The main body of the feed is and will always be the Fiction and Poetry episodes, marked by the characteristic blue Strange Horizons podcast cover. We also have three other shows on the same feed, which are visually distinguished by their colourful covers, and feature discussions, roundtables, and interviews with former and current contributors, on topics ranging from literary criticism, disability support in SFF publishing, and writing/career advice from authors whose work we have published in our 25+ years on the internet.

Our Shows: Short Fiction • Critical Friends • Strange Horizons @ 25 • Writing While Disabled

Fiction

Looking for your next favourite short story in audio form? Here is a selection of fiction episodes from our archives, each read by a different narrator, to get you started on your short fiction listening journey.

• 11 November 2025: 'The Spindle of Necessity' by B.Pladek read by Arden Fitzroy, originally published 20 May 2024
• 22 July 2025: 'Time is an Ocean' by Angela Liu read by Emmie Christie, originally published 6 November 2023
• 29 April 2025: 'By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars' by Premee Mohamed, read by Kat Kourbeti, from our 2025 Fund Drive
• 'Coming Through In Waves' by Samantha Murray read by Jenna Hanchey, originally published 11 April 2022
• 21 October 2024: "Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead" by KT Bryski read by Devin Martin, originally published 31 October 2022
• 28 January 2022: ”Broken Blue” by E.M. Faulds, read by Courtney Floyd
• 6 December 2021: “Werewoman” by C.S.E. Cooney, Read by C.S.E. Cooney
• 5 July 2021: "Haja Hoje" by Anna Martino, read by Kat Kourbeti

Critical Friends

Hosted by Strange Horizons Reviews Editors Dan Hartland and Aisha Subramanian, Critical Friends is the SFF Criticism Podcast that dissects the art of the literary review in the science fiction field, plus other topics such as translating SFF, canon-building and genre boundaries, style, and more.

2024

• Episode 1: What Even Is SFF Criticism?
• Episode 2: On Trusting Review(er)s
• Episode 3: A Cabbages and Kings Crossover
• Episode 4: Writing Both Reviews and Fiction with Gautam Bhatia
• Episode 5: Negative Reviews with Abigail Nussbaum
• Episode 6: A Journey in Criticism with Niall Harrison
• Episode 7: When Books Make You Work
• Episode 8: Paul Kincaid and Collecting Criticism
• Episode 9: Catherine Rockwood and Creative Criticism
• Episode 10: The Complicity of Science Fiction
• Episode 11: Boundaries in Genre

2025

• Episode 12: Canon-Building with Abigail Nussbaum
• Episode 13: SF in Translation with Rachel Cordasco and Will McMahon
• Episode 14: Hard Times with Octavia Cade and ML Clark
• Episode 15: On Time-Pass with Sneha Parthak and Tansy Gardam
• Episode 16: Length and Breadth with Redfern Jon Barrett and Nileena Sunil
• Episode 17: On Imagining Hopefully with Paul March-Russell and Jacqueline Nyathi
• Episode 18: On Fantasy and History with Cameron Miguel and Nick Hubble

2026

• Episode 19: On Cosy Horrors with Shannon Fay and Marisa Mercurio
• Episode 20: On Book Clubs with Tristan Beiter
• Episode 21: On Style with Paul Kincaid and Dawn Macdonald
• Episode 22: Romancing The Genre with Jenny Hamilton and Anushree Nande
• Episode 23: On Reviewing Debuts with Hana Carolina and Alex Kingsley

Strange Horizons @ 25

SH@25 is a series of interviews with authors, artists, poets, and former/current staff of Strange Horizons, charting the magazine’s 25 year trajectory from being founded in September 2000 to winning a Hugo in August 2024, as well as looking ahead at its future. Senior Podcast Editor Kat Kourbeti spends an hour or so with each guest, asking how the magazine shaped their careers, how they in turn shaped the magazine, and soliciting some golden writing advice for the listeners who may be thinking about sending us some fiction or poetry in the future.

2024

• A Long-Awaited Celebration (Episode 1)
• An interview with Kate Heartfield (Episode 2)
• An interview with Arkady Martine, and a reading of her poem 'Cloud Wall' (Episode 3)
• Sweet Delicious Garbage with Kyle Tam (Episode 4)
• An Interview with E.M. Faulds (Episode 5)
• An interview with Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li, and a reading of her poems, 'Ave Maria' and 'The Mezzanine' (Episode 6)
• SH@25 Holiday Special: Little Brother by Bruce Holland

2025

• Don't Buy a Printer! with John Scalzi (Episode 7) (hosted by Michael Ireland)
• International Criticism Perspectives with Bogi Takács (Episode 8)
• Speculative Poetry and You, with Brandon O'Brien (Episode 9)
• Special Hugo Awards Episode: A 2025 Hugo Awards Primer
• An Interview with Jordan Kurella, and a reading of his poem, 'a tree is a eulogy' (Episode 10)
• A Trip Down Memory Lane with Charlie Jane Anders (Episode 11)
• A Conversation with Naomi Kritzer (Episode 12)
• Speedrunning Novellas with Nghi Vo (Episode 13)
• Story Structure and Writing for the Teenaged You, with Mary Robinette Kowal (Episode 14)
• On Artistic Honesty with Debbie Urbanski (Episode 15)
• Special Anniversary Issue Episode: Celebrating 25 Years with The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
• A Masterclass in Writing (and Finding Love), with Tim Melody Pratt (Episode 16)
• Writing the Diaspora Experience with R.B. Lemberg (Episode 17)

Writing While Disabled Season 2

While you can find season 1 of Writing While Disabled as a series of transcribed interviews on our website, season 2 takes the form of a podcast for that added audiovisual factor. Hear the episodes in audio here, or check them out on our website to read the transcripts or watch the full video with subtitles.

2025

• Episode 1: In Conversation with Kate Johnston
• Episode 2: A Conversation with Farah Mendelsohn
• Episode 3: An Interview with Donyae Coles
• Episode 4: Velociraptor Space Army (aka the Accessible Con Bar)
• Episode 5: Ageism and Ableism at Conventions (Part 1)