Space Unicorns! Behold the Uncanny Magazine Issue 70 Table of Contents and Julie Dillon Cover!!!! buff.ly/iJQUHCf

The impending stress of this process and the sadness of being apart right now is a lot, but it is a manageable stress and worth it to be together. ☺️ @michaeldthomas.bsky.social (Also, excellent work by 10y/o snapping this candid wedding photo!!I’ll be sharing wedding pics for a LONG while, folks!)

I thought about relaxing, my brain is too busy. At least there is always more Uncanny work!

The Snatchers go live on May 5th in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social along with a podcasted version and an interview with yours truly :)

On Patreon, Uncanny comes early. #70 starts with "The Snatchers." I don't think it's a spoiler to say this has something to do with Invasion of the Body Snatchers ... but it's fantastically reimagined and, yes, more relevant to today. @uncannymagazine.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social

This was definitely a Chicagoland experience that I didn't want to share. It didn't help that the place we were sheltering had a weirdly behaving manager and a TV showing damage from recent tornado touchdowns.

Considering how busy my April has been, I am fairly amazed at Uncanny Magazine Issue 70 being ahead of schedule. Once again, THE BEST STAFF AND CONTRIBUTORS IN THE UNIVERSE!!

Uncanny Magazine Issue 70 Launches May 5 file770.com/uncanny-maga...

Kickstarter and Patreon Space Unicorns!! CHECK YOUR EMAIL! :D

I decided to make more Uncanny Magazine eBooks and listen to Waxahatchee.

One of the high points of going to a Shimmer show with Caitlin was seeing her wrestle. Really hope that AEW signs Kay Lee Ray.

So yes, there is a lot of joy in my life right now. Caitlin would love that. She always appreciated the joyful moments and found happiness and kindness even during the hardest times.

ICYMI, I am also a finalist for two Hugo Awards. I HAD QUITE A WEEK!! 😁

ICYMI, I GOT MARRIED TO @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social!!! 🥰

It is such a weird and wonderful thing to be randomly in a Chicago museum. :D

Episode 280 of what I can now call my HUGO AWARD-NOMINATED Eating the Fantastic podcast is live! Join me and @effjayem.bsky.social for breakfast in Birmingham during Eastercon where we discuss their new book Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ — and more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

One of the absolute joys of the last two weeks was watching my wife and step-kids get SO EXCITED by each new Mold-A-Rama machine. It is my Chicago Childhood Nostalgia that is possibly only matched by Bozo the Clown. 😁

Ah, I see we've reached the "Why are Hugo Voters nominating the works they read/watched and enjoyed instead of things they didn't read or know about?" stage of the Hugo Award discourse.

Listening to Wire and making Uncanny Magazine eBooks. The excitement never ends. :D

Ah, the fun of realizing that you need to throw out hours of work and start over because of weird computer thing. WHEE!!!

I am not a fan of the Rolling Stones, but I am a fan of Exiles on Main Street. For whatever reason, that is their only album that really works for me.

Roger Limb, Glynis Jones, Mark Ayres, and I were at the Music Producers Guild Awards last week, where we picked up the Pioneer award for the Radiophonic Workshop, past and present, alongside rolling credits of over eighty people connected with the workshop, headed by Delia Derbyshire and John Baker.

2026 Aurora Awards Ballot locusmag.com/2026/04...

There are so many good things going on right now. I wish I could share them with Caitlin. I miss her so much every day.

News! Christopher Franke has just released a ton of Babylon 5 soundtracks on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora and others: six large volumes and smaller, six episodic soundtracks. Available yea unto this very moment.

Story here if anyone wants to read it. And if not check out the rest of what came out that issue of Uncanny, Michael is a brilliant editor. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...

Seeing my name beside these authors and I'm trying to be sooo normal about it 😳 Really appreciate this shout out to my story that came out in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. while not my usual dark horror bag, this was more me exploring cultural grief and the inevitably of your loved ones passing.

It is such and honor and joy to work with @montelin.bsky.social, @betsyaoki.bsky.social, @legopolis.bsky.social, and @hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy. THE GREATEST STAFF IN THE UNIVERSE!!!

Congratulations to Angela Liu! “The Mourning Robot” is a finalist for Best Poem Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/lho7ujf

Congratulations to Mari Ness! “Care for Lightning” is a finalist for the Best Poem Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/zVEyFya

Congratulations to Samantha Mills! “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” is a finalist for the Best Short Story Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/JUbItRc

Congratulations to J.R. Dawson! “Six People to Revise You” is a finalist for the Best Short Story Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/hbwq504

Congratulations to Sarah Pinsker! "The Millay Illusion" is a finalist for the Best Novelette Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/z1fuSgG

Congratulations to Catherynne M. Valente! “When He Calls Your Name” is a finalist for the Best Novelette Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/mzfQGYy

Congratulations to Scott Lynch! “Kaiju Agonistes” is a finalist for the Best Novelette Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/KkAlCLD

Congratulations to Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe! Listen To Me And I’ll Tell You A Story is a finalist for the Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration Aurora Award! buff.ly/uprKEkq

Congratulations to Silvia Moreno-Garcia! “The Lure of Stone” is a finalist for the Best Novelette/Novella Aurora Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/VRWa2xp

Listening to Paul Simon this morning while working on Uncanny Magazine stuff. Missing my family a lot. So grateful about all of the wonderful congratulations for my marriage and Hugo Award nominations this week. FORWARD MOMENTUM!!

So yes, I have had quite the week! 😁🦄 Thank you to everybody who nominated me for Best Editor-Short Form. It is such an amazing group of finalists. This means so much more than you will ever know, Space Unicorns.

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Congrats to all the Hugo Awards finalists! It is wonderful to see the recognition and celebration of talent, hard work and human creativity!

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael Damian Thomas is a finalist for the Best Editor-Short Form Hugo Award! buff.ly/1K10weZ

Wonderful news, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine (Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Michael Damian Thomas, Managing Editor Monte Lin, Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki, and Podcast Producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky) is a finalist for the Best Semiprozine Hugo Award! buff.ly/1K10weZ

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! "Five Uncanny Stories, Two Uncanny Poems, Uncanny Magazine, and Michael Damian Thomas Are 2026 Hugo Award Finalists!" buff.ly/1K10weZ

This little floofy chick wants to say hello!

(40/55) Best Semiprozine 🚀 [6 of 6] Uncanny Magazine, publisher and editor-in-chief: Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

(27/55) Best Editor, Short Form 🚀 Scott H. Andrews @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social Neil Clarke clarkesworldmagazine.com Lee Harris leeharris.net Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social Sheila Williams @sheilawilliams.bsky.social

BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA The First Thousand Trees, Premee Mohamed, ECW Press “In the Gardener’s Service“, Michèle Laframboise, Asimov’s “The Lure of Stone“, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Uncanny Magazine A Palace Near the Wind, Ai Jiang, Titan Books The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom

BEST COVER ART/INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION Dancing With the Holly King, Janice Blaine, On Spec Magazine Seance, Alice M., Heartlines Spec Lunar Base, Dan O’Driscoll, On Spec Magazine Starship Librarians, Lorna Antoniazzi Listen to Me and I’ll tell You a Story, Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe, Uncanny Magazine

1 week married to my absolutely amazing husband!!! Yes, I am completely in love and being ‘totally cringe’ according to the kids!! 😁🥰😂 @michaeldthomas.bsky.social