Magazines:

Uncanny Magazine, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief,  2014 to Present (with Lynne M. Thomas from 2014 to 2024).

Cover by Galen Dara

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, & 2025 Hugo Award winner for Best Semiprozine, 2016 Parsec Award winner for Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast,  2019 British Fantasy Award winner for Best Magazine, 2024 Locus Award winner for Best Magazine, and 2024 World Fantasy Award winner for Special Award- Nonprofessional.

Apex Magazine, Managing Editor,   2012-2013.

Cover by Ken Wong

2013 & 2014 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Semiprozine

 

Books:

The Best of Uncanny. Edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. Subterranean Press, 2019.

Cover by Tran Nguyen

2020 Locus Award Finalist for Best Anthology

Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBT Fans Who Love It. Edited by Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian Thomas. Mad Norwegian Press, 2013.

Cover by Colleen Coover

2014 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Related Work

Glitter & Mayhem. Edited by John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas, and Michael Damian Thomas. Apex Publications, 2013.

Cover by Galen Dara

 

Podcasts:

It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton– Content Editor, 2024-Present.

Down and Safe: A Blake’s 7 Podcast– Co-Presenter (with Amal El-Mohtar, Scott Lynch, and L.M. Myles), 2015-2017.

 

SF Squeecast, Co-Presenter (with Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, & Catherynne M. Valente)/Producer, 2013-2014.

Logo by Katy Shuttleworth

 

Awards:

Winner- 2025 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine, (with Lynne M. Thomas, Monte Lin,  Betsy Aoki,  Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky)

Winner- 2024 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional–  (with Lynne M. Thomas, for Uncanny)

Winner- 2024 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine

Winner- 2023 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine,  (with Lynne M. Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Monte Lin,  Meg Elison, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky)

Winner- 2022 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine,  (with Lynne M. Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson,  Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky)

Winner- 2020 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine, (with Lynne M. Thomas, Michi Trota,  Chimedum Ohaegbu, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky)

Winner- 2019 British Fantasy Awards- Best Magazine/Periodical– Uncanny Magazine

Winner- 2019 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine,  (with Lynne M. Thomas, Michi Trota,  Erika Ensign, Steven Schapansky, Elsa Sjunneson, and Dominik Parisien)

Winner- Illinois Mathematica and Science Academy Alumni Titan Award

Winner- 2018 Hugo Awards- Best Editor, Short Form– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Winner- 2018 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine,  (with Lynne M. Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky)

Winner- 2017 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine, (with Lynne M. Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky)

Winner– 2016 Parsec Awards- Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast– The Uncanny Magazine Podcast

Winner– 2016 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine, (with Lynne M. Thomas, Michi Trota, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky) 

 

Award Nominations:

Finalist-2026 Hugo Awards- Best Editor, Short Form

Finalist- 2026 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine, (with Monte Lin,  Betsy Aoki,  Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky)

Finalist- 2025 Locus Awards- Best Editor– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2025 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine

Finalist- 2025 Hugo Awards- Best Editor, Short Form– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2024 Locus Awards- Best Editor– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2024 Hugo Awards- Best Editor, Short Form-  (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2024 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine- Uncanny Magazine,  (with Lynne M. Thomas, Monte Lin,  Meg Elison, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky)

Finalist- 2023 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional– (with Lynne M. Thomas), for Uncanny

Finalist- 2023 Locus Awards- Best Editor– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2023 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine

Finalist- 2022 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional– (with Lynne M. Thomas), for Uncanny

Finalist- 2022 Locus Awards- Best Editor–  (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2022 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine

Finalist- 2021 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional– (with Lynne M. Thomas), for Uncanny

Finalist- 2021 Locus Awards- Best Editor– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2021 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine

Finalist- 2021 Hugo Awards- Best Semiprozine– Uncanny Magazine, (with Lynne M. Thomas, Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson,  Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky)

Finalist- 2020 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional– (with Lynne M. Thomas), for Uncanny

Finalist- 2020 Locus Awards- Best Editor– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2020 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine– Finalist

Finalist- 2020 Locus Awards- Best Anthology– The Best of Uncanny, Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, eds. (Subterranean)

Finalist- 2020 Hugo Awards- Best Editor, Short Form– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2019 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional– (withe Lynne M. Thomas), for Uncanny Magazine

