Uncanny Magazine Issue 32: January/February 2020
by Lynne M. Thomas (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Editor)
A tenjō kudari (“ceiling hanger” yōkai) defends her theft
BY BETSY AOKI | 246 WORDS
„at night I hover above the beams you’ve hammered
https://uncannymagazine.com/article/a-tenjo-kudari-ceiling-hanger-yokai-defends-her-theft/
between heaven and your spread silk coverlet“
A poem about a yokai, a Japanese spectre/demon and her revenge. I like it. Great visuals, I can see here hovering under those rafters…
You Perfect, Broken Thing
BY C.L. Clark | 3930 WORDS
“When I leave the kill floor, my legs are wasted. I shuffle to the women’s locker room. I can’t stand anymore, but I know if I sit, I’ll never get back up. At least, not for another hour.“
https://uncannymagazine.com/article/you-perfect-broken-thing/
Short story. Winning a race to stay alive. And to give life to loved ones. Interesting and emotionally compelling.
Cathy's Reading Bonanza 
When I read this magazine issue I had very mixed feelings about the content. I liked the poem you mention here, but I was pretty indifferent to this short story. Still, the volume had some good stuff in it.
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I got pretty emotional when I read this story.
I rarely read the full magazins, it‘s a story here or there. Sometimes I revisit a magazine after a year. It‘s all very accidental.
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