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Sean Guynes

Sean Guynes (he/him/@saguynes ) is a writer, editor, and SFF critic who lives in Ann Arbor, MI. His shorter writing has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, World Literature Today, and elsewhere. He publishes Ancillary Review of Books and edits the Palgrave SFF: A New Canon series.


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Current Issue
5 Apr 2021
Fiction
We Broke Nairobi 
By: Noel Cheruto
They say we broke Nairobi; we whose tears do not burn; whose blood runs cold.
Poetry
city girls 
By: Caroline Dinh
i think the princesses are sick of constellations by now
Podcasts
Podcast: city girls 
By: Caroline Dinh
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Caroline Dinh's “city girls.”
Reviews
Tuesday: The Stone Wētā by Octavia Cade 
By: Duncan Lawie
Wednesday: The Down Days by Ilze Hugo 
By: Idil Bostan
Read Issue
Issue 29 Mar 2021
Editorials
"The future is a palestine of the dreaming" 
By: Rasha Abdulhadi
Fiction
Native Country 
By: Karim Kattan
Art by: Aya Ghanameh
Fiction
A Day in the Life of Anmar 20X1 
By: Abdulla Moaswes
Fiction
ارادات 
By: Wadih Haddad | وديع الحداد
Fiction
Wills 
By: Wadih Haddad | وديع الحداد
Poetry
PALESTINE IS A FUTURISM: THE DREAM 
By: Fargo Tbakhi
Poetry
We Inherited Trees | ورثنا أشجارا 
By: Iman Alzaghari
Poetry
Queer Arab Dictionary 
By: Nada Almosa
Poetry
Dream Particles 
By: Layla Azmi Goushey
Poetry
art exhibition: west bank girl on fire 
By: leena aboutaleb
Poetry
Bethlehem 
By: Najah Hussein Musa
Podcasts
Podcast: Poetry of the Palestinian Special Issue 
By: Iman Alzaghari
By: Fargo Tbakhi
By: leena aboutaleb
By: Nada Almosa
By: Layla Azmi Goushey
By: Najah Hussein Musa
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Iman Alzaghari
Podcast read by: Fargo Tbakhi
Podcast read by: leena aboutaleb
Podcast read by: Nada Almosa
Podcast read by: Najah Hussein Musa
Podcast read by: Layla Azmi Goushey
Art
Artist Interview: Aya Ghanameh 
By: Dante Luiz
Art by: Aya Ghanameh
Fiction
The Center of the Universe 
By: Nadia Shammas
Articles
Roundtable: The palestinian speculative 
By: Fargo Tbakhi
By: N. A. Mansour
By: Rasha Abdulhadi
Reviews
Monday: Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr, translated by Marcia Lynx Qualey 
By: Sonia Sulaiman
,
Wednesday: The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon 
By: Summer Farah
,
Friday: In Vitro 
By: N. A. Mansour
Read Issue
Issue 22 Mar 2021
Poetry
Excerpts from Sign & Grudge 
By: Holly J. Schaeffer-Raymond
Podcasts
Podcast: Excerpts from Sign & Grudge 
By: Holly J. Schaeffer-Raymond
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Holly J. Schaeffer-Raymond
Columns, Non-Fiction
Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Short Fiction Roundup 
By: Maria Haskins
Articles, Non-Fiction
Taking Care: The Humane Heart of Science Fiction 
By: Judith Tarr
Reviews
Monday: Cradle and Grave by Anya Ow 
By: Thomas Manuel
,
Wednesday: Jakarta by Rodrigo Márquez Tizano, translated by Thomas Bunstead 
By: Rachel Cordasco
Podcast read by: Rachel Cordasco
,
Friday: Mary Shelley Makes A Monster by Octavia Cade 
By: Vivian Wagner
Read Issue
Issue 15 Mar 2021
Fiction
According to Leibniz (maybe this isn’t what he meant); or, Rasharelle Little: Goddess of Postal Worker NBs 
By: Isana Skeete
Podcasts
Podcast: According to Leibniz (maybe this isn’t what he meant); or, Rasharelle Little: Goddess of Postal Worker NBs 
By: Isana Skeete
Podcast read by: Isana Skeete
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Poetry
Where Did The Cockerel Story Start? 
By: Patricia Omozele Sukore
Podcasts
Podcast: Where Did The Cockerel Story Start? 
