Uncanny Magazine Issue 62 Cover and Table of Contents!

Coming January 7, the 62nd issue of the Hugo, Locus, and World Fantasy Award-winning Uncanny Magazine!!

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cover for Issue 62 of Uncanny Magazine, art by Maxine Vee titled "Mermay - Golden Hour." In a forest of brown, orange, and golden leaves, a mermaid with orange/gold hair sits on a rock in a small light blue pond. She stares at her open palms, illuminated by a beam of sunlight. Purple flowers in shade lie scattered on the ground in the foreground. The words "January/February 2025" and "Issue Sixty-Two" are at top. The list of credits is on the bottom

Uncanny Magazine Issue 62 Table of Contents:

Cover:

Mermay – Golden Hour by Maxine Vee

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

Fiction:
“Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch (1/7)
“Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson (1/7)
“For Whom the Hair Grows” by Tia Tashiro (1/7)

“The Flaming Embusen” by Tade Thompson (2/4)
“With Her Serpent Locks” by Mary Robinette Kowal (2/4)
“Men with Tails” by Rati Mehrotra (2/4)

“Your Personalized Guide to the Museum of the Lost and Found” by AnaMaria Curtis (1/7)

Nonfiction:
“The Hugo Awards” by Nicholas Whyte (1/7)
“Homes to Remember and Forget” by Ai Jiang (1/7)

“Accessibility Toolkit for When Things Go Wrong” by A. T. Greenblatt (2/4)
“Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know about Writing Swords” by Suzanne Walker (2/4)

Poetry:
“Nymph” by Kailee Pedersen (1/7)
“Care for Lightning” by Mari Ness (1/7)

“Love Letter in Cobra Pose” Shankar Narayan (2/4)
“Cassandra” by E. N. Díaz (2/4)

Interviews:
Scott Lynch interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (1/7)

Rati Mehrotra interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (2/4)

Podcasts:

Episode 62A (1/7): Editors’ Introduction; “Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson, as read by Erika Ensign; “Care for Lightning” by Mari Ness, as read by Erika Ensign; and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing J.R. Dawson.

Episode 62B (2/4): Editors’ Introduction; “The Flaming Embusen” by Tade Thompson, as read by Matt Peters; “Love Letter in Cobra Pose” by Shankar Narayan, as read by Erika Ensign; and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Tade Thompson.