The Strange Horizons fund drive has concluded for another year, and you have made it one of our most successful. In 2020, we will have a fully funded Strange Horizons and Samovar, special issues on Mexican SFF and climate change, and a podcast collaboration with Be the Serpent. You have unlocked the rainbow snake logo for pin-loving backers and supported an upcoming Twitter thread by one of our donor authors. And! And! You have raised our rates! We now pay $90 US for articles, $50 for poetry, and ten cents per word for fiction, beginning with material purchased for intended publication in 2020. You blew right past our first stretch goals and forced us to think of more, and we're all so very excited to put your funds and good faith to use, providing a platform for voices⁠ new and international, creative and resisting.

Thank you once again for your enthusiastic support.



Ness is a queer Baltimorean with a gaming habit and a fondness for green things. Work hats include developmental editing, calligraphy, writing, learning design, and community management (that history degree was extremely useful). Ve started as an articles editor at Strange Horizons in 2012, and is constantly surprised about the number of fencers on the team.
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Locked Feathers discharged two pulse-beams into the hearts of Shining Director and Fingertip Deluge, killing the patron of stars and the patron of cell division
The fridge asks every morning, without fail, why it is empty, because it cares the most about my consumption.
When the train rattled past the night, something mysterious crawled into us. Maybe the roaring of its silver-encoated wheels, or the hums of its engine, soft as a gangan drum.
Strange Horizons
This has been a year of transition for the fiction department. With the departure of two senior editors, we have recruited new staff members to carry us into 2027 and beyond. First, please join us in thanking senior editors Hebe Stanton and Kathryn Weaver for their tireless work. Together they have contributed more than 17 years to Strange Horizons! We wish them the best in their new projects! New Editors Austin Dewar (Managing Editor - Fiction) Austin Dewar stepped into the managing editor role early in 2026. Austin is a writer, editor, and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. He has
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