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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents poetry from the December issues of Strange Horizons.



Adam Ford lives and writes on unceded Jaara Country in the town of Chewton, in southeastern so-called Australia. He is the author of the poetry collections The Third Fruit is a Bird and Not Quite the Man for the Job, the spoken word walking tour Dance to the Anticlinal Fold, and the forthcoming speculative poetry collection Choosing Sides. His website is theotheradamford.wordpress.com.
Alison Rumfitt is a nineteen-year-old transgender writer who studies English literature in Brighton, UK. She loves, amongst other things, forests, folklore, gothic romance, and wild theories about her favourite authors being trans. Her poetry has previously been published in Liminality, cahoodaloodaling, and Words Dance. Her poem “Only Trans Girl at the Party” was nominated for a 2017 Bettering American Poetry Award. You can find her on Twitter at @gothicgarfield, on Tumblr at mrsdewinter.tumblr.com, and performing live readings regularly in Brighton and London. You may reach her via email.
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11 May 2026

If only Serthe'P had been able to fit in, maybe she could have protected —. No. This thought was dangerous. Mnth’R had helped her understand that their isolation had more to do with the Raja’s exploitation of their cast’s fears than any shortcomings of theirs, his Manifest Sight propaganda curdling climate anxieties into prejudice against community members. Serthe’P needed to remember that their lives mattered too much to be reduced by a tyrant’s ideology. Separated from the cast, they were still finding ways to take care of each other.
Siberia our first home / wild and remote–safe / but Alexei wanted more / theatre–dances–rich men
Change requires examination of the initial errors
Friday: Zoi by Jane Mondrup 
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By: Athar Fikry
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By: Lio Abendan
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2 Mar 2026
Strange Horizons invites non-fiction submissions for our March 30 special issue on “Fungi in SFF.”
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