Ai Jiang

A modern Gothic ghost story set in a mysterious town where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by a grief-sick population that refuses to let go.

Linghun

A Novelette

I Am AI

Christi Nogle

Wilted Pages is a new Dark Academia anthology filled with gloomy buildings, hidden histories, secret societies, lurking shadows, futuristic boarding schools, corrupt systems, gothic aesthetics, occult learning and forbidden texts... And that's only your first semester. Wilted Pages features new stories by: Hussani Abdulrahim Octavia Cade Amber Chen Brian Evenson Cyrus Amelia Fisher Jennifer Fliss Ana Hurtado Gabino Iglesias R.J. Joseph Jo Kaplan John Langan R.B. Lemberg Premee Mohamed Suzan Palumbo Marisca Pichette Michael A. Reed Ayida Shonibar Simo Srinivas Steve Rasnic Tem

An Anthology of Dark Academia

Wilted Pages

Elizabeth Davis

Holly Rae Garcia

Jeremy Megargee

Jacob Steven Mohr

Rose Strickman

Patrick Barb

Bernard McGhee

Lindsey Ragsdale

Avra Margariti

Grace R. Reynolds

Tiffany Michelle Brown

Dino Parenti

Pauline Barmby

Zachary Rosenberg

Ziggy Schutz

Inara Enko

Vann Orcka

Justin Moritz

Matthew Condello

M. Richard Eley

Madison McSweeney

Tony Logan

Kim Z. Dale

C. R. Beideman

Salvador Ayala

Kate Ota

Emerson Seipel

28 horror stories and poems about the human connection to the stars.

Stories of Astronomical Horror

Nightmare Sky

Brian Evenson

John Langan

Steve Rasnic Tem

Nadia Bulkin

Gemma Files

Mercedes M. Yardley

Ryan Cole

Gabino Iglesias

Shane Hawk

Hailey Piper

Sarah Read

Dan Coxon

S. P. Miskowski

Steve Toase

Christina Sng

Donyae Coles

Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito

Nicoletta Giuseffi

Elizabeth R. McClellan

Nick Bouchard

Bryson Richard

R. Leigh Hennig

K. M. Veohongs

Renee Cronley

Todd Powell

Tehnuka

Jonathan Louis Duckworth

Wailana Kalama

Katie McIvor

Victoria Nations

Mothers are the hand the rock the cradle and the true rulers of the world. In this anthology of 33 stories and poems, we explore the powerful, dangerous, and transcendent nature of mothers. Through the most compelling voices in science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror today, we stretch the concept of motherhood to its limits and show a side of Mother that you've never seen before. Featuring award-winning authors and the most captivating new voices in speculative fiction, this is 300 pages of compelling, weird, and awe-inspiring tales that will have you rethinking everything you know about that most secretive of all women: Mother. Featuring: "The Sire," by Steven Rasnic Tem"Last Leaf of an Ursine Tree," by Hailey Piper"Of a Thousand Arms and More," by Ai Jiang"Passed," by Elizabeth R. McClellan"Mother Made Cake," by Nicoletta Giuseffi"Puerperium," by Donyae Coles"Pelican," by Gemma Files"Fracture," by Mercedes M. Yardley"When Auntie's Due," by Sarah Read"Vé'otsé'e (Warpath Woman)," by Shane Hawk"Stone's Blood," by Nick Bouchard"Shields," by Christina Sng"The Bone Child," by Ryan Cole"The Wives of Tromisle," by Dan Coxon"Duties Terrible and Dear," by John Langan"Worry Dolly," by Nadia Bulkin"(sub)Maternal Instincts," by K.M. Veohongs"720o," by Steve Toase"Number ONE," by Frances Lu Pai Ippolito"Here in the Cellar," by R. Leigh Hennig"She's Untouchable," by Renee Cronley"Lida's Beach," by Stephanie Nelson"Instruments of Bone and the Flesh Songs They Create," by Nikki R. Leigh"Transformative Love," by Tehnuka"The Withering Depths," by Todd Powell"Waiting for Mother," by Brian Evenson"Unchild," by Jonathan Louis Duckworth"Take Care," by S.P. Miskowski"Mother Trucker," by Wailana Kalama"The Last Sin," by Gabino Iglesias"Jacob's Mother," by Katie McIvor

Tales of Love and Terror

Mother

Valerie Valdes

Sarah Pinsker

Charlie Jane Anders

Delilah S. Dawson

Kristiana Willsey

AnaMaria Curtis

Parlei Rivière

The March/April 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Charlie Jane Anders, Kristiana Willsey, AnaMaria Curtis, Delilah S. Dawson, Valerie Valdes, Parlei Rivière, and Ai Jiang. Reprint fiction by Sarah Pinsker. Essays by C.L. Polk, Jeffe Kennedy, Ruthanna Emrys, and Riley Silverman, poetry by Tiffany Morris, Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi, Betsy Aoki, and Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, interviews with Kristiana Willse and Delilah S. Dawson by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Nilah Magruder, and editorials by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Meg Elison. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, & 2022 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Meg Elison, and Monte Lin, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

March/April 2023

Uncanny Magazine Issue 51

Ai Jiang

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