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Pale Serpent, Green Serpent

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2025/05/06

We play this game every time we meet, and I’ve never lost yet. Our meetings have become ritual by now: me and Tsing, once every few seasons, or years, or decades, or however long it takes for one of us to buckle from the weight of our individual lonelinesses and contact the other first. It’s […]The post Pale Serpent, Green Serpent appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Get Lost! How Whereness Deepens Fiction

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2025/05/06

For some time now, there’s been a great deal of talk in SF/F circles about worldbuilding. My students ask about it all the time—tricks to make sure everything fits together, to make sure all the little details and bits of history they’ve created land perfectly with readers. I agree with them that establishing the place, […] The post Get Lost! How Whereness Deepens Fiction appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War

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2025/05/06

Kestrel House There have been portals to the Fae realm for at least as long as humans have had fairy tales, but the first one deliberately engineered by humans was opened in an abandoned amusement park thirty-five miles northeast of Antiphony. The historic event was observed from a safe distance by a team of army […] The post Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Letter to My Future Reader

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2025/05/06

Old English rǣdere ‘interpreter of dreams, reader’ Future reader, you first saw me before I saw you. I was reading then, but afterwards the machine projected your poetry, a digital translation of what you read and see. I liked it slow. Me: I saw this poetry first before I saw you. Poetry is a […] The post Letter to My Future Reader appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Vivisection

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2025/05/06

Content note: mental and physical abuse Eleanor’s heart is in the kitchen, stashed behind the spices, because Severine doesn’t cook. At first, it was hidden in the sugar canister, but then all Eleanor could think about—all day long—was tiny grains adhering to the venae cavae, the valves, the ventricles, and dissolving into glaze. So […] The post Vivisection appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Uncanny Magazine Podcast 64A

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/05/06

Welcome to Episode 64A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 64A you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: “Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War” by Caroline M. Yoachim, as read by Erika Ensign Poem: “A Full Belly” by Elizabeth Hart Bergstrom, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Michael Damian Thomas interviews Caroline M. […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 64A appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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A Full Belly

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/05/06

Last night it rained peas. From the pockets of the princess’s gown they scattered across the city streets, leaving a trail like Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumbs. Now hungry children gather up the dried green peas and dream of a real dinner. They tell the story of a girl who won a royal wedding by sleeping […] The post A Full Belly appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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The Uncanny Valley

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/05/06

As I write this, the calendar is only days away from the one-year anniversary of the death of my amazing daughter, Caitlin. Sorrow weighs down my heart. For the rest of the world, life continues without her, though terrifying things fill the news and our social media. Terrible changes surround us, but there is also […] The post The <i>Uncanny</i> Valley appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Interview: Angela Liu

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2025/05/06

Angela Liu is a Chinese-American writer/poet who writes about intergenerational trauma and weird things. She is a two-time Nebula Award Finalist and Astounding Award nominee. Her work has also been nominated for the Hugo, Ignyte, and Rhysling Awards. She used to research mixed reality storytelling at Keio University in Japan and now splits her time […] The post Interview: Angela Liu appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Thank You, Patreon Supporters!

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2025/05/06

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

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Barbershops of the Floating City

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2025/05/06

Content note: child abuse You used to be in a band. Now you cut hair. The Institute hired you because you’re the daughter of the Floating City’s Founder’s fourth mistress, the one who always cooks up trouble when she gets too hungry. You don’t like the work, but you like all the different scissors. […] The post Barbershops of the Floating City appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Doing the Math

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2025/05/06

Content note: miscarriage I leave things behind. My favorite peacoat in a hotel closet, the Süskind novel Perfume in a bathroom stall at Heathrow, my keys in the refrigerator, and so on. “I leave things” sounds purposeful—as though my coat were a clue, a breadcrumb, deliberately planted for a stranger to stumble upon. This […] The post Doing the Math appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Uncanny Magazine, Michael Damian Thomas & Lynne M....

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2025/05/02

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! “A Stranger Knocks” by Tananarive Due is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “Another Girl Under the Iron Bell” by Angela Liu is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “Three Faces of a Beheading” by Arkady Martine is a Best Short Story Locus Award finalist, and “Stitched […]The post Uncanny Magazine, Michael Damian Thomas & Lynne M. Thomas, and Five Uncanny Stories

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 64 Cover and Table of Contents!

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2025/04/28

Coming May 6, the 64th 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 June 3. Don’t forget eBook […] The post Uncanny Magazine Issue 64 Cover and Table of Contents! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Time loop for the day I die.

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2025/04/01

At an open bar in Sarkin Pawa the night was flourishing to Burna Boy’s las las. Our bodies were getting drowned in our beers; the bandits have invaded and conquered Sharp-Kona. Some voice drunken in the music tells us to run. something hit a man dancing to the music; […]The post Time loop for the day I die. appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Interview: Eugenia Triantafyllou

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2025/04/01

Eugenia Triantafyllou is a Greek author and artist with a flair for dark things. Her work has won the Shirley Jackson Award and has been nominated for the Ignyte, Locus, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. She is a graduate of Clarion West writers workshop. You can find her stories in Reactor.com, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, Apex, […] The post Interview: Eugenia Triantafyllou appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Unbury

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2025/04/01

Content note: rape and violence against women Part 1: The Dirt Hole & Its Variations Avie Thornaby is digging a hole. Beside him the victrola plays, the vinyl warped, the music woozy. Behind him leans a sign, knocked to a chaotic angle, paint faded so the words “LOST LAKE” are barely visible. It’s dark […] The post Unbury appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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The Island with the Animals

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2025/04/01

It’s a game, Sage tells Brianna, the island with the animals. She is the third of Brianna’s clients to mention it, but the first to explain. You played as this cosmetic vivisectionist at an island resort. You assisted the resident plastic surgeon. “You get him whatever he needs, dyes and patterns and skin and stuff,” […] The post The Island with the Animals appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Red-Coded and Weary

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/04/01

As all good girls in red coats know, it isn’t the threat of going in but coming out of the forest that breeds discomfort. You’re used to finding dead moths in your pockets, mice barrettes clipped to your hair. You’ve wrestled tree roots, chewed darkness like sap, […] The post Red-Coded and Weary appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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Ncuti to the Moon Take Two: Reflecting on the...

Uncanny Magazine ·

2025/04/01

I wrote “Ncuti to the Moon” in 2023 before Doctor Who fans had clear information on plot lines or other details on the season. There was so much hope and excitement, especially among Black Whovians who never expected to see someone like them as the Doctor. Now that the 2024 Christmas Special “Joy to the […] The post Ncuti to the Moon Take Two: Reflecting on the Fifteenth Doctor’s First Season appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.

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