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8 June 2015

[Column by Kari Sperring]

(Columns)

FICTION: Utrechtenaar (Part 2 of 2), by Paul Evanby

In his carriage, riding slowly through the countryside just outside the city, the old baron mutters what he wants me to do, and what his driver is going to pay me afterwards. He turns around and pulls aside his justaucorps. I make as if to oblige, but instead I lay my hand over his mouth, push him into the cushions and whisper: “I don’t want money.” He struggles, but not very hard. He is used to this game. Gently I pull off his wig, exposing a blotched pate. I can feel his surprise. “I want information.”

FICTION: Podcast: Utrechtenaar (Part 2 of 2), by Paul Evanby, read by Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Paul Evanby's "Utrechtenaar (Part 2 of 2)."

ARTICLE: Artist Interview: Vlada Monakhova, by Tory Hoke

I find a lot of appeal in the eerie, the creepy, the unsettling. . . . I remember being told that you grow out of that kind of phase like you grow out of a pair of shoes, but mine just turned to hooves and booked it straight for the woods.

POETRY: Challenger, by Bronwyn Lovell

Ascending for seventy-three euphoric / seconds we thought they’d got away

COLUMN: Matrilines: Sylvia Townsend Warner: The Quiet Revolutionary, by Kari Sperring

Sitting down to write this second column, I found myself wondering how many readers will have heard of its subject.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews

Monday: 2015 Hugo Awards Short Fiction Shortlist, reviewed by Martin Lewis
Wednesday: Shadowscale by Rachel Hartman, reviewed by Abigail Nussbaum
Friday: Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories by Alex Shvartsman, reviewed by Jeremy Szal


1 June 2015

[Fiction by Paul Evanby]

(Fiction)

FICTION: Utrechtenaar (Part 1 of 2), by Paul Evanby

The watchman’s lantern moves in my direction, bobbing slowly. Suddenly I am rigid with panic, unsure where to go, certain I cannot stay here. I have visions of being arrested and interrogated, having to face the incredulous looks of my friends, the disapproving gazes of my professors.

FICTION: Podcast: Utrechtenaar (Part 1 of 2), by Paul Evanby, read by Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Paul Evanby's "Utrechtenaar (Part 1 of 2)."

COLUMN: Scores, by John Clute

Here is an anecdote enclosing a story by Rhys Hughes exposing an author who says Hi! You Have Just Passed Go.

POETRY: Reversed Polarities, by Nin Harris

I became a generator not just for myself / but for others, stray travelers and passers-by

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews

Monday: Jupiter Ascending, reviewed by Rachael Acks
Wednesday: Saint Rebor by Adam Roberts, reviewed by David Hebblethwaite
Friday: Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky, reviewed by Martin Cahill


25 May 2015

[Fiction by Laurence Suhner]

(Fiction)

ARTICLE: Following the Story: An Interview with Laurence Suhner, by Alastair Reynolds

"For me drawing, writing and composing music are one single thing. Or various aspects of the same thing. I like to live in a wide imaginary world."

FICTION: Vestiges (extract), by Laurence Suhner

This week, we are pleased to bring you a short extract from Vestiges, the first volume of the Quantika trilogy by Laurence Suhner.

FICTION: Podcast: Vestiges (extract), by Laurence Suhner, read by Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Laurence Suhner's "Vestiges (extract)."

COLUMN: The Golden Age of Science Fiction Is Twenty-Nine, by Nancy Jane Moore

According to the lore, a fan named Peter Graham once responded to a debate on what age—referring to period of time—constituted the “Golden Age” of science fiction by saying “twelve.”

POETRY: Shadowskin, by Shveta Thakrar

This girl knew once-upon-a-times like / The savory pasta that supplanted / Her grandmother's spicy lentils and rice

POETRY: Podcast: May Poetry, by Kailee Marie Pedersen, Deepthi Gopal, Jenny Blackford, and Shveta Thakrar, read by Ania Hornowski, Julia Rios, Ciro Faienza, and Shveta Thakrar

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the May issues.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews

Monday: The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, reviewed by Matt Hilliard
Wednesday: The Zero Theorem, reviewed by Rachael Acks
Friday: Hidden Folk by Eleanor Arnason, reviewed by A. S. Moser


18 May 2015

[Fiction by S. L. Huang]

(Fiction)

FICTION: By Degrees and Dilatory Time, by S. L. Huang

Zara’s response was the best one, when he told her his diagnosis. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I’m sorry we as scientists haven’t fixed this yet. That we haven’t fucking solved it. We should have a cure.”She was so angry. At the world. At her scientific brethren. At human progress.

FICTION: Podcast: By Degrees and Dilatory Time, by S. L. Huang, read by Anaea Lay

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents S. L. Huang's "By Degrees and Dilatory Time."

ARTICLE: Artist Interview: Milan Jaram, by Tory Hoke

If I made something awesome and nobody saw it, there is some kind of sadness to that. Like a chef who made his best meal but nobody was around to taste it.

EDITORIAL: Fair Pay for Art, by Julia Rios

It turned out that people loved the idea of illustrations. After that story went live someone even made a donation specifically in the hopes that we would do more. . . . The only thing was that none of us (in the fiction department at least) knew anything about acquiring art.

POETRY: Ghost Irises, by Jenny Blackford

White irises float on the darkening air / like ghosts of sturdier flowers

COLUMN: Movements: Use of Anger, by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

At times, writing this column is like performing open heart surgery on myself.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews

Monday: Drifter issues 1-5 by Ivan Brandon and Nic Klein, reviewed by Phoebe Salzman-Cohen
Wednesday: The Chimes by Anna Smaill, reviewed by Nina Allan
Friday: Steins;gate, reviewed by Pete Davison


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