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Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
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For me, it's “Barbershops of the Floating City” in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social because I write a lot of dark fiction, but this was the first time I completely rewrote an ending because I wanted so badly for the characters to have a better chance at living.

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Barbershops of the Floating City - Uncanny Magazine
Content note: child abuse   You used to be in a band. Now you cut hair. The Institute hired you because you’re the daughter of the Floating City’s Founder’s fourth mistress, the one who always cooks u...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I worked so very hard on this one. It was—and probably still is—the most technically challenging story I’ve ever written. And it gave me so much anxiety also bc I wrote it the week after I wrote “Negative Scholarship,” which is a very hard story to live up to.

But maybe I did it. Maybe! We’ll see.
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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This was my week 5 Clarion story that gave me cervical misalignment bc I wrote too much & too hard. Literally 20,000+ of planning notes for an 8.1k story … and then this summer I had rotator cuff tendonitis while revising this story.

I literally gave my arm TWICE for this little bitch. 😭
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Like I said, I'm still reading, but these are at the tippy top of my brain going into November. I'll post more as the months pass.

And I'd also like to drop a note about one of my own stories, "Six People to Revise You," from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

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Six People to Revise You - Uncanny Magazine
A parent or guardian Someone who has known you since childhood A mentor or teacher An employer or coworker A spouse, partner, or close intimate friend Someone who does not consider themself a loved on...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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If you know me, you know I love research, so it was tremendous fun doing a deep dive not only into what a magic show bill might have looked like at the time in question, but also, literally, how the trick is done.
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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What if the Snatchers were here, but instead of turning everyone into a copy of themselves, they turned everyone into the copy of one person. The Leader.
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM