PODCAST

Uncanny Magazine

A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy

All Episodes

Interview: Natalia Theodoridou

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

Natalia Theodoridou is a transmasculine writer whose stories have appeared in publications such as Kenyon Review, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and Strange Horizons, and have been translated into Italian, French, Greek, Estonian, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic. Natalia won the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction and the Nebula Award for Game Writing in 2025. He holds […]The post Interview: Natalia Theodoridou appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

I Am Insecure About My Character(s)

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

Great characters are the cornerstone of storytelling. For a story to work, the audience must bond in a meaningful way with a cast of fully realized individuals whose actions and conflicts create drama. I find that truth to be self-evident. So does pretty much any writer worth their salt. In stark contrast to that clarity, […] The post I Am Insecure About My Character(s) appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

Portrayals of Disability in The Wheel of Time, Sony...

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

(Note: this essay contains spoilers for all three seasons of Amazon Studios’s The Wheel of Time, and some mild spoilers for the book series written by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.) The woman is too fatigued to move. Far too fatigued. She also has a painful wound in her shoulder, large enough that multiple people urge her […] The post Portrayals of Disability in The Wheel of Time, Sony Pictures/Amazon Studios appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

1:12:13

Uncanny Magazine Podcast 67A

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

Welcome to Episode 67A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 67A you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: “The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker, as read by Erika Ensign Poem: “Call Us Boy.” by Somto Ihezue, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Michael Damian Thomas interviews Sarah Pinsker This podcast was produced by […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 67A appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

Who Are You Wearing?

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

“Who are you wearing?” Nadia asks whenever you step out in your exo. It’s your nine-year-old daughter’s new favorite question. But unlike its torturous predecessors (“Why?” and “How come?”), you can answer this one with relative ease. “This is Oliver S.,” you say, checking the interface display. “Furniture moving.” As usual, Nadia wants to join […] The post Who Are You Wearing? appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

He was ten when he shot his first angel. He remembers its stupid dark eyes staring at him from the foliage above, its two sets of wings flapping, the sound of something breaking. It was shortly after Uncle Pete’s funeral. The angels always spoke of heaven back then, but it’s been years they’ve been peppering […] The post And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

Anémona

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

Lips pursed on the animal’s hinge, fingers steady on wet shell. Angustia swallows the ostión in one slurp. A wave of saltwater, gills, and acid from that limonsito the seller sprayed over the oysters he collected—with hands of brine, with brackish skin—crashes into her. Angustia opens her eyes to the empty cavity she holds—a body […] The post Anémona appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

1:12:13

Call Us Boy.

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

Voices slam against a wall “boys!” …and again “windows!”…and again “running!” Voices dance to fire dimmed, till they grow faint, till they dare not speak. Mirror mirror on the wall why are these tongues running still? We are taken by things. Once, they walk, they knock, they drown in a puddle. Voices […] The post Call Us Boy. appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

The Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

I’m writing this editorial while listening to a Sundays album I first purchased in Champaign/Urbana over thirty years ago, back when I first came here for college. It’s the right kind of autumnal mopey. This will be my last fall in Champaign/Urbana. My late daughter Caitlin’s final house will soon be on the market, and […] The post The Uncanny Valley appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

Thank You, Patreon Supporters!

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for supporting us on Patreon. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Space Unicorn Ranger Corps RECRUITS a pair of enchanted gloves, Ai Lake, Aleksi Stenberg, Alice Wood, Amit Gupta, Andrew S. Fuller, Annaliese Lemmon, Bouncy Paw, Brad Munson, Bradley Z Haumont, Brian […] The post Thank You, Patreon Supporters! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

1:12:13

The Millay Illusion

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

For the whole of the year that I now look back on as the best of my life, Susanna Miller’s act began twenty-three minutes after mine ended. I went first, to warm up the crowd, followed by the dog trainer, the hypnotist, Susanna, the twin acrobats, the tenor, and lastly Frederic Bowers, the Master of […] The post The Millay Illusion appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

Prayer for Winter

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/04

It is cold, and I am a small animal compared to the heavy sky. Food to heat my blood is not plentiful. My friends are lean and sleepy. There is so much I am afraid of: that a stumble could lay a child frozen; that this blankness will never erupt into green. Please […] The post Prayer for Winter appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

“Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou Won a...

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/11/02

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! “Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou won the Best Short Story 2025 British Fantasy Award! Congratulations to Eugenia and to all of the finalists and winners! From the British Fantasy Awards website: After a crowdsourced suggestion list for eligible works, and then a period of public voting, the shortlist for this year’s British Fantasy […] The post “Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou Won a British Fantasy Award! appeared first on Uncanny

en-US

Uncanny Magazine Issue 67 Cover and Table of Contents!

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/10/27

Coming November 4, the 67th issue of the Hugo, Locus, and World Fantasy Award-winning Uncanny Magazine!! All of the content will be available in the eBook version on the day of release. The free online content will be released in 2 stages- half on day of release and half on December 2. Don’t forget eBook […]The post Uncanny Magazine Issue 67 Cover and Table of Contents! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

Brooklyn Beijing

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/09/02

When Beijing appeared on the other side of the East River, you turned off your phone. Your friends had hoped for Paris, or Rome, or Santorini, so in the soft fog of their collective disappointment you knew you would be afraid to voice how you really felt, which was that never before had the neighboring […]The post <strike>Brooklyn</strike> Beijing appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

The Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/09/02

I’m composing this editorial on the couch in my Champaign house as the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter enters its final hour. (It is still open for Late Pledges if you missed it!) I’m playing Disney theme park music as Hugo the Cat stares at squirrels outside the window and listens […] The post The Uncanny Valley appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

The Lure of Stone

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/09/02

They saw the men when they were close to reaching Elmesak; they rode two by two and all six of them were decked in crimson. Yalxi set the bedroll and the pack with their supplies down by the side of the road. She leaned on a gnarled walking stick, then drank from a hollowed gourd. […] The post The Lure of Stone appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

Thank You, Year 11 Kickstarter Backers!

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/09/02

Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for supporting us during our Year 11 Kickstarter. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Sarah Bassett, Shervyn, David Fiander, Jessica Eleri Jones, Adam L, Jenelle Clark, Joe Dicker, Ben Jacobson, J. Arneaud, Frances Rowat, Sean Johnson, terry gene, Mikaela Irish, Charles and […] The post Thank You, Year 11 Kickstarter Backers! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

47:42

The Caravan

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/09/02

The highway cut across the landscape like an old wound, a raised, scarred line on a scale we could not understand and therefore simply lived with. We could not climb the walls that held it up, could not reach the road or the caravan that roared along it for days at a time, clanking and […] The post The Caravan appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

Interview: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/09/02

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of The Bewitching, The Seventh Veil of Salome, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Mexican Gothic, and many other books. She has won the Locus, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards. “The Lure of Stone” is her second appearance in Uncanny, a beautifully crafted novella of gemstones and sorcery, set in […] The post Interview: Silvia Moreno-Garcia appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

en-US

168 results