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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
Congratulations to Zara Alfonso! Zara's 2024 Uncanny Magazine cover "Stasis" won the 2025 Frank R. Paul Best Magazine Cover Art Award! buff.ly/MRSHKuq
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Breakout, Ripoff, Genre is an essay I wanted to write for years. It's how reductive ideas of originality hold many writers back, and about where inspiration really comes from. The great works are all in conversation with something.

You can read it for free at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
Breakout, Ripoff, Genre: How Fiction Outgrows Originality - Uncanny Magazine
Doom is a lot like Lord of the Rings, which is a lot like Superman. You don’t have to admit you loved Doom. In fact, you can pretend you never even heard of this videogame about a floating gun that sh...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Can I slip mine in before the deadlines?
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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A beautiful and melancholic story of people looking for meaning in the face of chaos and companionship in the face of cruelty. How would you live in a world full of fallen angels, when miracles seem impossible?

by @nassos.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels - Uncanny Magazine
He was ten when he shot his first angel. He remembers its stupid dark eyes staring at him from the foliage above, its two sets of wings flapping, the sound of something breaking. It was shortly after ...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Yeah, this week's It's Storytime, Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe, is a beautiful story that sneaks up, quietly slips its hand around your heart, and squeezes it until you think it's going to break.

I love that so many listeners love it, too.
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Try the short story "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" by Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social!

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November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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This is also the first year I had a nonfiction essay published!

“Crawling Out Of The Laptop” (in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social) is about mixed reality storytelling, the history of character fandom, and the implications of AI-powered services that utilize popular characters to “interact“ with users
Crawling out of the Laptop: On Reader-to-Character Interactions and Mixed Reality Storytelling - Uncanny Magazine
Content Note: Child suicide   On a hot summer night, Natsumi asks you to rob a 7-11 with her. You’re just a few blocks from Ebaramachi Station, the sound of the approaching local train not as loud as ...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reading 2025 fiction?

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November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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a classic american tale of a man, his dog, his no-account cousin, and his no-account cousin's weird car
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November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Try the short story "Thicker" by Eleanna Castroianni @ecastroianni.bsky.social!

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November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the short story "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" by Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social!

You can read it in the eBooks now & on the website in December!

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November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the short story "Who Are You Wearing?" by Russell Nichols @russellnichols.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

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November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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<groans appreciatively> This story is SO GOOD. What a love story to home(s)...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the short story "Anémona" by Ana Hurtado!

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November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the novelette "And on Their Graves a Fall of Angels" by Natalia Theodoridou @nassos.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the novelette "The Millay Illusion" by Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social!

You can read it here!

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November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction?

Try the short story "Wend-Way-Go" by Tim Pratt @timpratt.org!

You can read it here!

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November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM