Strange Horizons

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 limite...

$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. 2016-10-04 19:38:10 +0000 UTC View Post

$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 "2016-10-03 20:59:11 +0000 UTC View Post

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 th...

$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.

2016-09-27 16:33:44 +0000 UTC View Post

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

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 2016-09-26 23:37:16 +0000 UTC View Post

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 nee...

$4,500 raised - bonus story published!

Morning, everyone!

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 2016-09-19 21:39:03 +0000 UTC View Post

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 se...

$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:

$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" 2016-09-15 11:30:23 +0000 UTC View Post

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 2016-09-12 23:03:12 +0000 UTC View Post

'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...

A new fiction editor

Hi all,

You heard it here first (just)! You've read his reviews and his fi...

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 ne...

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, Spa...

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 ...

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

...

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 Jo...

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, 2016-08-15 22:11:20 +0000 UTC View Post

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...

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 I...

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'...

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, "2016-07-18 23:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post

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 2016-07-12 19:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post

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, w...

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 conversa...

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...
  2016-06-20 17:35:45 +0000 UTC View Post