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Paul: “What’s in the box?” Rev. Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam: “Pain.” The summer after my tatay died, I went into his study and pulled every single science fiction novel from the shelves to send to Reading, Pennsylvania, where I was moving to start high school and live with my mother’s oldest brother and his […]
Nowhere is color psychology, the theory that colors affect mood and attract or repel us, more recklessly applied than in marketing and branding. Brands signal to your subconscious, using long-established codes and associations. When they’re working to build trust, they show you that in white and blue. Green means health. Red means blood as in […]
Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for supporting us on Patreon. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Space Unicorn Ranger Corps RECRUITS Danielle, a pair of enchanted gloves, noellapin, Titus Fortner, Andrew Gregg, Nadine Noll, Anitra Heiberg Lykke, Andrew S. Fuller, Aleksi Stenberg, Karen, Damien Neil, Not_the_brain, james qualters, […]
I’ve always had trouble going outside. Depression, anxiety, and slight agoraphobia have crafted me into a creature content to stay at home. Trips away from my hearth are for necessities like work or errands. Vacations are rather unheard of. Sometimes I will travel farther afield, to a bigger city nearby, and I usually spend the […]
[O-1 Immigrant artist petition for an individual of extraordinary ability. Please list 6-9 significant artistic productions in which you played a leading role. Include all press, awards, and prizes received by each production.] In November of 2018, I braved subway construction, delayed trains and biting winds to make my way into Manhattan for a very […]
I had just been to a first-run showing of the original Star Wars when I started keeping a notebook of my plans for outer space. The stories there came with star maps and spaceship diagrams. It was a galactic conquest, but of a benevolent sort. That was a long while ago, but still on the scale […]
Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for supporting us on Patreon. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Space Unicorn Ranger Corps RECRUITS Titus Fortner, Andrew Gregg, Nadine Noll, Anitra Heiberg Lykke, Andrew S. Fuller, Aleksi Stenberg, Karen, Damien Neil, Not_the_brain, james qualters, Gillian Daniels, Maria Schrater, Roy Ha, Leetmeister, […]
While the Black Lives Matter movement is finally receiving long-overdue mainstream focus, there are many separate social issues beneath that wide umbrella. One of the topics gaining attention right now in the quest for true equality is representation in literature. Hence, Black creators’ promotion of Black Voices Matter. A quick perusal of that hashtag on […]
If optimism stems from the belief that things can get better from the current moment, then surely the middle of 2020 gives us more scope for optimism than any time in our lifetimes so far, in multiple directions. Scope, of course, is not the same thing as grounds. Every week we combine the ongoing major […]
[A disclaimer before this article commences. The use of the word gypsy is a privilege of ethnicity, not of gadje, or non-Roma people. It is considered by many Roma a pejorative. While some gypsies are fine with it as common usage—the Romanichal of the UK are often fine with it, and many Spanish gypsies will […]
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