Uncanny Magazine Issue 49: November/December 2022

The November/December 2022 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.

Featuring new fiction by Samantha Mills, Vivian Shaw, Matthew Olivas, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Iori Kusano, Anya Ow, and Emily Y. Teng. Reprint fiction by Catherynne M. Valente. Essays by Izzy Wasserstein, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Alex Jennings, and Karen Heuler, poetry by Eshqin Ahmad, Ewen Ma, May Chong, Taiwo Hassan, and Ai Jiang, interviews with Vivian Shaw and Iori Kusano by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Maxine Vee, and editorials by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Meg Elison.

In The Issue

FICTION
Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills
Transference by Vivian Shaw
To Walk the River of Stars by Emily Y. Teng
The Other Side of Mictlān by Matthew Olivas
A Fall Counts Anywhere by Catherynne M. Valente
can i offer you a nice egg in this trying time by Iori Kusano
Earth Dragon, Turning by Anya Ow
Travelers’ Unrest by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

POETRY
A Dead, Divine Thing by Eshqin Ahmad
Crossing by Ewen Ma
Sang Kancil at the Protest by May Chong
I Am a Little Hotel by Ai Jiang
A Testament of Bloom by Taiwo Hassan

EDITORIALS
The Uncanny Valley by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
The Horny Body Problem by Meg Elison

ESSAYS
The Necessity of Trans Joy by Izzy Wasserstein
Thank You, Patreon Supporters! by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
For Your Re-Consideration by Jennifer Marie Brissett
Across the Afterverse: A Conversation with Afropunk SF/F Author Alex Smith by Alex Jennings
What Do the Dying Know? by Karen Heuler

INTERVIEWS
Interview: Vivian Shaw by Caroline M. Yoachim
Interview: Iori Kusano by Caroline M. Yoachim