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Current Issue
27 Jan 2025
Azimuth, Editorials
On Claims and Criticism 
By: Aishwarya Subramanian and Dan Hartland
What of material effect will all this criticism have achieved? Reader, we can’t say. Maybe none. But maybe some. Who knows?
Articles, Non-Fiction
Who Is In Danger? 
By: Paul Kincaid
Believe me, it was obvious from the get-go who was endangered by 1967’s Dangerous Visions .
Articles, Non-Fiction
Ectogenesis and the Science Fiction Futures of Reproduction 
By: Zoe L. Tongue
We can see conservative values, fears, and hopes playing out in many Western science fiction works—and patriarchal ideals around motherhood, reproduction, and family are everywhere.
Articles, Non-Fiction
Collective Dreaming: The Schrödinger’s Cat Approach to Framing Futures         
By: Jacqueline Nyathi
The key is to evade the rigid and hegemonic structures of Western-oriented writing.
Articles, Non-Fiction
The Celts Meet Celtic Fantasy 
By: Nat Harrington
What would it look like for dominant-language fantasy to engage with the living cultures, contemporary politics, and modern histories of Celtic-language communities?
Poetry
The Egg 
By: River
faded computations / erased by the light of blood moons and / chalk
Poetry
The Resolution of N 
By: Lillian Tsay
An Alternate Ending for “The Breakdown of Family N” in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Poetry
Frankenstein’s Tongue 
By: Liam Campbell
And progress will become return / And the mother will become fetal
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 8: An Interview with Bogi Takács 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Bogi Takács
In this episode of Strange Horizons @ 25, Kat Kourbeti sits down with SFF critic and writer Bogi Takács for an in-depth conversation about the role of criticism in the SFF space, plus an overall look at their varied career.
Articles, Non-Fiction
And Back Again: The Enduring Appeal of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy 
By: Tansy Gardam
It’d be an understatement to say that The Return of the King fundamentally altered my brain chemistry.
Reviews
Monday: Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions by Nalo Hopkinson 
By: Eugen Bacon
Wednesday: Takaoka’s Travels by Tatsuhiko Shibusawa 
By: Prashanth Gopalan
Friday: We Are All Monsters: How Deviant Organisms Came to Define Us by Andrew Mangham 
By: M. L. Clark
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Issue 20 Jan 2025
Azimuth
Stop Surveillance Copaganda: A Collaboration with Fight for the Future 
Strange Horizons
Fiction
A Charm to Keep the Evil Eye Away From Your Campervan; or, Roamin' Rights 
By: Christopher R. Muscato
Fiction
Crisis Actors 
By: Maddison Stoff
By: Corey Jae White
Fiction
Curlews 
By: Cecilia Ananías Soto
Fiction
Murder in the Clavist Autonomous Zone 
By: Rich Larson
Poetry
age of villains 
By: Gerald L. Coleman
Fiction
Taking Back the City 
By: Christine Phan
Poetry
hypercapnia 
By: Ismail Yusuf Olumoh
Podcasts
Podcast: Bee Season 
By: Michelle Kulwicki
Podcast read by: Emmie Christie
Reviews
Monday: The Machine Autocorrects Code to I by Chanlee Luu 
By: Tristan Beiter
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Wednesday: Motheater by Linda H. Codega 
By: E. C. Barrett
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Friday: Revising Reality: How Sequels, Remakes, Retcons, and Rejects Explain The World by Chris Gavaler and Nat Goldberg 
By: Vivian Wagner
Read Issue
Issue 13 Jan 2025
Fiction
Pearlescent Tickwad 
By: Samir Sirk Morató
Poetry
The Quantum and Temporal Properties of Unresolved Love 
By: Massimo Mitolo
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 7: An Interview with John Scalzi 
By: John Scalzi
By: Michael Ireland
Poetry
Of Water, Always Seeking 
By: Ali Trotta
Reviews
Monday: Leaked Footages by Abu Bakr Sadiq 
By: Paul Chuks
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Wednesday: The City in Glass by Nghi Vo 
By: Nileena Sunil
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Friday: Withered Hill by David Barnett 
By: Racheal Chie
Read Issue
Issue 6 Jan 2025
Fiction
Dead Dog Mans the Lighthouse 
By: Max Franciscovich
Poetry
Little Haunted House 
By: Portia Yu
Poetry
Imaginal Discs 
By: Nadine Nakagawa
Podcasts
Podcast: Coming Through In Waves 
By: Samantha Murray
Podcast read by: Jenna Hanchey
Reviews
Monday: 2024 In Review: Part One 
By: Our Reviewers
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Wednesday: 2024 In Review: Part Two 
By: Our Reviewers
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Friday: 2024 In Review: Part Three 
By: Our Reviewers
Read Issue
Issue 23 Dec 2024
Poetry
What Beautiful Heavens These 
By: Kaya Skovdatter
Poetry
The Person Who Reminds the Other Person to Cast a Spell 
By: Bogi Takács
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Holiday Special: Little Brother™, by Bruce Holland Rogers 
By: Bruce Holland Rogers
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Reviews
Monday: Star Trek: Lower Decks—Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio 
By: Abigail Nussbaum
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Wednesday: The Great When by Alan Moore 
By: Matt Holder
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Friday: The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer 
By: Cameron Miguel
Read Issue
Issue 16 Dec 2024
Fiction
Exit Interview 
By: K.W. Onley
Poetry
Dad's recipe for never-keeping 
By: Anne Liberton
Poetry
RELIVING: POST TRAUMA OF THE LEKKI TOLLGATE MASSACRE. 
