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Victoria Chen

Victoria Chen is a teenage book blogger, reader, and writer. She runs a young adult book blog at www.VickyWhoReads.wordpress.com where she talks about diverse stories and the book community. You can find her on Twitter at @VickyCBooks.


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Current Issue
10 Feb 2020
Fiction
Company 
By: Shannon Sanders
This house was too small for six people, woefully so, but it’s too big for one; the empty rooms fill up with spirits.
Podcasts
Podcast: Company 
By: Shannon Sanders
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Shannon Sanders's “Company.”
Poetry
Abstraction 
By: Gabriel Ascencio Morales
Please follow the instructions for reading this poem: 1. Imagine a cage. Any cage, of any size. 2. Love the cage. The cage is your friend.
Podcasts
Podcast: Abstraction 
By: Gabriel Ascencio Morales
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Gabriel Ascencio Morales's “Abstraction,” with a designed sound environment.
Reviews
Monday: The Hungry Ones by Elana Gomel 
By: M. L. Clark
Wednesday: Elemental Haiku by Mary Soon Lee 
By: Salik Shah
Read Issue
Issue 3 Feb 2020
Fiction
Across the Ice 
By: Ada Hoffmann
Podcasts
Podcast: Across the Ice 
By: Ada Hoffmann
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
A Time Traveler's Field Notes 
By: S.R. Tombran
Podcasts
Podcast: A Time Traveler's Field Notes 
By: S.R. Tombran
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Artificial Man and Other Stories, by Clare Winger Harris, edited by Brad Ricca 
By: M. L. Clark
Art by: M. L. Clark
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Wednesday: Eridani’s Crown by Alex Shvartsman 
By: Anthony Cardno
,
Friday: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht 
By: Mark Granger
Read Issue
Issue 27 Jan 2020
Poetry
Disemboweled Sonnet for Telling Your Crush You Like Him in the Waning Hours of the Party 
By: Weston Richey
Podcasts
Podcast: Disemboweled Sonnet for Telling Your Crush You Like Him in the Waning Hours of the Party 
By: Weston Richey
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Articles, Non-Fiction
How to Make a Family: Queer Blood Bonds in Black Feminist Vampire Novels 
By: Tamara Jerée
Columns, Non-Fiction
The Myriad Drumbeats of Afrofuturism: The Pitfalls of Lazy Publishing 
By: Mame Bougouma Diene
Staff Stories
Staff Stories: AJ Odasso 
By: A.J. Odasso
By: Vanessa Rose Phin
Reviews
Monday: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine 
By: Catherine Baker
,
Wednesday: Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell 
By: Stephen Case
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Friday: Fates and Furies by Christine Lucas 
By: Kelly Jennings
Read Issue
Issue 20 Jan 2020
Fiction
One Hand in the Coffin 
By: Justin C. Key
Art by: Deoxy Diamond
Podcasts
Podcast: One Hand in the Coffin 
By: Justin C. Key
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Sap and Superstition 
By: Jessica P. Wick
Podcasts
Podcast: Sap and Superstition 
By: Jessica P. Wick
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Art
Artist Interview: Deoxy Diamond 
By: Dante Luiz
Art by: Deoxy Diamond
Podcasts
Be The Serpent Strange Horizons Special 
By: Alexandra Rowland
By: Freya Marske
By: Jennifer Mace
Reviews
Monday: Tears of the Trufflepig by Fernando A. Flores 
By: Christina Scholz
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Wednesday: Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey 
By: Rachel Hill
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Friday: Small Waiting Objects by T. D. Walker 
By: Octavia Cade
Read Issue
Issue 13 Jan 2020
Fiction
The Orientation 
By: Julianna Baggott
Podcasts
Podcast: The Orientation 
By: Julianna Baggott
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
A New Face 
By: Terese Mason Pierre
Podcasts
Podcast: A New Face 
By: Terese Mason Pierre
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Terese Mason Pierre
Reviews
Monday: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 
By: Stephen Case
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Wednesday: The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz 
By: Abigail Nussbaum
