2022 online SFF - Uncanny

[psocoptera]

I didn't read every 2022 Uncanny story, but I read a bunch, from the Locus list and the spreadsheet and just whatever caught my eye.

If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You, John Chu, Uncanny. A warm and ultimately hopeful superhero story, more or less what if Superman was real in our racist world today. Nebula nominee. NOVELETTE.

Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold, S.B. Divya, Uncanny. A well-done fairytale retelling. Nebula nominee. NOVELETTE.

The Prince of Salt and the Ocean's Bargain, Natalia Theodoridou, Uncanny. An odd little fairy tale. Nebula nominee. NOVELETTE.

Rabbit Test, Samantha Mills, Uncanny. The past and future history of abortion as an endless, depressing cycle of freedom and oppression. Nebula nominee.

The Goldfish Man, Maureen McHugh, Uncanny. Set in the pandemic. Homelessnes, and art, and aliens.

Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home, C.L. Clark, Uncanny. A sailor and a lighthouse keeper. F/F. NOVELETTE.

Ribbons, Natalia Theodoridou, Uncanny. Neck ribbons (like in the holding-her-head-on way) and gender.

The Coward Who Stole God's Name, John Wiswell, Uncanny. A mind control story.

can i offer you a nice egg in this trying time, Iori Kusano, Uncanny. Portal fantasy and fighting at Waffle House.

The Portal Keeper, Lavie Tidhar, Uncanny. Cute portal metafic.

Comments

[elysdir]

I’m surprised to see that I’ve read all but one of these. In most years, I wouldn’t have read any of them (due to rarely getting around to reading anything in the year when it’s published), so thank you again for inspiring me to read 2022 short fiction!

[elysdir]

Followup: Turns out that the one that I hadn’t read (“Your Eyes, My Beacon”) was the next one on my to-read-before-nominations-close list. :)

…Also, I’ve been thinking for many years about writing a story about a woman lighthouse keeper who rescues and falls for a woman from a shipwreck, so I was a little startled by this one. But it turns out that their underlying premise is very different from mine, and the chances of my ever completing my story are slim anyway.

[psocoptera]

Thank you! Your commenting this was exactly the nudge I needed to finish up and do my ballot, so yay mutual encouragement!