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Nearing $8,500 and prizes!

Nearing $8,500 and prizes!

Have you check out our

list of prizes

recently?

We've added a bunch of exciting things, like a signed ARC or UK hardback of Alastair Reynolds's latest novel, REVENGERS, a bundle of limited edition hardbacks celebrating the tenth anniversary of some of Gollancz's most popular fantasy aut...

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$8,000 and a brief fund drive update!

$8,000 and a brief fund drive update!

We've just hit $8,000, which means we're only $1,000 away from unlocking our next piece of bonus content and over halfway toward our 2017 funding goal!

We can't publish our next pieces of bonus content without your help. Donate now to unlock a round-table with Hena Mehta, Sh...

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$7,500 and new issue!

$7,500 and new issue!

Hi all,

Welcome to October! We kick off the month with a new issue and a fund drive milestone. new issue first: this week's story is "La Corriveau" by K. T. Bryski, and it begins like this:

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State of the 2016 Fund Drive: End of Week 3

State of the 2016 Fund Drive: End of Week 3

Evening all,

It's graph time again! With two weeks left on the clock, what proportion of our goal have we raised so far?

The answer to that question, of course, depends on what you take as our goal. In the attached graph, progress in previous years -- all shown in grey -- is calculated as the percentage of the total amount ultimately raised. However, we don't yet know what that number is f...

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$6,000 raised - bonus interview published!

$6,000 raised - bonus interview published!

Hi all,

We've reached our next bonus content tier! You can now enjoy Aishwarya Subramanian's interview with Garth Nix, conducted at a conference in Newcastle (UK) earlier this year.

AS: So in a sense the wall itself is just one example of an entire tradition of English literat...

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September ebook!

September ebook!

Hi all,

Here's your September ebook! All of this month's stories, poems, reviews and essays for you to enjoy at your leisure. As ever, if there are any issues let us know.

-- Niall

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New issue! Pak, Poetry, Chandrasekera, Sub-Q, reviews

New issue! Pak, Poetry, Chandrasekera, Sub-Q, reviews

Evening all,

Slightly later than planned (blame roadworks on the A1), our new issue is up! It's our monthly non-fiction focus, which this month means we have an essay by Chris Pak on terraforming and geoengineering in SF, w...

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State of the 2016 Fund Drive: End of Week 2

State of the 2016 Fund Drive: End of Week 2

Hi all,

This slightly belated update brought to you by the terrible, terrible wifi at the hotel I was staying at last night. Short version: it's all going ... OK.

(Brief digression: long-term patrons, have you updated your pledges yet? Don't forget, because we've switched to monthly, you need to update to $4/month to get the September ebook, due out later today.)

Back to the numb...

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$4,500 raised - bonus story published!

$4,500 raised - bonus story published!

Morning, everyone!


As we've just hit $4,500 in donations (woo!), we're able to unlock our next piece of bonus content: a story by A. T. Greenblatt, "Dido, Retold".
Dido walks through her slumbering city like an old memory: tired, but with a determ...

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New issue! Tidhar, Daniels, reviews

New issue! Tidhar, Daniels, reviews

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...

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State of the 2016 Fund Drive: End of Week 1

State of the 2016 Fund Drive: End of Week 1

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...

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$3,000 raised - bonus review published!

$3,000 raised - bonus review published!

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...

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$1,500 raised - bonus poems published!

$1,500 raised - bonus poems published!

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...

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The fund drive has begun! Update your pledges?

The fund drive has begun! Update your pledges?

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 View Post

'twas the night before fund drive ...

'twas the night before fund drive ...

... 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 ...

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A new fiction editor

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...

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New issue! Chandrasekera, Norja, Sperring, reviews

New issue! Chandrasekera, Norja, Sperring, reviews

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 View Post

August ebook, a Utopian special, and a Fireside response

August ebook, a Utopian special, and a Fireside response

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 View Post

Wanted: A Few Good Testers

Wanted: A Few Good Testers

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...

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T-shirt poll: take 2

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

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New issue time and an unusual request

New issue time and an unusual request

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, ...

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New issue - 15/8/16

New issue - 15/8/16

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 ...

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New issue! Sullivan pt 2, Arnason, O'Brien, reviews

New issue! Sullivan pt 2, Arnason, O'Brien, reviews

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 View Post

New issue! Sullivan, Bashe, Phillips, reviews

New issue! Sullivan, Bashe, Phillips, reviews

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...

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Our Queer Planet, week 4 - and ebook

Our Queer Planet, week 4 - and ebook

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 View Post

Our Queer Planet, Week 3

Our Queer Planet, Week 3

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".

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Our Queer Planet, Week 2

Our Queer Planet, Week 2

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!


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Queer Planet is here!

Queer Planet is here!

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 ...

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New issue and June ebook!

New issue and June ebook!

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, ...

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New issue! Jones, Clute, Wiseman/Blythe, reviews

New issue! Jones, Clute, Wiseman/Blythe, reviews

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...

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