Status Updates From Uncanny Magazine Issue 69: ...

The Truth About Wolves: not rating poetry, super short. I would have read more of it.

Interview: Sunwoo Jeong fine interview

Permanent Press: Jo has been offered a job on a submarine, but they (unclear on their pronoun since first person) hesitates to accept the position. They become obsessed with talking to Landry at the laundromat, but only find Lundry, then their grandmother possibly disappears and their friend Moe doesn't answer his phone, but all is fine at the end. No word on their relationship with Moe at the end either. 2*

What Prose Writers Can Learn from Script Writers (and What Not to Learn) excellent essay about writing dialogue

Nuclear Deterrence Doll: not rating poetry, but interesting structure

What Does It Mean to Be Immortal? maybe a bit shorter than it should be?

Bittersweet Endings (for All Who Live to See Such Times) good essay about a school shotting, 9/11 and The Fellowship of the Ring.

Interview: Anjali Sachdeva good

The Mighty Impervious Woman Considers Retirement: not rating poetry, but I'm getting the story of this one. A woman got the gift of Imperviousness from a goddess. She will survive everything, but that doesn't mean she doesn't get the trauma too.

The Woman Who Stole Flowers: 3* An American on a sabbatical in Budabest sees the same old woman repeatedly steal flowers from around town. She follows her home, but saw a young woman water the flowers. An archeological teacher shows her a Roman Flora doll depicting both a young woman and an old woman. Susie leaves an offering of flowers for the woman. Lacks something, but interesting.

Welcome to Heroism: 3* good but a bit vague at times? A new app dares the users to do something like crossing wildfires or exposing politicians. It eventually becomes anti-government. The maker of the app is rumored to have been executed, a final message asking for people to do the right thing appears. Very vague ending.

machining of little moons: not rating poetry. I'm not getting this poem.

Thank You, Patreon Supporters!: skipped

Endings and Other Lies: good essay

What We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom: 2* I'm not sure I understand what is happening to the man. He is a bit estrange from his wife, they come from different cultures. He goes into the hole in the bathroom and forgets his life? But someone he loved is there with him at the end, was it his wife? Unclear.

Chimera: 4* Savita is an older woman. One of her sons Raj cuts ties with the family and transfers into an exoskeleton. He appears in a competition show years later and she wants to write him a message to fix her mistake in pushing him away. sweet

The Uncanny Valley: fine

When Things Went Bad: 2* Maybe it's because I'm tired, but this story made little sense to me. At least it was short?