Hayley Wu

Jul 24, 2023 | strangehorizons.com | Hayley Wu |Maria Haskins |Kuzhali Manickavel |Ada Palmer

Content warning for this book: graphic violence; child abuse; sexism; references to war, murder, drugs; suicidal ideation. The Girl is Victory Witherkeigh’s debut novel. Its protagonist’s name is never revealed; she is only ever referred to as “the girl.” Like the author, she is Filipino American and grows up in Los Angeles in the 1990s. The girl’s parents plainly never wanted a daughter and make this very clear to her.

Jul 24, 2023 | strangehorizons.com | Hayley Wu |Maria Haskins |Kuzhali Manickavel |Ada Palmer

Content warning:This page contains: Homophobia Trans misgendering or other transphobic depictionsIt was the summer of 2020 when xianxia webnovel Mo Dao Zu Shi (also known as The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation; henceforth MDZS) took over my life. Like many others at the time, I had returned and was stuck in my childhood bedroom, all plans to return to normal life falling apart as the gravity of a life-threatening global pandemic dawned upon me.

Jul 24, 2023 | strangehorizons.com | Kuzhali Manickavel |Hayley Wu |Maria Haskins |Ada Palmer

Hallo most dearest and most strange fam! We are gathered here today to listen to the second instalment of a cheeky little BBC audio drama called The Slide. From what I remember, the first episode featured some voice actors I like but I can’t remember who they are now. I also remember sentient and possibly malicious mud? Am I just hoping for sentient and malicious mud? Anyway there was definitely mud and I firmly believe it could be sentient and malicious if it wanted to be.