By: Patricia Omozele Sukore
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Star Trek: Lower Decks 
By: Electra Pritchett
,
Wednesday: No Man's Land by AJ Fitzwater 
By: Caroline Mersey
,
Friday: Hello Strange by Pamela Morrow 
By: Octavia Cade
Read Issue
Issue 8 Mar 2021
Fiction
Bathymetry 
By: Lorraine Wilson
Podcasts
Podcast: Bathymetry 
By: Lorraine Wilson
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Poetry
Locally Sourced 
By: Gerri Leen
Podcasts
Podcast: Locally Sourced 
By: Gerri Leen
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Resisters by Gish Jen 
By: Catherine Rockwood
,
Wednesday: Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead 
By: Eve Morton
,
Friday: The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards 
By: Marina Berlin
Read Issue
Issue 1 Mar 2021
Podcasts
Podcast: Mouth 
By: Sasha LaPointe
Podcast read by: Sasha LaPointe
Poetry
After The Living Dead Girl 
By: Bianca Rae Messinger
Podcasts
Podcast: After the Living Dead Girl 
By: Bianca Rae Messinger
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Fiction
Mouth 
By: Sasha LaPointe
Reviews
Monday: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine 
By: Gautam Bhatia
,
Wednesday: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo 
By: Anthony Cardno
,
Friday: Threading the Labyrinth by Tiffani Angus 
By: Aaron Heil
Read Issue
Issue 22 Feb 2021
Poetry
go agile 
By: Hal Y. Zhang
Podcasts
Podcast: go agile 
By: Hal Y. Zhang
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
New Horizons: A Conversation with the Editors of Rikka Zine, khōréō mag, and Constelación 
By: Gautam Bhatia
By: Terrie Hashimoto
By: Coral Alejandra Moore
By: Lian Xia Rose
By: Rowan Morrison
By: Alexandra Hill
Columns, Non-Fiction
Stories from the Radio 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Reviews
Monday: Triangulation: Extinction, edited by Isaac E. Payne and Diane Turnshek 
By: Prashanth Gopalan
,
Wednesday: A River Called Time by Courttia Newland 
By: Joe P. L. Davidson
,
Friday: A Diary in the Age of Water: A Novel by Nina Munteanu 
By: Daniel Haeusser
Read Issue
Issue 15 Feb 2021
Fiction
Ootheca 
By: Mário de Seabra Coelho
Podcasts
Podcast: Wildlife Encounter 
By: Wen-yi Lee
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Poetry
Wildlife Encounter 
By: Wen-yi Lee
Podcasts
Podcast: Ootheca 
By: Mário de Seabra Coelho
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Reviews
Monday: Jade War by Fonda Lee 
By: Adri Joy
,
Wednesday: Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee 
By: Gautam Bhatia
,
Friday: Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas 
By: Shannon Fay
Read Issue
Issue 8 Feb 2021
Fiction
The Demon Sage's Daughter 
By: Varsha Dinesh
Art by: Emma Weakley
Podcasts
Podcast: The Demon Sage's Daughter 
By: Varsha Dinesh
Podcast read by: Courtney Floyd
Poetry
Excerpts from the Dr. Sexpot Saga 
By: Sarah Kathryn Moore
Podcasts
Podcast: Excerpts from the Dr. Sexpot Saga 
By: Sarah Kathryn Moore
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Sarah Kathryn Moore
Reviews
Monday: Driftwood by Marie Brennan 
By: Jonathan Crowe
,
Wednesday: Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship 
By: Neha Yadav
Read Issue
Issue 1 Feb 2021
Fiction
A Serpent For Each Year 
By: Tamara Jerée
Podcasts
Podcast: A Serpent For Each Year 
By: Tamara Jerée
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Poetry
A crowd of yakubyō gami (pestilence yōkai) 
By: Betsy Aoki
Podcasts
Podcast: A crowd of yakubyō gami (pestilence yōkai) 
By: Betsy Aoki
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Paul Starr
Reviews
Monday: Wolfwalkers 
By: Indrapramit Das
,
Wednesday: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 
By: Sean Guynes
Read Issue
Issue 25 Jan 2021
Articles, Non-Fiction
The Waters Of This Place: Aotearoa New Zealand Speculative Fiction 
By: AJ Fitzwater
Columns, Non-Fiction
Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Short Fiction Roundup 
By: Maria Haskins
Poetry
The Time Tourist | El Turista del Tiempo 
By: Beatriz F. Fernandez
Podcasts
Podcast: The Time Tourist | El Turista del Tiempo 
By: Beatriz F. Fernandez
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Beatriz F. Fernandez
Reviews
Monday: The Silence of the Wilting Skin by Tlotlo Tsamaase 
By: M. L. Clark
,
Wednesday: Finna by Nino Cipri 
By: Electra Pritchett
,
Friday: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu 
By: V. F. Armstrong
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