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/3mlv5mlsjhs25Gone by Greg Fewer "Siberia our first home wild and remote — safe but Alexei wanted more theatre — dances — rich men was I not enough for him?" Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/gone/15 May 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv5mlsjhs25https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mlsnmzinvk2tComing Home  by Dhiyanah Hassan @bydhiyanah.bsky.social Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/coming-home/14 May 2026 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsnmzinvk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mlnttihfjs2uThe Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice from the Bathtub by Nico Martinez Nocito @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social "Change requires examination of the initial errors, of the circumstances from   then that led to the injustice   of now." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-mermaid-speaks-of-social-justice-from-the-bathtub/12 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnttihfjs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mlk3zd6z5c22The reviews are in! The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan  reviewed by Martin Petto Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-illuminated-man-by-christopher-priest-and-nina-allan/11 May 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk3zd6z5c22https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mlfzyodb3s2jNEW PODCAST ALERT This week's episode of our Critical Friends podcast features Hana Carolina @hanacarolina.bsky.social and Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social alongside Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social discussing reviews of debut books and authors. Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/podcasts/critical-friends-episode-23-on-reviewing-debuts/09 May 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfzyodb3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mlds2uhazs2qBeetles by Ewan Downie @ewandownie.com "some thing black rushing" Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/beetles/08 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlds2uhazs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mlayytzxh22pSenescence by aegor ray "Without a name or need for one, he arrives scattered at the base of a tree and he rests like that, in pieces, for sixty-odd years." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/senescence/07 May 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlayytzxh22phttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3ml7sugucd22vConsidering who to vote for on the Hugo ballot for Best Semiprozine? Strange Horizons publishes weekly (yes, WEEKLY‼️) issues of fiction, poetry and nonfiction and we've been doing it for over 25 years! Short stories and poems, reviews, essays and podcasts, there's no shortage of content!06 May 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7sugucd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3ml6jdgfguc2hThe Dragon by Michael Janairo "Monsters, like gods, are birthed by every age and struggle to thrive while we mortals— pale and prostrate—shield our eyes." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-dragon/06 May 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6jdgfguc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mkrvh5sqyc2vHeavens Fall | 杞忧 by Lu Qiucha translated by Hal Y. Zhang Links ⬇️ Translation https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/04/29/heavens-fall-%e6%9d%9e%e5%bf%a7/ Original https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/04/29/%e6%9d%9e%e5%bf%a7-heavens-fall/01 May 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrvh5sqyc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mkmsvf7x3k2tThe first Samovar issue of the year is here! The Tiger in the Room | 방안의호랑이 by Moon Young Park translated by Paige Aniyah Morris Links ⬇️ English (Translation) https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/04/27/the-tiger-in-the-room/ Korean (Original) https://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2026/04/27/%eb%b0%a9%ec%95%88%ec%9d%98%ed%98%b8%eb%9e%91%ec%9d%b4-the-tiger-in-the-room/29 Apr 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmsvf7x3k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mkgqrw2mxk2mThe reviews are in! Krackle’s Last Movie by Chelsea Sutton  reviewed by Hana Carolina @hanacarolina.bsky.social Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/krackles-last-movie-by-chelsea-sutton/26 Apr 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgqrw2mxk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mkaasx4ivs2lRefuse by Megan Branning "Twenty-eight years of casting away Until the earth beneath crumbled" #poetry #speculativepoetry24 Apr 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaasx4ivs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mk5sgc2kx22kUnderneath the Underneath  by Audrey Zhou @audreyzhou.bsky.social "Dragons are not violent by nature, but they hunt what hunts them." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/underneath-the-underneath/23 Apr 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5sgc2kx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mk4pxqwb4c2kCongratulations to all the Hugo Award finalists! Strange Horizons is grateful for everyone who helped us become a finalist in the Best Semiprozine category: authors, voters, our entire readership, and everyone else who keeps us in mind as an SFF publication to read and submit to! ❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4pxqwb4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mk36vzbdak2zThe Shut-in on the 55th Floor by Abby Nicole Yee @abbynicoleyee.com art by Romie Stott @romiesays.bsky.social "He’s got no deadlines, only voyeuristic followers & clicks. Maybe that’s 'work' now—to be seen until you disappear." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-shut-in-on-the-55th-floor/22 Apr 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk36vzbdak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mjw7rmo6m22pA BSFA award for Best Short Non-fiction and a Ditmar Award nomination? Who else but Eugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social for "Spec Fic and the Politics of Identity: Finding the Self in Other"! Congratulations! Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/spec-fic-and-the-politics-of-identity-finding-the-self-in-other/20 Apr 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjw7rmo6m22phttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mjuxw2rfck2pThe reviews are in! The Faith of Beasts by James S. A. Corey  reviewed by Bill Capossere Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-faith-of-beasts-by-james-s-a-corey/19 Apr 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuxw2rfck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mjopgvrcjs25Dead City Dreaming by Joshua Ginsberg "So I waited, and dreamed Memorized security footage reruns (So I wouldn’t lose your shape)" Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/dead-city-dreaming/17 Apr 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjopgvrcjs25https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mjmt24tppc23Skiinfolk  by Jamie McGhee "I cannot control how my body looks, but I can control how it moves... Every time I head to the dance studio, I feel like I’m glowing. That feeling never lasts." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/skiinfolk/16 Apr 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmt24tppc23https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mjjnaubidk2nlaurels by Crystal Sidell @sidellwrites.bsky.social "fury tongued, we lash the breeze with our foxing song" Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/laurels/15 Apr 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjnaubidk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mjdkzddihs2gNEW PODCAST ALERT! Jenny Hamilton, Anushree Nande, and Dan Hartland discuss romance and romantasy all in the Critical Friends Episode 22: Romancing The Genre! Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/podcasts/critical-friends-episode-22-romancing-the-genre/13 Apr 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdkzddihs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mjcjkaaj5s2mThe reviews are in! Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre by Joy Sanchez-Taylor  reviewed by Nick Hubble Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/dispelling-fantasy-authors-of-color-reimagine-a-genre-by-joy-sanchez-taylor/12 Apr 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcjkaaj5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mj2m2tnphk2nCode Blue by Victoria Ojo "Little one—Exhale the ashes of your former scaffold. Let your mitochondria dance in the algae of renewal." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/code-blue/09 Apr 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2m2tnphk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3miy3263dg22rThe Houses of the Stars in Heaven  by Ferdison Cayetano "For I have seen that thing like a great flying beast, which crackles and buzzes and trails smoke and light and fire as it comes down screaming from the sky.." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/the-houses-of-the-stars-in-heaven/08 Apr 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy3263dg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mivey5eves2eMany of you have been asking what happens when an angel dies by Seoung Kim @seoungkim.bsky.social "On the street, you will begin to see the faces of the dead in those of complete strangers." Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/many-of-you-have-been-asking-what-happens-when-an-angel-dies/07 Apr 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivey5eves2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mis4nnpne22cAnd the winner of the Strange Horizons giveaway is 🥁 @brittwriter.bsky.social Thank you to everyone who participated! We always love hearing about your love for what we publish!06 Apr 2026 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mis4nnpne22chttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mis4dbaxu22cIt's time to wrap up Strange HoRhizomes: Fungus, Climate Change, and You: Facts and Speculative Fiction  by Jason P. Burnham Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/an-std-could-save-your-chestnuts/06 Apr 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mis4dbaxu22chttps://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social/post/3mioceawpt22jThe reviews are in! Shuten Order  reviewed by Tristan Beiter Link ⬇️ https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/shuten-order/ #videogames #videogamereviews04 Apr 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:sxw2th36klmpelvkrux2pa3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioceawpt22j