Uncanny Magazine Year One

A project in De Kalb, IL by Lynne M. Thomas
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A Professional Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature.
Backers: 1018
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Funded: $36,075 of $26,000
Dates: Jul 29th -> Aug 28th (30 days)
Project By: Lynne M. Thomas
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Latest News

The Final Space Unicorn Uncanny Countdown!

August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
You Spectacular Space Unicorns, With 24 hours to go in the Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter, we just hit our fourth stretch goal! Thanks to your generosity, we will be adding an additional story per issue!  How amazing is that?!? We still have one more... (Read More)

We've Reached Two Stretch Goals!

August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello You Wonderful Space Unicorns, The Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter has reached two stretch goals! There will be ORIGINAL COVERS from artists Tran Nguyen and Galen Dara! If you backed Uncanny for more than $50, you have the option of getting this... (Read More)

We have hit 100% funding!

August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Space Unicorn Ranger Corps, WE DID IT! Uncanny Magazine is fully funded, surpassing the $26,000 mark this evening! THANK YOU. We could not have done it without you.  We are so excited to begin work, getting ready to bring you Issue One in... (Read More)

Uncanny Magazine Is 92% Funded with Two Weeks to Go!

August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Space Unicorn Rangers, We're nearly there! With little over two weeks to go, the Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter is 92% funded with 669 backers! To celebrate this milestone, our daughter Caitlin cosplayed a Hogwarts student. (Caitlin is 11 and... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Future Uncanny Web Designer Jeremiah Tolbert!

August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Jeremiah Tolbert Jeremiah Tolbert is a writer and web designer living in Lawrence Kansas with his wife, newborn son, and two identical cats named Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. His fiction has appeared in magazines such as Asimov's, Interzone, and... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Sofia Samatar!

August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Sofia Samatar Sofia Samatar is the author of the novel A Stranger in Olondria, winner of the 2014 Crawford Award, as well as several short stories, essays, and poems. Her short story “Selkie Stories Are for Losers” has been nominated for the... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Liz Argall!

August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Liz Argall Liz Argall often writes speculative fiction and interstitial work that explore spaces between genres. She is especially fond of gritty urban fantasy, thought provoking science fiction and fantastical literary fiction.   Liz’s comics... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Diana M. Pho!

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Diana M. Pho Diana M. Pho (also known as Ay-leen the Peacemaker) is a scholar, activist, performer, and general rabble-rouser. She is best-known for running Beyond Victoriana, an award-winning, US-based blog on multicultural steampunk, and the... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Galen Dara!

August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Galen Dara Galen Dara likes monsters, mystics, dead things and extremely ripe apricots. She has created art for 47North publishing, Fireside Magazine, Lightpseed, Apex Publication, Goblin Fruit, Lackington’s, Resurrection House, and Edge... (Read More)

New Backer Level: Elise Matthesen's Haiku Earring Party In A Box!

August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
The Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter is now 81% funded at $21,115 with 576 backers!  We're celebrating by offering a new $300 backer reward: Elise Matthesen's Haiku Earring Party In A Box! Jeweler and all-around amazing person Elise will provide a... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Jim C. Hines!

August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Jim C. Hines Jim C. Hines is the author of fifty published short stories and nine fantasy novels, including the Magic ex Libris series about a magic librarian from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the Princess series of fairy tale retellings, and the... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Kameron Hurley!

August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Kameron Hurley Kameron Hurley is the author of the novels God’s War, Infidel, and Rapture a science-fantasy noir series which earned her the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer and the Kitschy Award for Best Debut Novel. She has been a... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Kat Howard!

August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Kat Howard Kat Howard is the World Fantasy Award-nominated author of over twenty pieces of short fiction. Her work has been performed on NPR as part of Selected Shorts, and has appeared in Lightspeed, Subterranean, and Apex, among other venues. Her... (Read More)

Uncanny Magazine Is 75% Funded & Thomases Interviewed on Skiffy & Fanty!

August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
There's a brand new interview with Uncanny Magazine editors Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas on the Hugo Award-nominated Skiffy and Fanty Show.  In other news, Uncanny Magazine is now 75% funded!!! Caitlin! We are so excited to be this... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Paul Cornell!

August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Paul Cornell Paul Cornell is a writer of SFF in prose, comics and television. He's one of only two people to be Hugo Award-nominated for all three media. He's written Doctor Who for the BBC, Wolverine for Marvel and Batman and Robin for DC. His... (Read More)

71% Funded, So Let's Add New Backer Rewards and an Add-On

August 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
It's been an exciting first week with the Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter. With 24 days to go, we've reached 71% funded and 506 backers. Thank you so much. We couldn't make this dream come true without your support. To celebrate, we're adding some... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Tansy Rayner Roberts!

August 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Tansy Rayner Roberts Interview by Deborah Stanish 1. You’ve won awards for both your fiction and non-fiction and have used these different platforms to communicate important ideas. If you were told, today, that you could only write one form for... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini Interview with Year One Contributor Mari Ness!

August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Mari Ness  Interview by Deborah Stanish 1. As a writer who has embraced various storytelling formats, is it immediately apparent that an idea should be a poem, etc. or does that happen during the writing process? Not at all - indeed, some story... (Read More)

Uncanny Mini-Interview with Year One Contributor Maria Dahvana Headley!

August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Maria Dahvana Headley Mini-Interview by Deborah Stanish 1. Last year in Apex Magazine you talked about a “hoarded file of secrets”, we’re not going to ask you to share what’s in the file but can you tell us some of the things that have come... (Read More)

Thanks for your support! Now, with New Backer Levels!

July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Uncanny is now over 25% funded, thanks to your help! Caitlin says thank you!  (That's our daughter, Caitlin. She's a bit excited.) We also have some GREAT new backer levels, thanks to the generosity of our featured authors, particularly Mary... (Read More)

Help Kickstart Uncanny Magazine

July 29th - via: whatever.scalzi.com
My pals Lynne and Michael Damian Thomas (3-time Hugo winner and 3-time Hugo nominee, respectively), are hoping to start a new science fiction and fantasy magazine and are also hoping you’ll help them kickstart this ambition. They’re here to tell you about their plans, in the hope you’ll like what they have planned. (Read More)

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