Strange Horizons, November 3, 2025

[On May 10, 2021 Strange Horizons officially expressed its political support for Palestinian solidarity. The views of Tangent Online reviewers are not necessarily those of Strange Horizons. Fiction critiqued at Tangent Online is, as much as is humanly possible, without prejudice and based solely on artistic merit.] Strange Horizons, November 3, 2025 “Palimpsest” by Melissa …

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Lightspeed #185, October 2025

Lightspeed #185, October 2025 “O Mechfighter, O Starsinger” by Osahon Ize-Iyamu “At the Bottom of the Bonfire” by Martin Cahill “The Porniest Porn in Porntown” by Stephen Graham Jones “Dirge and Gleam” by Micah Dean Hicks “Everyone Hates the Auditor” by Megan Chee “Dating Fortune’ by Sean McMullen “Thaw” by An Owomoyela “Drosera regina” by …

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The Saint — “The Chiseling Chimpanzee” aka “The Monkey”

The Saint (1945, 1947-51) aired “The Chiseling Chimpanzee” aka “The Monkey” on December 10, 1950. We have run only nine previous episodes of this fine show, this episode being only the 5th since November of 2019 and the first since November of last year (2024). For new listeners I borrow freely from past episodes’ opening …

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More Futures for Ferals, edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

More Futures for Ferals A Charity Anthology Edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (eSpec Books, October 2025, kindle. pb., 188 pp.) “Strangely Familiar” by Sherri Cook Woosley “The Right Way” by Lisanne Norman “Tradition” by Patrick Thomas “Caretakers” by Will McDermott (reprint, not reviewed) “3 AM” by Jacob Jones-Goldstein “Ginger and the Bully of Lowergate Court” by …

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