This special issue of the magazine was published between 6 September and 4 October 2013, in support of our 2013 fund drive, with additional content being unlocked as money was raised. To read more about our funding model (and indeed to donate yourself, if you feel so inclined), go
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In the future, true havoc needs more / Than a mere dog for war.
When my books empty out at night, they go to the library at Taarona.
A non-Anglocentric understanding of science fiction and fantasy must open up the genre towards the dialectic of local and universal, rather than be aligned towards the one or the other.
their forked tongues can translate / days into nights, nights into days
She found the cat there, lying on the warm, shiny bottom of an upturned wheelbarrow. Baby Boo was the first modded animal Betty had made friends with. "I got a feelin," Betty announced. "That Matty one of us."
Now Baby Boo's plan seemed stupider than ever. Betty made up her mind. She pawed Gray Hawk's leg for attention. "Listen, I need to break a promise I shoulda never made."
"I'm a narrative junkie with a great respect and affection for the established structure of stories, but a need (either compulsive, or worse, postmodern) to dismantle that structure, just to see what happens."
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Nisi Shawl's "Red Matty (Part 2 of 2)"
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Nisi Shawl's "Red Matty (Part 1 of 2)"
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Lemberg's "Teffeu: a Book from the Library at Taarona"
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the 2013 Fund Drive and hosts a round table discussion with fellow podcast readers Julia Rios and Ciro Faienza.