A review by lonecayt
Uncanny Magazine Issue 16: May/June 2017, by Ursula Vernon, Betsy Aoki, Chinelo Onwualu, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, John Chu, K.M. Szpara, Roshani Chokshi, Kelly McCullough, Theodora Goss, Carlos Hernandez, Michael Damian Thomas, Hiromi Goto, Naomi Kritzer, Lynne M. Thomas, Sonya Taaffe

4.0

I liked this story. A nice way to turn the typical talking sword trope on its head.

Merged review:

Hmm. This is the kind of story I'd expect more from fanfiction than from an award nominees list. A bit too porn-y. The one thing that really rang true was the main character's descriptions of what it's like to be a trans man.

Also, ceramic doesn't dent, no matter how fangy one's teeth are.