Uncanny Magazine Issue 55 Cover and Table of Contents!

Coming November 7, the 55th issue of the Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine!!

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cover for Issue 55 of Uncanny Magazine, November/December 2023, The Lotus Flower Gift by Paul Lewin featuring a Black femme-presenting person silhouetted on the right facing left wearing a fur-lined headpiece with feathers and beads dangling with all manner of colors: deep reds, warm oranges, and cool turquoise. She has orange lines and dots drawn on her face. Her hand, palm-up, hold two very small individuals, one another Black femme wearing a head wrap and clothes in muted oranges, reds, and browns. Her clothes also have white lacy trimmings, and she holds a deep red, pink, and brown umbrella over her head. Next to her, a bald Black child in a deep green mask holes a pink lotus flower floating in a clear orb. Butterflies and birds fly around them.

Uncanny Magazine Issue 55 Table of Contents:

Cover:
The Lotus Flower Gift by Paul Lewin

Editorial:
“The Uncanny Valley” by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas

Fiction:
“The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (11/7)
“The Pandemonium Waltz” by Jeffrey Ford (11/7)
“The Quiet of Drowning” by Kel Coleman (11/7)

“We’re Looking for the Best” by Cecil Castellucci (12/5)
“A Piece of the Continent” by Marissa Lingen (12/5)
“Endof Play” by Chelsea Sutton (12/5)

“Esqueleto” by Ana Hurtado (11/7)

Nonfiction:
“Scalzi on Film: Speed Racer’s Long Road” by John Scalzi (11/7)
“Ncuti to the Moon” by Amanda-Rae Prescott (11/7)

“The Telling Silence of A Ghost Story for Christmas” by Paul Cornell (12/5)
“Sweat and Skin” by Lee Mandelo (12/5)

Poetry:
“yes, your reflection is screaming” by Carlie St. George (11/7)
“Not Cricket” by Tehnuka (11/7)

“How to Haunt a Northern Lake” by Lora Gray (12/5)
“Ferry to the Island of Ghosts” by Angela Liu (12/5)

Interviews:
Jeffrey Ford interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (11/7)

Marissa Lingen interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (12/5)

Podcasts:
Episode 55A (November 7): Editors’ Introduction, “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer, as read by Erika Ensign, “yes, your reflection is screaming” by Carlie St. George, as read by Matt Peters, and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Naomi Kritzer.

Episode 55B (December 5): Editors’ Introduction, “We’re Looking for the Best” by Cecil Castellucci, as read by Erika Ensign, “Ferry to the Island of Ghosts” by Angela Liu, as read by Matt Peters, and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Cecil Castellucci.