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Shannon Fay

Shannon Fay is a Canadian writer living in Nova Scotia. She can be found online @shannonlfay or www.ayearonsaturn.com. IRL she can usually be found in her kitchen cooking or in the living room watching horror movies.


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Current Issue
12 Apr 2021
Poetry
Dispatch from a Ruin in Mitla, the Town of Souls 
By: Morgan L. Ventura
The spaces within me both heal and house oracular properties.
Podcasts
Podcast: Dispatch from a Ruin in Mitla, the Town of Souls 
By: Morgan L. Ventura
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Morgan L. Ventura
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Morgan L. Ventura's “Dispatch from a Ruin in Mitla, the Town of Souls,” with a reading by the poet.
Fiction
The Giant with No Heart in Her Body 
By: Nike Sulway
Art by: Elaine Ho
Do you know the tale of the armless maiden? In most tales, it is only her hands she loses.
Read Issue
Issue 5 Apr 2021
Fiction
We Broke Nairobi 
By: Noel Cheruto
Poetry
city girls 
By: Caroline Dinh
Podcasts
Podcast: city girls 
By: Caroline Dinh
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
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
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