Book 35 of 2025: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Favorites this issue were “When He Calls Your Name” by Catherynne M. Valente, “The Garden” by Emma Törzs, and “Whalesong” by Daniel H. Wilson.
Michael Damian Thomas
Uncanny Magazine Issue 64 edited by Michael Damian Thomas
Book 25 of 2025: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Favorites this issue were “Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War” by Caroline M. Yoachim and “Hi! I’m Claudia” by Delilah S. Dawson.
Uncanny Magazine Issue 63 edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Book 14 of 2025: Uncanny Magazine Issue 63 edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
My favorites this issue were “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills, “Butterfly Pavilion” by G. Willow Wilson, and “Infinite Halves by J.L. Akagi.
Uncanny Magazine Issue 62 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki
Book 1 of 2025: Uncanny Magazine Issue 62, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Favorites this month were “Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch, a hilarious take on kaiju stories, and “Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson, which was perhaps a bit predictable, but very nice.
Uncanny Magazine Issue 61 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki
71/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Favorites this issue were “Woodmask” by Adrian Tchaikovsky and “Ancestor Heart” by Naomi Day.
Uncanny Magazine Issue 60 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki
61/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This issue’s standouts were “The 6% Squeeze” by Eddie Robson, “A Stranger Knocks” by Tananarive Due, “¡Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror” by M. M. Olivas, and “A Menu of First Favorite Meals” by Jo Miles.
Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin
35/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Favorites this month were “Happily Ever After Comes Round” by Sarah Rees Brennan, “Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou, “Markets of the Otherworld” by Rati Mehrotra, and “Hands Like Gold and Starlight” by K.S. Walker.
📚 Uncanny Issue 57 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, and Monte Lin
19/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Favorites for me in this issue were Lavie Tidhar’s “The Robot” and Annalee Newitz’s “The Best-Ever Cosplay of Whistle and Midnight”.
📚 Uncanny Issue 56 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki
73/2023 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This issue I really enjoyed Mary Robinette Kowal‘s “Marginalia” and Alex Jennings‘s “Lest We Become Posessed”, a review of Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, co-edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams, which has been added to my “keep an eye out for” list.
