Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! “The Year Without Sunshine”  by Naomi Kritzer is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under a Bridge” by Eugenia Triantafyllou  is a Best Novelette Locus Award finalist, “A Soul in the World” by […] The post Uncanny Magazine, the Thomases, and Six Uncanny Stories Are Locus Award Finalists! appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

Hollywood’s highest-paid actress for the last two years breaks up with me thirty seconds before I jump out a window. Secrets have never been Adelle Tremaine’s style. She lives for drama even off the stage. So when she storms onto the set, makeup smeared and heels dangling from one white-knuckled fist, I know there’s a […] The post Mirage in Double Vision appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

Truly, this world is blessed with riches, because it now has two different cinematic versions of the Dune universe: The 1984 version, directed by David Lynch, and the version from director Denis Villeneuve, which is comprised of two films, 2021’s Dune Part One and the rather expectedly named Dune Part 2, which came out this year, forty […] The post Scalzi on Film: The Aesthetics of Spectacle: A Look at <i>Dune</i> in 1984 and 2024 appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

Welcome to Episode 58A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 58A you will hear: Introduction: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Story: “Happily Ever After Comes Round” by Sarah Rees Brennan, as read by Erika Ensign  Poem: “there are no taxis for the dead” by Angela Liu, as read by Matt Peters Interview: […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 58A appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

       Your magick is this:            kindness and shadow, fireflies of hope                        burning like embers—            everything you touch signs a raven song, a fairytale,            a reminder that love finds us even in the […] The post The High Priestess Writes a Love Letter to The Magician appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

Arkady Martine is the author of the Teixcalaan series, the novella Rose/House, a multitude of short stories, and various other science fiction, fantasy, & horror. She is also Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, who is a Byzantinist, a climate & energy policy analyst, and a city planner. She is currently the policy director for the New Mexico […] The post Interview: Arkady Martine appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

Answer 1: Your mother was right. I get pissed off upset too easily, and I can’t be trusted with money. I can make a lot of excuses but the clearest answer is she’s always been right about our fights everything. She thinks your best chances are by her raising you with her folks. The mines aren’t […] The post Five Answers to Questions You Probably Have appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

I’ve been a working screenwriter for twenty-five years. While I’ve done a few uncredited rewrites on the feature film side, for me movies are just a dalliance. I’ve spent the majority of my career working in television because that’s where my heart lies. I want to work on things that actually get made. And I […] The post Writing Inside a Box appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

            The horse brings you home wading through summer rain, reminds you             not to stare too long at the halo of light the flicker of streetlamps, metal heads bowed over fogged streets your bad knee doesn’t mind the long ride anymore       […] The post there are no taxis for the dead appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more

(Editor’s Note: This editorial was written before Caitlin Thomas’s passing on April 17, 2024, 1 a.m., in the Lurie Children’s Hospital PICU. The Uncanny staff all offer their condolences to the Thomases. A memorial to Caitlin will appear in Issue 59.) It’s been a rollercoaster for the Uncanny Thomases. As of writing this editorial, our daughter, Caitlin, […] The post The <i>Uncanny</i> Valley appeared first on Uncanny Magazine ..read more