Podcasts about Uncanny Magazine

Editor's Intro: Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War” by Caroline M. Yoachim, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “A Full Belly” by Elizabeth Hart Bergstrom, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Michael Damian Thomas interviews Caroline M. Yoachim   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2025 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “The Island with the Animals” by Stephanie Malia Morris, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: “Time loop for the day I die.” by Abdulrazaq Salihu, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Stephanie Malia Morris   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2025 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills, as read by Erika Ensign   Short Fiction: “Butterfly Pavilion” by G. Willow Wilson, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “The Birds” by Rafiat Lamidi, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Samantha Mills   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2025 by Uncanny Magazine  

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “The Flaming Embusen” by Tade Thompson, as read by Matt Peters  Poetry: "Love Letter in Cobra Pose” by Shankar Narayan, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Tade Thompson   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2025 by Uncanny Magazine

You've asked, you've waited, and now, we're finally delivering! Welcome to our two-part deep dive on the international best selling Romantasy novels A Court of Thorns and Roses and a Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas.  In this first, spoiler free episode, we touch on our initial reactions to the series, and think a bit about what romantasy is and why it's so appealing to so many readers. Plus, we're joined by some very special guests for these two episodes: our younger siblings!  They may claim to have been manipulated into coming on the show, but we're glad to have them both on for this discussion

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson, as read by Erika Ensign   Poetry: "Care for Lightning" by Mari Ness, as read by Erika Ensign  Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews J.R. Dawson   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2025 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "The Geckomancer's Lament" by Lauren Beukes, as read by Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, with sound designer Em Edwards Poetry: "We Tried Beating Time to Death" by Abu Bakr Sadiq, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Lauren Beukes   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Woodmask" by Adrian Tchaikovsky, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "Anansi Braids Your Stepson's Hair" by Brandon O'Brien, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Adrian Tchaikovsky   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine  

Jennifer Brozek is a multi-talented, award-winning author, editor, and media tie-in writer. She is the author of Never Let Me Sleep and The Last Days of Salton Academy, both of which were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Her YA tie-in novels, BattleTech: The Nellus Academy Incident and Shadowrun: Auditions, have both won Scribe Awards. Her editing work has earned her nominations for the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Hugo Award. She won the Australian Shadows Award for the Grants Pass anthology, co-edited with Amanda Pillar. Jennifer's short form work has appeared in Apex Publications, Uncanny Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and in anthologies set in the worlds of Valdemar, Shadowrun, V-Wars, Masters of Orion, Well World, and Predator.

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "A Stranger Knocks" by Tananarive Due, as read by Matt Peters  Poetry: "The Witch Recalls Her Craft" by Angel Leal, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Tananarive Due   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

Send us a textCat, Jennifer, and I discuss writing, dating, our biggest moments as a writer, and more.***Cat Rambo has published over 250 fiction pieces, including the Nebula Award-winning novelette, Carpe Glitter, as well as nonfiction works.Since first appearing on the SF scene in 2005, Cat Rambo has published over 250 fiction pieces, including Nebula Award-winning novelette, Carpe Glitter, and nonfiction works that include Ad Astra: The SFWA 50th Anniversary Cookbook (co-edited with Fran Wilde) and writing book, Moving From Idea to Finished Draft. Their 2021 works include the fantasy novel Exiles of Tabat (Wordfire Press) and the space opera You Sexy Thing (Tor Macmillan).Rambo has been short-listed for the World Fantasy Award, the Compton Crook Award, and the Nebula Short Story Award. A former Vice President and two-term President of the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America), Cat continues to volunteer with the organization as part of its mentorship program and Grievance Committee. They founded the online school The Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers in 2010, specializing in classes aimed at genre writers, which now offers dozens of classes from some of the best writers currently working in speculative fiction. Cat lives in Indianapolis.Blog: https://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/Classes: https://catrambo.teachable.com/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jennifer Brozek is a multi-talented, award-winning author, editor, and media tie-in writer. She is the author of the Never Let Me Sleep, and The Last Days of Salton Academy, both of which were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Her BattleTech tie-in novel, The Nellus Academy Incident, won a Scribe Award. Her editing work has earned her nominations for the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Hugo Award. She won the Australian Shadows Award for the Grants Pass anthology, co-edited with Amanda Pillar. Jennifer's short-form work has appeared in Apex Publications, Uncanny Magazine, and in anthologies set in the worlds of Valdemar, Shadowrun, V-Wars, Masters of Orion, and Predator. Jennifer has been a freelance author and editor for over fifteen years after leaving a high-paying tech job, and she has never been happier. She shares her husband, Jeff, with several cats and often uses him as a sounding board for her story ideas.  She lives in Seattle.Website: http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/***If you would like to contact the show about being a guest please email us at Dauna@bettertopodcast.comThis episode is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2jwGgrJpDasFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/author_d.m.needom/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettertopodcastwithdmneedomHave a question or want to be a guest on the podcast email: dauna@bettertopodcast.comHave a question for our producer Rich Zei contact him at rich.zei@thirdearaudio.comIntro and Outro music compliments of Fast SuziTo see upcoming guests click here: https://www.dmneedom.com/better-topodcast©2024 Better To...Podcast with D. M.NeedomSupport the show

