We're reopening to submissions on January 1st. Writers, ready your most depressing, unnerving, dislocating, horrible stories.

Ho ho ho! If you ever wondered what a Christmas post-robot-apocalypse blockbuster might look like (wow, very specific question!)... we got you, in this year's KBP Christmas special episode! Stay festive, safely away from any AI-powered Kirbys (no reason 😇) and enjoy! 🎄🎁🎅🏿

Just finished #MyHeroAcademia and I am still verklempt on my way to work. What a way to end a story about what being a hero is, using empathy to make the world a better place. Few series get to end on a high like that and feel relevant after so long. Top 3 anime for me. I will cry about it forever.

CRAFT CHAT! Let's talk about one of my favourite craft techniques for fiction—the use of colour and shade! This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.

Are there any fan artists who can do (Western) TV cartoon characters reasonably true-to-style who want to donate a little mischievous labor to some Canadian creative industry workers in a union fight against corporate greed? If so, send me a message and I can give you details!

Extraordinarily proud to be on this list, with my article: "White People Wielding Needles" The piece no white people not in my immediate circle read, but somehow all stopped talking to me immediately after. The takeaway: Change is *not* insurmountable. Just have to start saying "sit down" to wp.

Many thanks to Kat for assembling this massive and beautifully organized table of contents. If you want to re-read something Strange Horizons published this year and can't quite remember the issue or author name, you can now probably find it.

I spent three days last week putting together an eligibility MEGA POST for @strangehorizons.bsky.social, with all the people and work within it that's eligible for awards in 2026. I hope you'll check it out, click on some things, and consider putting your faves forward 🥹 Thank you, and here's to 26!

I had some Thoughts ™️ about the new #HungerGames trailer so I dropped into the latest @kneelbeforeblog.co.uk podcast episode to talk about it. Listen below, and may the odds be ever in your favour 🫡

loving this so much, and I never get tired of listening to @rblemberg.bsky.social discuss their @tachyonpub.bsky.social novella YOKE OF STARS, which, ICYMI, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella 😎 thanks @darthj.uno for steering such an excellent conversation!

This was such a great experience for me - Kat Kourbeti is fantastic!! And of course I love @strangehorizons.bsky.social

One of my favourite episodes to date! @rblemberg.bsky.social and I got deep into their writing process - come learn all about poem outlines and how they can work for you! Plus a lovely chat about the themes in RB's work - languages and diaspora and queerness and home - you won't want to miss. ⬇️

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

🗣️ Finally! One of my favourite stories from last year, written by the incredible @bpladek.bsky.social and narrated by one of my favourite people (and current Pope of Camden - it's a long story) @ardenfitzroy.bsky.social is now live on the Strange Horizons podcast! Listen and weep with joy 💖🏳️‍⚧️😭

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You can make your own Wordle now? Cute! And overdue tbh. Here's one for you. The clue is: "Green and luscious" 👀 www.nytimes.com/games/create...

WHAT'S UP NYC HELL YEAH SON

Had a wonderful time at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social, where I got to meet more people from the @strangehorizons.bsky.social far-flung, global team, revive the tradition of the SH tea party, and even hatch some schemes for next year. Thank you to everyone who came along and celebrated with us!

I really hope you'll pick one up. ❤️

Attention all @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees! Join the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective for a 25th Anniversary Tea Party this Sunday, November 2nd, at 11 am! Come meet @jolantru.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @mickallister.bsky.social, @vanessajae.bsky.social and enjoy delicious tea!

This weekend the World Fantasy Convention takes place in Brighton, and I can confirm I'll be there with bells on, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Strange Horizons and talking about how music fuels my writing. Come say hi!

Hello everyone. Talented artist, reviewer, and beloved member of our community Archita Mittra is going through some really hard times currently. If you can spare a few $ it would make a world of difference ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-archi...

Come meet Joyce and the rest of the @strangehorizons.bsky.social team at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in 2 weeks! And if you want to check out her work and support this trip, you can do so here 💖

Who robbed the louvre? right answers only (and if you get this, be my friend)

“Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function(…) automation of knowledge and culture by private companies is a worrying prospect – conjuring dystopian and outright fascistic scenarios.” — @olivia.science

What @realgdt.bsky.social said.

