by C. S. E. Cooney in Uncanny Magazine Issue Eighteen
For Jill and Julia Rios Emma Anne had a tin can attached by a string to her belt. Lots of things on strings bounced and banged from it: some useful (like the pocket knife), some decorative (a length of red ribbon longer than herself, looped up), some that simply seemed interesting enough to warrant a […]
by Malinda Lo in Uncanny Magazine Issue Eighteen
1. October 31, 11:57 p.m. McKenzie shows up at the Spruce Street Guest House a few minutes before midnight, dressed all in black as if she’s some kind of ninja. She’s even got a black stocking cap pulled over her blond hair, which is sticking out from the bottom in a luminous sheet and ruining […]
by Cecilia Tan in Uncanny Magazine Issue Eighteen
I have a beef with “show, don’t tell,” and it’s not just that I have a beef with pat advice about something as complex as writing fiction. “Show, don’t tell” is supposedly “good” writing’s admonition to avoid exposition. Yes, the dreaded “infodump” is seen as a hallmark of bad writing, but it’s faulty logic to […]
by Sophie Aldred in Uncanny Magazine Issue Eighteen
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who loved to read stories to her brother. She liked to put on funny voices for all the different characters and found that she was rather good at mimicking accents and odd vocal characteristics. Sometimes her brother would beg her to stop reading as he had […]
by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas in Uncanny Magazine Issue Eighteen
I hate endings. I’m writing this in the same chair I’ve written the previous 17 “Uncanny Valleys.” It’s a squishy leather chair in the corner of the living room in our house, The Milford. The Milford is a Sears Catalog House—a kit that came to DeKalb on a train and was pieced together in 1938. […]
Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand by Fran Wilde
Down and Out in R’lyeh by Catherynne M. Valente
(available Oct 03, 2017)
At Cooney’s by Delia Sherman
(available Oct 03, 2017)
Fandom for Robots by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
(available Oct 03, 2017)
Birth, Place by Brandon O’Brien
Too Much Dystopia? by Jo Walton
A Lovesong From Frankenstein’s Monster by Ali Trotta
(available Oct 03, 2017)
The Golem of the Gravestones by Gwynne Garfinkle
(available Oct 03, 2017)
Thank You, Patreon Supporters! by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Resistance 101: Basics of Community Organizing for SF/F Creators and Consumers— Volume Four: “Don’t Let Him Catch You With Your Work Undone”—Activism for the Long Haul by Sam J. Miller and Jean Rice
(available Oct 03, 2017)
I’m Not The Only One: Why Wonder Woman Doesn’t Need to Stand Alone in Order to Stand Tall by Sarah Kuhn
(available Oct 03, 2017)
Changeable Skins, Consummate Catchphrases by Sabrina Vourvoulias
(available Oct 03, 2017)
Interview: C. S. E. Cooney by Julia Rios
Interview: Delia Sherman by Julia Rios
(available Oct 03, 2017)