Finalist: 2019 Locus Awards- Best Editor– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2019 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine– Finalist

Finalist- 2019 Hugo Awards- Best Editor, Short Form– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2018 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional– (with Lynne M. Thomas) for Uncanny

Finalist- 2018 Locus Awards- Best Editor– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2018 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine

Finalist- 2017 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional– (with Lynne M. Thomas), for Uncanny

Finalist- 2017 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional–  (with Lynne M. Thomas) , for Uncanny

Finalist- 2017 British Fantasy Awards- Best Magazine/Periodical– Uncanny Magazine

Finalist- 2017 Locus Awards- Best Magazine– Uncanny Magazine

Finalist- 2017 Locus Awards- Best Editor–  (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2017 Hugo Awards- Best Editor, Short Form– (with Lynne M. Thomas)

Finalist- 2016 World Fantasy Awards- Special Award Nonprofessional– (with Lynne M. Thomas for Uncanny)

Finalist- 2015 Parsec Awards- Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast– The Uncanny Magazine Podcast

Finalist- Hugo Award- Best Related Work: Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBT Fans Who Love It. Edited by Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian Thomas, 2014

Finalist- Hugo Award- Best Semiprozine: Apex Magazine (with Lynne M. Thomas and Jason Sizemore), 2014

Finalist- Hugo Award- Best Semiprozine: Apex Magazine (with Lynne M. Thomas and Jason Sizemore), 2013

 

Fiction:

“The Breath Thief,” Harvest Season: An Anthology by the SF Squeecast, ISFiC Press, 2014.

“Keys and Shadowboxes,” Harvest Season: An Anthology by the SF Squeecast, ISFiC Press, 2014.

“There Are Many Ways to Fall,” Harvest Season: An Anthology by the SF Squeecast, ISFiC Press, 2014.

 

Essays:

“The Uncanny Valley” (with Lynne M. Thomas Issues 1-61), editorial, Uncanny Magazine, 2014-Present.

“US Paratrooper” by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Ace Jacket: The Inside Story, 2025.

“Challenger” by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Ace Jacket: The Inside Story, 2025.

“The Space Unicorn Was Caitlin” by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Black Gate, 2024.

“Uncanny Origins” by Uncanny Magazine, Black Gate, 2020.

“A Space Unicorn Tale: The REAL Story Behind the Creation of Uncanny Magazine” by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Reactor, 2016.

“Queers Digging and Destroying” Queers Destroy Science Fiction, Lightspeed, 2015.

“How to Kickstart Your Own Magazine in 728 Easy Steps” by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, and Michi Trota, A Dribble of Ink, 2015.

“The SF/F Community: An Essay of Thanksgiving” Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, Apex Magazine, Issue 54, 2013.

“Carol of the Five Doctors,” (writing as Damian Taylor), Outside In, ATB Publishing, 2012.

“Steampunk, Disney, and the Death of the Future,” (writing as Michael D. Thomas), Argentus, 2010.

“A Culture of Maps, Trains, and Sex: A Review of Catherynne M. Valente’s Palimpsest Tour,” (writing as Michael D. Thomas), Argentus, 2009.

“Hate & Fandom,” (writing as Michael D. Thomas), Enlightenment, 2008.

“1963 and All That: A Look at Doctor Who Continuity,” Argentus, 2007.

 

Other Editorial Work:

Associate Editor (Mad Norwegian Press):

Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them, edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Sigrid Ellis, (Hugo Award nominee, Best Related Work, 2013), 2012

Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them, edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Deborah Stanish, 2011

Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Tara O’Shea (Hugo Award winner, Best Related Work, 2011), 2010

About Time 3: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Seasons 7 to 11) [2nd Edition], by Tat Wood & Lawrence Miles, 2009

Time Unincorporated: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives (Vol. 1: Lance Parkin), by Lance Parkin, 2009

About Time 6: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Seasons 22 to 26, The TV Movie), by Tat Wood, 2007

Ahistory: An Unauthorized History of Doctor Who [Second & Third Editions], by Lance Parkin & Lars Pearson,  2007 & 2012

Redeemed: The Unauthorized Guide to Angel, by Lars Pearson & Christa Dickson, 2006

Editorial Assistance:

Tamaqua, edited by Bruce Morgan, Winter 1997.