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Friday: Black from the Future edited by Stephanie Andrea Allen and Lauren Cherelle 
By: Anahvia Taiyib
Read Issue
Issue 6 Jan 2020
Fiction
The Marriage Book 
By: Mitchell Shanklin
Podcasts
Podcast: The Marriage Book 
By: Mitchell Shanklin
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
ode to an asexual 
By: Nikoline Kaiser
Podcasts
Podcast: ode to an asexual 
By: Nikoline Kaiser
Podcast read by: Nikoline Kaiser
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: 2019 in Review: Part One 
By: Our Reviewers
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Wednesday: 2019 in Review: Part Two 
By: Our Reviewers
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Friday: 2019 in Review: Part Three 
By: Our Reviewers
Read Issue
Issue 23 Dec 2019
Poetry
The City That Changed Hands 
By: Maya Chhabra
Podcasts
Podcast: The City That Changed Hands 
By: Maya Chhabra
Podcast read by: Maya Chhabra
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: The Question Mark by Muriel Jaeger 
By: Paul Kincaid
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Wednesday: Patricia A. McKillip and the Art of Fantasy World-Building by Audrey Isabel Taylor 
By: Aaron Heil
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Friday: The Return of the Incredible Exploding Man by Dave Hutchinson 
By: Duncan Lawie
Read Issue
Issue 16 Dec 2019
Fiction
Flags Flying Before a Fall 
By: Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Podcasts
Podcast: Flags Flying Before a Fall 
By: Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Pillage, Thundersnow 
By: Liu Chengyu
Podcasts
Podcast: Pillage, Thundersnow 
By: Liu Chengyu
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Azimuth
Original Fiction in 2019 
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
Reviews
Monday: The Little Animals by Sarah Tolmie 
By: Catherine Rockwood
,
Wednesday: Shadows of the Short Days by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 
By: Rachel Cordasco
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Friday: Chronin, vols 1-2 by Alison Wigus 
By: Christina Ladd
Read Issue
Issue 9 Dec 2019
Fiction
Into the Eye 
By: SL Harris
Podcasts
Podcast: Into the Eye 
By: SL Harris
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) 
By: Jessy Randall
Podcasts
Podcast: Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) 
By: Jessy Randall
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Peter Watts Is An Angry Sentient Tumour by Peter Watts 
By: Vivian Wagner
,
Wednesday: Sharp and Sugar Tooth edited by Octavia Cade 
By: Nibedita Sen
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Friday: David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 
By: Gautam Bhatia
Read Issue
Issue 2 Dec 2019
Fiction
The Garden's First Rule 
By: Sheldon Costa
Art by: Arturo Lauria
Podcasts
Podcast: The Garden's First Rule 
By: Sheldon Costa
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay
Poetry
Gretel's Bones 
By: Mari Ness
Podcasts
Podcast: Gretel's Bones 
By: Mari Ness
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Reviews
Monday: Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee 
By: Bee Gabriel
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Wednesday: The Lucy Temerlin Institute for Broken Shapeshifters Guide to Starving Boys by Kuzhali Manickavel 
By: M. L. Clark
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Friday: Something Like The End by Ashley Morrow Hermsmeier 
By: Nicole E. Beck
Read Issue
Issue 25 Nov 2019
Poetry
Autologous Transplant 
By: Nisa Malli
Podcasts
Podcast: Autologous Transplant 
By: Nisa Malli
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Nisa Malli
Articles, Non-Fiction
Stranger Than Fox Spirits 
By: Lucia Tang
Columns, Non-Fiction
Stories from the Radio 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Reviews
Monday: The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell 
By: Sean Guynes
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Wednesday: Ghostographs by Maria Romasco Moore 
By: Gabriella Ekman
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Friday: Poems by Diana Wynne Jones, edited by Isobel Armstrong 
By: Evelyn Deshane
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