Podcast: February Poetry Part 1

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Alicia Cole
Amal El-Mohtar
Ciro Faienza
Diane Severson Mori
John Philip Johnson
Kate Baker
Kristopher Goorhuis
Natalia Theodoridou
Peter Chiykowski
Susan Carlson

Issue: 24 February 2014

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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the February issues of Strange Horizons.

"After the Changeling Incantation" by John Philip Johnson, read by Diane Severson Mori. You can read the full text of the poem and more about John here.
"A Spell for Rebuilding Your Lover Out of Snow" by Peter Chiykowski, read by Peter Chiykowski. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Peter here.
"From the Record" by Susan Carlson, read by Kristopher Goorhuis. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Susan here.
"Ex Machina" by Natalia Theodoridou, read by Kate Baker. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Natalia here.
"On an Iranian Goblet, 5,000 Years Old" by Alicia Cole read by Ciro Faienza. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Alicia here.
"Disturbance" by Jude Alford read by Amal El-Mohtar. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Jude here.

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© Copyright 2014 Alicia Cole
Amal El-Mohtar
Ciro Faienza
Diane Severson Mori
John Philip Johnson
Kate Baker
Kristopher Goorhuis
Natalia Theodoridou
Peter Chiykowski
Susan Carlson

About Alicia Cole

Alicia Cole is a writer and artist in Huntsville, Alabama. She's an Irish-American, autistic, dyscalculic, 2E, MAD, bisexual, genderfluid, survivor woman (one), who is an alt-spiritual practitioner.  Her poetry has recently appeared in Reckoning, isacoustic*, and NILVX. She's a studio artist at InsideOut Studio at Lowe Mill, a studio for disabled adults, and she attends Merrimack Hall, a performing arts school for the disabled.  She lives with her husband, five animals, and some plants, and loves tea, coffee, and claw machines. Her favorite holiday is Halloween.

About Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar is the Nebula-nominated author of The Honey Month, a collection of poetry and very short fiction written to the taste of twenty-eight different kinds of honey. She has thrice won the Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem and once received the 2012 Richard Jeffries Society Poetry Prize. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple venues online and in print, including Apex, Strange Horizons, Lackington's, and the special "Women Destroy Science Fiction" issue of Lightspeed magazine. She also edits Goblin Fruit, a web quarterly dedicated to fantastical poetry, with Caitlyn A. Paxson. She reviews books for Lightspeed and short fiction for Tor.com. Find her online at amalelmohtar.com or on Twitter @tithenai.

About Ciro Faienza

Ciro Faienza (pronounced CHEE-roh) is an American/Italian national. He has acted on stages and screens throughout Texas and Massachusetts, and his work as a filmmaker has shown at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas Hub Theater, and the National Gallery, London. His fiction is featured in numerous publications, including Daily Science Fiction and Futuristica, Vol 1. His short story "J'ae's Solution" was a top finalist in PRI's 3-Minute Futures Contest. You can see his visual artwork at his web gallery, Postmedium.

About Diane Severson Mori

About John Philip Johnson

John Philip Johnson has work in Rattle, Asimov’s, F&SF, Apex, Mythic Delirium, The Pedestal, Phantom Drift, Ted Kooser’s newspaper column, “American Life in Poetry,” and the Poetry Foundation, with Pushcart, Best-of-Web, and Rhysling noms. He would love to live on Mars. His comics are from his new comic book, The Book of Fly, which is graphic poetry in Twilight Zone-like episodes. Available at www.johnphilipjohnson.com.

About Kate Baker

About Kristopher Goorhuis

Kristopher Goorhuis is an American expatriate in Southeast Asia and too pale to pass as Australian. Sticking out like a sore thumb has not abetted his shyness. Through sheer force of repetition, however, Kristopher has become adept at pretending not to be. He is not sure how to feel about exposing his thoughts and words to a wide internet audience.

About Natalia Theodoridou

Natalia Theodoridou is a writer of dark, queer stories. He won the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction, and a Nebula Award for Game Writing in 2025. His debut novel, Sour Cherry, a Bluebeard retelling about toxic masculinity and cycles of abuse, is out now (Tin House/Wildfire) and his next novel, Anna Dreams of a Dead Revolutionary, is coming in 2028. Find his website at www.natalia-theodoridou.com and Sour Cherry at https://zandoprojects.com/books/sour-cherry-paperback.

About Peter Chiykowski

Peter Chiykowski spends his nights jotting down stories, poems, and a silly webcomic called Rock, Paper, Cynic (which George Takei and Nathan Fillion once shared). His writing’s appeared in The Seattle Times, Asimov's Science Fiction, and a few "best Canadian" anthologies. Once, in 1988, he was the planet's youngest living person.

About Susan Carlson

Susan Carlson has lived all over the United States, but currently calls San Francisco home. When not writing or cat wrangling, she’s a reader, gamer, cook, and avid watcher of historical documentaries. This is her first published work. You can keep up with Susan at her blog, www.natterings.com.

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