Carson Winter shapes his horror novella around the friction between the bourgeoisie and proletariat.

Honeymoons in Temporary Locations can be as subtle as an anvil, but to quote an old internet staple TV Tropes, “some anvils need to be dropped.”

Black speculative poetry works this way too. It’s text that is flexible and immediate. It’s a safe space to explore Afrocentric text rooted in story, song, dance, rhythm that natural flows from my intrinsic self. It’s text that has a lot of hurt, as in pain, and a lot of healing—an acceptance of self, black is beauty, despite what the slave trade, colonialism, racism, social injustice might tell us.

Familiar stories can often be reinvented for renewed emotional impact, but they require precise handling.

Chan portrays community tensions, prejudice, and xenophobia with nuance, but her simplistic depiction of leftist violence made me uneasy.

What is this show about?

Strange Horizons will have three open fiction submissions throughout 2025.

A Power Unbound is about healing from grief and trauma.

Blythe is a reflective practitioner, generously guiding us through the craft that underlies Necessary Poisons.

North Continent Ribbon takes full advantage of the opportunities afforded by short fiction while still coming together to tell a cohesive and elegant tale.