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The Liminality of Community Loss

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2024/10/01

Late 2021, the ministry I used to serve in as an administrative assistant sent a memo saying that they were removing COVID-distancing restrictions. All those who weren’t immunity-compromised should come back to the office to work in person. Before COVID shut down our office, our building was filled to capacity as we were going through […] The post The Liminality of Community Loss appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Scalzi on Film: 20th Century Cinematic Science...

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2024/10/01

We are now in the year of 2024, for better or worse, which means there are entire adults with college degrees who have existed only and solely in the twenty-first century. And while there is nothing wrong with that (although, sorry, kids, I wish we had made a better century for you), it does mean […] The post Scalzi on Film: 20th Century Cinematic Science Fiction Starter Pack appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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To Hunt a Chimera

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2024/10/01

We march into the early green, twelve disciples before civil dawn when dense fens are still black and the gulf behind us teased for more time with whitecaps, blue sea stars, and devil rays. An hour passes in the beginning, our party wet from thick-shade everglade mangroves to a mound of prize shells rising […] The post To Hunt a Chimera appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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¡Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror

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2024/10/01

Content Note: Queerphobia, religious trauma, police brutality, violence towards animals, domestic violence, & the sexualization of feminine bodies I Our Most Detestable Shape Never forget you are their monster. That’s the first rule we tell you, crammed between us in the back of Paola’s dad’s vintage ’22 Dodge Challenger, his project car he lets […] The post ¡Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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A Menu of First Favorite Meals

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/10/01

Monday: Fluffernutter Sandwich You smile and greet me by name when I arrive: “Hi, Mira, please come in.” It’s the same polite smile you give the doctors. You know who I am, but my identity is just a fact shoved into your brain, equally weighted alongside millions of others: The sky is blue. The […] The post A Menu of First Favorite Meals appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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“Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R.S.A. Garcia...

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2024/09/06

Spectacular news, Space Unicorns! “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R.S.A. Garcia won the Sturgeon Memorial Award! Plus, “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer was third-place runner up!!! Congratulations to Rhonda, Naomi, and to all of the finalists! From Locus Magazine: Established in 1987 by James Gunn and the heirs of Theodore Sturgeon, including his partner Jayne […]The post “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R.S.A. Garcia Won the Sturgeon Memorial Award!! appeared first

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The Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

This is all so very hard. As most of you know, our daughter Caitlin passed away on April 17, and we are still very raw and in pain. We wrote about our feelings on Black Gate. Caitlin was the absolute best of us. We love her so very much. The Thomases are still living through […] The post The <i>Uncanny</i> Valley appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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The 6% Squeeze

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

Miles checks very carefully that what he’s being asked to do is impossible. He has a template for the packaging, supplied by the licensor, with a note at the top stating this template cannot be altered in any way. Miles also has the style bible prepared by the Mr Zeb brand management team, which must […] The post The 6% Squeeze appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Growing Up in Fiction

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

I was a precocious child. Nothing escaped my attention, which is why when one sunny afternoon, during a family walk, my mom’s sudden exclamation put me in high alarm. Although I was only six years old, I believed myself to be her protector. I tried to catch her urgent whispering to my father. He first […] The post Growing Up in Fiction appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Festival of Scales and Teeth

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2024/09/03

We step heavy but rise soaring. The dead want a good show. It’s a requiem, not a revel. Wise woman cackles, says we won’t live through the night. Roving are the sharks, hanging over this spot of muck from which we rise to remember the devoured departed. Lights swing clam-swathed. Shouts echo, grief and feral […] The post Festival of Scales and Teeth appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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It’s a Wonderful (Doctor Who) Life

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

Saturday 22nd June 2024 I creep into the guest room where William’s friends are fast asleep and try to pull out cardboard boxes full of At Childhood’s End and Origin Stories from under the bed. I’m proud to have contributed to both these books in a big way, and I’m thrilled to be asked to […] The post It’s a Wonderful (<i>Doctor Who</i>) Life appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Uncanny Magazine Podcast 60A

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

Welcome to Episode 60A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 60A you will hear: Introduction: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Story: “Cursed Moon Queers” by Natalia Theodoridou, as read by Erika Ensign Story: “The 6% Squeeze” by Eddie Robson, as read by Matt Peters Story: “The Wrong Time Travel Story” by Marissa […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 60A appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Dreams on a Tamarind Road

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2024/09/03

When the flying fiery horses come for me I want to wear the apocalypse like beautiful sheaths of unicorn wings on my skin—I want the camisole, the jar, the torch, the dead wall clock to mean something cherubic & healing. Healing is when a man with a bullet wound walks into a field of daisies […] The post Dreams on a Tamarind Road appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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The Wrong Time Travel Story

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

You were supposed to get one of the good kinds of time travel, not this. Yours was supposed to involve someone super-famous, someone whose name you did not have to explain using four to five wikis and approximate years because even you didn’t quite know when they were born. Failing the famous angle, your parents […] The post The Wrong Time Travel Story appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Another Girl Under the Iron Bell

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

Content note: violence, sexual abuse, suicide, cannibalism There is no limit to the number of curses in the world. For each one the monks try to exorcise, ten more take its place. We are not here because we enjoy it though. Please don’t misunderstand. As you dip into steaming bath waters, entwine your bodies […] The post Another Girl Under the Iron Bell appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Cursed Moon Queers

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

I’m getting ready for the block party: dark eyeliner, obligatory silver glitter (we’re on the moon, after all, we have our fashions), beard trimmed to perfection, hair carefully dishevelled. I do my best, yet the good mood won’t stay on, no matter what I try. Because the moon is cursed, isn’t it, and I feel […] The post Cursed Moon Queers appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Thank You, Patreon Supporters!

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2024/09/03

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 Jens Polikeit, Sabrina, fidric, Marie Jackson, Sonny Phillips, Joe Pickering, Wichael Tellez, David, Glenn Carruthers, Emily Crossen, Catharine Roseberry, Ibrahem Wasti, Katie Sinkoski, Jenny Barber, Dawn […] The post Thank You, Patreon Supporters! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Interview: Angela Liu

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/09/03

Angela Liu is a Nebula-, Ignyte-, and Rhysling-nominated writer/poet from NYC who writes about intergenerational trauma and weird things. She formerly researched mixed reality storytelling at Keio University in Japan. Her stories and poetry are published in Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld, The Dark, Interzone Digital, Lightspeed, khōréō, and Logic(s), among others. “Another Girl Under the Iron Bell” is her second story (and […] The post Interview: Angela Liu appeared first on Uncanny

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 60 Cover and Table of Contents!

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2024/08/26

Coming September 3, the 60th issue of the Hugo 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 October 1. Don’t forget eBook Subscriptions to Uncanny Magazine are available […]The post Uncanny Magazine Issue 60 Cover and Table of Contents! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Two Uncanny Magazine Stories and the Thomases Are...

Uncanny Magazine ·

2024/08/11

Excellent award news, Space Unicorns! The World Fantasy Award finalists have been announced! “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark and “Waystation City” by A. T. Greenblatt are finalists for the Best Short Fiction World Fantasy Award! Also, Editors-in-Chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are finalists for the Special Award–Non-Professional […]The post Two Uncanny Magazine Stories and the Thomases Are World Fantasy Award Finalists

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