Always great to see @cypayseur.bsky.social championing fiction and poetry in translation!

The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction. Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.

Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.

“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —

altermag.com/articles/the...

Samovar, Baffling, Flash Fiction Online, and Diabolical Plots: Review by Charles Payseur Samovar 7/28/25 Baffling 7/25 Flash Fiction Online 7/29/25 Diabolical Plots 7/25 July also saw the release of a new issue of Strange Horizons’ sibling publication, Samovar, which features short spe…

Check out @cypayseur.bsky.social’s short fiction reviews from @samovarmag.bsky.social, @bafflingmag.bsky.social, @flashfictiononline.bsky.social, and @diabolicalplots.com -

Some horror in translation recommendations for Halloween, from @maudmarianw.bsky.social and @reactorsff.bsky.social!

And you can read it in Hungarian here! samovar.strangehorizons.com/2025/10/27/a...

"It's always difficult to pass through a forest that has been hurt and is endlessly calling for help." Read 'The Heart of the Forest' by Ágnes Gaura, translated from the Hungarian by Vivian Urban, in our latest issue: samovar.strangehorizons.com/2025/10/27/t...

Our new issue is live! Journey into the forest, and meet the gods, with stories by Ágnes Gaura, translated by Vivien Urban, and Andrés González Galante, translated by Lucy Corrie-Tannen. And read a new translation of Rilke's 'The Second Elegy' by Sionnain Buckley samovar.strangehorizons.com

Samovar

Our new issue is here! With a story by Sofia Rhei, translated by @maudmarianw.bsky.social; a reprint from author and translator Bella Han, and a poem by Marie T. Martin, translated by Kiley Karlak Malloy. Read more here! @strangehorizons.bsky.social samovar.strangehorizons.com

Huge congratulations to Mónika Rusvai and translator Vivian Urban for winning the @bsfa.bsky.social for best translated short work at the British Science Fiction Association Awards last night for "Bone by Bone"/ "Csontról csontra"! www.sffworld.com/2025/04/news...

Fiction submissions opening 3 submission windows for 2025

General April 16th Novelettes (10,000 to 18,000 words) June 4th Indigenous Authors November 3rd

Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.

General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap

Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap

Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap

Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.

Bone by Bone | Csontról csontra Jadwiga is the city. Her body dissolves in the walls, her consciousness seeps into the cracks, her memory merges with the memories of buildings.

Delighted to see "Bone by Bone"/ "Csontról csontra" by Mónika Rusvai, translated by Vivien Urban, on the BSFA Awards shortlist for best translated fiction! @bsfa.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social You can read the story here! samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/07/22/b...

Delighted to see @annadixit.bsky.social's gorgeous story 'Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her' on this list! You can read it in our Oct issue, in Portuguese and in Anna's own English translation. samovar.strangehorizons.com/2024/10/28/b...

Samovar

Our first Bluesky post is to say that our new issue is live! We have stories by Hsin-Hui Lin, translated by Ye Odelia Yu; Mayumi Inaba, translated by Yui Kajita, and a poem by Mu Cao, translated by @queercomrades.bsky.social. Read more here! samovar.strangehorizons.com