Contents17 June 2013FICTION: Longfin's Daughters, by O. J. CadeWhen her sisters came home, their slippers once more danced through, they found the youngest in her bed, but though her head was hidden under the pillow as usual, her hair was wet and there were bites on her thighs and a new eel for smoking. FICTION: Podcast: Longfin's Daughters, by O. J. Cade, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents O. J. Cade's "Longfin's Daughters." You can read the full text of the story, and more about O. J., here. POETRY: Once, I Was a Mermaid, by Alicia ColeOften, / I see a dark fedora tumbling past me / to break against thewaves. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: Unexplained Fevers by Jeannine Hall Gailey, reviewed by Lesley Wheeler 10 June 2013FICTION: Collateral Memory, by Sabrina VourvouliasFriends or not, there is one guiding rule in the game: it's got to be genuine. Like life. Real. Anything else would be a cheat. And despite all of our other differences, no one in the shed is that. Except me. FICTION: Podcast: Collateral Memory, by Sabrina Vourvoulias, read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Sabrina Vourvoulias's "Collateral Memory." POETRY: Maidenhead, by Adriana Tosunfall with me to the loam, / and together we will lose what / history knows nothing of COLUMN: Intertitles: Superhuman Masculinity and the Musketeer Mythos in The Fast and the Furious, by Genevieve ValentineThese movies operate under the extremely handwavey rules of what Hollywood sometimes fever-dreams comics to be like, meaning that continuity and physics are flexible, but dammit, honor never is. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: The Alteration and The Green Man by Kingsley Amis, reviewed by Nina Allan 3 June 2013FICTION: Jinki and the Paradox, by Sathya Stone"Years of erosion, that means the wind and water broke bits off the mountain along that way," he pointed east. "And brought them down here, to be dust." / "What mountains?" / "They're gone now," said Mr. Quest. "Eroded. You can see them if you look through Time." FICTION: Podcast: Jinki and the Paradox, by Sathya Stone read by Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Sathya Stone's "Jinki and the Paradox." POETRY: Again, Pygmalion, by Stella Nickersonshe made a man of cardboard and children's salt clay, / pressed in two green pennies for his eyes REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord, reviewed by L. Timmel Duchamp 27 May 2013POETRY: And the War is Never Over, by Shira LipkinI've taken hits for all of us for years; / haven't I? POETRY: Podcast: May Poetry, by Jane Tolmie, Perry Rath, Cassandra de Alba, Qyn and Shira Lipkin read by Julia Rios, Cassandra de Alba, Ciro Faienza and Anaea LayIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the May issues of Strange Horizons. COLUMN: Me and Science Fiction: Fan Fiction, by Eleanor ArnasonMy fannish creds are pretty solid, though I haven't written fan fic for more than forty years. EDITORIAL: Non-fiction News, by Niall HarrisonA brief articles hiatus, a new focus, and editorial changes. REVIEW: This Week's ReviewsMonday: Two Views: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, reviewed by Jesse Bullington and Dan Hartland Strange Horizons is a weekly online magazine of science fiction, fantasy, science fact, opinion, art, and reviews. All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. Updated every Monday Graphic design by Elaine Chen. |