Strange Horizons, July 14, 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, July 14, 2025 “Thirteen Swords That …

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Analog, July-August 2025

Analog, July/August 2025 “North Station Blues” by David Gerrold “The First Velodrome on Mars” by Marie Vibbert “Desert Soul” by David Gullen “Hidden Achievement” by Shane Tourtellotte “Patient Was the Doctor” by Victoria N. Shi “Last Dam Standing” by Dawn Vogel “If the Algorithms Are Gentle” by Bernie Jean Schiebeling “Low-Tide Salvage” by Matthew Claxton …

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The Avenger — “The Mystery of Dead Man’s Rock”

The Avenger (1941-42, 1945) aired “The Mystery of Dead Man’s Rock” on Friday, July 13, 1945, as episode 6 of 26. We have run only 10 previous episodes of The Avenger, the first way back in 2009 and the last two in November of 2023 and 2024. For those coming to this program for the …

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Clarkesworld #226, July 2025

Clarkesworld #226, July 2025 “Missing Helen” by  Tia Tashiro “Welcome to Kearney” by Gary Kloster “Bits and Pieces on This Floor” by Eric Del Carlo “Hunter Harvester” by Bam Bruin “The Walled Garden” by Fiona Moore” “Serpent Carriers” by K. A. Teryna “A Land Called Folly” by Amal Singh

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Til Death Do Us Part, ed. Misha Burnett

Til Death Do Us Part Edited by Misha Burnett   (Independently Published, May 21, 2025, pb, 284 pp.) “Samhain’s Daughter” by Blake Carpenter “Drinks in Tbilisi” by Ian Nol “The Bell” by Z. M. Renick “Behind the Wall of Unreflecting Silver” by John D. Martin “Treasure in the Truck Bed” by Jacob Calta “Where Hell Calls …

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Strange Horizons, June 8, 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, June 8, 2025 “The Ache of …

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Grimdark #43, July 2025

Grimdark #43, July 2025 “Bravery” by Michael R. Fletcher “The Blacksmith of Lothar’s Cross” by R. S. Ford “Death Beneath the Dread Sleeper” by Lucy A. Snyder (reprint, not reviewed) “The Name” by Abhishek Sengupta “We Are Vignettes” by Tlotlo Tsamaase (reprint, not reviewed) “When the Skies Cried Crimson Rain” by Ryan Cahill

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Flash Fiction Online #142, July 2025

Flash Fiction Online #142, July 2025 “Recitations” by Jacob Baugher “A Concise History of the Goldfish Trade” by Jason Pearce (nongenre, not reviewed) “To Ashes” by Emlyn Meredith Dornemann “The Sacred, The Sacrificial” by Kel Coleman (reprint, not reviewed) “My flesh, my beating heart, a willing meal that refuses to remember the danger of being …

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Candy Matson — “The Cable Car Case”

Candy Matson (1949-1951) aired “The Cable Car Case” on Thursday, July 7, 1949 as the 2nd of its estimated 92 shows (some accounts give 93 as the number, including a pilot that aired over a year later in hopes of sparking a revival that never took place). Candy Matson is a smart, self-sufficient, female detective. …

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