New fiction editor

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The Strange Horizons fiction department is pleased to announce that a new editor is joining us: Karen Meisner.

The selection process was a long one: it took us nearly six weeks to decide among the 17 candidates. It was great to see so many interested and interesting applicants; thanks to all who applied!

Karen is currently traveling in Israel and Sweden, so she won't be officially starting until sometime next week. In the meantime, if you want to take a look at a photo of her extremely cute son, The Mighty Tot, or read entertaining conversations between her and her husband Pär, I direct your attention to the remaining partial archives of her former online journal, "Thought Experiment."

Um. That paragraph kind of got away from me. What I meant to say was this:

Welcome aboard, Karen!

9 Responses to “New fiction editor”

  1. Mike

    Congrats to Karen, and a big sigh of relief must be in order for you and Susan. Great news!

  2. Jon

    Congratulations to you all. Well done. Pip pip! Etc.

  3. David Moles

    Anyone who can write something like this —

    [Keanu Reeves’] face is so devoid of expression that instead of inviting you to wonder what (if anything) is going on in his mind, it forces you to look at the surface, turning him into basically a very dynamic piece of decorative art.

    — or this —

    K: I want to see [High Art] too, but I don’t think it’s exactly a fun night out. It’s about heroin junkies and their relationship.

    P: Maybe they will have sex. They are lesbians, right?

    K: They’re heroin junkies. If they have sex, it probably won’t be all that great.

    — is okay in my book.

  4. Jenn Reese

    Excellent choice!

  5. Hannah

    Excellent! Now, can you tell us what sort of bribe she likes best? Cash? Chocolate? Kittens?

  6. Jed

    Good question, Hannah. But I’m distressed that nobody ever asked what sort of bribe Susan and I like best. Does this mean Karen gets more bribes just ’cause she’s new? That seems unfair to me.

  7. David Moles

    I just figured both of you had too much integrity to even answer a question like that, and I’d have to be more subtle about it.

  8. Hannah

    No, no, not that at all. We’ve all asked around — of course we have! The problem is figuring out how to make it work as an e-mail attachment. Must make sure you know which story the bribe is for after all.

    Yeah, that’s it.

  9. Karen

    Naturally, I have too much integrity as well, and cannot be bribed. I will mention just by the way that I enjoy both chocolate and cash. Kittens, not so much, unless we’re talking poker?

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