by D.A. Xiaolin Spires in Uncanny Magazine Issue Thirty-One
I’m told that the recipe never changes. It’s the same taro congee day after day, no added powders or ingredients. The taste is supposed to be consistent with only a few shifts in nutrients. I palm the sensoring pad and the vending machine squeezes it out from the robot with the mixing bowl behind glass. […]
by Michi Trota in Uncanny Magazine Issue Thirty-One
So here we are, Space Unicorns. After five years, 31 issues, and countless essays, my time as part of Uncanny’s editorial staff has come to an end. The previous issue, Issue 30/Disabled People Destroy Fantasy!, was my last issue as Managing Editor, and this issue in your hands contains the last five essays I had […]
by Brandon O’Brien in Uncanny Magazine Issue Thirty-One
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. By the time you’re reading this, the Todd Phillips film Joker will have been in theatres for a while and the word is out: it’s a pretty astounding film. It’s also… worrying many, to say the least. Having seen it on opening day, I am inclined to […]
by Alexandra Erin in Uncanny Magazine Issue Thirty-One
It’s been said that whoever writes in the field of science fiction stands on the shoulders of giants, the towering titans of yesteryear. Their hard work built the playground; we just play in it. At the risk of thoroughly mixing those two metaphors, it occurs to me that even if we allow for the existence of […]
by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas in Uncanny Magazine Issue Thirty-One
Hugo the Uncanny Cat has become extra cuddly, so it’s clearly autumn. Finally, the air is crisp, pumpkin spice laces everything, and skeletons and Christmas lights battle for boxstore shelf supremacy. This is our favorite time of year. Except for our leaf-mold allergies. Those are fucking terrible. In other November traditions, here’s the first issue […]
by G. Willow Wilson in Uncanny Magazine Issue Thirty-One
Much, possibly too much, has already been said about the craft of writing fiction, most of it by authors who possess a lot more by way of genius than I do. Yet as more and more prose authors take up writing monthly comic book series—superhero comics, creator-owned comics, licensed books of all kinds—and more and […]
A Time to Reap by Elizabeth Bear
Peridot and Rain by Laura Anne Gilman
(available Dec 03, 2019)
Black Flowers Blossom by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
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A Mindreader’s Guide to Surviving Your First Year at the All-Girls Superhero Academy by Jenn Reese
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Without Prayer or the Place in the Forest by Sonya Taaffe
The Wooden Box by Annie Neugebauer
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Manananggal by Sylvia Santiago
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Thank You, Year 6 Kickstarter Backers! by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
Thank You, Patreon Supporters! by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
As You Know, Bob… by Jeannette Ng
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Confessions of an Adjacent Geek by Keidra Chaney
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Interview: Elizabeth Bear by Caroline M. Yoachim
Interview: Jenn Reese by Caroline M. Yoachim
(available Dec 03, 2019)
