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The Ultimate Unknown [#23, 2001] ($4.00, 60pp+, quarto, cover by Chris Friend) 2 · Letter from the Editor · David D. Combs · ed 2 · Stay Involved · David D. Combs · cl 3 · Auntie Dearest · Barbara A. Custer · ss 9 · The Ultimate Reviews · David D. Combs · fr 9 · The Ultimate Picks · David D. Combs · br 10 · You as a Mutation · Kristy Mitchell · pm 10 · Hidden · Joseph Veronneau · pm 10 · World War III Blues · Joseph Benjamin · pm 11 · The Tachyon Machine · Josh Bingham · ss 14 · Alien Encounter · Terry Pieszchala · ss 15 · Feature Interview (Paul Clower) · [Misc.] · iv 15 · Yesterday’s Rose · C. David Hay · pm 16 · The Manifesto of 655321 · Travis Shephard · pm 17 · Psi Trailings: The 1999 Parapsychology Convention · Douglas M. Stokes, Ph.D. · cl 19 · The Future Is All Around Us · David D. Combs · cl 21 · Georgie Stephanie · Rhonda Jackson · ss 23 · Genre News · [Misc.] · ms 23 · The Ultimate Gaming Table · [Various] · gr 25 · Secret of the Colato · J. Alan Erwine · ss The Martian Wave (online) 1999 30 · Vegetable Matter · Erik Wilkins · pm 30 · Rush · Erik Wilkins · pm 30 · Gentlemen’s Intercourse · Daniel S. Irwin · pm 31 · Eddie · Susan L. Taylor · ss 32 · The Vault of Heaven · JoAnne Tolson · pm 32 · One Wild Night · Travis Shephard · pm 33 · And the Rich Get Richer · David D. Combs · ar 41 · Redemptorem · John Picinich · ss 47 · Phantasmagoria · Rose Devi · pm 47 · The Ultimate Picks · David D. Combs · br 48 · Remembrance · Denny J. Corbin · pm 48 · Genre News · [Misc.] · ms 48 · The Ultimate Picks · David D. Combs · br 49 · Gates · D. F. Lewis · ss 50 · Genre News · [Misc.] · ms 51 · Back from the Dead [Vampire Saga] · K. A. Williams · ss; Chapter 15 of the Vampire Saga. 52 · The Ultimate Picks · David D. Combs · br 53 · Sanity’s Child · Lawrence R. Dagstine · ss 57 · The Minister · Edward M. Turner · ss

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Uncanny Magazine [#1, November/December 2014] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Galen Dara) (Full Text) Details taken from Table of Contents. The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed If You Were a Tiger, I’d Have to Wear White · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss Presence · Ken Liu · ss Late Nights at the Cape and Cane · Max Gladstone · ss Celia and the Conservation of Entropy · Amelia Beamer · ss Migration · Kat Howard · ss The Boy Who Grew Up · Christopher Barzak · nv Her Fingers Like Whips, Her Eyes Like Razors · Jay Lake · ss The New and Perfect Man, ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing 2011 Mars (and Moon and Mercury and Jupiter and Venus) Attacks! · Sarah Kuhn · ar Worldcon Roundtable Featuring Emma England, Michael Lee, Helen Montgomery, Steven H Silver, and Pablo Vazquez · Emma England, Michael Lee, Helen Montgomery, Steven H Silver & Pablo Vazquez · ar Does Sex Make Science Fiction “Soft”? · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ar The Short List: The Ten Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Shorts on the Web · Christopher J. Garcia · ar Kissing Song · Neil Gaiman · pm The New Ways · Amal El-Mohtar · pm The Whalemaid, Singing · Sonya Taaffe · pm Interview: Maria Dahvana Headley · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview: Beth Meacham on Jay Lake · Lynne M. Thomas · iv Interview: Christopher Barzak · Deborah Stanish · iv Thank You, Kickstarter Backers! · [The Editors] · ms