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Cursed Moon Queers" by Natalia Theodoridou, as read by Erika Ensign   Short Fiction: "The 6% Squeeze" by Eddie Robson, as read by Matt Peters  Short Fiction: "The Wrong Time Travel Story" by Marissa Lingen, as read by Erika Ensign    Poetry: "Dreams On A Tamarind Road" by Prosper C. Ìféányí, as read by Matt Peters  Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Eddie Robson   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Wonderland Is a Parking Lot in Revere" by John Chu, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "syzygy" by Roshani Chokshi, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews John Chu   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Lynne and Michael Damian Thomas, Co-Publishers/Co-Editors-in-Chief of UNCANNY MAGAZINE. About Uncanny Magazine Year 11: This One Goes to ELEVEN: Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas have run Kickstarters for the seven-time Hugo Award-winning and 2024 Locus Award-winning Uncanny Magazine Years One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, […] The post Episode 630-With Lynne and Michael Damian Thomas from Uncanny Magazine appeared first on The Functional Nerds.

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Signs of Life" by Sarah Pinsker, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "In Dreams, I Cannot Read or Hope" by Terese Mason Pierre, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Sarah Pinsker   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Loneliness Universe" by Eugenia Triantafyllou, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "Moon Sun Shadow Crow" by Fran Wilde, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Eugenia Triantafyllou   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “Happily Ever After Comes Round” by Sarah Rees Brennan, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “there are no taxis for the dead” by Angela Liu, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Sarah Rees Brennan   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

Hurinfan and Starkast talk everything about Short Stories. From where you can find them to what some of their favorite short stories are, this episode is there to help your descend into the short story madness. short fiction websites: Uncanny Magazine - https://www.uncannymagazine.com/ Reactor - https://reactormag.com/fictions/original-fiction/ Lightspeed - https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/ Clarkesworld - https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/category/text/ Beneath Ceaseless Skies - https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/ Short Story Podcasts: Podcastle - https://podcastle.org/category/podcasts/ Escape Pod - https://escapepod.org/category/podcasts/ Uncanny Magazine - https://www.uncannymagazine.com/type/podcasts/ Beneath Ceaseless Skies - https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/audio/2024/ Lightspeed Magazine - https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/podcasting/ you can find all of them also on Spotify or other Podcastproviders. Hurinfan recs: the colour out of space - h.p. lovecraft the death of dr. island - gene wolfe harrison bergeron - kurt vonnegut the ones who walk away from omelas - Ursula K. Le Guin The Hunger Arist - kafka leaf by niggle - tolkien the paper menagerie - ken liu A Rose for Ecclesiastes - zelazny ado - connie willis speech sounds - octaiva butler Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne - R.A. Lafferty Starkast recs: The Six Deaths of the Saint - Alix E. Harrow - Kindle Unlimited/ Best American SFF 2023 Skinder´s Veil - Kelly Link - White Cat, Black Dog Witches Fire - E. Lily Yu - The Book of Witches John Hollowback and the Witch - Amal El-Mothar - The Book of Witches The Passing of the Dragon - Ken Liu - Reactor Angel, Monster, Man - Sam J. Miller - Boys, Beasts & Men As Good As New - Charlie Jane Anders - Even Greater Mistakes The Teeth Come Out At Night - Sami Ellis - All These Sunken Souls Colors of the Immortal Palette - Caroline M. Yoachim - Best American SFF 2022/ Uncanny Magazine The Captain and The Quartermaster - C.L.Clark - Beneath Ceaseless Skies/ Best American SFF 2022 Music: Galactic Damages by Jingle Punks Considering supporting The Legendarium on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendarium Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thelegendarium/ Discord: https://discord.gg/FNcpuuA Twitter: @GreenteamPod

On a long mission to search for a new home planet, an outfitter tries to protect the crewmembers' lives. But can she protect herself from the inevitable loss and heartbreak? This story first appeared in Uncanny Magazine. For more from the author, check out anamariacurtis.com.  Content advisory: pandemic, death

