Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Five
Welcome to Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Five! All of the content will be available for purchase as an eBook (PDF, EPUB, MOBI) on July 1, 2025. The free online content will be released in two stages—half on July 1 and half on August 5.
Featuring all-new short fiction by John Chu, Catherynne M. Valente, Shveta Thakrar, Emma Törzs, Daniel H. Wilson, Jordan Taylor, and A. W. Prihandita; essays by J. R. Dawson, Brandon O’Brien, Charlie Jane Anders, and Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne; poetry by Lora Gray, Shankar Narayan, Avra Margariti, and Prosper C. Ìféányí; interviews with Catherynne M. Valente and Daniel H. Wilson by Caroline M. Yoachim; and Nilah Magruder’s The Duet as the cover.
All that plus two podcasts!
Episode 65A (July 1): Editor’s Introduction; “The Diner at the Intersection of Duty and Despair” by John Chu, as read by Matt Peters; “Soft, Your Grief, and Leporine” by Lora Gray, as read by Erika Ensign; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing John Chu.
Episode 65B (August 5): Editor’s Introduction; “The Garden” by Emma Törzs, as read by Erika Ensign; “Wishbone” by Prosper C. Ìféányí, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Emma Törzs.
About Our Cover Artist: Nilah Magruder
Nilah Magruder is based in Maryland. She is the co-author of Creaky Acres, a middle-grade graphic novel, and the author of M.F.K., a middle-grade graphic novel and winner of the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, How to Find a Fox, and Wutaryoo. She has published short stories in Fireside Magazine, FIYAH Magazine, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages, and Fiery Deeps. Nilah is the first Black woman to write for Marvel Comics and created the character Spider-Byte for Marvel’s Spider-Geddon event. She has illustrated children’s books for Disney-Hyperion, Scholastic, and Penguin Random House, and works as a writer and storyboard artist in television animation. She is currently making graphic novels for middle-grade and young adult readers. When she is not working, Nilah is baking, gardening, and herding her assortment of cats, dogs, and chickens.