Space Unicorns! If you’re attending the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) (April 24-26) in Chicago this weekend, you have several chances to check out panels featuring some of Uncanny‘s staff and contributors: Friday: 2-45-3:45pm, Racebending.com Presents Creating Diverse Characters (with Managing Editor Michi Trota and Mary Robinette Kowal) 4-5pm, Get Regency with Mary Robinette […]
Coming May 5, THE FOURTH ISSUE OF UNCANNY!!! 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 2. Don’t forget eBook Subscriptions to Uncanny Magazine are available from Weightless Books. […]
First, please read Kat Howard’s phenomenal “Translatio Corporis” from Uncanny Magazine Issue 3 (or listen to Amal El-Mohtar read it on the Uncanny Magazine Podcast 3A). Future Uncanny Magazine author Liz Argall is the creator of the charming webcomic Things Without Arms and Without Legs: A Comic about Creatures Who Are Kind. Liz enjoyed “Translatio Corporis” so […]
K. T. Bradford’s recent article, “I Challenge You to Stop Reading White, Straight, Cis Male Authors for One Year” asks readers to reexamine their reading habits, step outside their comfort zones, and discover books and stories they might have otherwise overlooked: “The ‘Reading Only X Writers For A Year’ a challenge is one every person who […]
Coming March 3, THE THIRD ISSUE OF UNCANNY!!! 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 April 7. Don’t forget eBook Subscriptions to Uncanny Magazine are available from Weightless Books. Uncanny […]
Editors’ Note: Please enjoy a special weird Valentine’s Day gift for Uncanny‘s readers by Maria Dahvana Headley It was a headcold of a February day, a day for hiding in the dark, but the postmistress was out in it nonetheless, bundled but for her fingertips, moving with her cart. She came from a long line of mail […]
If you were at last year’s Nebula Awards, you were treated to award-winning author and raconteur Ellen Klages‘s tale of “The Scary Ham.” Go read it now, or watch it here starting at 12:57. We’ll wait. (The speech at the Nebula Awards is eligible for a Hugo Award in the Best Dramatic Presentation- Short Form category. […]
As most of you know, this month Uncanny Magazine is featuring Hao Jingfang’s novelette “Folding Beijing” as translated by Ken Liu. What you may not know is that it was a nominee for Best Short Story last year at the prestigious Chinese Xingyun (Nebula) Awards. Along with the Galaxy Award, this is one of the […]
It’s the time of year when people post their year in review to remind awards’ voters what’s out there that they might have missed. Here’s what Team Space Unicorn did in 2014. We appreciate your consideration. The short stories listed below are eligible in the short story categories of the SF/F awards. If you are […]
Coming January 6, THE SECOND ISSUE OF UNCANNY!!! 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 February 3. Don’t forget that eBook Subscriptions to Uncanny Magazine are available on Weightless […]