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"the most productive depressed person I've ever met" is a real thing a therapist said about me once
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jayjaythejetplane.bsky.social
WinterWidowHawk cuddles sketch💙💜❤️

#art #buckybarnes #natasharomanoff #clintbarton #winterwidowhawk #winterhawk #clintasha #buckynat
Digital fanart of Bucky Barnes, Natasha Romanaff and Clint Barton cuddling in sleep clothes/underwear, Clint and Bucky are kissing
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
therealjambery.bsky.social
There is a tiny scrap of poetry by yours truly in our 25th anniversary issue :)
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/is...
29 September 2025
This is a special issue celebrating Strange Horizons' 25th birthday
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September 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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annaleen.bsky.social
One of my favorite writers needs your support to write more of their goddamn amazing books. Please help out if you can.
clpolk.com C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · Sep 25
if you can help me (oh my god please help me) i have a glorified tip jar patreon (ive been doing co working two hour sessions and a monthly session for questions. this month i was going to play with the story engine so people could meet it) please don’t use the app they will take 30%
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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ponderosa121.bsky.social
when the discord says "Hugh Jackman Wolverine in THIS outfit" sometimes you just gotta (thanks, quakey) 🎨
Fanart of Wolverine sitting around smoking a cigar in the sexy femme halloween costume version of his outfit with cutouts and thigh highs.
September 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
The reviews are in!

Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo
reviewed by Jenny Hamilton

If the Stars Are Lit by Sara K. Ellis
reviewed by Redfern Jon Barrett

Supergiants by Kyle Flemmer
reviewed by Dawn Macdonald

Link to latest issue in bio!

#fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi #horror #bookreviews
Left cover of Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo featuring a white anatomical heart over a white city skyline. Right REVIEWS Quote "It’s not just that Vo has a knack for finding the perfect word for both the mundanities of everyday life and the supernatural of Nick’s world; it’s the deftness with which she makes those same mundanities speak to the characters’ moods and mindsets." reviewer: Jenny Hamilton 1 September 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of If the Stars Are Lit by Sara K. Ellis featuring a close up of a person wearing a space suit helmet. Right REVIEWS Quote "It’s true that If the Stars Are Lit has a whole bunch of fantastic ideas and some very solid worldbuilding... The moments that focus on the isolated claustrophobia of the ship are the strongest, drawing the reader into a memorable experience that I wish had lasted." reviewer: Redfern Jon Barrett 1 September 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of Supergiants by Kyle Flemmer featuring a grainy black and white image above the outline of a sectioned sphere with a thin ring around it. Right REVIEWS Quote "You don’t have to like poetry to enjoy such a compendium of curiosities. In fact, a book such as this one may provide an excellent point of reentry, showing just how vast and strange is the potential universe of poetic forms." reviewer: Dawn Macdonald 1 September 2025 Strange Horizons
September 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
Psst.

Writers With Drinks is coming back to San Francisco.

Spread the word!

www.eventbrite.com/e/writers-wi...
Writers With Drinks featuring Caro de Robertis, Michal "MJ" Jones and more!
San Francisco's longest running spoken word show is back yet again, featuring an incredible lineup of queer and trans authors!
www.eventbrite.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet
by Carolyn Zhao

"...and then someone was hauling me up and telling me I got my heart broken, and I wasn’t on Earth anymore, and wouldn’t be for ages again."

Link ⬇️
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FICTION Quote All I did was jump in a pool, and then the chlorine got in my nose and I came up coughing on the side of the tiles, and then someone was hauling me up and telling me I got my heart broken, and I wasn’t on Earth anymore, and wouldn’t be for ages again. The Heartbreak Hotel on Plutonic Planet by Carolyn Zhao 1 September 2025 Strange Horizons
September 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel
by Paul Kincaid

The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction edited by Rakesh Khanna, translated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar
by Sneha Pathak

Ice Cream Man by W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran
by Nataliia Sova

Link to latest issue in bio!
Left cover of Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel featuring one box with two red astronauts standing on a red planet and a second box with a black and yellow view of an old suspension bridge. Right REVIEWS Quote "Michel’s novel differs in one key respect from Millhauser’s: Michel does not take his characters, still less their work, seriously. Instead, he is constantly pulling faces at his audience, saying to them: Can you believe these guys? Aren’t they hopeless? " reviewer: Paul Kincaid 25 August 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction edited by Rakesh Khanna, translated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar featuring a deepsea diver fighting a sea monster with two burning flares. Right REVIEWS Quote "The works featured in the anthology mostly belong to the genres of science fiction, horror, and the uncanny, but there are also tales of revenge, along with stories that simply pack a twist in the tail, delighting and surprising readers with their unexpected resolutions." reviewer: Sneha Pathak 25 August 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of Ice Cream Man Volume 10 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran featuring close up of a distressed man's face with tiny versions of a person climbing all over his face. Right REVIEWS Quote "This is the aspect that I enjoy most about Ice Cream Man: those “ephemeral moments of joy” that creep up on you so suddenly when all you expect is a grim array of horror, pain, and suffering (just like in real life, some might say)." reviewer: Nataliia Sova 25 August 2025 Strange Horizons
September 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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I’ll Laugh As You Bury Me: New Zealand, America and Cultural Hegemony
by Alexandra Stronach

