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Tom Hadrava

Tom Hadrava is a Czech writer, teacher, husband and father. His work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction and XB-1, the Czech SF magazine. He lives in a small historical town in the Czech Republic with his charming wife and curious son.


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19 Jan 2026
Poetry
Chang’e in Exile 
By: Allison Zhang
The moon was not her destination. It was a sentence.
Poetry
Priestess IV 
By: Akua Lezli Hope
the black fairy in the village sold her a dime for a nickel
Fiction
Fingerprints on Glass and Clay 
By: Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira
After visits from the Whale, when the Lifemaker retreats to his chambers, Lúcio swims to the aquarium by the window, where he and Olga watch the fish fly by.
Reviews
Monday: Daedalus is Dead by Seamus Sullivan 
By: Sneha Pathak
Wednesday: Predators, Reapers, and Deadlier Creatures by Matthew James Jones 
By: James K. Moran
Friday: Dear Stupid Penpal by Rascal Hartley 
By: Nataliia Sova
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Issue 12 Jan 2026
Fiction
The Song of a Non-Human Intelligence 
By: Mical Garcia
Poetry
Creature With the Ticking Heart 
By: Nico Martinez Nocito
Poetry
Questions I Could Not Ask the Giant in Her Presence 
By: R. C. Sherbrooke
Articles, Non-Fiction
Feminist Futurism Versus Project 2025: An Empowering Speculative Salon 
By: Ada Palmer
By: Charlie Jane Anders
By: Andrea Hairston
By: Annalee Newitz
By: Isis Asare
Reviews
Monday: Syncopation by Whitney French 
By: Paul Kincaid
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Wednesday: We Will Rise Again edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older 
By: Alex Kingsley
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Friday: An Instruction in Shadow by Benedict Jacka 
By: Eric Primm
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Issue 5 Jan 2026
Poetry
Blurbs for forthcoming genre poetry books 
By: David Clink
By: Troy Harkin
Poetry
The History of the Playa Michigan Lake Mining Company 
By: Steve Wheat
Critical Friends, Podcasts
Critical Friends Episode 19: On Cozy Horrors 
By: Dan Hartland
By: Shannon Fay
By: Marisa Mercurio
Reviews
Monday: 2025 In Review: Part One 
By: Our Reviewers
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Wednesday: 2025 In Review: Part Two 
By: Our Reviewers
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Friday: 2025 In Review: Part Three 
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Issue 22 Dec 2025
Fiction
Morning Shed 
By: Namita Krishnamurthy
Poetry
The World To Come 
By: Jennifer Hudak
Poetry
O ASHY WINGS STILL FLUTTERING 
By: Joemario Umana
Reviews
Monday: What A Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker 
By: Octavia Cade
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Wednesday: Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi 
By: Duncan Lawie
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Friday: Startlement by Ada Limón 
By: Amy Nagopaleen
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Issue 15 Dec 2025
Azimuth
Open Fiction Submissions Window January 19th 
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Poetry
The ghosts of me are in your machine 
By: R.B. Lemberg
Poetry
Skull-God — A Broadcast from the Trenches 
By: Yucheng Tao
Fiction
Bloodless 
By: Emily Woodworth
Reviews
Monday: Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby 
By: Marisa Mercurio
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Wednesday: The Deep Forest by Sofía Rhei, translated by Kendal Simmons 
By: Seamus Sullivan
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Friday: Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto 
By: Safia H. Senhaji
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Issue 8 Dec 2025
Poetry
Captain’s Lay Back 
By: Jeané D. Ridges
Poetry
Addendum to the Martian Social Studies Textbook, 5th Ed. 
By: Maya Wristen
Podcasts
Podcast: 'The Orchard Village Catalog' 
By: Parker Peevyhouse
Podcast read by: Michael Ireland
Reviews
Monday: Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings 
By: Roseanna Pendlebury
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Wednesday: Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K. A. Teryna, translated by Alex Shvartsman 
By: Rachel Cordasco
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Friday: The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson 
By: Shannon Fay
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Issue 1 Dec 2025
Fiction
I Wish You Died Laughing 
By: Lio Abendan
Poetry
Excerpt From the Memoirs of a Saint 
By: Jenna Le
Poetry
Thalassophile After Visiting Exoplanet TOI 733 b 
By: Colleen S. Harris
Azimuth, Editorials
For Your Consideration: Strange Horizons 2025 Award Eligibility 
By: the Strange Horizons staff
Critical Friends, Non-Fiction, Podcasts
Critical Friends Episode 18: On Fantasy and History 
By: Dan Hartland
By: Nick Hubble
By: Cameron Miguel
Reviews
Monday: Like Shards of Rainbow Frolicking in the Air by L. Timmel Duchamp 
By: William Shaw
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Wednesday: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi 
By: David Lewis
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Friday: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz 
By: Nileena Sunil
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Issue 24 Nov 2025
Poetry
A Song from Kulara 
By: Jayasri Sridhar
Poetry
Strands of Feelings 
By: A. A. Ademola
Articles, Non-Fiction
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence 
By: Tanvir Ahmed
Articles, Non-Fiction
Old Enough to Become the Villain: Contemporary Narratives Around Growing Up 
By: P.H. Low
Columns, Non-Fiction
Stories From The Radio: The Revolt of the Worms 
By: Kuzhali Manickavel
Podcasts, Writing While Disabled
Ageism and Ableism at Conventions (Writing While Disabled S2E5A) 
By: Kate Johnston
By: Kristy Anne Cox
Reviews
Monday: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow      
By: Nick Hubble
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Wednesday: A Granite Silence by Nina Allan 
By: David Hebblethwaite
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Friday: Talamasca: The Secret Order 
By: AJ Odasso
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Issue 17 Nov 2025
Poetry
Mrs. Magalina Hoopensteimer Wallenheimer Hogan Bogan’s Wedding Toast 
By: Jessy Randall
Poetry
The Face Stealer Tells Me What Emptiness Feels Like 
By: Sean Glatch
Podcasts, SH@25
Writing the Diaspora Experience with R.B. Lemberg (SH@25 Episode 17) 
By: Kat Kourbeti
By: R.B. Lemberg
Reviews
Monday: The Curators by Maggie Nye 
By: Roy Salzman-Cohen
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Wednesday: Dementia 21 volumes 1 and 2 by Shintaro Kago 
By: Shannon Fay
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Friday: We Like It Cherry by Jacy Morris 
By: Ian J. Simpson
Read Issue
Issue 10 Nov 2025
Fiction
HEART FALLOUT 
By: Jess Peng
Poetry
The Patience of the Equator 
By: Brishbhanu Baruah
Poetry
618 Days in Longsleep 
By: Mahaila Smith
Podcasts
Podcast: The Spindle of Necessity 
By: B. Pladek
Podcast read by: Arden Fitzroy
Reviews
Monday: Colourfields by Paul Kincaid 
By: Shinjini Dey
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Wednesday: Making History by K. J. Parker 
By: Cameron Miguel
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Friday: Esperance by Adam Oyebanji 
By: Eric Hendel
Read Issue
Issue 3 Nov 2025
Fiction
Palimpsest 
By: Melissa A Watkins
Poetry
wani gari 
By: Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi
Poetry
sijo from a spaceship escaping a dying planet 
By: Annie Bolger
Critical Friends, Podcasts
Critical Friends Episode 17: On Imagining Hopefully 
By: Dan Hartland
By: Paul March-Russell
By: Jacqueline Nyathi
Reviews
Monday: Eat the Ones you Love by Sarah Maria Griffin 
By: Nileena Sunil
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Wednesday: The Demon by Victory Witherkeigh 
By: Subham Rai
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Friday: Field Of Frights by Christina Hagmann 
By: Racheal Chie
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