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Uncanny Magazine
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
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Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social · 17h
Today is the 3-year anniversary of the big meeting at the children's hospital where the doctors confirmed Caitlin's terminal diagnosis, and the team changed the plan to keeping her comfortable. Caitlin had 18 more months of adventures, joy, silliness, & love after that. Much more than was expected.
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Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 14h
Read my essay in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for free — Solace in Fantasy Monster Romances and My Trans Body www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sola...

Thanks to Michael and the team for making this happen, and my friend James for their early feedback. 🏳️‍⚧️💕 #Romancelandia
Solace in Fantasy Monster Romances and My Trans Body - Uncanny Magazine
In July 2022, I lay in bed recovering from gender-affirming bottom surgery.1 Outside of two modest earlobe piercings, I’d never permanently changed my body before; to finally feel in control of my own...
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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 1d
And there is a great interview with Alaya Dawn Johnson by @michaeldthomas.bsky.social in the podcast. We learn how the story came about. Just fascinating.
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Uncanny Magazine Podcast 66B - Uncanny Magazine
Welcome to Episode 66B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 66B you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas  Story: “The Shadow on the Nest” by Alaya Dawn Johnson, as read ...
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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 1d
Listened to/read "The Shadow on the Nest" by Alaya Dawn Johnson in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 66 read by @mrmightyink.bsky.social A really powerful story which I think will benefit from listening to (or reading) a second time. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Shadow on the Nest - Uncanny Magazine
“…but what is it like, having a war criminal as your past life?” Sadie Salazar, Licensed Life Speaker, should have been professionally above the prurient interest lighting her hazel eyes, and much too...
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Glenn Carruthers 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚🪐🤖 @drnpc.bsky.social · 2d
oh my go read "The Shadow on the Nest" by Alaya Dawn Johnson, or listen to the as always amazing reading by @mrmightyink.bsky.social, in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for all the intergenerational trauma and collective responsibility feels

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The Shadow on the Nest - Uncanny Magazine
“…but what is it like, having a war criminal as your past life?” Sadie Salazar, Licensed Life Speaker, should have been professionally above the prurient interest lighting her hazel eyes, and much too...
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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · 2d
Well worth a listen. Such a well-realized world, it almost comes across more as reporting on fact than sharing fiction.
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
ICYMI, Join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps! There are many ways to SUPPORT UNCANNY MAGAZINE! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Late Kickstarter Pledges! Or just spreading the word! buff.ly/OCDkfOv
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
ICYMI, The Uncanny Magazine Podcast 66B features “The Shadow on the Nest” by Alaya Dawn Johnson, as read by Matt Peters; “Dear Saturn,” by Susan L. Lin, as read by Erika Ensign; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Alaya Dawn Johnson! buff.ly/RzJf52o
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
ICYMI, Uncanny Magazine Issue 66 Part 2 also features essays by Del Sandeen and Theo Kane; poetry by Jasmine Leng and Susan L. Lin; Caroline M. Yoachim interviewing Juliet Kahn; and Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe’s Listen To Me And I’ll Tell You A Story as the cover! buff.ly/Lm6JQFJ
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
ICYMI, Uncanny Magazine Issue 66 Part 2 features a new novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson and new short stories by Juliet Kahn and Tim Pratt! buff.ly/Lm6JQFJ
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
Space Unicorns! SPOOKY SEASON is here again! Uncanny Magazine Issue 66 Part 2 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET! buff.ly/U9e7bru
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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Juliet Kahn @sansromeo.bsky.social · 3d
My short story, SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN WITH THE ELECTRIC SERAPHIM, is live on the @uncannymagazine.bsky.social website! Read about how the true pioneers of bodiless cyberlife won’t be the Musks and Thiels of the world, but the anime club girls who wear the same hoodie to school every day! 💫
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New Uncanny Magazine Podcast 66B features “The Shadow on the Nest” by Alaya Dawn Johnson, as read by Matt Peters; “Dear Saturn,” by Susan L. Lin, as read by Erika Ensign; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Alaya Dawn Johnson! buff.ly/RzJf52o
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New Interview: Juliet Kahn by Caroline M. Yoachim! buff.ly/voAzL49
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New poem! "Caesar Says, Earthquakes Aren’t So Manifest From Space" by Jasmine Leng! buff.ly/5XMqWBt
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Shana at the Cottage @shana-nola.bsky.social · 3d
So.Ex.CITED!!!!!
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
ICYMI, SPOOKY SEASON is here again, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 66 Part 2 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET! buff.ly/U9e7bru
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New poem! "Dear Saturn", by Susan L. Lin! buff.ly/yUBUSKF
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New essay! "Solace in Fantasy Monster Romances and My Trans Body" by Theo Kane! buff.ly/PjskAYG
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New essay! "The Evolution of the Vampire Image, from Nosferatu to Sinners" by Del Sandeen! buff.ly/BENXjEL
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New story! "Wend-Way-Go" by Tim Pratt! buff.ly/YyavXyc
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New story! "Seven Minutes in Heaven with the Electric Seraphim" by Juliet Kahn! buff.ly/IjNWu9e
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
New novelette! "The Shadow on the Nest" by Alaya Dawn Johnson! buff.ly/EbUQY9a
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
ICYMI, SPOOKY SEASON is here again, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 66 Part 2 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET! buff.ly/U9e7bru
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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Brian McNett @bmcnett.bsky.social · 3d
I'm far too impoverished to be a *regular* supporter (I occasionally lob money their way), but I can ALWAYS spread the word. @uncannymagazine.bsky.social does good work, and is run by good folks. Toss them a coin!
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
Join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps! There are many ways to SUPPORT UNCANNY MAGAZINE! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Late Kickstarter Pledges! Or just spreading the word! buff.ly/OCDkfOv
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social · 3d
Anything by Alaya Dawn Johnson is worth reading! (I'm sure the whole issue is splendid)
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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 3d
Uncanny Magazine Issue 66 Part 2 features a new novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson and new short stories by Juliet Kahn and Tim Pratt! buff.ly/Lm6JQFJ
Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.
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