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Something knocks on the door. Esther, dreaming, would like to ignore it. Instead, she blinks awake and grabs her shotgun, because dead things typically call for bullets, not spell work, and whatever wants inside her home is certainly dead.

Podcasts

Podcast: Monsters Never Leave You

By: Carlie St. George
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Carlie St. George's “Monsters Never Leave You.”

Fiction

68:Hazard:Cold

By: Janelle C. Shane

Beep, she thought, and then said it aloud because she had a beeper and why the hell not. “Beep. Beep.”

Podcasts

Podcast: 68:Hazard:Cold

By: Janelle C. Shane
Podcast read by: Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Janelle C. Shane's “68:Hazard:Cold.”

Poetry

Beasts of New France

By: Millie Ho

And on the terrace: Célia. Dark fur shining like tar in the moonlight, snout long and wrinkled.

Poetry

A Mountain on My Back

By: Niloufar-Lily Soltani

a quake fractured my wall, / but my portraits didn’t fall. / They disappeared one by one

Poetry

Mercy

By: Robert K. Walters

in the name / of Mercy / I wished a wish―which the Universe soon granted―

Podcasts

Podcast: June 29th Poetry

By: Niloufar-Lily Soltani
By: Robert K. Walters
By: Millie Ho
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents the poetry from the June 29th issue.

Articles, Non-Fiction

The Power of Chosen Family: Kingdom Hearts’ Sea Salt Trio

By: Latonya Pennington

By forming their own chosen family as the Sea Salt Trio, Roxas, Axel, and Xion are eventually able to fight for their own lives and purpose.