Thia Reads A Lot’s Reviews > Uncanny Magazine Issue 69: March/April 2026 > Status Update

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.