Editors' Intro: Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky Short Fiction: "Unconventional Adaptation, or The Best-Ever Cosplay of Whistle and Midnight" by Annalee Newitz, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "The Sea-Witches at Nightfall" by Tiffany Morris, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Annalee Newitz   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

From the Minotaur to xenomorphs to the undead, monsters and their ilk have long been a staple of the sci-fi and fantasy genres. But what exactly is it that makes a monster? Guest John Wiswell joins us to discuss how monsters in fiction often reflect not only our primal fears, but also the people that society seeks to Other. When monsters reflect what a real or fictitious society values and doesn't value, what sorts of things do writers need to consider when placing monsters in their world? In this episode, we explore how, while monsters can sometimes just be plot obstacles for Our Heroes to overcome, they can also be coded -- intentionally or as a matter of unconscious bias -- in the same ways that disability, poverty, non-heteronormative sexuality, and other marginalized populations get coded. We also pull apart the idea of recontextualizing monsters: As is often said of Frankenstein and his creation -- who's really the monster? Who's the true beast? [Transcript TK] Our Guest: John Wiswell is an American science fiction and fantasy author whose short fiction has won the Locus and Nebula Awards and been a finalist for the Hugo, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. His debut fantasy novel, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, will be released in spring 2024 by DAW Books. John's work has appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Tor.com, LeVar Burton Reads, Nature Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Weird Tales, the No Sleep podcast, Nightmare Magazine, Cast of Wonders, Podcastle, Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and other fine venues. His fiction has been translated into Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Polish, Hungarian, Turkish, Hebrew, and Romanian. He graduated Bennington College in 2005, and attended the Viable Paradise 17 workshop in 2013. He has multiple disabilities including a neuromuscular syndrome, and thinks healthy people's capacity to complain is very funny. He finds a lot of things very funny and would like to keep it that way. He is frequently available for interview and for talks at conferences. He has done panels at places such as Worldcon, the Nebula Awards, and the World Fantasy Convention. He posted fiction daily on this blog for six straight years, and has left every embarrassing and inspiring word of it up to read for free. If you'd like to see a writer develop style, it's all there. You can point and laugh. He probably can't hear you.

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "The Robot" by Lavie Tidhar, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "pockets full of stones" by Jennifer Mace, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Lavie Tidhar   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "La mandíbula del río" by Ana Hurtado, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "fowlskin" by C. S. E. Cooney, as read by Erika Ensign  Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviews Ana Hurtado   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2024 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “Marginalia” by Mary Robinette Kowal, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “We Drink Lava” by Ai Jiang, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviews Mary Robinette Kowal   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "We're Looking for the Best" by Cecil Castellucci, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "Ferry To The Island Of Ghosts" by Angela Liu, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviews Cecil Castellucci   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "The Year Without Sunshine" by Naomi Kritzer, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "yes, your reflection is screaming" by Carlie St. George, as read by Matt Peters   Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviews Naomi Kritzer   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Surprise! We are dropping an extra special episode because we wanted to spend Halloween with you. We’ve got a wonderfully gothic romance for you to read from Uncanny Magazine which will set the perfect seasonal scene. So light some candles, close the doors and windows tight, and join us as we explore Radcliffe Hall by Miyuki Jane Pinckard. Annette Wierstra with James Thomson, Shelly Brisbin and Erika Ensign.

Surprise! We are dropping an extra special episode because we wanted to spend Halloween with you. We’ve got a wonderfully gothic romance for you to read from Uncanny Magazine which will set the perfect seasonal scene. So light some candles, close the doors and windows tight, and join us as we explore Radcliffe Hall by Miyuki Jane Pinckard. Annette Wierstra with James Thomson, Shelly Brisbin and Erika Ensign.

