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Listen to science fiction and fantasy short stories and poetry from award-winning magazine Strange Horizons.Podcasts
“Where Did The Cockerel Story Start?” by Patricia Omozele Sukore, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: March 16, 2021, 2 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 11 seconds
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“Locally Sourced” by Gerri Leen, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: March 9, 2021, 3:17 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds
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"Bathymetry" by Lorraine Wilson, read by Kat Kourbeti
Published: March 9, 2021, 1 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds
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“After the Living Dead Girl” by Bianca Rae Messinger, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: March 2, 2021, 3:08 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds
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"Mouth," by Sasha LaPointe, read by the author
Published: March 1, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
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“go agile” by Hal Y. Zhang, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 3:17 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 38 seconds
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"Ootheca" by Mário Coelho, read by Kat Kourbeti
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 37 seconds
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“Wildlife Encounter” by Wen-yi Lee, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 2:51 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 32 seconds
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“Excerpts from the Dr. Sexpot Saga” by Sarah Kathryn Moore, Read by Sarah Kathryn Moore
Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 2:41 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds
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"The Demon Sage's Daughter" by Varsha Dinesh, read by Courtney Floyd
Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 54 seconds
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"Uroboros" by Emiliano González, read by Héctor González
Published: Feb. 6, 2021, midnightDuration: 16 minutes 25 seconds
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"Biografía de las Algas", by Martha Riva Palacio Obón, read by Martha R. Mega
Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 9:01 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 13 seconds
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"Biography of Algae" (English) by Martha Riva Palacio Obón, read by Ximena De Ariño
Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 9 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 36 seconds
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“A crowd of yakubyō gami (pestilence yōkai)” by Betsy Aoki, Read by Paul Starr
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 3:06 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds
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"A Serpent For Each Year", by Tamara Jerée, read by Kat Kourbeti
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
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“The Time Tourist | El Turista del Tiempo” by Beatriz F. Fernandez, Read by Beatriz F. Fernandez
Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 4:05 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 42 seconds
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"Secrets of the Kath" by Fatima Taqvi, read by Courtney Floyd
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 3:51 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 23 seconds
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“Soft Shoulder (Excerpt)” by Zach Ozma, Read by Zach Ozma
Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 9:51 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds
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"Bromelia" (Spanish) by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez, read by the author
Published: Jan. 17, 2021, 11:13 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 46 seconds
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"Bromelia" (English) by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez, read by the author
Published: Jan. 17, 2021, 11:12 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 18 seconds
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“In Which the Deer, Unwittingly or Not, Moves In” by Nikki Caffier Smith, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Jan. 12, 2021, 3:14 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 50 seconds
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"The karyōbinga sings to Jiro", by Ryu Ando, read by Kat Kourbeti
Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds
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"Galaxy’s Best (Español)" by Luz Rosales, read by Coppelia Yañez
Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 49 seconds
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"Galaxy’s Best (English)" by Luz Rosales, read by Coppelia Yañez
Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 30 seconds
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“Frostina” by Stephanie Burt, Read by Stephanie Burt
Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 4:03 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 47 seconds
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"Yearning" by Maya Beck, read by Anaea Lay.
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 59 seconds
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"Dark Star" by Vraiux Dorós, read by Carlos José Pérez Sámano
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 2 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 53 seconds
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“Tsintatak (Náhuatl)” by Ateri Miyawatl, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Jan. 3, 2021, 10 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds
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“Tsintatak (Náhuatl)” by Ateri Miyawatl, read by Ateri Miyawatl.
Published: Jan. 3, 2021, 10 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 36 seconds
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“The Believers” by Meep Matsushima, Read by Matsushima
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 3:59 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
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“Come Water, Be One of Us” by Octavia Cade, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 37 seconds
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“Prometheus with a happy face ツ" by Daniela L. Guzmán, read by Héctor González
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 2:20 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds
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“Prometeo con carita feliz ツ” by Daniela L. Guzmán, read by Héctor González
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 41 seconds
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"Estrella de la muerte" by Vraiux Dorós, read by Aureliano García Haros
Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 53 minutes 4 seconds
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“A training session” by Brigid Nemeton, Read by Brigid Nemeton and Ciro Faienza
Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 5:03 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 52 seconds
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"Alhaji Jerry" by ML Kejera, read by Kat Kourbeti and ML Kejera.
Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 2 seconds
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“Three Triolets” by Anna Cates, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 10:04 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 26 seconds
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“Renovation of a Finite Apartment” by Toby MacNutt, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 23 seconds
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Poetry of the Mexico Special Issue
Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 8:25 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 11 seconds
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“The Revisionist” by Michael Bazzett, Read by Michael Bazzett
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 2:49 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 7 seconds
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“Plump Rat” by Michael Chang, Read by Jack Jung
Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 8:30 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 57 seconds
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"Bitter Soil" by Cat Aquino, read by Kat Kourbeti
Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 27 seconds
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“I Wondered If God Saw Me Through My Father” by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 2:31 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 32 seconds
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“An Egg Before It Is Broken” by Miyuki Jane Pinckard, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 49 seconds
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“The Devil You Know” by Ali Trotta, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 2:19 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 7 seconds
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“Deceleration” by Allison Mulvihill, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds
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“Marbles” by Aber O. Grand, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 1:12 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 25 seconds
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“Ask Not What the Penguin Horde Can Do For You” by Noah Bogdonoff, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 12 seconds
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“Recommendation” by Stephanie Jean, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 1:48 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 8 seconds
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“A Layer of Catherines” by Elisabeth R. Moore, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 9 seconds
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“Dragon Questionnaire” by Lesley Wheeler, Read by Lesley Wheeler
Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 10:44 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 3 seconds
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“Undiscovered Hells” by Maggie Damken, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 1:41 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 6 seconds
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“Back Story” by David Clink, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 1:38 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 34 seconds
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“Quiet” by Aqdas Aftab, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds
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“Eleven Exhibits in a Better Natural History Museum, London” by Jenny Blackford, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 2:01 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 28 seconds
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“12 Worlds Interrupted by the Drone” by Fargo Tbakhi, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 44 seconds
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“Trust Your Eyes” by Bethany Powell, Read by Bethany Powell
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 2:55 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 13 seconds
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“Color, Heat, and the Wreck of the Argo” by Catherynne M. Valente, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 1 second
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Poetry of the 20th Anniversary Special Issue
Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 8:10 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 47 seconds
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“Growing Chair" by Shuyi Yin, Read by Shuyi Yin
Published: April 6, 2020, 11:36 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds
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“naked” by Nome Emeka Patrick, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: April 6, 2020, 11:31 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 7 seconds
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“The Pride of Salinkari” by Elizabeth Crowe, read by Anaea Lay
Published: April 6, 2020, 11:05 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 54 seconds
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Poetry of the Climate Special Issue
Published: March 31, 2020, 1:24 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 1 second
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“Three Days with the Kid” by Tara Calaby, read by Anaea Lay
Published: March 30, 2020, 7:39 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 6 seconds
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“Cairns” by Jason P Burnham, read by Anaea Lay
Published: March 30, 2020, 6:16 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 55 seconds
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“Dirty Wi-Fi” by Porpentine Charity Heartscape, read by Anaea Lay
Published: March 30, 2020, 2 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 23 seconds
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“Multiverse” by Jenny Thompson, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: March 16, 2020, 9:54 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds
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“The Touch Pool” by Lisa Nan Joo, read by Anaea Lay
Published: March 16, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 48 seconds
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“Such Monstrous Births” by Emily Smith, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: March 9, 2020, 6 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 55 seconds
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“La Bête” by Leah Bobet, read by Anaea Lay
Published: March 9, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 14 seconds
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“Playing Fetch with the Grim” by Cam Kelley, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: March 2, 2020, 7:18 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 5 seconds
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“Rat and Finch Are Friends” by Innocent Chizaram Ilo, read by Anaea Lay
Published: March 2, 2020, 7:01 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 14 seconds
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“New York, 2009” by Mayra Paris, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 4:34 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 26 seconds
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“The Oldest Solution” by Priya Sridhar, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 18 seconds
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“Procrastination (A Lullaby)” by E. F. Schraeder
Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 3:30 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 34 seconds
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“Abstraction” by Gabriel Ascencio Morales, with Reading and Sound Design by Ciro Faienza
Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 12:36 a.m.Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
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“Company” by Shannon Sanders, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 10:04 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 20 seconds
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“A Time Traveler's Field Notes” by S.R. Tombran, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 11:23 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 50 seconds
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“Across the Ice” by Ada Hoffmann, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds
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“Disemboweled Sonnet for Telling Your Crush You Like Him in the Waning Hours of the Party” by Weston Richey, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 7:03 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 52 seconds
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Be the Serpent Strange Horizons Bonus Episode
Published: Jan. 22, 2020, 6:40 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 seconds
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“Sap and Superstition” by Jessica P. Wick, Read by Ciro Faienza
Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 11:47 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 45 seconds
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“One Hand in the Coffin” by Justin C. Key, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 9:17 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 31 seconds
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“The Orientation” by Julianna Baggott, read by Anaea Lay
Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 32 seconds
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“A New Face” by Terese Mason Pierre, Read by Terese Mason Pierre
Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 3:30 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 12 seconds
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“ode to an asexual" by Nikoline Kaiser, Read by Nikoline Kaiser
Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 8:11 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
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