New issue - Chorister, Aw and reviews
It's that time of the week again and we've got a shiny new issue for you to peruse!
This week in the world of fiction we have Kay Chronister's "The Light...
2017-02-06 19:54:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Strange Horizons posts
Samovar Opens!
Hi all,
Exciting news today! As you may recall, as part of last year's fund drive we raised enough money to launch a sister magazine for Strange Horizons, focusing on speculative fiction in translation.
Well, it won't publish its first issue for another couple of months, but as of today Samovar is officially open to submis...
2017-02-01 17:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary ebook!
Hi all,
As promised, attached to this post you should find the complete ebook of this month's material, featuring original stories by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Kerstin Hall, and Su-Yee Lin; special issues on resistance and on native/indigenous SF; a bumper set of poems; and our usual essays and reviews.
You can download it, and all our other eb...
2017-01-31 00:02:31 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue: Indigenous SF special!
Hi all,
Here's something to distract you on a Monday evening: a new issue!
http://strangehorizons.com/issue/30-january-2017/
It's our second special of the month, and showcases fiction, poetry, and non-fiction by native and indigenous writers.&nb...
2017-01-30 23:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue - Readers' Poll results - Watson - Rajendran - Clute + reviews
With apologies for the delayed announcement, we have a new issue !
This week, we are very pleased to share the results of our 2016 Readers' P...
2017-01-24 20:34:38 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue - Gumbs - Ali - Chuma - roundtable + reviews
We're doing something a bit different today.
In addition to original work, throughout the week we will be re-publishing stories, poetry, and non-fiction from our archives. Their shared theme is resistance.
We hope you will find community, strength, and courage in these pieces, as we do.
Today, we have fiction from Alexis Pauline Gumbs...
2017-01-16 22:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostReminder: Readers' Poll ends on Sunday!
Hi all,
Hope you're all doing well! Just a quick reminder that this year's Readers' Poll is only open for a couple more days -- until the end of Sunday -- so please do take a moment to let us know your favourites from last year; we really appreciate it. You can find it here:
2017-01-13 21:50:59 +0000 UTC
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New issue! Fiction by Kerstin Hall, poetry by Salik Shah, & reviews
Happy Monday, all!
We're back in your inbox with our second issue of January 2017.
This issue, we have a marvelous story by Kerstin Hall, "Bombyx mori", as well as a poem by Salik Shah, "Field Notes ".
Monday sees Julian Kelsey Jarboe's revi...
2017-01-09 21:29:04 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue! 2016 in review, Su-Yee Lin story
Happy new year! We're back with our first issue of 2017:
http://strangehorizons.com/issue/2-january-2017/
And it includes Su-Yee Lin's story "The Monkey King Sleeps", S. Qioyu Lu's poem "Inhalations", and our reviewers' annual look back at the yea...
2017-01-02 19:10:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe last ebook of the year!
Hi all,
And here we are with the ebook: all of this month's stories, poems, reviews and essays in one handy package, wrapped up in Mahendra Singh's artwork for "The Thanatos Mode".
If you missed a month, don't forget that all of our ebooks are available in our Dropbox archive (password: M0hanraj):
The last issue of the year!
Hi all,
It's up, and it can be found here:
http://strangehorizons.com/issue/19-december-2016/
Our final story of the year is "The Three Nights of the Half-Gent" by Mário de Seabra Coelho, which begins thusly:
"When Half-Gent was alive he ...
2016-12-19 22:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue - Anderson - Lang - and reviews
Hi all! It must be Monday, because we've got a new issue all ready for your reading pleasure.
This week, enjoy G. V. Anderson's story , "Das Steingeschöpf", 2016-12-12 21:53:29 +0000 UTC View Post
New issue - Deshane - Hadrava - Singh and reviews
Hi all,
Welcome to our first December issue, featuring:
"The Thanatos Mode" spaceship killer fiction by Tom Hadrava,
"Jacob's Ladder": poetry by Evelyn Desha...
2016-12-05 18:57:51 +0000 UTC View PostNovember ebook!
Hi all,
As promised, please find attached this month's ebook! All of this month's stories, poems, reviews and essays in one handy package, wrapped up in Susie Oh's lovely artwork for "The Wreck at Goat's Head" by Alexandra Manglis.
If you missed a month, don't forget that all of our ebooks are available in our Dropbox archive (password: M0h...
2016-11-28 22:05:51 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue! Sarah Tolmie story and interview, Hester J. Rook poem, reviews
Hi all,
A mini-special for you this week: we are delighted to reprint Sarah Tolmie's story "The Dancer on the Stairs", along with an interview of Tolmie by Maureen Kincaid Speller, and a review of Tolmie's latest book, Two Travelers, by Molly Katz. We're very grateful to Tolmie and to Aqueduct Press (who have published all of Tolmie's fi...
2016-11-28 19:29:38 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue - Werkheiser, MacNutt, Sperring and reviews
I come bearing a new issue for you all, fellow travellers!
This week we take a trip to venus for our fiction from Jay Werkheiser. We also have poetry from Toby MacNutt, th...
2016-11-21 21:59:53 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue - Manglis, Ante, a column & reviews
Happy Monday, all!
It's a new week, so it must be time for a new issue. This week, we have excellent poetry by Romalyn Ante and fiction by Alexandra Manglis...
2016-11-14 18:20:02 +0000 UTC View PostNew issue - Hoffman, Tsamaase & reviews
It's Monday and it's new issue time! After all the excitement of the Spanish special last week we have lot to live up to, so it's good job we have some excellent fiction by Ada Hoffman, 2016-11-07 18:02:24 +0000 UTC View Post
October ebook
Hi all,
Here's the October ebook, as promised! All five weeks, and all the content from our Spanish special (including the poems and reviews that will be published on the site over the course of the week). As ever, if you have any issues downloading or reading the files, let us know.
This feels like the capstone to a particularly busy perio...
2016-11-01 00:47:55 +0000 UTC View PostSpanish SF Special!
You helped to fund it in this year's fund drive, and now it's here! Our bumper-sized Spanish SF Special, which includes stories by Susana Vallejo and Tamara Romero, a conversation between Elia Barceló and Ricard Ruiz Garzón, poetry (released through...
2016-11-01 00:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostA brand new issue and a brand new website!
http://www.strangehorizons.com/issue/24-october-2016/Today is a very exciting day - we're publishing our first issue on our brand new website!
Fund Drive Ebook and Archive
Hi all,
After a brief break to gather our thoughts after the fund drive, we're back on the case and starting to sort out all the donor rewards. First up: our fund drive ebook! Attached to this post you'll find epub, mobi and PDF editions containing all the content from this year's special, including the Patreon-unlocked bonus story by Teresa P. M...
2016-10-20 07:52:40 +0000 UTC View PostFund Drive 2016: The Final Total
... drumroll please ...
$19,752!
That's from 453 donors, or, including those of you who were patron-ing here last year and have stuck around, 678 -- and that second number is a new record for the number of people involved in a fund drive. Thank you all!
What that means is:
- Strange Horizons is fully funded for 2017 at... 2016-10-18 07:25:52 +0000 UTC View Post
New issue - and fund drive at $18,000!
Hi all,
I'm not sure which bit of the headline is actually more exciting. Let's do the new issue first.
The rather fine art you see attached to this post is by Aud Koch, illustrating this week's story, "2016-10-17 19:37:54 +0000 UTC View Post
State of the Fund Drive: 31 Hours Left
Hi all,
I struggled a bit with the graph options this week, and then decided that the best thing was simply to go back to the start so that you can see how far we've come. It hasn't been, and probably will not be, our best fund drive ever; but it has en...
2016-10-16 23:19:07 +0000 UTC View Post300 patrons! "Terpsichore" published
Hello new patrons! Thanks for joining our merry band. Between you, you have unlocked our final bonus content this fund drive: Lawrence Schimel's translation of "Terpsichore", by Argentinian writer Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría.
Consider it, among other things, a trailer for our 2016-10-14 19:24:31 +0000 UTC View Post
$13,000: podcasts for all!
Hi all,
Fund drive final week is fun, isn't it? Milestones falling daily. Long may it continue -- as the subject line of this post indicates, we have just now passed $13,000, which unlocks podcasts for the two fund drive stories published so far:
New milestone and new content!
Thanks to all your fantastic support we've just hit $11.5k and published 'The Troll Who Hid Her Heart' by Jenn Grunigen!
We're all massively grateful for your help with publishing great SFF content like this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
-- Jane
New issue and $9k!
Greetings!
It's a good Monday: we've got not just a new issue for you, but also another piece of bonus content.
Issue first: our story is " 2016-10-10 18:50:14 +0000 UTC View Post
State of the Fund Drive: One Week Left
Hi all,
This week's fund drive has been much the same as last week: steady but slow-ish progress, taking us to the cusp of $9,000 and our next bonus content. That's pleasing, but is it good enough?
This year's fund drive ends on 17th October (at 23.59 PST, to be precise). That means there are eight donating days left. They're normally eight...
2016-10-09 23:34:49 +0000 UTC View Post