Uncanny Magazine Issue 65 Cover and Table of Contents!

Coming July 1, the 65th issue of the Hugo, Locus, and World Fantasy Award-winning Uncanny Magazine!!

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Cover image The Duet by Nilah Magruder. Two brown women sit at a piano smiling at each other as they play. The younger woman with long white hair, a pendant, and a lavenger dress sits further away. The older woman with her black hair in a bun, her hovering, disembodied head has a propellor and metal collar on her throat, sits closer to us. Her body underneath is dressed in a burgandy dress with poofy sleeves. Her right hand, also with a metal collar, is detatched and on the keyboard between the other woman's hands. Behind them is a blue curtain in front of a gray wall. The Uncanny banner, July/August 2025, Issue Sixty-Five, list of author, essayists, and poets credits, and the editor credits, are on top of the image.

Uncanny Magazine Issue 65 Table of Contents

Cover:
The Duet by Nilah Magruder

Editorial:
“The Uncanny Valley” by Michael Damian Thomas

Fiction:
“The Diner at the Intersection of Duty and Despair” by John Chu (7/1)
“When He Calls Your Name” by Catherynne M. Valente (7/1)
“Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow” by Shveta Thakrar (7/1)

“The Garden” by Emma Törzs (8/5)
“Whalesong” by Daniel H. Wilson (8/5)
“The Terrarium” by Jordan Taylor (8/5)

“The Best Way to Survive a Tiger Attack” by A. W. Prihandita (7/1)

Essays:
“The Disneyfication of Storytelling” by J. R. Dawson (7/1)
“Better Earnestness Through Incantation—Speculative Poetry and Sincerity” by Brandon O’Brien (7/1)

“What’s a Novel Idea? What’s a Short Story Idea? I Used to Know the Difference” by Charlie Jane Anders (8/5)
“Precarious Work in Precarious Futures” by Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne (8/5)

Poetry:
“Soft, Your Grief, and Leporine” by Lora Gray (7/1)
“Psycho-Journey of the Cyborg-in-Therapy” by Shankar Narayan (7/1)

“Seaside Prophets” by Avra Margariti (8/5)
“Wishbone” by Prosper C. Ìféányí (8/5)

Interviews:
Interview: Catherynne M. Valente by Caroline M. Yoachim(7/1)

Interview: Daniel H. Wilson by Caroline M. Yoachim (8/5)

Podcasts:
Episode 65A (7/1): Editor’s Introduction; “The Diner at the Intersection of Duty and Despair” by John Chu, as read by Matt Peters; “Soft, Your Grief, and Leporine” by Lora Gray, as read by Erika Ensign; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing John Chu.

Episode 65B (8/5): Editor’s Introduction; “The Garden” by Emma Törzs, as read by Erika Ensign; “Wishbone” by Prosper C. Ìféányí, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Emma Törzs.

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