Strange Horizons - Non-Fiction

On June 4th, we will be opening for speculative fiction novelette submissions between the word count of 10,000 and 18,000 words. We will cap submissions at 300.

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Indigenous Author Submissions

Strange Horizons

14 Apr 2025

On November 3rd, we will be opening for speculative fiction stories written by Indigenous authors. We will be capping submissions at 500.

Non-Fiction, Reviews

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

By: Eric Primm

11 Apr 2025

In Alien Clay, Tchaikovsky argues that community is important to human ecology.

Non-Fiction, Reviews

J. G. Ballard’s Crash by Paul March-Russell and Keith Roberts’s Pavane: A Critical Companion by Paul Kincaid

By: Adam Roberts

9 Apr 2025

There has been quite a lot of critical writing on Ballard, but Pavane has attracted relatively little academic critical interest, which is puzzling.

Non-Fiction, Reviews

Schrödinger’s Wife (and Other Possibilities) by Pippa Goldschmidt

By: Octavia Cade

7 Apr 2025

If there’s a repeated theme in Schrödinger’s Wife (and Other Possibilities) it’s how the practice of science mirrors the life of its practitioners.

Non-Fiction, Reviews

The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon

By: Dan Hartland

4 Apr 2025

The Book of Disappearance is powered by questions.

Non-Fiction, Reviews

Under the Eye of The Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda

By: Akankshya Abismruta

2 Apr 2025

Under The Eye is a study in contradiction.