As Niall has announced, I'm stepping down as senior fiction editor. Life has gotten rather full in the past while, and I've been running lower and lower on the time I need to be able to put in to do the best work I can on the magazine – so, it's time for me to offer up this position to someone else and step aside. I'm confident that the person taking over for me, Catherine Krahe, will do a fantastic job: she's been with us as a first reader since I started, and her dedication to the field (and to Strange Horizons!) is impressive. I look forward to seeing the stories the team chooses in the future, and I have to say, it'll be a lot of fun to be able to just read Strange Horizons every week again.
Overall, it's been a wonderful ride. I've appreciated every moment of time spent on this magazine, from the slush to the responses from readers. When I was offered the position, I had only edited a single anthology and didn't know if I was even "qualified" to do this kind of work – but I knew I wanted to give it the best I could, because the mission of the magazine and the work they'd published both spoke deeply to me. Teaming up with writers both new and familiar to put out the best possible versions of their work has been immensely satisfying; it's something I'll always appreciate having been given the chance to do, and I hope that passing this position along to someone else will continue that cycle of opportunity and growth.
So, thanks to the readers and the writers and the folks who've commented on our stories over the years. Thank you for the awards nominations (and wins!) for short stories we've published; thanks especially to my awesome co-editors, Julia Rios and An Owomoyela, for being kind and brilliant and so good to work with. Thank you to the previous team who brought me on; thanks to the editors of other departments and the webmasters and the proofreaders – and everyone, really – who've brought together Strange Horizons to make it what it is.
It's been a pleasure. I look forward to seeing what comes next.