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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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11 Oct 2021
Fiction
Surat Dari Hantu 
By: Lisabelle Tay
Back then, a nail to the neck meant a man wanted you as his wife.
Podcasts
Podcast: Surat Dari Hantu 
By: Lisabelle Tay
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
In this episode of the Strange Horizons fiction podcast, editor Kat Kourbeti presents Lisabelle Tay's "Surat Dari Hantu".
Poetry
sunday funnies 
By: Stella Wong
GREEN is the color of everything sexy in this world. / you PINK up the telephone and say, YELLOW! call us
Reviews
Monday: Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena 
By: Idil Bostan
Wednesday: Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen 
By: Ian J. Simpson
Friday: From a Shadow Grave by Andi C. Buchanan 
By: Iori Kusano
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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
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Azimuth, Azimuth Highlights
The Strange Horizons Annual Kickstarter is Live!
By: Romie Stott
4 Oct 2021
If you want to donate, or check how close we are to unlocking another story, poem, review, or essay, here's the link.
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Issue 2 Oct 2021
Azimuth, Azimuth Highlights
The Strange Horizons Annual Kickstarter is Live! 
By: Romie Stott
Fiction
Thread Count 
By: Cynthia Gómez
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
Poetry
To Disappear into a Song Wide Enough to Drown 
By: Wale Ayinla
Fiction
Harun 
By: Ryah Aqel
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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Azimuth, Azimuth Highlights
Open fiction submissions window in November!
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
29 Sep 2021
Opening to fiction submissions for the month of November!
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Issue 27 Sep 2021
Azimuth
Welcome new fiction editors! 
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
Poetry
Corazón Oculto 
By: Mary Robles
Podcasts
Podcast: Corazón Oculto 
By: Mary Robles
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Columns, Non-Fiction
Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Fiction Roundup 
By: Maria Haskins
Columns, Non-Fiction
Trials By Whiteness: Orientalism and Liberal Multiculturalism 
By: Jaymee Goh
Azimuth, Azimuth Highlights
Open fiction submissions window in November! 
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
Articles, Non-Fiction
A Different Future: An Examination of The Ministry And Indigenous Futures 
By: Lou Cornum
Reviews
Monday: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 
By: Cat Fitzpatrick
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Wednesday: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell 
By: Caroline Mersey
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Friday: The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner 
By: Kate Macdonald
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Issue 20 Sep 2021
Fiction
Motivation Augmentation 
By: Clara Ward
Podcasts
Podcast: Motivation Augmentation 
By: Clara Ward
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Poetry
The Little Death After the Apocalypse 
By: Courtney Skaggs
Podcasts
Podcast: The Little Death After the Apocalypse 
Art by: Courtney Skaggs
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo 
By: Linda H. Codega
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Wednesday: Disease by Sarah Tolmie 
By: Daniel Haeusser
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Friday: The Fall of Koli by M. R. Carey 
By: Stephen Case
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Issue 13 Sep 2021
Fiction
An Exploration of Nichole Otieno’s Early Filmography (1232-1246) 
By: Kola Heyward-Rotimi
Poetry
The suck-up 
By: Steve Castro
Podcasts
Podcast: The suck-up 
By: Steve Castro
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee 
By: Nina Allan
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Wednesday: Curling Vines and Crimson Trades by Kellie Doherty 
By: Iori Kusano
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Friday: Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 
By: Gautam Bhatia
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Issue 6 Sep 2021
Poetry
Funeral for a Star 
By: Yuna Kang
Fiction
All Us Ghosts 
By: B. Pladek
Art by: Johnny Anger
Podcasts
Podcast: Funeral for a Star 
By: Yuna Kang
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Yuna Kang
Podcasts
Podcast: All Us Ghosts 
By: B. Pladek
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti
Reviews
Monday: The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag 
By: Anthony Cardno
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Wednesday: Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison 
By: Kate Macdonald
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Friday: Professor Everywhere by Nicholas Binge 
By: Ian J. Simpson
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Issue 30 Aug 2021
Editorials
Of Unexpected Treasures; Emeralds; Pearls; a Lion City; a Million Elephants 
By: Romie Stott
Poetry
Firework 
By: Ian Goh
Poetry
空心菜 ¹ 
By: Andy Winter
Poetry
City Lights as Myth 
By: Yong-Yu Huang
Poetry
Âu Cơ in the Water Palace 
By: Sunny Vuong
Poetry
All the Army Ghost Stories I Have Heard 
By: Natalie Wang
Poetry
Housekeeping Duties 
By: Mark Dimaisip
Poetry
Rites of Becoming a White Lady 
By: Yvanna Vien Tica
Poetry
Kuala Lumpur Urban Legends 
By: Jack Kin Lim
Poetry
Bunian Laundry 
By: May Chong
Poetry
Ode 
By: P. H. Low
Podcasts
Podcast: Poetry of the Southeast Asia Poetry Special 
By: Ian Goh
By: Andy Winter
By: Yong-Yu Huang
By: Sunny Vuong
By: Natalie Wang
By: Mark Dimaisip
By: Yvanna Vien Tica
By: Jack Kin Lim
By: May Chong
By: P. H. Low
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Ian Goh
Podcast read by: Yong-Yu Huang
Podcast read by: Sunny Vuong
Podcast read by: Natalie Wang
Podcast read by: Mark Dimaisip
Podcast read by: Yvanna Vien Tica
Podcast read by: Jack Kin Lim
Podcast read by: May Chong
Podcast read by: P. H. Low
Reviews
Monday: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 
By: Roy Salzman-Cohen
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Wednesday: The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay 
By: Octavia Cade
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Friday: Elemental by the Center for the Art of Translation 
By: Rachel Cordasco
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Issue 23 Aug 2021
Poetry
Ode to Women’s Arms in SF Television 
By: Hannah V Warren
Articles, Non-Fiction
Surviving Utopia 
By: Kes Otter Lieffe
Columns, Non-Fiction
Writing While Disabled 
By: Nisi Shawl
By: Kristy Anne Cox
Podcasts
Podcast: Ode to Women’s Arms in SF Television 
By: Hannah V Warren
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 
By: Gautam Bhatia
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Wednesday: Water Horse by Melissa Scott 
By: Kelly Jennings
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Friday: The Fallen by Ada Hoffmann 
By: Duncan Lawie
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