Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, essays & podcasts. Every Monday, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024. linktr.ee/strangehorizonshttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mtsbrjajus2rThe reviews are in! As If by Isabel Waidner  reviewed by E. C. Barrett Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/as-if-by-isabel-waidner/24 Aug 2026 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsbrjajus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mtocwbfrws2eSock Drawer Astronomy by Yanqing Yang "Dust rehearses sunlight like a patient babysitter." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/sock-drawer-astronomy/22 Aug 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtocwbfrws2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mtlghumutk2zA Tiny™ Concert for the No-Name King by Crowe Powell @bethanypowell.bsky.social "I didn’t know if this was transformation gone too far, or the usual way magic blotted out identity in a monarch so they could truly stand in for their people." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/a-tiny-concert-for-the-no-name-king/21 Aug 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlghumutk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mtiv33nknc2rTo the Reader by Mary Soon Lee @marysoonlee.bsky.social "his deeds but paper deeds slender as river reeds." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/to-the-reader/20 Aug 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiv33nknc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mta2gapwf22wThe reviews are in! What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed  reviewed by Cat Fitzpatrick Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/what-we-are-seeking-by-cameron-reed/16 Aug 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mta2gapwf22whttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mszs77zx3k2rThe Deicide by Deborah L. Davitt "Nature, desecrated, refused to yield more than bone" Read the full poem at the link to the latest issue in our bio!14 Aug 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszs77zx3k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3msxfag7u4c2sScarcely Gone by Marissa Lingen "...and she'd dumped my ashes out in the desert without fanfare, without any poem or prayer, unless you considered, 'Jesus, Marty, don't leave me. Why'd you leave me, you old bastard' to be an elegy." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/scarcely-gone/13 Aug 2026 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxfag7u4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3msuvvqnavs2pDiary of a Figurehead - Part II by Valerie Wardh "not as a ship’s ornament, no, something closer to a cannon." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/diary-of-a-figurehead-part-ii/12 Aug 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuvvqnavs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3msohjfszqc2mThe reviews are in! Earthly Playing Field by Radhika Singh reviewed by aegor ray Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/earthly-playing-field-by-radhika-singh/09 Aug 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msohjfszqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3msmf5gnhyk27PODCAST ALERT! Critical Friends Episode 26: On Awards Dan Hartland is with Amritesh Mukherjee and Abigail Nussbaum discussing awards and their effect on criticism. Do critics spend too much time thinking about awards? Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/podcasts/critical-friends-episode-26-on-awards/09 Aug 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmf5gnhyk27https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3msjsbsl4kk2rIndigo by Heera Kumar "The deads are punctual. They arrive exactly when there is nothing left to distract us." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/indigo/08 Aug 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjsbsl4kk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3msdwjvvr4c2dEvery Child A Changeling by Samantha Pellegrino "I sat up on one arm and peered into her crib. She was gone. In her place was wrapped a sallow, horned little boy." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/every-child-a-changeling/05 Aug 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdwjvvr4c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3msceinmu6s2qdeath to the phoenix metaphor by Kiki Em "survival is a fungus" Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/death-to-the-phoenix-metaphor/05 Aug 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3msceinmu6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3ms5ejhggy22rBakotsu says his skin is our skin by Betsy Aoki art by Romie Stott "The secret of what a horse knows still bubbles and screams inside me." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/bakotsu-says-his-skin-is-our-skin/03 Aug 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5ejhggy22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mrwqq24axc2jThe Tu-Chuan with No Name | 沒有名字的杜鵑 by Chen-Fu Hsu translated by Coco Zhou "On the edge of the island is a city where, because it is not far from the sea, every layer of sediment has a quality of softness like water." Link ⬇️ https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/07/27/the-tu-chuan-with-no-name-%e6%b2%92%e6%9c%89%e5%90%8d%e5%ad%97%e7%9a%84%e6%9d%9c%e9%b5%91/31 Jul 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwqq24axc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mrwqcfbbsk2jRapunzel | Златокоса by Jovana Simic Roussou translated by Jovana Simic Roussou "The very first thing she could recall was an improvised merry-go-round, a swarm of fireflies spinning over her cradle." Link ⬇️ https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/07/29/rapunzel-%d0%b7%d0%bb%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%be%d0%ba%d0%be%d1%81%d0%b0/31 Jul 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwqcfbbsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mrrpapm3bs2eStrange Horizons invites you to read administrative and poetry editor @romiesays.bsky.social thoughts on internal AI policy in the supplemental issue. "Our process does not require consensus. The submissions guidelines of each department are different." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/azimuth/imprisoned-lightning-trust-and-ai-generated-submissions/29 Jul 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrpapm3bs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mrmnvwwdrs2lThe reviews are in! Man, Muse, Monster by Naomi Gibson  reviewed by Hana Carolina @hanacarolina.bsky.social Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/man-muse-monster-by-naomi-gibson/27 Jul 2026 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmnvwwdrs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mrj6koqe7c2dBecoming State Equipment  by Hannan Khan "We hear it leak sometimes— chanting slithering between his teeth while he slumbers" Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/becoming-state-equipment/26 Jul 2026 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrj6koqe7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mrgjrrgjzs2fBurning Hope on Auntie Regina’s Breast by Chris Kuriata "Given Rebecca’s hunger for blood, our hopes being complimentary seemed unlikely, yet Auntie Regina’s blessing poured over us both from head to toe. Never before had I felt closer to my sister." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/burning-hope-on-auntie-reginas-breast/24 Jul 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgjrrgjzs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mrcjucuh6227Digital Black Lung by Chris Dolan "I have scraped food into the bin and been wounded by the mouths which would open for it." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/digital-black-lung/23 Jul 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcjucuh6227https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mr2xbc62xs27The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2027 raised $27,407. That's the second most ever and it's enough for us to pay 9c/word for fiction in 2027! We thank everyone for donating, recognising our efforts and continuing to support the SFFH community. We're excited to publish for another year! 🎉20 Jul 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2xbc62xs27https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mqzulvck4c25The reviews are in! The Mulai by Munir Hachemi, translated by Julia Sanches  reviewed by Dawn Macdonald Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-mulai-by-munir-hachemi-translated-by-julia-sanches/19 Jul 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzulvck4c25https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mqz2xi6fz22bCommunion: An Elegy by Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social "The shrieking of a thousand prophets and djinn, wailing for a land that was holy once" Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/communion-an-elegy/19 Jul 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqz2xi6fz22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mqwze5kgus2zGuillotine  by Max Franciscovich "You meet who you might call your lodestar at a campus party you did not want to attend." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/guillotine/18 Jul 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwze5kgus2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mqtgdaoxuc2z‼️ It's the final 10 hours of the Strange Horizons Fund Drive! ‼️ Help us with this final push! You can still support a poem, review or short story as a pledge or as an add-on! Link ⬇️ https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/strange-horizons/strange-horizons-2027-fundraiser17 Jul 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtgdaoxuc2z