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Wildlife and Rainforests Inside My Father

Jun 15, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Ángel Leal |Danilo Heitor |Tajudeen Muadh |Jess Hyslop

My father once said there’s a little animalgrowing inside me& it builds things in thereold maps made of flowers, tiny templeswhere lizards worship. How? I asked. Where does your animal find materialto build? Isn’t it obvious? he said. From my memories. The animal still knows the colorof my mother’s handsthe taste of blood when my fatherstruck me & peaches. All the peaches I ate falling in love. The animal knows me betterthan a policeman.
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford

Jun 13, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Dan Hartland |Danilo Heitor |Tajudeen Muadh |Jess Hyslop

The problem with reviews is that you are reliant upon those who write them. I don’t mean that you have to trust these people, these “reviewers”: you don’t, you can choose to dismiss everything they say. Sometimes, you may read a book precisely because a particular reviewer disliked it (though this, I suppose, is also a form of trust).
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima

Jun 12, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | David Lewis |Danilo Heitor |Tajudeen Muadh |Jess Hyslop

Hell is empty, and all the devils are here. —Shakespeare, The TempestMany writers dedicate their books to their ideal readers: partners, parents, and mentors. But few play with the convention like Ananda Lima’s Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, where the Prince of Darkness is muse, integral character, and primary reader. The book isn’t easy to classify.
Your Visiting Dragon

Jun 12, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Devan Barlow |Danilo Heitor |Tajudeen Muadh |Jess Hyslop

It’s difficult being a reptile in winter even the fire-breathing kind, and our research proves that genus is far rarer than most believe Once winter hits, should a dragon linger at your hummingbird feeder or sneak through nearby piles of decaying leaves consider placing a laundry basket filled with soft blankets somewhere they can access It’ll work nicely as a temporary lair Be prepared for your visiting dragon to steal your scarves, your spoons, your salt shakers or anything else that...
The Roots of the Genre: An Interview with Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay

Jun 11, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | William Shaw |Danilo Heitor |Tajudeen Muadh |Jess Hyslop

[In this interview, Will Shaw speaks to Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, the World Fantasy Award-winning SF critic and translator, about his latest project, The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Collection of Bengali Science Fiction (MIT Press 2024), a part of MIT Press' Radium Age series.
The Strange Horizons Fund Drive

Jun 11, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Gautam Bhatia |Danilo Heitor |Tajudeen Muadh |Jess Hyslop

The Strange Horizons fund drive is upon us!As most of you know, SH is entirely funded by our family of supporters, either through volunteer work or through financial contributions. We have stood as a community magazine since 2000, with a commitment to speculative fiction from around the world, to new authors and wide representation. Our proudest achievement is how many writers count us as their first sale. To help Strange Horizons move into 2024, we need to raise a base amount of $13,500.
My Body Is a Canvas | Tajudeen Muadh | Poetry

Oct 13, 2023 | brittlepaper.com | Tajudeen Muadh

& this is how I wing my bodyinto a fluorescence, a resonance, a revival. I phoenix my skin in a war that pairspares me like a voyage, I breathe, I live. I fountain my mouth, a firefly,a silhouette fading on a canvas. & today, my body finds itself undressed by the winds of abadina,where I search for a dying bird, a color proofing over its feather. I ash-ed, fear of learning how to live and die,simultaneously creating an exile for a painter painting grief into his body.