AIEE!! WHAT IS THAT BRIGHT HOT THING IN THE SKY!!! ARE WE ALL DOOMED?!?! Wait, no. It is finally summer in the Midwest! Flowers are blooming and allergies are trying to kill us! Our seven days of Illinois spring are over, bringing the heat, humidity, and mosquito swarms! So let’s stay inside and make a […]
The weather is ping–ponging between snow, rain, and sun today, so clearly we are writing this during a Chicago April. Despite the wacky weather, the daffodils and tulips are still fighting the elements in front of our Sears catalog house to declare THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP ON THIS SPRING THING. Before we know it, […]
It’s the spring issue of Uncanny Magazine! Flowers! Trees! Wicker Men! Please feel free to read this outside in a park—unless it’s raining because that would be bad for your tech. Since this is a time of growth and renewal, we should lead with our super exciting news. Most of you will know this already […]
Welcome to 2016! The glitter ball has dropped at the Space Unicorn Rangers Corps Space Station of Squee, and we’ve welcomed a new year filled with friends, family, fun, compassion, and art. We’re writing this editorial after yet another magnificent Chicago TARDIS convention. We’ve been attending since the first one in 2000 and have managed […]
One month of Tweets, guest blog posts, costumes, videos, giveaways, constant Internet refreshing, trying to answer emails in rural Quebec, and two million ways trying to keep things fresh and fun later, the Uncanny Magazine Year Two Kickstarter is OVER. The fact that you’re reading this tells you that we were successful. Not only did […]
Crowdfunding Adventure! With this issue, we can check off the Uncanny Magazine Year One Kickstarter backer fulfillment as completed. We promised we would bring you six issues of stunning covers and passionate science fiction and fantasy fiction and poetry, gorgeous prose, and provocative nonfiction by writers from every conceivable background. Not to mention a fantastic […]
“Esteemed readers, This issue of Uncanny is delicious. Almost as delicious as the candy Julia Rios is eating RIGHT NOW.” —Julia Rios, after I offered candy to Julia on Twitter if she wrote this editorial. It’s been raining for days in DeKalb, and we’re barely avoiding a flood. Meanwhile, waves of new stories are rolling […]
Dumbo has been dancing the Cha–Cha with Horton in the middle of this Internet room this past month. We need to acknowledge that it’s been a bit rough for all of us in this community. An award we at Uncanny care deeply about has been tossed into chaos for sketchy, ridiculous reasons, complete with implausible […]
We’re writing this in the frigid past of February. Northern Illinois is in a record cold snap, and the temperatures are below zero. Wolves are circling our house—so, so hungry and so, so cold. Welcome to the third issue of Uncanny Magazine, you fabulous Space Unicorns! Hopefully, it’s warm and delightful in future March where […]
The Thomases are… happy and exhausted. As we write this, we’re finally finished with our World Tour (which included a visit to the David Bowie Is exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago). Basically, every weekend was booked, from Caitlin’s birthday in October until mid–December. This included Lynne speaking about Doctor Who at […]