Uncanny Magazine [#2, January/February 2015] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Julie Dillon) Details taken from Table of Contents. The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed Folding Beijing · Hao Jingfang; translated by Ken Liu · nv; translated from the Chinese (2014). The Heat of Us: Notes Toward an Oral History · Sam J. Miller · ss Pockets · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Anyone with a Care for Their Image · Richard Bowes · ss Love Letters to Things Lost and Gained · Sunny Moraine · ss The Nalendar [The God of Au Universe] · Ann Leckie · ss Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #36 2008 The Politics of Comfort · Jim C. Hines · ar The Future’s Been Here Since 1939: Female Fans, Cosplay, and Conventions · Erica McGillivray · ar Age of the Geek, Baby · Michi Trota · ar The Evolution of Nerd Rock · Keidra Chaney · ar After the Moon Princess Leaves · Isabel Yap · pm After the Dance · Mari Ness · pm archival testimony fragments / minersong · Rose Lemberg · pm Interview: Hao Jingfang · Deborah Stanish; translated by Ken Liu · iv Interview: Ann Leckie · Deborah Stanish · iv Thank You, Again, Kickstarter Backers! · [The Editors] · ms

Uncanny Magazine [#3, March/April 2015] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Carrie Ann Baade) Details taken from Table of Contents. The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed Those · Sofia Samatar · ss The Lamps Thereof Are Fire and Flames · Rosamund Hodge · ss Translatio Corporis · Kat Howard · ss Ivory Darts, Golden Arrows · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss When the Circus Lights Down · Sarah Pinsker · ss Dr. Polingyouma’s Machine · Emily Devenport · ss You Are Two Point Three Meters from Your Destination · Fran Wilde · ss In the House of the Seven Librarians · Ellen Klages · nv Firebirds Rising, ed. Sharyn November, Firebird 2006 Afrofuturism Rising · Ytasha L. Womack · ar Family Matters: How Geek Communities Turn Dysfunctional · Stephanie Zvan · ar The Hobbit: An Unexpected Desolation of Armies · Amal El-Mohtar · ar Cushing in Space · L. M. Myles · ar Deep Bitch · C. S. E. Cooney · pm Cloudbending · Jennifer Crow · pm The Eaters · M. Sereno · pm Interview: Sofia Samatar · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview: C.S.E. Cooney · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview: Ellen Klages · Deborah Stanish · iv Thank You, Once Again, Kickstarter Backers! · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ms

Uncanny Magazine [#4, May/June 2015] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas & Michi Trota (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Tran Nguyen) Details taken from Table of Contents. The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed Planet Lion · Catherynne M. Valente · ss The Practical Witch’s Guide to Acquiring Real Estate · A. C. Wise · ss Restore the Heart Into Love · John Chu · ss In Libres · Elizabeth Bear · ss Three Voices · Lisa Bolekaja · ss Young Woman in a Garden · Delia Sherman · nv Xanadu 2, ed. Jane Yolen, Tor 1994 It’s the Big One · Mike Glyer · ar Top Five Myths about YA · Julia Rios · ar I Don’t Care About Your MFA: On Writing vs. Storytelling · Kameron Hurley · ar The Force That Was Peggy Rae Sapienza · Christopher J. Garcia · ob Peggy Rae: Friend, Mentor, Superhero · Steven H Silver · ob For the Gardener’s Daughter · Alyssa Wong · pm From the High Priestess to the Hanged Man · Ali Trotta · pm Apologies for breaking the glass slipper · Isabel Yap · pm Interview: John Chu · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview: Delia Sherman · Deborah Stanish · iv

Uncanny Magazine [#5, July/August 2015] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas & Michi Trota (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Antonio Caparo) Details taken from Table of Contents. The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed Midnight Hour · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Woman at Exhibition · E. Lily Yu · ss The Rainbow Flame · Shveta Thakrar · nv Ghost Champagne · Charlie Jane Anders · ss The Half-Life of Angels · Sarah Monette · ss Catcall · Delilah S. Dawson · ss A Year and a Day in Old Theradane · Scott Lynch · nv Rogues, ed. Gardner Dozois & George R. R. Martin, Bantam 2014 Ethics of Reviewing · Natalie Luhrs · ar Writing Queerly: Three Snapshots · Sofia Samatar · ar 21st Century Heroes—Representation in Marvel and DC’s Cinematic Universes · Michael R. Underwood · ar Representation Matters: Embracing Change in Comics · Caitlín Rosberg · ar The Saga of Captain Jens · C. S. E. Cooney · pm Slices of Failure in Super Science · Bryan Thao Worra · pm Of the Two Sirens · Sonya Taaffe · pm Interview: E. Lily Yu · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview: Delilah S. Dawson · Deborah Stanish · iv Thank You, Kickstarter Backers! · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ms

Uncanny Magazine [#6, September/October 2015] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas & Michi Trota (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Matthew Dow Smith) Details taken from Table of Contents. The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed Find a Way Home · Paul Cornell · ss The Oiran’s Song · Isabel Yap · ss The Sisters’ Line · Liz Argall & Kenneth Schneyer · ss And Never Mind the Watching Ones · Keffy R. M. Kehrli · ss Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Beneath the Still Waters · N. K. Jemisin · nv The Company He Keeps, ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing 2010 Suspended Beliefs: Verisimilitude vs. Accuracy · Diana M. Pho · ar A Brief History of MidAmeriCon · Steven H Silver · ar Diversity Panels Are the Beginning, Not the End · Michi Trota · ar Masculinity Is an Anxiety Disorder: Breaking Down the Nerd Box · David J. Schwartz · ar A Riddler at Market · Rose Lemberg · pm To a Dying Friend · Dominik Parisien · pm Biting Tongues · Amal El-Mohtar · pm The WisCon Chronicles: Volume 5: Writing and Racial Identity, ed. Nisi Shawl, Aqueduct Press 2011 The Book of Longing · Jennifer Crow · pm Interview: Isabel Yap · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview: Liz Argall & Kenneth Schneyer · Deborah Stanish · iv Thank You, Kickstarter Backers! · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ms

Uncanny Magazine [#7, November/December 2015] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas & Michi Trota (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · The Archivist · Julie Dillon · cv The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed Wooden Feathers · Ursula Vernon · ss And the Balance in Blood · Elizabeth Bear · nv A Call to Arms for Deceased Authors’ Rights · Karin Tidbeck · ss Interlingua · Yoon Ha Lee · ss I Seen the Devil · Alex Bledsoe · ss Love Will Tear Us Apart · Alaya Dawn Johnson · nv Zombies vs. Unicorns, ed. Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, Margaret K. McElderry Books 2010 The Call of the Sad Whelkfins: The Continued Relevance of How to Suppress Women’s Writing · Annalee Flower Horne & Natalie Luhrs · ar Please, Judge This Book by Its Cover · Aidan Moher · ar The Alien Says Don’t Take Your Meds: Neurodiversity and Mental Health Treatment in TV SF/F · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ar Everyone Has a Ghost Story · Deborah Stanish · ar The Thirteenth Child · Mari Ness · pm Something Different from Either · Sonya Taaffe · pm Aboard the Transport Tesoro · Lisa M. Bradley · pm Interview with Yoon Ha Lee · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview with Alex Bledsoe · Deborah Stanish · iv

Uncanny Magazine [#8, January/February 2016] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas & Michi Trota (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook) Details taken from magazine website. fc. · Round Three · Priscilla H. Kim · cv The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed The Virgin Played Bass · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss Lotus Face and the Fox · Nghi Vo · ss The Creeping Women · Christopher Barzak · ss The Sincerity Game · Brit Mandelo · ss The Desert Glassmaker and the Jeweler of Berevyar · Rose Lemberg · ss The Spy Who Never Grew Up · Sarah Rees Brennan · nv Kiss Me Deadly, ed. Trisha Telep, Running Press Teens 2010 Gatekeepers: The Nerd/Jock False Division · Chris Kluwe · ar Growing Up in Hyperspace · Max Gladstone · ar Creating a Welcoming Fannish Community · Isabel Schechter · ar Quest for an SF/F Grandmother · L. M. Myles · ar Tended, Tangled, and Veined · Kayla Whaley · pm The Exquisite Banality of Space · Leslie J. Anderson · pm Narrative of the Naga’s Heirs · Bryan Thao Worra · pm Interview with Maria Dahvana Headley · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview with Christopher Barzak · Deborah Stanish · iv

