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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. By the time you’re reading this, the Todd Phillips film Joker will have been in theatres for a while and the word is out: it’s a pretty astounding film. It’s also… worrying many, to say the least. Having seen it on opening day, I am inclined to […]
Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for backing our Year 6 Kickstarter. This magazine would not be possible without their support. @lisaboban, A Giant Space Lobster, A Grue, A Nonny Moose, A. T. Greenblatt, Aaron Jamieson, Abi Scott, Adam L, Adrienne, Adrienne York-Minor, Aidee Campa, Aimee Cordova, AJ Fitzwater, AJ Kerrigan, Ajit […]
I am a mermaid. I have always been a mermaid. As someone with cerebral palsy, my legs have always been somewhat questionable. On land, they could tire at any moment, prompting me to sit down wherever I happened to be, even if that was the floor of a department store. They could (and did) cause […]
I get nervous when I first encounter disability in a narrative. Doubly so in genre narratives. It’s an unfortunate response. I should rejoice—representation matters, and I truly believe that. I co-edited Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction because I believe it. But when I encounter disability in a story, I think: why is the author including […]
Karlo Yeager Rodríguez is from the enchanted island of Puerto Rico, but moved to Baltimore some years back. He lives happily with his partner and one very odd dog. Uncanny Magazine: “This is Not My Adventure” is what I’ve come to think of as a gentle story. It sits with you, takes your hand, and […]
So, you have a protagonist with a prophecy hanging over their head. Or maybe someone they loved got snatched up by a sorcerer. Or they wandered into the wrong part of the forest. Or they were curious and accidentally stumbled through a portal into a secret world. These things do happen. The call of adventure […]
I’m honored to have been your nonfiction editor for Disabled People Destroy Fantasy. Ridiculously honored. Honored and gobsmacked. Honor-smacked. The Destroy series has come to mean something deeply important and deeply specific to our community of storytellers and story-appreciators. For many of us, the success of Destroy represents a kind of fulcrum. It’s the smash […]
We begin with an injunction, an order: “Resist / feeding serpents your stories.” Serpents expect the performative, we are warned; they prize shiny illusions over truth. But we are survivors, and we have not survived by accepting limits. So, sly, we speak aslant. We speak of whales and horses. We seduce would-be censors with “world-tree […]
Lane Waldman grew up in Rochester, NY and currently lives in Philadelphia, PA. They have a Bachelor’s from Connecticut College, and they previously worked as a First Reader for Strange Horizons. Their stories have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Capricious, Betwixt, and the anthology Tales from the Lake Vol. 5. Uncanny Magazine: “Tower” hits that sweet fantasy spot […]
(Editors’ Note: Speech portions appear in the order in which they were given at the awards ceremony.) We are deeply honored by this Hugo Award. It was a fantastic group of finalists. Uncanny Magazine is the work of numerous people, so we want to thank our 2018 regular staff of Michi Trota, Mimi Mondal, Erika […]
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