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "The Coffin Maker" by AnaMaria Curtis, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "A Siren's Call, A Banshee's Wail, A Grandmother's Dream" by Ai Jiang,  as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviews AnaMaria Curtis   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “Can You Hear Me Now?” by Catherynne M. Valente, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “Knight of Wands, Six of Swords” by Ali Trotta, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Catherynne M. Valente   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Treatment and Cure by Katie Story, Read by Lanna Joffrey Your unexpected stay in the COVID wing takes a nightmarish turn. Something at the hospital is hungry. Katie Story is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer, illustrator, and writer who fosters cranky, toothless cats. She studied creative writing at Pratt Institute and is a member of Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers. Lanna Joffrey is an award-winning actor, spoken word performer and writer based in London who works extensively in the US and UK in theatre, film and has voiced numerous audio projects from video games to podcasts to audiobooks. For more about her work visit www.lannajoffrey.com Clearly Lettered In A Mostly Steady Hand by Fran Wilde, Read by Tatiana Grey It's a disturbing, opaque trip into an old-fashioned freak show; directed by one of the people who plays a part in the show. But something is wrong and its not what you think. "Two-time Nebula Award-winner Fran Wilde has (so far) published seven novels, a poetry collection, and over 50 short stories for adults, teens, and kids. Her stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo Awards, four Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton Crook-winning debut novel Updraft, and her Nebula-winning, Best of NPR 2019, debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short stories appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, Nature, Uncanny Magazine, and multiple years' best anthologies. Fran teaches for Vermont College of Fine Arts and also writes nonfiction for publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Tor.com. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and at franwilde.net. " Tatiana Grey is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and of course...the audio booth. She's been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn't won a single damned thing. See more at www.tatianagrey.com

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Love at the Event Horizon" by Natalia Theodoridou, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "Eroticide" by Valerie Valdes, as read by Erika Ensign   Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Natalia Theodoridou   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: SuperMAX” by Daniel H. Wilson, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: “As Does the Crow” by Beth Cato, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Daniel H. Wilson   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Author : John Wiswell Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Coward Who Stole God's Name” originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine in their May issue in 2022. “If I named any of the inspirations for this story, then I'd get into terrible trouble, wouldn't I? […]

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "The Rain Remembers What the Sky Forgets" by Fran Wilde, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "Stone Kingdom" by Angela Liu, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Fran Wilde   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

It was finally Peter's turn to pick something, because he finally felt like he was in a position to do so. This week we took a look at the most recent issue of Uncanny Magazine, issue 52. Uncanny is an online magazine published every two months of speculative prose, poetry, and nonfiction works. Peter has been a subscriber for a bit now, but hasn't dived in and this seemed like a good time to finally get in and check it out.

Alex Jennings is a writer/editor/teacher/poet living in New Orleans. He was born in Wiesbaden (Germany) and raised in Gaborone (Botswana), Tunis (Tunisia), Paramaribo (Surinam) and the United States. He constantly devours pop culture and writes mostly jokes on Twitter (@magicknegro). He loves music, film, comix, and even some TV. He is the Program Director of DreamFoundry's Con or Bust and pens a regular speculative poetry review column in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction called “Chapter and Verse.” In 2022, he was the inaugural recipient of the Imagination Unbound Fellowship at Under the Volcano, a guided writing retreat held annually in Tepoztlan, Mexico.His writing has appeared in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Electric Velocipede, Uncanny Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, New Suns, and Current Affairs, among other venues. His debut novel, The Ballad of Perilous Graves is available wherever books are sold. You can find him goofing around on Instagram: (@magicknegro) He is also an instructor of fiction and popular fiction at The University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast MFA program .Creators & Guests Rob Lee - Host ALEX JENNINGS - Guest Rob Lee & The Truth in This Art present "Black Cinema Series"April 26 at 5:30pm for more information and to secure ticketsMay 25 at 5:30pmfor more information and to secure ticketsJune 22 at 5:30pmfor more information and to secure tickets To support the The Truth In This Art: Buy Me Ko-fiUse the hashtag #thetruthinthisartFollow The Truth in This Art on InstagramLeave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. ★ Support this podcast ★

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “The Mausoleum's Children” by Aliette de Bodard, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “In the Wild” by Nnadi Samuel, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Aliette de Bodard   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "In Time, a Weed May Break Stone" by Valerie Valdes, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "What They Love Now" by Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Valerie Valdes   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

How pushing my wordcount is working - I've had my best week since last May - and thoughts on POV: how to teach it, how to choose the "right" POV for a story, and a way of thinking about writing POV well.The Uncanny article on Choosing to Build a Non-Patriarchal Fantasy World is here https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/choosing-to-build-a-non-patriarchal-fantasy-world/Preorder ROGUE FAMILIAR here https://jeffekennedy.com/rogue-familiarRUBY is out now! https://jeffekennedy.com/ruby FIVE GOLDEN RINGS is now available here: https://jeffekennedy.com/five-golden-rings SAPPHIRE is available here: https://jeffekennedy.com/sapphire and PLATINUM is available here https://jeffekennedy.com/platinum.THE LONG NIGHT OF THE RADIANT STAR, a midwinter holiday fantasy romance in the Heirs of Magic series, now available!! https://jeffekennedy.com/the-long-night-of-the-radiant-starSHADOW WIZARD, Book One in Renegades of Magic, continuing the epic tale begun in DARK WIZARD. https://jeffekennedy.com/shadow-wizard is out now! Including in audiobook!Interested in Author Coaching from me? Information here: https://jeffekennedy.com/author-coachingROGUE'S PARADISE is out (https://jeffekennedy.com/rogue-s-paradise). Buy book 1, ROGUE'S PAWN, here! (https://jeffekennedy.com/rogue-s-pawn) and book 2, ROGUE'S POSSESSION, here! (https://jeffekennedy.com/rogue-s-possession).If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).You can watch this podcast on YouTube here https://youtu.be/-4fvLnsaTycSupport the show