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"The Traveling Mountain" is out in audio!! Listen to the mountain and wonderbird come alive in this fabulous narration by @darthj.uno! Thank you Kat & the @khoreo.bsky.social team 💜

Congratulations to @podcastle.org for winning an Ignyte Award! 👏 What a beautiful happenstance that my new narration is up there today - 'Vedritsa of the River' by @catchingwords.bsky.social is a sapphic Rusalka story with cli-fi elements, and I was deeply honoured to work on it. Give it a listen!

The audio version of “The Traveling Mountain” by @dianadima.com is live! This story was edited by @danaiwrites.bsky.social. The audio was narrated by @darthj.uno and produced by Jenelle DeCosta. Listen to the full audio story or read it on our website: www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...

We are ECSTATIC to have reached our initial kickstarter goal! TAFCON WILL BE HAPPENING NEXT YEAR! Right now our kickstarter is the only place to get tickets. Virtual tickets unlock when we hit our $15k stretch goal! www.kickstarter.com/projects/taf...

Who's doing @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social? What are you talking about about and why are you excited? Tell me your panels pleeeeeease!!

Or seen PENNY DREADFUL, which also features a great adaptation of Frankenstein (alongside Dracula and Dorian Gray), or the Cumberbatch/Lee Miller play, or, idk, GOOGLED IT A LIL BIT

Something special today at BF! Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” (Interlude) – Read @tomhumberstone.com Tom Humberstone’s Comic ‘I’m a Luddite! (And So Can You!)’ on AI Art, Luddism and Activism Here at BF. www.brokenfrontier.com/raging-again... #NoToAIArt

Almost 180,000 people have already stood up for the rights of nature & our collective right to a healthy environment in Europe. Can we get to 200,000 by end of today? 🙌

Help @3lobedmag.com raise funds for next year's issues on @kickstarter.com - another great SFFH magazine with a 25 year history that deserves to stick around! I nabbed myself a subscription for £20ish, but there are all sorts of perks to choose from. They have 3 days to raise 35%! Let's goοο ⬇️

Yes, I decided to start a youtube channel where I talk about horror and dark fantasy in publishing. It should be a lot of fun! I plan on doing a ton of things with it, so hop on down and follow it… Read More

Hello Reykjavík! 😍 It's my fourth time here in three years and I don't think I've ever chanced upon nicer weather while visiting... Love this city so much! #travel #iceland #reykjavik

Absolutely. Do not undervalue your art even if you think you dont have clout. They selected YOUR work from many because it was good. It is worth pushing for fair terms.

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

I'm scared I will draw the Wrath of the Fanboys, but... this week on my newsletter I wrote about why I think the "Golden Age of Science Fiction" writers have so little appeal to a huge swathe of today's SF/F writers & readers. undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/this-is-why-...

Oh, hey, the B&N preorder sale is back now through the 5th. Get HIGHER MAGIC at 25% off and help me keep Max rolling in treats. #BNPreorder @barnesandnoble.com @htpbooks.bsky.social

As ever with my sieve brain, I cannot remember what we talked about, but I know I had a fabulous time with these two splendid lads. And didn't even have to defend my *bold* but *correct* SFF hot take! Please do go give us a listen. 🎧

How to apologize: a short thread. So. You've fucked up. You did or said or wrote something that angered and/or offended and/or hurt someone or many someones. You need to apologize--either because you were wrong, or because people are telling you to apologize. Which one is the case doesn't matter.

the @3lobedmag.com Kickstarter is at $4059 out of a $10,000 base goal! They have EIGHT DAYS LEFT they've been going for 25 years, let's keep them going! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

Look, I appreciate the sentiment of RF Kuang saying people disagree on the pronunciation of "Katabasis" so you should feel free to say it however you want, but also: Greek people do actually exist, and you can ask a Greek speaker how to pronounce a Greek word correctly.

Just in case I wasn't clear, me pointing out the below is not an "attack" on Tempest & Nisi; it's holding them up to their own standards as set 5 years ago. Their (absolutely correct) indignation at the 2020 Hugo Awards ceremony gave us FIYAHcon and the Ignyte Awards, and we thanked them for it. 1/

Excellent analysis, as always:

So after three weeks, the "apology" from the Seattle Hugo hosts involves explanations contradict the literal video evidence. Two highly experienced and respected professionals claiming they "didn't know" they'd need a rehearsal before going on stage to deliver a high profile award ceremony. Please.

Hey American friends - unionise! Here's how! Signed, Your friendly theatre union rep from across the pond