Deep inside, I am trying to replicate the same effect that other artists had in me when I was young.

Before it was stolen, the skin of Auzh-Aravik had been inscribed with all the laws of heaven.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Arkady Martine's "How the God Auzh-Aravik Brought Order to the World Outside the World."

I am a carven queen, a saint, / a pretty thing to bless the ship / with good luck and swift passage.