Uncanny Magazine Issue 44: January/February 2022

Definitely one of the least interesting Uncanny issues I've read in a while, unfortunately. Some short reviews:

The Night Dance (3/5)
This is one of those typical fae dance stories. It's a lovely read, but I feel like I've read it plenty times before.

The Calcified Heart of Saint Ignace Battiste (2/5)
Prose was a little too obtuse for me, not translating to a captivating enough story.

Ribbons (3/5)
A queer story about accepting your identity and coming to terms with certain things. Not altogether bad, but again, just not enough for me.

The Haunting of Dr. Claudius Winterson (3.5/5)
A concise story about survivors guilt.

Lily, the Immortal (4/5)
A pretty fantastic story about people living forever via AI interpretations and deepfakes of who they were when they were alive.


Hundred-Handed One (2/5)
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How to Safely Store your Magical Artifacts after Saving the World (3/5)
One of those list-based short stories we've been seeing the past few years.

The Clockwork Penguin Dreamed of Stars (4/5)
Lots of great, quick worldbuilding in this. Manages to feel both whimsical and melancholy at the same time.

Midnight Mass Talks Too much but still manages to compell
Review of a TV show. Skipped.

The future in the flesh: why Cyberpunk can't forget the body
An interesting essay on why the cyberpunk genre is not as dead as it seems and why the role of flesh in cyberpunk is often understated.

Even after death: an essay in questions
Mostly about River Solomon's' The Deep and other afrofuturist works exploring death (and other things).

Gone with the Clones
An essay on the star wars prequels- skipped.

POETRY

Crustacean on Land (3.5/5)

The House Snakes (3/5)

a sinkhole invites a street to consider its future (3/5)

Weaver Girl Dream (2/5)