Read the essay at the link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

#sciencefiction #scifi #nonfiction #essays
NON-FICTION Quote All science fiction has its basis in the real world. This is the real world I base mine in. It has jokes and cups of tea and big smiles. Sometimes I’m in awe of the power of fiction to unite us. I can say to the world “this is how it looks to me; is this how it looks to you?” and if I listen to the wind sometimes I’m lucky enough to hear a yes. I’ll Laugh As You Bury Me: New Zealand, America and Cultural Hegemony by Alexandra Stronach 25 August 2025 Strange Horizons
August 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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charliejane.bsky.social
Please please help me spread the word!

I've been to Atlanta a few times, but I don't know as many folks there as I do in Seattle or LA.

So I would really *massively* appreciate any and all help letting ATL folks know about this event. 🍑💖📚
charliejane.bsky.social Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Aug 28
This Tuesday! Atlanta! I'm going to be at Charis Books in Decatur, GA for their regular Meet Me There spoken word event, along with the wonderful @quarefutures.bsky.social!

RSVP and info: www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/meet-m...

ATL queers, I'd love to see you there!
A flier for Meet Me There: a Charis Hybrid event. Tuesday Sept 2 and 7:30 PM ET. Featuring photos of Samuel Ace (host), Charlie Jane Anders (featured author), Jess Lewis (opening writer).
August 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Hex Supply Customer Support Log
by Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social

"oh shit you’re not a witch at all
you’re just a freaking bot
a chat AI from hex? the gall
yeah that explains a lot"

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #witches
POETRY by Elis Montgomery Hex Supply Customer Support Log Quote oh shit you’re not a witch at all you’re just a freaking bot a chat AI from hex? the gall yeah that explains a lot 25 August 2025 Strange Horizons
August 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
therealjambery.bsky.social
So lovely 💜
jayjaythejetplane.bsky.social JayDraws🪐🇨🇦 [comms open] @jayjaythejetplane.bsky.social · Aug 26
A couple winterhawk doodles and a clint taking a break from training :P

#winterhawk #clintbarton #buckybarnes #art #marvel
Fanart of clint barton and bucky barnes, clint is kissing the side of buckys head Fanart of clint barton and bucky barnes napping together Fanart of clint barton
August 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The Capture
by Raja'a Khalid

"When was the first time you realized you were this beautiful? ... I look into the eye of the camera and think of diamonds on the surface of a dark green sea, songs of the deep in my ear, the lick of salt on my lips."

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FICTION Quote When was the first time you realized you were this beautiful? yells the stylist and I look into the eye of the camera and think of diamonds on the surface of a dark green sea, songs of the deep in my ear, the lick of salt on my lips. The Capture by Raja'a Khalid 25 August 2025 Strange Horizons
August 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
This week's reviews:

Animals by Geoff Ryman
by Roseanna Pendlebury

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
by Debbie Gascoyne

The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
by Ian J. Simpson

Link to the latest issue in our bio!

#speculativefiction #specfic #sff #bookreviews #vampires
Left cover of Animals by Geoff Ryman featuring a hissing grey cat. Right REVIEWS "There is something to be said for how Animals lingers, and not all of that is down simply to its resonance with a traumatising global event: Ryman’s recombination of those emotions touches on interesting new ground." reviewer: Roseanna Pendlebury 11 August 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab featuring the title in large yellow letters over a black background with dark blue roses. Right REVIEWS Quote "Schwab is known for her character-driven stories, and in that respect this novel does not disappoint. Perhaps the most compelling of the three is Sabine, whose strong will and lust for life and experience drives much of the first half of the novel." reviewer: Debbie Gascoyne 11 August 2025 Strange Horizons Left cover of The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas featuring red blood cells floating in a blood vessel. Right REVIEWS Quote "I found The Vampire Tapestry equal parts charming, engaging, and fascinating. It will live long in my memory. The characters are expertly drawn, the situations detailed and thought-provoking, there is so much amazing character detail to explore." reviewer: Ian J. Simpson 11 August 2025 Strange Horizons
August 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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We cannot have memories of goldfish. Newsom has been a bad-faith actor time and time again.

Absolutely do not trust him.

At best, he's an opportunist. As @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has pointed out repeatedly, his connections and entanglements make him VERY suspect.

No personality cult.
nattymoher.com Natty Moher @nattymoher.com · Aug 15
Thinking about what @sarahkendzior.bsky.social had to say about Newsom today
I do not trust Gavin Newsom. He has cultivated relationships with the hard right and enacted vicious policies on Californians. He was previously married to Donald Trump Ji's girlfriend, which gives the Trump camp a wealth of blackmail material. He is tied to the Pelosi family through marriage, and Pelosi and Trump share a number of shady backers, particularly from Silicon Valley. Newsom is in the same circle. Trump and his cohort have always sought to strip the US down and sell it for parts. As I explained in my book They Knew and elsewhere, this is easier to achieve if the country is partitioned. The states ripest for secession due to their size and pre-existing secessionist movements are Texas and California. Newsom has done little to assuage my fear that he wants to be President of the Country of California instead of governor of the state of it. Newsom is portraying himself as a symbol of democracy versus Trump as an autocrat. If he is sincere and trying to protect California against Trump's illegal military onslaught, then great. It does make me wonder why he has enacted such cruel policies on Californians while governor, but obviously it's better that he does the right thing now for the right reasons than not. Keep a close watch on civil war rhetoric, especially false proclamations that California is different than the rest of the country - rhetoric from either Newsom or Trump. Californians are Americans being abused by the federal government, like all Americans. At this juncture, they are getting the worst abuse. The most important thing to do is back the people of California while being wary of leadership. Make sure officials do not manipulate public fear to create an even more manipulate public fear to create an even more disastrous outcome. Secession would be a tremendous disaster for Californians and for everyone else.
August 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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danhartland.bsky.social
☎️ SH CRITICISM HOTLINE NOW OPEN

In mid-August, thoughts naturally turn to the end of next January: the @strangehorizons.bsky.social Criticism Special.

What spec fic essays, roundtables, interviews, song-and-dance routines have you got for us? Go broad!

⚾️ Pitch us: danwhartland at gmail dot com
August 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
In case you missed it, the latest episode of the Critical Friends podcast is out now! This episode centers around writing in hard times.

Give it a listen at the link ⬇️

#podcast #bookreviews #fiction #speculativefiction #specfic #fantasy #sciencefiction #scifi #sff
danhartland.bsky.social Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · Aug 4
🎙️ Also today at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, another episode of Critical Friends, the Reviews department’s podcast!

It was a pleasure to convene a conversation between @mlclark.bsky.social & @octavia-cade.bsky.social, jumping off their two most recent reviews for us.

On writing amid challenge:
Critical Friends Episode 14: Hard Times
In this episode of Critical Friends, Dan Hartland speaks with writers and critics Octavia Cade and M. L. Clark about writing in hard times.
www.strangehorizons.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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octaviusing.bsky.social
lets go winterhawk!!!
#winterhawk #wintersoldier #hawkeye #marvelrivalsfanart
January 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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seleniiium.bsky.social
Something crazy happened last night... #winterhawk #wintersoldier #hawkeye #marvel
August 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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jayjaythejetplane.bsky.social
Winterhawk naptime ft. Lucky and Alpine <3

#winterhawk #buckybarnes #clintbarton #hawkeye #marvel #fanart #art
Digital fanart of Bucky Barnes and Clint Barton napping together on a couch with Lucky the dog and Alpine the cat
August 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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sarahkendzior.bsky.social
On life with my AI doppelganger-- the fake "Sarah Kendzior" quoted in AI-generated pseudo-news articles: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
Excerpt from this free piece: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-stripping
August 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Cuca
by Alfonsina Storni
translated by Alina Lazar and Anna Evelyn White

Read the full story in translation and the original at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

#fiction #shortstories #speculativefiction #specfic #sff #translation #translatedfiction
FICTION Quote She let out a scream, a tiny bird-like scream, and fixed her pupils on mine – algae-filled, reptilian, discolored pupils, made of a far off glass, a glass extracted from the greenest, iciest night stars. Cuca  by Alfonsina Storni Translated by Alina Lazar and Anna Evelyn White 28 July 2025 Samovar Strange Horizons FICTION Quote Ella dio un grito, un gritito de pájaro, y me clavó en las mías sus pupilas, unas pupilas algosas, arreptiladas, descoloridas, hechas de un vidrio lejano, de un vidrio rezumado por las más verdes y heladas estrellas de la noche. Cuca  by Alfonsina Storni 27 July 2025 Samovar Strange Horizons
August 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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ithayla.bsky.social
visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.

this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.

we can beat them

phone numbers and a script:
July 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
Thirteen Swords That Made a Prince: Highlights from the Arms & Armory Collection 
by Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social

Read the story at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

#fiction #speculativefiction #specfic #sff
FICTION Quote This exhibition presents pieces from our permanent collection that are rarely displayed together, in order to illuminate the life of one of our most celebrated early rulers, Nizararuddin Zafer Abu Hassan Mohammed, better known as Prince Nizar. Thirteen Swords That Made a Prince: Highlights from the Arms & Armory Collection  by Sharang Biswas 14 July 2025 Strange Horizons
July 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Possessed
by Carsten Cheung

"There’s a ghost stuck up my nose.

Has to be."

Read the full poem at the link to the latest issue in our bio!

#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
POETRY by Carsten Cheung Possessed  Quote There’s a ghost stuck up my nose. Has to be. 14 July 2025 Strange Horizons
July 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM