Alyssa Wong

Kat Howard

Seanan McGuire

Kameron Hurley

JY Yang

Sarah Monette

Beth Cato

Haralambi Markov

The May/June 2016 issue of Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Seanan McGuire, Kat Howard, JY Yang, Alyssa Wong, and Haralambi Markov, reprinted fiction by Kameron Hurley, essays by Foz Meadows, Tanya DePass, Sarah Monette, and Stephanie Zvan, poetry by Beth Cato, M. Sereno, and Isabel Yap, interviews with Kat Howard and Alyssa Wong by Deborah Stanish, a cover by Galen Dara, and an editoral by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

May/June 2016

Uncanny Magazine Issue 10

Maggie Gordon

Not one of McGuire's best, unfortunately. She tells the tale of an alien encounter gone wrong, and while the twist as to why there was a miscommunication is interesting, the rest of it treads pretty common ground. Also, if the robots were equipped with all the languages of the world, did no one think to try a word OTHER than hello?

Merged review:

"You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" is a story that will take your breath away. Set in the strange, dry desert, Ellis is an odd boy. He can call dead things back to life or lose himself in the spirit of the desert. These are powers that are mighty interesting to some, and he becomes embroiled in power machinations that are not his own. It's a haunting story told through gorgeous, weighty prose. Alyssa Wong is an absolute powerhouse of a writer, and you'll just want to seep into this weird, wind-driven tale.

Uncanny Magazine Issue 10 May/June 2016

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