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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 55, “The Lotus Flower Gift " by Paul Lewin: The large face of a woman with dark skin has her left hand held out, on her palm sit two people also with dark skin. The boy is wearing a mask and holding out a lotus flower in a bubble as if in offering. The woman is holding up an umbrella to shield them both from the orange sun in the background. A butterfly and a hummingbird are flying by. The quote reads: "During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the civil disorder or both."ALT

ICYMI! Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the novelette “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer!

It is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, is a Locus Award finalist, is a finalist for the Nebula Awards, and came in 2nd place in the Uncanny Reader Poll!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here:

The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we s
Uncanny Magazine
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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 52, “Low-season Mars Tourist" by Antonio Javier Caparo: A woman in an orange spacesuit is halfway up the stairs holding up a phone and taking photographs of her surroundings. These consist of several tanks containing alien specimens, the shapes of these tanks vary from square to orbs to rectangles. There is a desert-sand-like feel to the surroundings and in the background the sky is a light amber color, the quote reads: "It was dark, and mottled with the characteristic patterning of silver-eye fungus. The tea inside was trembling—the faint vibrations from the Mausoleum, the dead ships’ atrophied motors that would never again allow them to hang, weightless, among the stars."ALT

ICYMI! Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the short story “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard!

It is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story and is also a Locus Award finalist!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here:

The Mausoleum's Children - Uncanny Magazine
Thuận Lộc stared at the cup.  It was dark, and mottled with the characteristic patterning of silver-eye fungus. The tea inside was trembling
Uncanny Magazine
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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 50, “Sharps and Soft” by Galen Dara: A woman lies on her back, palms open upward as a series of swords surround her. Wings unfurl from her back casting an almost protective shield. On the upper left there is the head of a snake, and scattered throughout the image there are pieces of the snake, blood a bright cyan tinge where the swords have cut through. Her dress is white and behind her a bright white moon is visible, and the quote says "Aden had never once forgotten his gear for bulk trash day, but he found it touching that Nura still taped a monthly reminder note on the door from the kitchen to the garage. Sweet of her to remember, given how exhausted med school had her these days. He ducked out to the garage to toss gloves, a mask, and protective goggles into his pickup."ALT

ICYMI! Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the novelette “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker!

It is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette and is also a Locus Award finalist!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here:

One Man's Treasure - Uncanny Magazine
Aden had never once forgotten his gear for bulk trash day, but he found it touching that Nura still taped a monthly reminder note on the doo
Uncanny Magazine
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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 50, “Sharps and Soft” by Galen Dara: A woman lies on her back, palms open upward as a series of swords surround her. Wings unfurl from her back casting an almost protective shield. On the upper left there is the head of a snake, and scattered throughout the image there are pieces of the snake, blood a bright cyan tinge where the swords have cut through. Her dress is white and behind her a bright white moon is visible, and the quote says "Across from him, Barnaby put down the daily he’d been reading and sipped from his own beer. Pulling out a handkerchief to dab froth from his lips, he scratched thoughtfully at a set of ginger muttonchops. 'If it is ambition alone that lifts up men, then why friend Trevor are you here?'"ALT

ICYMI! Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the short story “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark!

It is a Hugo finalist for Best Short Story, is a Locus Award finalist, won the BSFA Award, and came in 5th place in the Uncanny Reader Poll!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here:

How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub - Uncanny Magazine
“Ambition!” Trevor emphasized, rapping knuckles hard on the wood table. “That is what makes the great men!” He took a satisfied swallow from
Uncanny Magazine
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The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 55, “The Lotus Flower Gift " by Paul Lewin: The large face of a woman with dark skin has her left hand held out, on her palm sit two people also with dark skin. The boy is wearing a mask and holding out a lotus flower in a bubble as if in offering. The woman is holding up an umbrella to shield them both from the orange sun in the background. A butterfly and a hummingbird are flying by. The quote reads: "During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the civil disorder or both."ALT

Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the novelette “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer!

It is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, is a Locus Award finalist, is a finalist for the Nebula Awards, and came in 2nd place in the Uncanny Reader Poll!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here:

The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we s
Uncanny Magazine
scifi fantasy scififantasy fiction shortstory fantasyart scifiart speculativefiction amreading amreadingscifi amreadingfantasy
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 52, “Low-season Mars Tourist" by Antonio Javier Caparo: A woman in an orange spacesuit is halfway up the stairs holding up a phone and taking photographs of her surroundings. These consist of several tanks containing alien specimens, the shapes of these tanks vary from square to orbs to rectangles. There is a desert-sand-like feel to the surroundings and in the background the sky is a light amber color, the quote reads: "It was dark, and mottled with the characteristic patterning of silver-eye fungus. The tea inside was trembling—the faint vibrations from the Mausoleum, the dead ships’ atrophied motors that would never again allow them to hang, weightless, among the stars."ALT

Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the short story “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard!

