In the third episode of Writing While Disabled, Kristy Anne Cox and Kate Johnston sit down with author Donyae Coles for a frank and candid discussion around adjusting one's life and writing processes around one's disability, finding support to help with the tasks that become difficult, and how genre can lend itself to telling disabled stories authentically.

Show notes:

• This episode was produced and hosted by Kristy Anne Cox and Kate Johnston, and edited, mixed, and transcribed by Kat Kourbeti.
• The theme song, "Funky - Upbeat Loop" by ispeakwaves, is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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• Buy 'Midnight Rooms' by Donyae Coles here.
• Find Donyae's short fiction linked on her website.
• Follow Donyae on Bluesky and Instagram.
• Find Kristy on her website here.

Our fund drive for 2026 is now live!

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Vote for Strange Horizons in the Hugo Awards!

• We have two poems, a novelette, and the magazine all on the 2025 Hugo Awards ballot! Get your WSFS and/or virtual Seattle Worldcon membership on their website, and you can cast your vote now.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Ariel Marken Jack's 'Sister, Silkie, Siren, Shark' read by Emmie Christie.

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Content Warnings:

• Disregard for personal autonomy
• Blood
• Body transformation
• Death/dying
• Pregnancy
• Rape/sexual assault

In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents R.B. Lemberg's A City on It's Tentacles' read by Jenna Hanchey.

You can read the full text of the story, and more about R.B. Lemberg ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Content Warnings:

• Disregard for personal autonomy
• Body transformation
• Death/dying
• Drug use
• Suicide

In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, editor Kat Kourbeti talks to Nghi Vo about how Strange Horizons kickstarted her publishing journey, her weird and interesting life before writing took off, and the fearlessness it takes to make a writing career happen.

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Episode show notes:

• Read Nghi's work in our archives
• Follow Nghi on Bluesky or visit her website, nghivo.com
• Buy her newest book, Don't Sleep With the Dead
• Find more links to her work and other things as you read the transcript on our website.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Elle Engel's 'Half Sick of Shadows' read by Emmie Christie

You can read the full text of the story, and more about Elle Engel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Content Warnings:

• Disregard for personal autonomy
• Blood
• Child abuse
• Death/dying
• Drug use
• Dysphoria
• Incest
• Spiders/insects
• Suicide

In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, editor Kat Kourbeti talks to Naomi Kritzer about her non-linear writing journey, imagining positive futures, and how to deal with the world catching up to your near-future specfic.

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Episode show notes:

• Read Naomi's work in our archives.
• Visit Naomi's website, or follow her on Bluesky.
• Order her latest book, Liberty's Daughter, featuring all of the previously serialised Seastead stories from F&SF Magazine.
• Find more links to her work, along with everything else we talked about today, peppered throughout the transcript on our website.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Kat Kourbeti reads Premee Mohamed's Hugo Finalist Novelette 'By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars'.

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Content Warnings:

• Blood
• Child abuse
• Violence/combat

In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, editor Kat Kourbeti talks to Charlie Jane Anders about her Strange Horizons publications dating all the way back to 2002, charting her journey as a writer and her experience with the magazine over 20 years, as well as her love for community events and bringing people together.

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Episode show notes:

• Read Charlie Jane's stories in our archives
• Visit Charlie Jane's website, or follow her on Bluesky
• Pre-order Charlie Jane's upcoming novel, Lessons in Magic and Disaster.
• Find more links to her work, along with everything else we talked about today, peppered throughout the episode transcript on our website.