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Welcome to Episode 71A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 71A you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas  Story: “Leavetaking” by Tia Tashiro, as read by Erika Ensign Poem: “Instructions for Becoming Fire” by Chisomaga Umenyi, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Michael Damian Thomas interviews Tia Tashiro This podcast was produced by Erika Ensi...

Kate was cursed by her cousin on his deathbed to never stay. She and her cousin Bo didn’t hate each other—far from it. They’d grown up together: same small farming town in the inland northwest, population 394. So small that when Bo finished high school, he and his classmates each got a lamppost of their […] The post Leavetaking appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .

Begin with every swallowed word. Pile them carefully, as though silence were wood and humiliation tinder.              Strike memory against memory until sparks come. Do not fear the crackle.              Let your lungs fill with flame, not apology. Let your bones harden into ember.   […] The post Instructions for Becoming Fire appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .

Welcome to Episode 70B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 70B you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas  Story: “Immigrant Girl from the End of the World” by Hannah Yang, as read by Erika Ensign Poem: “Quorum” by Ceridwen Hall, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Michael Damian Thomas interviews Hannah Yang This podcast was produced […] T...

Half of us wish the angels would stay forever.  Half want them to  leave  now.  Both factions admit that angels hold mirrors to the abyss inside us.  We too hover just above despair.  They are winged, is all, and more beautiful. Being eternal, they tell fewer stories.  We  are  narrative  little  mortals;  there  are  hours  of argument  while  angels  […] The post Quorum appeared first on U...

Before the world ends, Miri’s family saves up enough money to escape to 2004. 2004: a safe haven. The year lilts off the tongue, like a promise. Miri and Lise spend their last evening together in their favorite spot, sitting on the top of the holotower at the edge of town, where they can see […] The post Immigrant Girl from the End of the World appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .

I didn’t think much About trading my voice and scales away When I fell into the air and happily drowned:              As long as we’re happy I happily said, air drunk Love mad—              I continued, happily All the years after Keeping peace Between sea and land Ensuring everyone was happy Because I thought […] The post A Mermaid Looks at 40 appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .

Out in the great expanse of cosmos, little seeds float. They have been drifting for billions of years in the cold darkness of space from one planet to the other, driven by the need for survival and propagation, but most of all driven by spite (they will later claim an absence of emotions in favor […] The post The Snatchers appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .