The 61st issue of Uncanny Magazine, winner of seven Hugos, a British Fantasy Award and a Locus Award, will be available on November 5 at uncannymagazine.com. 

Hugo Award-winning Publishers Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas are proud to present the 61st issue of their seven-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, Sturgeon, 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 Weightless Books. The free online content will be released in 2 stages- half on day of release and half on December 3. 

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 61 Table of Contents

Cover

• Queen of Seven Kingdoms by Julie Dillon

Editorial

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

Fiction

• “Woodmask” by Adrian Tchaikovsky (11/5)
• “The Golden Tooth: A Solo Show by Orion Cabrera” transcribed by William Alexander (11/5)
• “Twice Every Day Returning” by Sonya Taaffe (11/5)

• “The Geckomancer’s Lament” by Lauren Beukes (12/3)
• “On the Water Its Crystal Teeth” by Marissa Lingen (12/3)
• “Ancestor Heart” by Naomi Day (12/3)

• “A Book Is a Map, a Bed Is a Country” by Angel Leal (11/5)

Nonfiction

• “The Breathtaking Condescension Tango” by Vivian Shaw (11/5)
• “Longlegs, Long Held Memories” by Tania Chen (11/5)

• “Romantasy All Along!” by Tansy Rayner Roberts (12/3)
• “Can’t We All Just Get Along? Them: The Scare Uses Afro-Surrealism to Produce Effective Scares” by Alex Jennings (12/3)

Poetry

• “Anansi Braids Your Stepson’s Hair” by Brandon O’Brien (11/5)
• “Null Path Catalog” by Sneha Mohidekar (11/5)

• “We Tried Beating Time to Death” by Abu Bakr Sadiq (12/3)
• “Operetta” by Katherine James (12/3)

Interviews

• William Alexander interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (11/5)

• Marissa Lingen interviewed by Caroline M. Yoachim (12/3)

Podcasts

• Episode 61A (11/5): Editors’ Introduction; “Woodmask” by Adrian Tchaikovsky, as read by Erika Ensign; “Anansi Braids Your Stepson’s Hair” by Brandon O’Brien, as read by Matt Peters; and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Adrian Tchaikovsky.

• Episode 61B (12/3): Editors’ Introduction; “The Geckomancer’s Lament” by Lauren Beukes, as read by Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo; “We Tried Beating Time to Death” by Abu Bakr Sadiq, as read by Matt Peters; and Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Lauren Beukes.