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Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, & articles Mondays, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024.

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The History of the Playa Michigan Lake Mining Company
by Steve Wheat

"The sunlight came through dust mist,

reflecting the porcelain white sparkles
of lithium mounds like hives of glass ants."

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Welcome to 2026!
POETRY by Steve Wheat The History of the Playa Michigan Lake Mining Company Quote The sunlight came through dust mist, reflecting the porcelain white sparkles of lithium mounds like hives of glass ants. 5 January 2026 Strange Horizons
January 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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The reviews are in!

What A Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker
reviewed by Octavia Cade

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#speculativefiction #specfic #sff #bookreviews
Left cover of What A Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker featuring two mermaids: one with a fish tail and human torso and head, the other with a fish torso and head and human legs. Right REVIEWS Quote "For all the dissension, for all the incomprehension and the hurt—because there is hurt and grief and loss—there’s very little focus on cruelty. People are trying to live in different ways, using different stories and different methods of storytelling—and that is, I think, where the resilience is." reviewer: Octavia Cade 22 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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O ASHY WINGS STILL FLUTTERING 
by Joemario Umana

"O ashy wings still fluttering, what do you seek

in the ruin of light, what prayer stirs from the dust

of yourself?"

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POETRY by Joemario Umana O ASHY WINGS STILL FLUTTERING  Quote O ashy wings still fluttering, what do you seek in the ruin of light, what prayer stirs from the dust of yourself? 22 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Morning Shed
by Namita Krishnamurthy

"Every few years, my face erupts in a frenzy of eyes."

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FICTION Quote Every few years, my face erupts in a frenzy of eyes. The first time it happens, I am fourteen. I watch in horror as round, ripe bunches blister from my cheeks, each one clearer than the last, until all of me is sight, opened to the world like a mighty third eye. Morning Shed by Namita Krishnamurthy 22 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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The World To Come
by Jennifer Hudak

"I have no use for olam ha-bah.
I am a corpse who pines for pine, and
this world to come is no world of mine."

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#poetry #speculativepoetry
POETRY by Jennifer Hudak The World To Come Quote I have no use for olam ha-bah. I am a corpse who pines for pine, and this world to come is no world of mine. 22 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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The reviews are in!

Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby
reviewed by Marisa Mercurio

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#speculativefiction #specfic #sff #bookreviews
Left cover of Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby featuring a female doll in 18th century dress sitting in a birdcage. Right REVIEWS Quote "Notably, during these years contestations of the nature of womanhood bubbled up to the surface of cultural discourse; Rushby’s intent on writing a feminist interpretation of mid-century life—and how it haunts us today—is therefore apt." reviewer: Marisa Mercurio 15 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Skull-God — A Broadcast from the Trenches
by Yucheng Tao

"Some move as bats / blinded by enemy gas-kisses
fumbling to offer / their dirty heads / as round gifts
to the Skull-God / for the new year /"

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#poetry #speculativepoetry
POETRY by Yucheng Tao Skull-God — A Broadcast from the Trenches Quote Some move as bats / blinded by enemy gas-kisses fumbling to offer / their dirty heads / as round gifts to the Skull-God / for the new year / 15 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Bloodless
by Emily Woodworth

"Now that I am back in our homelands, I am haunted. I dream of faces hovering over me, taking my blood. They suck at my veins like infants at a bottle."

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FICTION Quote Now that I am back in our homelands, I am haunted. I dream of faces hovering over me, taking my blood. They suck at my veins like infants at a bottle. I see needles and crimson IVs, engorged bags hanging above my inert body like a mobile. My heart pumps the blood out, out, out. Bloodless by Emily Woodworth 15 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The ghosts of me are in your machine
by R.B. Lemberg @rblemberg.bsky.social

"My obsidian shadows knifed the moon, drank moonblood until my wandering mouth filled to bursting—the only wet thing in a dry land"

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POETRY by R.B. Lemberg The ghosts of me are in your machine Quote My obsidian shadows knifed the moon, drank moonblood until my wandering mouth filled to bursting—the only wet thing in a dry land 15 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Strange Horizons will be open to general fiction submissions for 48 hours beginning January 19th, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC and ending January 21st, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.

There will be no cap.

See our fiction submission guidelines for more information on how to submit:

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2026 Fiction Submissions Strange Horizons January 19 to 21
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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NEW PODCAST ALERT!

Enjoyed Parker Peevyhouse's 'The Orchard Village Catalog' from the 13 October 2025 issue?

Listen to Michael Ireland read it in our latest podcast!

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#speculativefiction #sciencefiction #scifi #shortstories #fiction #podcasts
Podcast: 'The Orchard Village Catalog'
In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland reads Parker Peevyhouse's 'The Orchard Village Catalog'. Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠…
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December 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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The reviews are in!

Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings
reviewed by Roseanna Pendlebury

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#speculativefiction #specfic #fantasy #sff #bookreviews
Left cover of Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings featuring side view of the face of a person with a light skin tone with flowers and a bird covering the face and nose. Right REVIEWS Quote "Every part has a function or a connection to another part of the story, and it feels so overwhelmingly considered that the initial hit of artful lightness it provides is all the more impressive. It is gothic all the way down to its vegetal heart..." reviewer: Roseanna Pendlebury 8 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Strange Horizons is still open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors!

More info about this submission window:
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We look forward to reading your stories!
Fiction Submissions OPEN Indigenous Authors
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Captain’s Lay Back 
by Jeané D. Ridges @jdridges.bsky.social

"Trouble to be had out in Diuna Quad,
but here a beautiful bowl of chicken n dumplings"

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#poetry #speculativepoetry #sciencefiction #scifi
POETRY by Jeané D. Ridges Captain’s Lay Back Quote Trouble to be had out in Diuna Quad, but here a beautiful bowl of chicken n dumplings 8 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Did you know you can donate to Strange Horizons all year round?

As you consider where to send your charitable donations this holiday season, consider supporting our magazine and the awesome content we love to publish!

Check out the link below to learn more about the many ways you can support us. ⬇️
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December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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The reviews are in!

Like Shards of Rainbow Frolicking in the Air by L. Timmel Duchamp
reviewed by William Shaw

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Left cover of Like Shards of Rainbow Frolicking in the Air by L. Timmel Duchamp featuring light shining on a water-like surface with a rainbow of colours in the middle. Right REVIEWS Quote "Like Shards of Rainbow Frolicking in the Air offers four visions of pleasure in political, social, and biological change. In doing so, it presents a welcome pick-me-up in a reactionary wasteland." reviewer: William Shaw 1 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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NEW PODCAST ALERT!

Episode 18 of the Critical Friends podcast is here!

This week, Dan Hartland, Cameron Miguel, and Nick Hubble discuss fantasy and its connection to history.

"What can fantasy teach us about history writing and how can it change it?"

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Critical Friends The Strange Horizons SF/F Criticism Podcast
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Thalassophile After Visiting Exoplanet TOI 733 b
by Colleen S. Harris @warmaiden.bsky.social

"orbiting
TOI 733 the way a human girl moves
after smoking two bowls, all syrup
and swirl of smoke."

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POETRY by Colleen S. Harris Excerpt From the Memoirs of a Saint Quote orbiting TOI 733 the way a human girl moves after smoking two bowls, all syrup and swirl of smoke. 1 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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I Wish You Died Laughing 
by Lio Abendan @lioabendan.bsky.social

"A handful of months after he died, we held a funeral for him. His body bucked inside the coffin; I remember the deadened thump of his shins striking hard against the wood."

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FICTION Quote "A handful of months after he died, we held a funeral for him. His body bucked inside the coffin; I remember the deadened thump of his shins striking hard against the wood. There was blissful silence in the car ride home, save for my mother’s weeping." I Wish You Died Laughing  by Lio Abendan Strange Horizons 1 December 2025
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Excerpt From the Memoirs of a Saint
by Jenna Le

"'My eyes are up here,' the centaur said.
We were negotiating
the terms of our trip to Canterbury"

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POETRY by Jenna Le Excerpt From the Memoirs of a Saint Quote “My eyes are up here,” the centaur said. We were negotiating the terms of our trip to Canterbury 1 December 2025 Strange Horizons
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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NEW PODCAST ALERT!

Writing While Disabled Episode 5 of Season 2 is out now!

Listen and read as Kate Johnston and Kristy Anne Cox discuss Ageism and Ableism at Conventions.

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Writing while disabled A Strange Horizons Podcast Column
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Stories From The Radio: The Revolt of the Worms 
by Kuzhali Manickavel

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COLUMN Quote "Today’s show is called Revolt of the Worms, which is an excellent name for anything. I’m hoping for some nice, golden-age-of-sci-fi-radio type story, but as we have seen time and again, you never can tell with old time radio. All we can do is hope for the best." Stories From The Radio: The Revolt of the Worms  by Kuzhali Manickavel 24 November 2025 Strange Horizons
November 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Our essays for this week are:

Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence 
by Tanvir Ahmed

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NON-FICTION Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence  by Tanvir Ahmed Quote "Faced with scale and silence, we need a cosmography of Anglophone SFF that captures the codes by which orientalism is animated today. That cosmography would be part of the greater archive exploring SFF as colonial fantasy of the twentieth century..." 24 November 2025 Strange Horizons
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The reviews are in!

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
reviewed by Nick Hubble

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#speculativefiction #fantasy #bookreviews
Left cover of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow featuring a swords with part of a face showing through and vines with flowers and leaves surrounding it. Right REVIEWS Quote "This is, quite simply, a beautiful novel that will reward reading and rereading... We should take this writing very seriously—because it holds open the slender possibility that we might live otherwise than we do if we’re prepared to keep fighting for that opportunity." reviewer: Nick Hubble 24 November 2025 Strange Horizons
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM