Mythic Delirium: Volume Two: an international anthology of prose and verse - Softcover

Yolen, Jane; MacCath, C. S.; Kishore, Swapna; Lupescu, Valya Dudycz; Mohlere, Virginia M.; Parisien, Dominik; Howe, Adam; Thakrar, Shveta; Taaffe, Sonya; Muslim, Kristine Ong; Moraine, Sunny; Johnson, John Philip; Rathbone, Wendy; Llewellyn, Livia; Lanagan, Margo; Landis, Geoffrey A.; MacFarlane, Alex Dally; Gailey, Jeannine Hall; Thomas, Sheree Renée; Lynette Mejia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988912457 ISBN 13: 9780988912458

Publisher: Mythic Delirium Books, 2015

Synopsis

“Rich word choices and settings that blend speculative concepts with quotidian reality highlight this stellar anthology of prose and poetry.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY “One of those rare long-term survivors of the small-press landscape. . . contributes mightily to the health of our genre.” —LOCUS ONLINE Assembled from the second year of the digital journal MYTHIC DELIRIUM and recast in an artfully arranged anthology, this latest offering from editors Mike and Anita Allen will introduce you to harrowing deserts and vengeful waters, to quantum mythology and edible religion, to slipstream explorations of love and identity. Publisher and editor Mike Allen writers in his introduction, “If you’re on a quest for the weird, lowercase, here is a book where you can find it. And likely The Weird as well.” This international anthology of beautiful prose and strange verse features Saira Ali, Michele Bannister, Alicia Cole, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Gwynne Garfinkle, Brady Golden, Adam Howe, John Philip Johnson, Jamie Killen, Swapna Kishore, Margo Lanagan, Geoffrey A. Landis, Nathaniel Lee, Rose Lemberg, Livia Llewellyn, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, C.S. MacCath, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Lynette Mejía, Virginia M. Mohlere, Sunny Moraine, Kristine Ong Muslim, Dominik Parisien, Jessy Randall, Wendy Rathbone, Sonya Taaffe, Shveta Thakrar, Natalia Theodoridou, Sheree Renée Thomas and Jane Yolen. Cover art by Hugo Award winner Galen Dara.

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From Publishers Weekly:

The brilliant and the bland run side-by-side in the Allens' second collection of strange tales. Vivid prose and creepy concepts appear in Jessy Randall's "Maybe a Witch Lives There," in which two teenage pranksters get more than they bargained for when trying to fool an old woman. The best story, Jamie Killen's "Keeper of the Wave," builds to a sadistic climax that's simply amazing, as a mysterious secret-eater feeds on a family's pain. But other stories lack bite Adam Howe's solid but unoriginal " ‘Kid' Cooper & the Blackwood Ape-Man" fails to do anything new with its concept. Two standout poems—Geoffrey A. Landis's "Orpheus," featuring the mythic figure reflecting on his failure, and Natalia Theodoridou's "Philomela in Seven Movements," in which a woman transforms herself in beautiful metaphor—are a pleasant change from several others that are barely speculative. The Allens (Clockwork Phoenix) don't manage to bring this volume up to the quality of its predecessor. (Dec.)\n

About this edition

• Publisher: Mythic Delirium Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0988912457
• ISBN 13: 9780988912458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162
• Editor: Allen Mike, Allen Anita