtis
Poetry
Djinndroid 
By: Sara Omer
Poetry
Departure: New Selene Station 21:56 
By: K. M. Praschak
Podcasts
Podcast: Embroidery of a Bird’s Heart 
By: Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas
Podcast read by: L. W. Salinas
Reviews
Monday: The 2024 Ignyte Award for Best Novel Shortlist, Part One 
By: Tehnuka
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Wednesday: The 2024 Ignyte Award for Best Novel Shortlist, Part Two 
By: Tehnuka
,
Friday: A Place Between Waking and Forgetting by Eugen Bacon 
By: Maya C. James
Read Issue
Issue 28 Oct 2024
Fiction
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackened Husk of a Planet 
By: Adeline Wong
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 3: An interview with Arkady Martine, and a reading of her poem 'Cloud Wall' 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Arkady Martine
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Read Issue
Issue 21 Oct 2024
Art, Fiction
Faith is a Butterfly Resting on a Rotting Eye (or The Art of Faith) 
By: Gabrielle Emem Harry
Art by: Shan
Poetry
Cornhusk Doll With Face 
By: Meagan Chandler
Poetry
SOMETIMES I WISH GHOSTS WERE REAL SO I COULD SAY ALL THE THINGS 
By: Steve Witherspoon
Podcasts
Podcast: Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead 
By: KT Bryski
Podcast read by: Devin Martin
Reviews
Monday: Cinderwich by Cherie Priest 
By: Rebecca Turkewitz
,
Wednesday: The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim, translated by Sean Lin Halbert 
By: David Hebblethwaite
,
Friday: Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells 
By: Electra Pritchett
Read Issue
Issue 14 Oct 2024
Poetry
Phrogger 
By: David Bowers-Mason
Poetry
Nose (Knows) 
By: Emma Goldman-Sherman
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 2: An Interview with Kate Heartfield 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Kate Heartfield
Reviews
Monday: The 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Shortlist, Part One 
By: M. L. Clark
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Wednesday: The 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Shortlist, Part Two 
By: M. L. Clark
,
Friday: The Nightward by R. S. A. Garcia 
By: Joy Sanchez-Taylor
Read Issue
Issue 7 Oct 2024
Fiction
The Aquarium for Lost Souls 
By: Natasha King
Poetry
fursonas are not enough, i need to be a moss-coated mech 
By: Wren Douglas
Poetry
Amitruq Nekyia 
By: Sonya Taaffe
Podcasts
Podcast: A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief 
By: Christopher Blake
Podcast read by: Emmie Christie
Reviews
Monday: Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova 
By: Ian J. Simpson
,
Wednesday: The Other Side Of The Mirror by Dana Evyn 
By: Racheal Chie
,
Friday: The Shrieking of Nothing by Jordan A. Rothacker 
By: Dave Fitzgerald
Read Issue
Issue 30 Sep 2024
Poetry
Worlds I Didn't Hear 
By: Brian Hugenbruch
Poetry
The Battle Verses of Prufrock J. Alfred 
By: Rachel Rodman
Articles, Non-Fiction
In Other Wor(l)ds 
By: Shrinidhi Narasimhan
Columns, Non-Fiction
Stories From The Radio: The Slide - Danger Point 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 1: A Long-Awaited Celebration 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Michael Ireland
Reviews
Monday: Capitalism: A Horror Story by Jon Greenaway 
By: Aran Ward Sell
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Wednesday: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister 
By: Sally Parlier
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Friday: Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson 
By: David Lewis
Read Issue
Issue 23 Sep 2024
Art, Fiction
#000000: From the Permanent Collection 
By: LeeAnn Perry
Art by: nino
Poetry
morphology 
By: Jennifer Mace
Poetry
waning, waning 
By: Marisca Pichette
Reviews
Monday: Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology edited by Dennis Wilson Wise 
By: Daniel A. Rabuzzi
,
Wednesday: When Shadows Grow Tall by Maressa Voss 
By: Tristan Beiter
,
Friday: The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou 
By: Duncan Lawie
Read Issue
Issue 16 Sep 2024
Fiction
Whale Fall 
By: J.L. Akagi
Poetry
A War of Words 
By: Marie Brennan
Poetry
[time wrinkles] 
By: Emily O Liu
Reviews
Monday: In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran 
By: Archita Mittra
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Wednesday: The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older 
By: Safia H. Senhaji
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Friday: Shadows Rising by Rohan Monteiro 
By: Sneha Pathak
Read Issue
Issue 9 Sep 2024
Poetry
Aubade from the After Days 
By: Mary Soon Lee
Poetry
She Remains 
By: Jan Cronos
Fiction
Dead Ringer 
By: Ali Householder
Reviews
Monday: The 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony directed by Thomas Jolly 
By: David Lewis
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Wednesday: MADNESS by Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué 
By: Octavia Cade
,
Friday: Luminous Beings by David Arnold and Jose Pimienta 
By: Nileena Sunil
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