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Edryd Bowmer

Edryd Bowmer has a BA in Classical Studies and an interest in classical reception. He can be found up in an aerial hoop, or on Instagram @EdrydBowmer. Edryd is based in Bristol, England. He shares a birthday with Wilfred Owen, and likes to think this sealed his fate.


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21 Apr 2025
Poetry
low flying owls 
By: K. Meera
tomorrow when i have hardened, and your body has renewed.
Poetry
Entangled Hearts: The Quantum Mechanics of Love 
By: Massimo Mitolo
A recent wave of research into the quantum properties of emotion suggests that love may be more than a fleeting human experience
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Skink Song 
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The Church at the Edge of Time 
By: Angela Liu
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Wednesday: Exodus: The Archimedes Engine by Peter F. Hamilton 
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Fiction
No One Dies of Longing 
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Circumbendibus 
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Reaper 
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Wednesday: J. G. Ballard’s Crash by Paul March-Russell and Keith Roberts’s Pavane: A Critical Companion by Paul Kincaid 
By: Adam Roberts
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Friday: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky 
By: Eric Primm
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Special Issue: Ageing and SFF 
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The Last Time Gladys Howled At the Moon 
By: Jennifer Hudak
Art by: Duds Saldanha
Poetry
Everyone dies 
By: Purbasha Roy
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By: R.B. Lemberg
Poetry
A Tree, At Peace 
By: Devan Barlow
Poetry
view 
By: M. Frost
Articles, Non-Fiction
Grannies Against Oppression 
By: Isabel Black
Podcasts, Writing While Disabled
Writing While Disabled S2E2: In conversation with Farah Mendlesohn 
By: Kristy Anne Cox
By: Kate Johnston
By: Farah Mendlesohn
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Monday: On the Calculation of Volume I & II by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland 
By: Will McMahon
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Wednesday: Under the Eye of The Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda 
By: Akankshya Abismruta
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Friday: The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon 
By: Dan Hartland
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Issue 24 Mar 2025
Poetry
TICKLING GAMES #4 
By: Nada Almosa
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The Schmidt Pain Index: A Love Story 
By: Asa Delaney
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By: Samantha Lane Murphy
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By: Eugen Bacon
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Monster of the Week as Realism 
By: Francis Van Ganson
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Monday: Honeymoons in Temporary Locations by Ashley Shelby 
By: Shannon Fay
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Wednesday: A Spectre is Haunting Greentree by Carson Winter 
By: Marisa Mercurio
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Friday: Adam and Eve in Paradise by José Maria de Eça de Queirós, translated by Margaret Jull Costa 
By: Sally Parlier
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Issue 17 Mar 2025
Azimuth
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By: Aigner Loren Wilson
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Orpheus as the Last Living Blue Whale 
By: Anastasios Mihalopoulos
Poetry
Machine makers 
By: Emma Lottie Hayes
Fiction
Machine Hearts 
By: Jeff Dingler
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SH@25 Episode 10: An interview with Jordan Kurella, and a reading of his poem, 'this tree is a eulogy' 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Jordan Kurella
Reviews
Monday: Dune: Prophecy 
By: Marina Berlin
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Wednesday: Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan 
By: Archita Mittra
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Friday: Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen 
By: Aaron Heil
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Issue 10 Mar 2025
Poetry
To Be the Change 
By: Nico Martinez Nocito
Fiction
Another Trip Around the Sun 
By: Jon Poley
Poetry
Laika 
By: Timi Sanni
Podcasts
Podcast: Tomorrow is Waiting 
By: Holli Mintzer
Podcast read by: Emmie Christie
Reviews
Monday: North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher 
By: Tristan Beiter
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Wednesday: Necessary Poisons by Andrea Blythe 
By: Daniel A. Rabuzzi
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Friday: A Power Unbound by Freya Marske 
By: Safia H. Senhaji
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Issue 3 Mar 2025
Azimuth, Editorials
Call for Volunteers: Patreon Manager 
By: the Strange Horizons staff
Poetry
Nuliajuk and the Birds 
By: Shantell Powell
Poetry
Interior Castle 
By: Samantha Pious
Fiction
The Luring Lantern 
By: Laura Cranehill
Podcasts, SH@25
SH@25 Special Episode: A 2025 Hugo Awards Primer 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Romie Stott
Reviews
Monday: Private Rites by Julia Armfield 
By: Chelsea Davis
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Wednesday: ChloroPhilia by Cristina Jurado, translated by Sue Burke 
By: Rachel Cordasco
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Friday: The Dark Delight of Being Strange by James B. Haile III 
By: Ian J. Simpson
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Issue 24 Feb 2025
Poetry
Unbound 
By: Deborah L. Davitt
Poetry
The oblique light at Kakushima (a memory of persimmons) 
By: Ryu Ando | 安堵 龍
Articles, Non-Fiction
White People Wielding Needles 
By: E.D.E. Bell
Podcasts, Writing While Disabled
Writing While Disabled: S2E1 In Conversation with Kate Johnston 
By: Kristy Anne Cox
By: Kate Johnston
Columns
Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Fiction Roundup 
By: Maria Haskins
Reviews
Monday: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami 
By: Bill Capossere
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Wednesday: Catherine the Ghost by Kathe Koja 
By: Andy Sawyer
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Friday: Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan 
By: Dean Leetal
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Issue 17 Feb 2025
Poetry
In the Zoo 
By: Kunjana Parashar
Poetry
In an attempt to seduce Death my sister starts calling him Love 
By: Karan Kapoor
SH@25
SH@25 Episode 9: An Interview with Brandon O'Brien 
By: Brandon O'Brien
By: Kat Kourbeti
Fiction
Arachnomorphosis 
By: Beth Goder
Reviews
Monday: Ixelles by Johannes Anyuru translated by Nichola Smalley 
By: Areeb Ahmad
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Wednesday: Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera 
By: Helena Ramsaroop
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Friday: High Vaultage by Chris and Jen Sugden 
By: Eric Hendel
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Issue 10 Feb 2025
Poetry
trogdor walks into a scout meeting 
By: Jennessa Hester
Poetry
Where Frequencies Talk Over 
By: Mark Dimaisip
Fiction
Ticket po mamser. 
By: Caroline Hung
Azimuth, Editorials
Afrosurrealism Special Issue: Submissions Call 
By: Gautam Bhatia
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By: Alexandra Munck
Podcast read by: Claire McNerney
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By: Stephen Case
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Wednesday: Dream Machine: A Portrait of Artificial Intelligence by Appupen and Laurent Daudet 
By: Marina Berlin
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Friday: Wolfish by Kritika Kapoor 
By: Sneha Pathak
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