by A. W. Prihandita in Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Eight
The factory workers lined up at the feet of their dormitory beds, in darkness punctured by pinprick candlelights, in air weighted by the smoke and scent of burnt incense, naked except for their rough spun underwear. Goosebumps rose on the skin of some of them, and others quaked in the chilling cold, and still others […]
by Kylie Lee Baker in Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Eight
Stories begin as late as possible. That is what Ayako knows because that is what the Creator has taught her. Readers don’t want pages of exposition. They want to chase after a train as it pulls out of the station. This is one of many rules the Creator has programmed into her, and Ayako never […]
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by Michael Damian Thomas in Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Eight
Happy New Year, Space Unicorns! As we tumble into 2026, I’m writing my first editorial of the year at a coffeehouse where I used hang out when I was seventeen. Tomorrow is my fifty-first birthday. This place feels the same as in the 1990s, but I am so very far away from the Michael who […]
by Jana Bianchi in Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Eight
I’ve been passionate about words since I taught myself how to read at the age of three. Luckily for the logophile-me, I’m also a Brazilian, born and raised—and my mother tongue has licked me so hard that, as a faithful daughter, I can’t help but praise Brazilian Portuguese whenever I can. How would I not? […]
by Riley Silverman in Uncanny Magazine Issue Sixty-Eight
In November of 1990, The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson aired on CBS. In the one-hour special, Fozzie Bear has been given instructions from Kermit the Frog to put together a production number in honor of their own creator, Jim Henson, who had passed away earlier that year. Over the course of the special, the Muppets […]
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