It is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story and is also a Locus Award finalist!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here:

The Mausoleum's Children - Uncanny Magazine
Thuận Lộc stared at the cup.  It was dark, and mottled with the characteristic patterning of silver-eye fungus. The tea inside was trembling
Uncanny Magazine
scifi fantasy scififantasy fiction shortstory fantasyart scifiart amreading speculativefiction amreadingscifi amreadingfantasy
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 50, “Sharps and Soft” by Galen Dara: A woman lies on her back, palms open upward as a series of swords surround her. Wings unfurl from her back casting an almost protective shield. On the upper left there is the head of a snake, and scattered throughout the image there are pieces of the snake, blood a bright cyan tinge where the swords have cut through. Her dress is white and behind her a bright white moon is visible, and the quote says "Aden had never once forgotten his gear for bulk trash day, but he found it touching that Nura still taped a monthly reminder note on the door from the kitchen to the garage. Sweet of her to remember, given how exhausted med school had her these days. He ducked out to the garage to toss gloves, a mask, and protective goggles into his pickup."ALT

Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the novelette “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker!

It is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette and is also a Locus Award finalist!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here:

One Man's Treasure - Uncanny Magazine
Aden had never once forgotten his gear for bulk trash day, but he found it touching that Nura still taped a monthly reminder note on the doo
Uncanny Magazine
scifi fantasy scififantasy fiction shortstory fantasyart scifiart speculativefiction amreading amreadingscifi amreadingfantasy
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 50, “Sharps and Soft” by Galen Dara: A woman lies on her back, palms open upward as a series of swords surround her. Wings unfurl from her back casting an almost protective shield. On the upper left there is the head of a snake, and scattered throughout the image there are pieces of the snake, blood a bright cyan tinge where the swords have cut through. Her dress is white and behind her a bright white moon is visible, and the quote says "Across from him, Barnaby put down the daily he’d been reading and sipped from his own beer. Pulling out a handkerchief to dab froth from his lips, he scratched thoughtfully at a set of ginger muttonchops. 'If it is ambition alone that lifts up men, then why friend Trevor are you here?'"ALT

Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the short story “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark!

It is a Hugo finalist for Best Short Story, is a Locus Award finalist, won the BSFA Award, and came in 5th place in the Uncanny Reader Poll!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here:

How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub - Uncanny Magazine
“Ambition!” Trevor emphasized, rapping knuckles hard on the wood table. “That is what makes the great men!” He took a satisfied swallow from
Uncanny Magazine
scifi fantasy scififantasy fiction shortstory fantasyart scifiart speculativefiction amreading amreadingscifi amreadingfantasy
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 55, “The Lotus Flower Gift " by Paul Lewin: The large face of a woman with dark skin has her left hand held out, on her palm sit two people also with dark skin. The boy is wearing a mask and holding out a lotus flower in a bubble as if in offering. The woman is holding up an umbrella to shield them both from the orange sun in the background. A butterfly and a hummingbird are flying by. The quote reads: "During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the civil disorder or both."ALT

ICYMI! Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the novelette “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer!

It is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, is a Locus Award finalist, is a finalist for the Nebula Awards, and came in 2nd place in the Uncanny Reader Poll!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here!

The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we s
Uncanny Magazine
scifi fantasy scififantasy fiction shortstory fantasyart scifiart speculativefiction amreading amreadingscifi amreadingfantasy
The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 52, “Low-season Mars Tourist" by Antonio Javier Caparo: A woman in an orange spacesuit is halfway up the stairs holding up a phone and taking photographs of her surroundings. These consist of several tanks containing alien specimens, the shapes of these tanks vary from square to orbs to rectangles. There is a desert-sand-like feel to the surroundings and in the background the sky is a light amber color, the quote reads: "It was dark, and mottled with the characteristic patterning of silver-eye fungus. The tea inside was trembling—the faint vibrations from the Mausoleum, the dead ships’ atrophied motors that would never again allow them to hang, weightless, among the stars."ALT

ICYMI! Reading for the Hugo Awards?

Try the short story “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard!

It is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story and is also a Locus Award finalist!

Read it in the Hugo Award packets or online, link here!

The Mausoleum's Children - Uncanny Magazine
Thuận Lộc stared at the cup.  It was dark, and mottled with the characteristic patterning of silver-eye fungus. The tea inside was trembling
Uncanny Magazine
scifi fantasy scififantasy fiction shortstory fantasyart scifiart speculativefiction amreading amreadingscifi amreadingfantasy