In this episode of Strange Horizons @ 25, editor Kat Kourbeti sits down with SFF critic and writer Bogi Takács for an in-depth conversation about the role of criticism in the SFF space, plus an overall look at their varied career.

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• Follow Bogi on Bluesky, and visit their website, BogiReadsTheWorld.com
• Read Bogi's work in our archives, including their reviews, poems, and fiction.
• Buy Bogi's latest collection, Power To Yield and Other Stories
• Find more links to their work and everything else we talked about, as you read this episode's transcript.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Michelle Kulwicki's 'Bee Season' read by Emmie Christie

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Blood

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Death/dying

Drug use

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Vomit

In this episode of Strange Horizons @ 25, producer Michael Ireland sits down with acclaimed SF author John Scalzi to discuss his 2001 story Alien Animal Encounters, which just so happens the only story he ever submitted anywhere, plus his long and decorated career in the SFF genres.

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• Visit John Scalzi's website, or his blog, 'Whatever'
• Read his 2001 story, Alien Animal Encounters, in our archives
• Follow John on Bluesky, @scalzi
• Preorder When The Moon Hits Your Eye, out March 2025
• Find more links to John's work, along with links to everything we talk about in this episode, on the transcript page.