Content note: suicidal ideation “Please—turn it off!” A pained, painful wail from the room across the hall; soundtrack laughter dissolving into guttural thunder as a film projector slowed to a stop. “Well damn,” said the stranger who was entering the same room as me, and we both let out nervous laughs. It was enough […] The post The Cinema of Babel appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.
On the cold bathroom tiles I took off my skin with all its nerve bundles and severed connective tissue and left it like a silk robe in the clawfoot tub to soak and stumbled outside and laid on the ground, hot and earthly, and listened to the berserk of traffic. This sound is the sound […] The post I called the swan down appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.
Welcome to Episode 71B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 71B you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: “The Cinema of Babel” by Sam J. Miller , as read by Matt Peters Poem: “I called the swan down” by Laura Cranehill, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Michael Damian Thomas interviews Sam J. Miller This […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 71B appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.
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 Ensign and Steven […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 71A appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.
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 […] The post Uncanny Magazine Podcast 70B appeared first on Uncanny Magazine.
