The city is a wild animal. I am its broken rib. The city is a fallen star woven in the belly of rust. I try to create something out of dust when the words trickle in: What is a dream: What is in a dream: What are dreams made of? We are tenderness woven into […] The post The Birds appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .…

Welcome to Episode 63A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 63A you will hear: Introduction: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Story: “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills, as read by Erika Ensign Story: “Butterfly Pavilion” by G. Willow Wilson, as read by Erika […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 63A appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .…

There are so many: yellow and silver and black, morphos whose wings are a demure moth-brown on one side and iridescent blue on the other, like princesses in disguise. The children follow them around the pavilion on their little tottering feet. “Too hot,” we say to one another at intervals throughout the day, looking up […] The post Butterfly Pavilion appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .…

1. There is a future in which a hellgate opens off the coast of California. It happens at midnight on the first day of the new year, which is sooner than anyone expected. The waters rise and we are forced to abandon our home, but one of the neighbors has a spare raft we can […] The post 10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .…

Jero cleared his throat before he continued speaking into the phone. “Up to this moment it could not positively have been asserted that the man, in spite of his tantalizing declaration, was really in earnest. The spectators had, indeed, taken the proceedings throughout as a piece of mirthful irony carried to extremes; and had assumed […] The post The Flaming Embusen appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .…

Welcome to Episode 62B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 62B you will hear: Introduction: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Story: “The Flaming Embusen” by Tade Thompson, as read by Matt Peters Poem: “Love Letter in Cobra Pose” by Shankar Narayan, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviews Tade […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 62B appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .…

Those I love best are dust of feet, are bone to bone, are rag and gut—and none of this will matter. In fact matter will not matter. I cannot feel physics for void of you. Yes, I am flesh, wound as copper […] The post Love Letter in Cobra Pose appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .

A parent or guardian Someone who has known you since childhood A mentor or teacher An employer or coworker A spouse, partner, or close intimate friend Someone who does not consider themself a loved one RED The form is one page long. No back. Just a front. It should be longer. There are six […] The post Six People to Revise You appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .…

Welcome to Episode 62A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 62A you will hear: Introduction: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Story: “Six People to Revise” You by J.R. Dawson, as read by Erika Ensign Poem: “Care for Lightning” by Mari Ness, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviews J.R. […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 62A appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .…