The 31st issue of four-time Hugo winner Uncanny Magazine, which also won a 2019 British Fantasy Award this month, will be available on November 5.

Hugo Award-winning Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are proud to present the 31st issue of their four-time Hugo Award-winning online science fiction and fantasy magazine, Uncanny Magazine. Stories from Uncanny Magazine have been finalists or winners of Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. As always, Uncanny features passionate SF/F fiction and poetry, gorgeous prose, provocative nonfiction, and a deep investment in the diverse SF/F culture, along with a Parsec Award-winning monthly podcast featuring a story, poem, and interview from that issue. 

All of Uncanny Magazine’s content will be available in eBook versions on the day of release from Weightless Books, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and Kobo. Subscriptions are always available through Amazon Kindle and Weightless Books. The free online content will be released in 2 stages- half on day of release and half on December 3. 

Uncanny Magazine Issue 31 Table of Contents

Cover: La Palma by John Picacio

Editorial

• “The Uncanny Valley” by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
• “So Long, and Thanks for All the Space Unicorns” by Michi Trota

Fiction

• “A Time to Reap” by Elizabeth Bear (11/5)
• “Nutrition Facts” by D.A. Xiaolin Spires (11/5)

• “Black Flowers Blossom” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (12/3)
• “Peridot and Rain” by Laura Anne Gilman (12/3)
• “A Mindreader’s Guide to Surviving Your First Year at the All-Girls Superhero Academy” by Jenn Reese (12/3)

Nonfiction

• “The Page and the Panel: Writing Between Prose and Comics” by G. Willow Wilson (11/5)
• “The Science, Fiction, and Fantasy of Genre” by Alexandra Erin (11/5)
• “If You’ve Heard This One Before” by Brandon O’Brien (11/5)

• “As You Know, Bob…” by Jeannette Ng (12/3)
• “Confessions of an Adjacent Geek” by Keidra Chaney (12/3)

Poetry

• “Without Prayer or the Place in the Forest” by Sonya Taaffe (11/5)
• “fear cat” by Hal Y. Zhang (11/5)

• “The Wooden Box” by Annie Neugebauer (12/3)
• “Manananggal” by Sylvia Santiago (12/3)

Interview

• Elizabeth Bear interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (11/5)

• Jenn Reese interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (12/3)

Podcasts

Uncanny Magazine Podcast #31A (11/5)

• “Nutrition Facts” by D.A. Xiaolin Spires, as read by Joy Piedmont
• “Without Prayer or the Place in the Forest” by Sonya Taaffe, as read by Erika Ensign
• Lynne M. Thomas Interviews D.A. Xiaolin Spires

Uncanny Magazine Podcast #32A (12/3)

• “Black Flowers Blossom” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad, as read by Joy Piedmont
• “The Wooden Box” by Annie Neugebauer, as read by Erika Ensign
• Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Vina Jie-Min Prasad