Ignyte Award Winner- Best Short Story

If the Martians Have Magic

by P. Djèlí Clark in Uncanny Magazine Issue Forty-Two

“The first Martian War was won not by man, but microbes. The second we fought with Martian weapons that nearly broke the world. The third invasion we stopped by our own hands, using magic.” —Wei-Yin Sun, Imperial Historian in the Court of the Empress Dowager, Restoration Period. Marrakesh’s streets were a dizzying affair at […]

Award Honors: Ignyte Award Winner- Best Short Story, Locus Award Finalist- Best Short Story, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalist, World Fantasy Award Finalist- Best Short Fiction

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You Perfect, Broken Thing

by C.L. Clark in Uncanny Magazine Issue Thirty-Two

When I leave the kill floor, my legs are wasted. I shuffle to the women’s locker room. I can’t stand anymore, but I know if I sit, I’ll never get back up. At least, not for another hour. I prop myself up on my open locker. My hands are shaking, too. My fingertips are blue, […]

Award Honors: Ignyte Award Winner- Best Short Story, Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards Winner- Best Short Story

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