Welcome to Episode 72A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast!

In Episode 72A you will hear:

Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas 

Story: “Horse Boy” by Natalia Theodoridou, as read by Matt Peters

Poem: “Huangdi” by Kailee Pedersen, as read by Erika Ensign

Essay: “Being a Brief History of It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton” by Wil Wheaton, as read by Wil Wheaton

This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky (The Uncanny Podcats). Music created by Null Device and used with permission.

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© 2026 Michael Damian Thomas

Michael Damian Thomas is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Locus Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. In these roles, Michael has won nine Hugo Awards, a British Fantasy Award, a World Fantasy Award, and a Parsec Award.  Michael was a Hugo Award finalist as the former Managing Editor of Apex Magazine (2012-2013), co-edited the Hugo Award finalist essay anthology Queers Dig Time Lords (Mad Norwegian Press, 2013) with Sigrid Ellis, co-edited the anthology Glitter & Mayhem (Apex Publications, 2013) with John Klima and Lynne M. Thomas, and co-edited the Locus Award finalist anthology The Best of Uncanny (Subterranean Press, 2019) with Lynne M. Thomas.

Michael was additionally a contributor to the SF Squeecast podcast (with Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, and Catherynne M. Valente), a contributor to the Down and Safe- Blake’s 7 podcast (with Amal El-Mohtar, Scott Lynch, and L.M. Myles), and is currently the Content Editor of the It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton podcast.

Michael was formerly the full-time caregiver of his late daughter, Caitlin. Caitlin had a rare congenital disorder called Aicardi syndrome. Michael currently lives in Urbana, Illinois.