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “A Soul in the World” by Charlie Jane Anders, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “Dawning” by Tiffany Morris, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Charlie Jane Anders   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Bad Doors" by John Wiswell, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "Driving Downtown" by Abu Bakr Sadiq, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews John Wiswell   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

My guest this week is artist, writer, and narrative designer Grace P. Fong! Grace has created art content for speculative fiction publications and promotional material for authors - including designing the weapons for my very own Powder Mage RPG - and has exhibited regularly at conventions. She's also published short fiction in Uncanny Magazine. For her day job she's worked as a narrative designer for Magic: the Gathering, and spent ten years as a senior technical artist on blockbuster movies and AAA video games.Grace and I chat about her work with movie and game studios as an animation problem-solver. We go over the insane complexity of these studios and the hard work that goes into rendering as much as a single frame of animation. We also swap medical stories and discuss the difficulty of dealing with healthcare when you're working gigs, changing companies, or self-employed. Enjoy my conversation with Grace P. Fong!Find Grace on Twitter and her website.Find Brian McClellan at his website, on Twitter and Instagram, or find his books on Amazon, direct from his bookstore, or wherever books are sold!Don't forget to support the show on Patreon, or pick up some swag on Redbubble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "One Man's Treasure" by Sarah Pinsker, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "The Witch Makes Her To-Do List" by Theodora Goss, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Sarah Pinsker   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub" by P. Djeli Clark, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: "Kannazuki, or the Godless Month" by Betsy Aoki, as read by Eika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews P. Djeli Clark   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

This story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, #40.José Pablo Iriarte is a Cuban-American writer, high school math teacher, and parent of two. Their fiction has been finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Locus and Sturgeon Awards, longlisted for the Otherwise Award, and reprinted in various Year's Best compilations. Their debut novel is slated for publication in spring of 2024 from Knopf Books for Young Readers. José currently serves as Director-at-Large for SFWA. Learn more (but frankly not much more) at www.labyrinthrat.com, or look for José on twitter @labyrinthrat.Narrated by: Bob HoleBob Hole is a bon-vivant (hermit), author, podcaster, blogger, and social media addict. He loves science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, stamp collecting, cactus, and most of the sciences (geek AND nerd). He lives in the Sonoran Desert with his partner.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Cold Relations" by Mary Robinette Kowal, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "Love Poem: Phoenix" by Terese Mason Pierre, as read by Matt Peters  Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Mary Robinette Kowal   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2023 by Uncanny Magazine

We've heard the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - but what of his wife? How does she feel about being the prop piece in an endless trial of virtue? For this winter's solstice, Undertow presents the Dagaz Media production of Kat Howard's short story "The Green Knight's Wife". Voices by: Moira Driscoll, William Dufris, Stephen McLaughlin, and Thomas Campbell. Sound design by Rory O'Shea with music by Blue Dot Sessions, Mind's Eye Productions, & AudioJungle. Produced and Directed by Fred Greenhalgh, text originally appearing in Uncanny Magazine. Undertow is a Realm production. Listen Away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Follow us! On Instagram @RealmMedia_ On Twitter @RealmMedia Check out our merch at: merch.realm.fm Find and support our sponsors at: www.realm.fm/w/partners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A tale of complicated family relationships and magical cooking. This story was first published in Uncanny Magazine.

Main Fiction: "Voice of the Martyrs" by Maurice BroaddusA community organizer, teacher, and Afrofuturist, Maurice Broaddus's short stories have appeared in such places as like Lightspeed Magazine, Black Panther: Tales from Wakanda, Weird Tales, Magazine of F&SF, and Uncanny Magazine. His novels include Sweep of Stars, Unfadeable, Pimp My Airship, & The Usual Suspects.Narrated by: Anthony BabbingtonAnthony Babington is a voice actor who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He can also be heard on the Tales to Terrify podcast, and has recorded for both the Far Fetched Fables and The Cursed Inn podcasts.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.