M.C. Childs

Nov 20, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Amritesh Mukherjee |M.C. Childs |Susannah Rand |Catherine Rockwood

“The first words were born in the voices of the first Speakers.” (p. 285)Close your eyes and think. Think of words as living beings. Not the living, breathing entities that can be meek or overbearing as we know them in our minds, but physical, sentient beings with emotions, personalities, and speech. Anxious might trot and stutter at infrequent intervals, fretting about the state of the world and the hiccups she’s been having throughout the week.

Nov 19, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Susannah Rand |Claire McNerney |M.C. Childs |Catherine Rockwood

https://d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net/staging/2024-10-19/390122725-44100-2-5a1f704b52b85.m4aIn this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Little Lila by Susannah Rand, read by Claire McNerney. Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: SpotifyLike this:Like Loading... Susannah Rand was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and has since been trapped in a vortex that prevents her from leaving. Despite this, she lives happily with her two cats and partner.

Nov 18, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | M.C. Childs |Catherine Rockwood |Amritesh Mukherjee |David Lewis

Content warning:Show warningsSomehow we’re now Harold Lloyd/Jackie Chan, letting go of the minute hand, droppingourselves right onto Magritte’s moving steam locomotive:If we time it just rightI bet we could get it tocatch us,dead on thetailbone. Right betweenthe washout plugsand whistle. Zero-backspin earthunder us, itty bittycloudsall around us. Like this:Like Loading...

Nov 18, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Catherine Rockwood |M.C. Childs |Amritesh Mukherjee |David Lewis

The stories and poems in Geoffrey W. Cole’s Zebra Meridian imagine the factors that might determine success in extending the lifespan of objects, relationships, people, ecosystems, planets, universes. Salvage and repair are central concerns. Don’t read Zebra Meridian because you want reliably feelgood stories: the book seems to offer odds of about forty per cent on positive outcomes for crisis-driven human(ish) reconstitutive enterprises.

Nov 18, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | M.C. Childs |Catherine Rockwood |Amritesh Mukherjee |David Lewis

Lightvessel requires assistanceHave you encountered ice? Close drift iceOpen drift iceMy starboard warp has partedMy port warp has partedOnset was suddenI have cut the warpsIt is dangerous to stopIt is dangerous to remain in present positionIt is dangerous to proceed on present courseI can only assist if you will make all efforts to followThe Trawls are engagedCan you lead me into port?