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21 December 2015

[Article by Maureen Kincaid Speller, Keguro Macharia, Ethan Robinson, and Maria Velazquez]

(Articles)

FICTION: Telling the Bees, by T. Kingfisher

There was a girl who died every morning, and it would not have been a problem except that she kept bees.

FICTION: Podcast: Telling the Bees, by T. Kingfisher, read by Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents T. Kingfisher's "Telling the Bees."

POETRY: Adarna, by M. Sereno

Princess, they say: find her in the garden of bone, / feeding hearts to the soil. Say: she belongs to the dark.

POETRY: Podcast: December Poetry, by Rohinton Daruwala, Roshani Chokshi, Charles Payseur, and M Sereno, read by Susan Ramirez, Roshani Chokshi, Charles Payseur, and M Sereno

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

COLUMN: Intertitles: Gods of Egypt: A Three-Act Tragedy, by Genevieve Valentine

To watch the trailer for Gods of Egypt is to be that person in a horror movie standing by as their travel companions wander off to investigate those strange noises all alone.

ARTICLE: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in SF: A Conversation, by Polenth Blake and Bogi Takács

"There's a strong stereotype that being asexual means a person is incapable of emotion and unable to have any sort of meaningful relationship with others. I'd say they're presented like robots, except that science fiction robots often have more emotion and can discover themselves without sex." 

ARTICLE: The Strange Horizons Book Club: Ancient, Ancient, by Maureen Kincaid Speller, Keguro Macharia, Ethan Robinson, and Maria Velazquez

"I think part of this text being embodied is that it luxuriates in its language. At the same time, one of the consistent themes that I see is sinking into the flesh/affective/feeling is both pleasurable and has unforeseen consequences."

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews

Monday: Letters to Tiptree, edited by Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein, reviewed by Electra Pritchett
Wednesday: The Revolution Trilogy by Stephanie Saulter, reviewed by Niall Harrison
Friday: Carmilla, reviewed by Erin Horáková


14 December 2015

[Fiction by Sunny Moraine]

(Fiction)

FICTION: At Whatever Are Their Moons, by Sunny Moraine

The gulls roost in the rigging at night, in the tangles of ropes and the crevices of the airship, and sometimes they sing along with Cora and the ship. Sometimes they scream like a woman being slowly stabbed into oblivion.

FICTION: Podcast: At Whatever Are Their Moons, by Sunny Moraine, read by Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Sunny Moraine's "At Whatever Are Their Moons."

ARTICLE: Artist Interview: Jonathan Apilado, by Heather McDougal

...what got me into animation were Miyazaki’s films, especially Spirited Away. There was an exciting sense of wonder to the film, and it took viewers through beautiful, immersive sets.

POETRY: Future Husband: A Letter, by Charles Payseur

Dear Future Husband, It looks like you're trying to write a letter.Do you need assistance?

COLUMN: Communities: Check It Twice, by Renay

I love a good recommendation list.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews

Monday: Testament by Hal Duncan, reviewed by Arkady Martine
Wednesday: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood, reviewed by Gautam Bhatia
Friday: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman, reviewed by Tom Speelman


7 December 2015

[Reviews ]

(Reviews)

FICTION: Tigerskin, by Kurt Hunt

It came down the basement stairs, muscled flank gleaming in the fluorescence, each step a drumbeat accentuated by the little boy's maraca lungs.

FICTION: Podcast: Tigerskin, by Kurt Hunt, read by Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Kurt Hunt's "Tigerskin."

POETRY: To the High School Sweetheart, in Snatches, by Roshani Chokshi

If you wanted to scuff up your uniform, I'd lend you the scissors / And we could be Theseus and Ariadne, no clue or clew to navigate

COLUMN: Me and Science Fiction: Whiteness Rules the Planet?, by Eleanor Arnason

This essay began with a remark I found in an interview.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews

Monday: Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Wednesday: Urinetown, reviewed by Erin Horáková
Friday: Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti, reviewed by Paul StJohn Mackintosh


30 November 2015

[Reviews ]

(Reviews)

POETRY: Upgrade, by Rohinton Daruwala

By tomorrow I'll be rewritten, /a better me will be here,

ARTICLE: The Strange Horizons Book Club: The Girl in the Road, by Gautam Bhatia, Vajra Chandrasekera, Chinelo Onwualu, and Aishwarya Subramanian

"Or even more simply, we could say that Meena and Mariama are not vehicles for exploring the story; they are the story. It's the quest (the journeys, the Trail, the parents, the lovers, the obstacles) that is the vehicle for exploring Meena and Mariama."

ARTICLE: The Uses and Limitations of the Folklorist's Toolkit for Fiction, by Rose Lemberg

I will then give specific advice to editors who wish to use the AT/ATU system, and other tools developed by folklorists, in submission calls.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews

Monday: Over the Garden Wall, reviewed by Erin Horáková
Wednesday: Rawblood by Catriona Ward, reviewed by Nina Allan
Friday: The Apex Book of World SF 4, edited by Mahvesh Murad, reviewed by Salik Shah


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