Dido walks through her slumbering city like an old memory: tired, but with a determ...
2016-09-20 17:31:20 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Hope you're all having a good Monday. To make it that little bit better: here's a new issue of the magazine! This week we have a story by Lavie Tidhar(tangentially linked to his rather good novel <c...
2016-09-19 21:39:03 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Graph time! (And, new patrons, hi!)
As those of you who joined early in last year's fund drive will know, I like making graphs of our donation data. We have a ridiculously large and complex spreadsheet to track how much money has come in -- since we're receiving donations from several different places, here and PayPal and NetworkForGood and Benevity -- that we've been using sin...
2016-09-18 17:06:56 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Just in time for the weekend, the next piece of bonus content from our fund drive special: Adam Roberts reviews <cite>Apocalypse</cite> by Frederick Turner:
It might surprise us that a firm like Baen
Would publish (well: e-publish) such a thing:â...
2016-09-16 22:16:42 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Just a drop-by post today to let you know that we've reached the first milestone in this year's fund drive: we've raised $1,500, and published new poems by Shweta Narayan and Ada Hoffmann!
You can (and should) read Narayan's "Passing Fair" here, and Hoffmann's "Million-Year Elegies...
2016-09-15 11:30:23 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
This year's fund drive is underway! Read all about it here, check out what's coming up in this year's special issue here, and see our first batch of prize draw prizes
2016-09-12 23:03:12 +0000 UTC
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... and even the mice are working their little paws off to get everything ready in time! Or they would be if we had any mice.
Yes, the time is very nearly upon us. And since you, loyal patrons, have made our financial lives immeasurably easier this year, it seems only fair to give you a sneak peek of our plans.
When the fund drive kicks off tomorrow, we're going to have an overall goal of ...
2016-09-11 22:08:38 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
You heard it here first (just)! You've read his reviews and his fiction, but very soon you'll be reading stories he's helped to choose instead: Vajra Chandraseker...
2016-09-09 15:40:13 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
New issue time!
To kick off September, we have for you our usual selection of reviews, Kari Sperring's latest column (looking at the work of Miyabe Miyuke), a new poem by Sara Norja, and an excellent new story by Vajra Chandrasekera with an equally excellent title: "2016-09-05 18:57:21 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
*thud*
Here is your ebook! It is a big one this time, what with having five weeks, not one but two stories this week (see below), Erin Horakova's opus of an essay from last week, and everything else. All wrapped up in Melissa Pagluica's lovely art for "Gorse Daughter, Sparrow Son", as you can see from the attached image.
About this week: we have a 2016-08-29 21:02:48 +0000 UTC
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Evening all,
It's getting closer...! Yes, we finally have a test of the new website up and running. It is very beta -- based on an export of content from several months ago, rough around the edges in more than a few areas -- but it's ready to be poked and prodded to see what works and what doesn't.
Would anyone like a go? Comment here or drop a note to management@strangehorizon...
2016-08-26 21:16:49 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Apologies that the first attempt at the t-shirt poll went so awry. We've set up a new poll in Survey Monkey at the link below, which should also have a wider range of sizes available.
-- Jane
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GDT8F58
2016-08-23 09:04:56 +0000 UTC
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http://strangehorizons.com/2016/20160822/
It's a new week and a new issue, with an excellent article from Erin Horáková on the legacy of Blakes 7, beautiful poetry by Shweta Narayan, a column from the inimitable John Clute and the first half of our review of the Clarke Award shortlist.
In other news, ...
2016-08-22 20:08:37 +0000 UTC
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Hello all,
I'm standing in for Niall this week as he is travelling, and I'm thrilled to be able to bring you news of this week's new issue, featuring fiction by Shira Lipkin, poetry by Karen ...
2016-08-15 22:11:20 +0000 UTC
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Good morning and good evening one and all!
Apologies for the slight delay in notifying you this week (I have been temporarily relocating from one end of the UK to the other), but I'm here to say that this week's issue is up, with the 2016-08-09 19:43:31 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Happy August! As you may be able to guess from the lovely art by Melissa Pagluica that accompanies this week's issue, we're starting the month in a fairytale frame of mind, with the first part of Alena Indigo Anne Sullivan's story, "Gorse Daughter, Sparrow Son":
Jocelyn did not prick her...
2016-08-01 21:35:36 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
How can it be the end of July already? But it is, and that means we've reached the final issue of Our Queer Planet. It is, however, as packed to the gills as the previous three, including Gabriel Murray's story, "2016-07-25 22:28:29 +0000 UTC
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This week we are extraordinarily happy to bring you week three of Our Queer Planet. For those few of you just joining us, Our Queer Planet is a month-long, bumper-sized celebration of queer SF and queer creators.
We have a story from S. Qiouyi Lu, "Her Sacred Spirit Soars".
2016-07-18 23:12:57 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
This week we are very pleased to present to you all the second issue of Our Queer Planet. If you're just tuning in, Our Queer Plant is a month long, bumper-sized celebration of queer SF and queer creators. Check out last week's issue here!
We have an excellent story by Sara Norja, "
2016-07-12 19:12:58 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
It's July, and this year that means a super summer special from us: a bumper-sized month focusing on queer SF by queer creators from around the world. It's all introduced by Brit Mandelo, who rejoined us to help guest-edit this month:
These stories, four in total, come ...
2016-07-04 17:19:27 +0000 UTC
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A pleasant Monday to you all! It's the last Monday of the month, which means it's ebook day. You'll find attached .epub, .mobi, and .pdf files of this month's issues, including this week's issue.
This last Monday of June, we are very happy to share Darran Anderson and PD Smith in conversation about future cities, an interview with Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay by Eli Lee and Gautam Bhatia, ...
2016-06-27 23:09:33 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
What are you up to, this longest day? We're bringing you a new issue, including:
- S. E. Jone's story, "Bride Price"
- Laura Madeline Wiseman and Andrea Blythe's poem, "A Gathering of Baba Yagas"
- John Clute's latest Scores, of books by Ada Palmer and Emma Geen
- Rev...
2016-06-20 17:35:45 +0000 UTC
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