In the first guest interview of this series, editor Kat Kourbeti sits down with author Kate Heartfield, whose 2015 story 'Limestone, Lye, and the Buzzing of Flies' marked a turning point in her publishing career.

• Follow Kate on social media @kateheartfield, or sign up for her newsletter on her website: https://kateheartfield.com
• For fuller show notes and to read the transcript of the interview: http://strangehorizons.com/podcasts/sh25-episode2-kate-heartfield/ ‎
• Read Kate's story "Limestone, Lye, and the Buzzing of Flies": http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/limestone-lye-and-the-buzzing-of-flies/
• Kate's 2017 fund drive essay "Expanding Ambitions": http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/azimuth/expanding-ambitions/
• Buy Kate's books through Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/strange-horizons-25-guests