Uncanny Tales was a Canadian science fiction pulp magazine edited by Melvin R. Colby that ran from November 1940 to September 1943.

It was created in response to the wartime reduction of imports on British and American science-fiction pulp magazines.

Uncanny Tales was begun in response to these conditions; the editor was Melvin R. Colby, and the first issue was dated November 1940.

Since Stirring and Cosmic had never been distributed in Canada, Wollheim was able to offer him Canadian rights to the stories in those magazines, and Colby agreed to pay a quarter of a cent per word, a low rate compared to most American magazines.

[3][note 1] According to Moskowitz, Wollheim heard rumours of the new magazine, perhaps via Nils Frome, a Canadian fan whom he knew.

Wollheim obtained more details from Chester Cuthbert, a Canadian author he was in correspondence with, and contacted Colby to arrange reprints of stories from Stirring and Cosmic.

[4] Moskowitz had also heard of Uncanny Tales and wrote to him separately, arranging reprints at a tenth of a cent per word.

[2] The stories supplied by Sam Moskowitz included his own "The Way Back" (reprinted from Comet), which appeared in the February 1942 issue; Stanton Coblentz's novel After 12,000 Years, which was serialized from April to September 1942; and James Taurasi's story "Magician of Space", which was not a reprint.

[3] Paper shortages caused by the war forced the magazine to a bimonthly schedule in 1942, and only four more issues appeared.