Uncanny Magazine [#9, March/April 2016] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas & Michi Trota (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook) Details taken from magazine website. fc. · Strange Companions · Katy Shuttleworth · cv The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed Love Is Never Still · Rachel Swirsky · ss The Shadow Collector · Shveta Thakrar · ss Big Thrull and the Askin’ Man · Max Gladstone · ss The Wolf and the Tower Unwoven · Kelly Sandoval · ss The Artificial Bees · Simon Guerrier · ss Just Another Future Song · Daryl Gregory · ss Glitter & Mayhem, ed. John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Apex Publications 2013 Men of Their Times · Jim C. Hines · ar Furry Fandom · Kyell Gold · ar The Transmigration of George R.R. Martin · Javier Grillo-Marxuach · ar [George R. R. Martin] Closing the Gap: The Blurring of Fan and Professional · Mark Oshiro · ar Fox Girl Cycle 1 · C. S. E. Cooney · pm The Book of Forgetting · Jennifer Crow · pm God-Date · Brandon O’Brien · pm Rachel Swirsky Interviewed · Deborah Stanish · iv Simon Guerrier Interviewed · Deborah Stanish · iv

Uncanny Magazine [#10, May/June 2016] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas & Michi Trota (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Galen Dara) Details taken from magazine website. The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed The Blood That Pulses in the Veins of One · J. Y. Yang · ss Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands · Seanan McGuire · ss The Sound of Salt and Sea · Kat Howard · ss The Plague Givers · Kameron Hurley · ss You’ll Surely Drown Here if You Stay · Alyssa Wong · nv The Drowning Line · Haralambi Markov · ss Deeper Than Pie · Beth Cato · pm Brown Woman at Safety Beach, Victoria, in June · M. Sereno · pm Alamat · Isabel Yap · pm Diversity: More Than White Women · Foz Meadows · ar Thank You, Patreon Supporters! · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ms Where Do We Find Community as Gamers? · Tanya DePass · ar Ludo and the Goblin King · Sarah Monette · ar In the Hands of the Goblin King · Stephanie Zvan · ar Interview: Kat Howard · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview: Alyssa Wong · Deborah Stanish · iv

Uncanny Magazine [#11, July/August 2016] ed. Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas & Michi Trota (Uncanny Magazine, $3.99, ebook, cover by Antonio Javier Caparo) Details taken from Table of Contents. The Uncanny Valley · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ed A Hundred and Seventy Storms · Aliette de Bodard · ss El Cantar of Rising Sun · Sabrina Vourvoulias · ss The Words on My Skin · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss Snow Day · Catherynne M. Valente · nv An Ocean the Color of Bruises · Isabel Yap · ss Travels with the Snow Queen · Kelly Link · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #1 1996/’97 We Were All Trini: Searching for Asian American Mirrors in SF/F · Sarah Kuhn · ar So You Want to Start a Podcast · Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky · ar The Death of Very Special Diversity Comics · Sigrid Ellis · ar Myth Has Momentum, or: How I Accidentally Deified a Jar of Jelly · Kelly McCullough · ar Good Neighbors · Jessica P. Wick · pm Phaya Nak Goes to the West · Bryan Thao Worra · pm The Persecution of Witches · Ali Trotta · pm Interview: Sarah Kuhn · Deborah Stanish · iv Interview: Sabrina Vourvoulias · Deborah Stanish · iv Thank You, Patreon Supporters! · Lynne M. & Michael Damian Thomas · ms