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So I recently saw Wicked.1 And by “recently saw” I mean watched at the movie theatre, then bought the second it was available, then watched several more times. I was a huge Oz fan as a kid, and I was also and still very much am a massive musical theatre geek. So look, this movie […]
The Disney Essays, Two of Three It’s me again, the weird creative writing professor here to chat about craft while sharing my super-specific Disney hyper-fixation. When we last left one another, we’d chatted about worldbuilding through the eyes of Imagineering. Today, we’re taking on second person perspective and how you can be the main […]
For some time now, there’s been a great deal of talk in SF/F circles about worldbuilding. My students ask about it all the time—tricks to make sure everything fits together, to make sure all the little details and bits of history they’ve created land perfectly with readers. I agree with them that establishing the place, […]
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 Yänntzi, Sabrina, fidric, Marie Jackson, Sonny Phillips, Joe Pickering, Wichael Tellez, David, Emily Crossen, Catharine Roseberry, Ibrahem Wasti, Katie Sinkoski, Jenny Barber, Dawn Bonanno, Danielle aka […]
Content note: miscarriage I leave things behind. My favorite peacoat in a hotel closet, the Süskind novel Perfume in a bathroom stall at Heathrow, my keys in the refrigerator, and so on. “I leave things” sounds purposeful—as though my coat were a clue, a breadcrumb, deliberately planted for a stranger to stumble upon. This […]
I wrote “Ncuti to the Moon” in 2023 before Doctor Who fans had clear information on plot lines or other details on the season. There was so much hope and excitement, especially among Black Whovians who never expected to see someone like them as the Doctor. Now that the 2024 Christmas Special “Joy to the […]
The Disney Essays, One of Three My first semester at my MFA program in creative writing, I made the mistake of going to Disney World for the first time. By the end of the semester, this new hyperfixation had become an obsession. I joked that I had studied the Disney parks more than I’d studied […]
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Content Note: Child suicide On a hot summer night, Natsumi asks you to rob a 7-11 with her. You’re just a few blocks from Ebaramachi Station, the sound of the approaching local train not as loud as the chime of the convenience store’s opening doors. You glance up at the pimply college student behind […]
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