The 36th issue of Uncanny Magazine, winner of five Hugos and a British Fantasy Award, will be available on September 1. 

Hugo Award-winning Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are proud to present the 36th issue of their five-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 October 6. 

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 36 Table of Contents

Cover:

• Connected by Christopher Jones

Editorials:

• “The Uncanny Valley” by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas (9/1)
• “Imagining Place: Worldbuilding As” by Elsa Sjunneson (9/1)

Fiction:

• “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher (9/1)
• “Anchorage” by Samantha Mills (9/1)
• “Laws of Impermanence” by Kenneth Schneyer (9/1)

• “Juvenilia” by Lavie Tidhar (10/6)
• “The City of the Tree” by Marie Brennan (10/6)
• “In The Space of Twelve Minutes” by James Yu (10/6)

Reprint:

• “The Mouser of Peter the Great” by P. Djèlí Clark (9/1)

Nonfiction:

• “Finding Myself in Speculative Fiction Again After Leaving Other Worlds Behind” by Del Sandeen (9/1)
• “The Roots of Hope: Toward an Optimistic Near-Future SF in a Pandemic” by Marissa Lingen (9/1)

• “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Excellence” by Nibedita Sen (10/6)
• “Sticks and String” by Christopher Mark Rose (10/6)

Poetry:

• “Fin” by Terese Mason Pierre (9/1)
• “My Cat, He” by Beth Cato (9/1)

• “The Body in Revolt” by Rita Chen (10/6)
• “As if My Flesh was Summer Soil” by Lora Gray (10/6)

Interviews:

• Kenneth Schneyer interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (9/1)

• Lavie Tidhar interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (10/6)

Podcasts:

• Episode 36A (September 1): “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher, as read by Erika Ensign, “Fin” by Terese Mason Pierre, as read by Joy Piedmont, and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing T. Kingfisher.

• Episode 36B (October 6): Editors’ Introduction, “In The Space of Twelve Minutes” by James Yu, as read by Joy Piedmont, “As if My Flesh was Summer Soil” by Lora Gray, as read by Erika Ensign, and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing James Yu.