By: Fasasi Ridwan
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 6: An interview with Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li, and a reading of her poems, 'Ave Maria' and 'The Mezzanine' 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li
Reviews
Monday: Mevlido’s Dreams: A Post Exotic Novel by Antoine Volodine, translated by Gina M. Stamm 
By: Shinjini Dey
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Wednesday: The Theme Park of Women’s Bodies by Maggie Cooper 
By: William Shaw
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Friday: Your Own Dark Shadow: A Selection of Lost Irish Horror Stories edited by Jack Fennell 
By: Aran Ward Sell
Read Issue
Issue 9 Dec 2024
Fiction
A Wish for the Drowned 
By: Corey Farrenkopf
Poetry
The Universe Is Dying 
By: Michelle Koubek
Poetry
On The Shores of Nineveh 
By: Nnadi Samuel
Reviews
Monday: The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry 
By: Catherine Baker
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Wednesday: Gliff by Ali Smith 
By: David Hebblethwaite
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Friday: Beyond the Light Horizon by Ken MacLeod 
By: Redfern Jon Barrett
Read Issue
Issue 2 Dec 2024
Fiction
To Drive the Cold Winter Away 
By: E. Catherine Tobler
Poetry
Nose 
By: Devan Barlow
Poetry
The Monster in the Shape of a Star 
By: Vivienne Camille
Podcasts
Podcast: A Cure for Solastalgia 
By: E.M. Linden
Podcast read by: Jenna Hanchey
Reviews
Monday: Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer 
By: Christian P. Haines
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Wednesday: In Universes by Emet North 
By: Roseanna Pendlebury
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Friday: Countess by Suzan Palumbo 
By: Dan Hartland
Read Issue
Issue 25 Nov 2024
Columns, Fiction, Non-Fiction
Stories From The Radio: The Slide - Penultimate Episode 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Poetry
Inside this Egg, We Roll Together 
By: Akis Linardos
Poetry
A Headline Ripped From a Past, Present, and Future Issue of Anachronistic News America: 
By: Donald Towers
Articles, Non-Fiction
To Fact from Fiction: The Representation of Climate Change in Ibrahim Nasrallah’s Dog War II 
By: Rawad Alhashmi
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Episode 5: An Interview with E.M. Faulds 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: E.M. Faulds
Reviews
Monday: Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik 
By: Shannon Fay
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Wednesday: Rare Birds by L. B. Hazelthorn 
By: Andy Sawyer
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Friday: The Night Ends with Fire by K. X. Song 
By: Kristy Wang
Read Issue
Issue 18 Nov 2024
Poetry
Interstellar Assistance 
By: M.C. Childs
Poetry
High 
By: Duy Đoàn
Fiction
A Slightly Different Sunrise from Mercury, Nevada 
By: Íde Hennessy
Podcasts
Podcast: Little Lila 
By: Susannah Rand
Podcast read by: Claire McNerney
Reviews
Monday: Zebra Meridian & Other Stories by Geoffrey W. Cole 
By: Catherine Rockwood
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Wednesday: Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words by Payal Kapadia 
By: Amritesh Mukherjee
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Friday: The 23rd Hero by Rebecca Anne Nguyen 
By: David Lewis
Read Issue
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
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Wednesday: Metal From Heaven by august clarke 
By: Dylan Haston
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Friday: One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun, translated by Jung Yewon 
By: Areeb Ahmad
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