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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 […]
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? […]
Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundreds, placed them into Little Free Libraries, dropped them off at businesses with “ICE Not Welcome” signs. My ward held a community […]
1. Ok, let’s get the Hugo insider info out of the way: Is the Poetry Hugo heavy? How the heck does one carry it? And, where did you put it once you got it home? Not only is it heavy, it is top-heavy! Half the reason they have a rehearsal for Hugo finalists before the […]
Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for supporting us on Patreon. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Space Unicorn Ranger Corps RECRUITS a pair of enchanted gloves, Ai Lake, Aleksi Stenberg, Alice Wood, Amit Gupta, Andrew S. Fuller, Annaliese Lemmon, Bouncy Paw, Brad Munson, Bradley Z Haumont, Brian […]
The beautiful blend that can come of mingling domesticity and the fantastic is having a moment right now, as exemplified by the genre of cozy fantasy, but as we would expect, contemporary writers aren’t the first to notice how well those elements can combine. The classic children’s fantasies of the Norden all have strong elements […]
The same cold breeze that nips at children’s cheeks till they are rosy while caroling can also send a chill down our spines and freeze our very bones. The wholesome-looking apple often hides a rotten, worm-laced core. Horror fans at xmas1 time have been delighting in this dichotomy since the days of Marley rattling his […]
Great characters are the cornerstone of storytelling. For a story to work, the audience must bond in a meaningful way with a cast of fully realized individuals whose actions and conflicts create drama. I find that truth to be self-evident. So does pretty much any writer worth their salt. In stark contrast to that clarity, […]
(Note: this essay contains spoilers for all three seasons of Amazon Studios’s The Wheel of Time, and some mild spoilers for the book series written by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.) The woman is too fatigued to move. Far too fatigued. She also has a painful wound in her shoulder, large enough that multiple people urge her […]
Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for supporting us on Patreon. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Space Unicorn Ranger Corps RECRUITS a pair of enchanted gloves, Ai Lake, Aleksi Stenberg, Alice Wood, Amit Gupta, Andrew S. Fuller, Annaliese Lemmon, Bouncy Paw, Brad Munson, Bradley Z Haumont, Brian […]
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