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NewsA variety of volunteer positions are available at Strange Horizons. We're looking for Proofreaders, Junior Webmasters, Poetry Editors, and an Articles Editor. Join us! Contents21 May 2012![[Reviews posted three times a week]](/2012/20120521/avengers-thumb.jpg)
(Reviews) COLUMN: Scores, by John CluteThe heart of a Sheckley story is how it ends. FICTION: Tiger Stripes, by Nghi Vo"Everything that I should be afraid of has already happened," she said to the tiger, "and what I have to fear does not come from tigers any more." POETRY: Scene I, graveyard, by Rachael JenningsTheir / corpses suck our marrow through / root-arms, wanting something they / think we have. REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: The Avengers, reviewed by Abigail Nussbaum 14 May 2012![[Reviews posted three times a week]](/2012/20120514/angelmaker-thumb.jpg)
(Reviews) COLUMN: Lexias: Lexia, by Matthew CheneyThis is my final Lexias column, the last in a series that began some fifty columns ago with my first, "Walls," on February 7, 2005. FICTION: Beside Calais, by Samantha HendersonOne of the éoles reared on its back wheel at their approach, spreading its ungraceful wings and spinning its propeller: a dominant male, getting their scent. The flock stopped grazing for a second, and the low hum of their engines quickened as they readied for the signal to take off. POETRY: Not the Home World, by David C. Kopaska-MerkelNext year, / We'd be all over time, / And kick their trans-temporal heinies / Back to the middle of next week. REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: Sea Hearts/The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan, reviewed by Sofia Samatar 7 May 2012![[Reviews posted three times a week]](/2012/20120507/weird-thumb.jpg)
(Reviews) COLUMN: Dice and D-Pads: Playing with Emotion, by Robyn FlemingPeople sometimes ask me if I think games can be art, to which I usually respond—with persuasive eloquence—by saying, "Well, yeah. Duh." FICTION: Bright Lights, by Robert ReedIt is immediately apparent who is useful here and who must be sacrificed. POETRY: Neuschwabenland, by John ZaharickShe wanted vast water, sealed / for aeons under thick glaciers. REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: The Hunger Games, reviewed by Erin Horáková 30 April 2012![[Reviews posted three times a week]](/2012/20120430/skies-thumb.jpg)
(Reviews) COLUMN: Intertitles: "Do Not Wither/Look at Me": Feminist Identity as Supernatural in Orlando and I am Dina, by Genevieve ValentineOne of the handiest things about speculative fiction is its ability to provide shorthand for an exploration of the human condition. FICTION: Introduction to "The Gods of Reorth", by Debbie NotkinMy fondness for "The Gods of Reorth" is born both of the story and of the cultural context in which it appeared. FICTION: The Gods of Reorth, by Elizabeth A. LynnJael remembered years of famine, of drought, of blight. Once she had sent a plague. It had hurt, watching the inexorable processes of disease and death sweep over her people. She had not asked reasons for that. POETRY: The Second Law of Thermodynamics, by David BarberThe mower cable’s puzzled into knots again / and somewhere, out of sight, a spider freezes / as that dropped screw rolls to a halt. REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: Dangerous Waters and Darkening Skies by Juliet E. McKenna, reviewed by Liz Bourke EDITORIAL: Welcome to Julia Rios, by Niall HarrisonA few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of announcing Brit Mandelo as one of our new fiction editors. This week, I'm delighted to announce that she's being joined by Julia Rios. Strange Horizons is a weekly online magazine of science fiction, fantasy, science fact, opinion, art, and reviews. All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. Updated every Monday Graphic design by Elaine Chen. |
