Valerie Valdes is co-editor of the award-winning Escape Pod science fiction podcast, as well as the author of the Chilling Effect trilogy and space fantasy novel Where Peace Is Lost. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, and several anthologies. She lives in an elaborate meme palace in Georgia with her husband, children, and cats. “A Magical Correspondence, […] The post Interview: Valerie Valdes appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

There are a great many emotionally poignant moments in Evangelion 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time that stopped me in my tracks, that immediately compelled me at the computer where I watched it to pause or even take the moment back and let it bombard my senses. It’s Evangelion, so that’s expected—it’s as spiritually arresting as […] The post Like Father, Like Son: <i>Evangelion</i>, <i>Shin Kamen Rider</i>, and Masculinity appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

I To learn the craft of witches, one must cultivate the pillars of magical living: curiosity, attentiveness, and perseverance. Those who are curious desire to understand the mysteries of the world; those who are attentive observe and apply their focus to achieving that understanding; those who persevere embrace the challenges inherent in the unending pursuit […] The post A Magical Correspondence, to the Tune of Heartstrings appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

Welcome to Episode 57B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 57B you will hear: Introduction: Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky Short Story: “The Best-Ever Cosplay of Whistle and Midnight” by Annalee Newitz, as read by Erika Ensign Poem: “The Sea-Witches at Nightfall” by Tiffany Morris, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 57B appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

The dose hits, blindsiding me with a gentle, warm light, and at once each of my trembled breaths is filled with a sweet taste like water ice. I will float over every ache and smooth over every edge until I indulge in the deliberate, ponderous, redshifted joy of living. And indulge it is. Even though […] The post Redshift ||| Shiftred appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

The thirty-third annual convention for the Lefthand Metro Worm Cosplayers Club was, not surprisingly, ruined by drama. Helk, the convention committee chair, was a micromanager, which meant that they weren’t allowing anyone else to do anything. And that meant nothing got done. Including arrangements with the venue they’d been working with for the past twenty […] The post The Best-Ever Cosplay of Whistle and Midnight appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

Clutched in cold hands and freed to blue topographies a sacred transmission pulses as the light lowers a bright chorus metewintoq is heard singing from night’s dark throat— Each moment is a pearl spat from shell gesigawitgl they flow swiftly— into our depths, where we divine the future far from the closed mouth of the […] The post The Sea-Witches at Nightfall appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

We ship ourselves in the deep blue sea. Our hands oars, memories the only compass working backwards, downwards, abysswards. We metal our way on the waves, wave ourselves just above the surface. We don’t need to surface to breathe. Breathing rusts our joints, the salt rots our synthetic connections, iodine burns our synapses, touch screens […] The post In blue sight appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

Wonderful news, Space Unicorns! “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Short Fiction! Congratulations to P. Djèlí Clark and to all of the finalists! From the BSFA website: The BSFA Awards have been presented annually since 1970. The awards are voted […] The post “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark Won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Short Fiction! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

PHENOMENAL news, Space Unicorns! Four Uncanny Magazine stories are finalists for the prestigious Hugo Award! “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer is a finalist for the Best Novelette Hugo Award, “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker is a finalist for the Best Novelette Hugo Award, “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. […] The post Four Uncanny Stories, Uncanny Magazine, and Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Are 2024 Hugo Award Finalists! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more