Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Two

Welcome to Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Two! All of the content will be available for purchase as an eBook (PDF, EPUB, MOBI) on January 7, 2025. The free online content will be released in two stages—half on January 7 and half on February 4.

Featuring all-new short fiction by Scott Lynch, J.R. Dawson, Tia Tashiro, Tade Thompson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Rati Mehrotra, and AnaMaria Curtis; nonfiction by Nicholas Whyte, Ai Jiang, A. T. Greenblatt, and Suzanne Walker; poetry by Kailee Pedersen, Mari Ness, Shankar Narayan, and E. N. Díaz; interviews with Scott Lynch and Rati Mehrotra by Caroline M. Yoachim; and Maxine Vee‘s Mermay – Golden Hour as the cover.

All that plus two podcasts!

Episode 62A (January 7): Editors’ Introduction; “Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson, as read by Erika Ensign; “Care for Lightning” by Mari Ness, as read by Erika Ensign; and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing J.R. Dawson.

Episode 62B (February 4): Editors’ Introduction; “The Flaming Embusen” by Tade Thompson, as read by Matt Peters; “Love Letter in Cobra Pose” by Shankar Narayan, as read by Erika Ensign; and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Tade Thompson.

About Our Cover Artist: Maxine Vee

headshot of Maxine VeeMaxine Vee is a freelance illustrator and artist based in the Greater Toronto Area. She loves creating colourful whimsical illustrations, dreamy moments, and magical scenes. She has illustrated book covers for HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury Publishing, and more.

 

In The Issue