Anita and I will be at the World Fantasy Convention this weekend, primarily to cheer on C.S.E. Cooney, whose book from our imprint, Bone Swans: Stories, is up for the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection against some very stiff competition. Our fingers are crossed regardless. Before Sunday’s ceremony, we’ll have plenty of time to hang out at the bar and chat — but I will be making a couple of “official programming” appearances, both of them on Friday. At

As Anita and I prepare for an appearance next week at the World Fantasy Convention in Columbus, Ohio, we decided to renew a Clockwork Phoenix tradition. With the release of each volume, we have made a few of the stories from the anthology available free to read, as a sort of sampler platter. Though our plan all along has been to do the same with the new book, life circumstances had delayed us. But no longer! To make up for

Our fall 2016 issue (click here to view) has arrived, and it is full of ghosts who walk the Earth (or Mars) and people who become as ghosts. In Andrew Gilstrap’s short fiction debut, a man in black with a guitar has a thing or two to share with a roomful of music fans about the afterlife. TJ Radcliffe gives us a story in verse about supernatural vengeance across the sands of Mars. Chris Reinhardt, in his fiction debut, shares

C.S.E. Cooney’s Bone Swans: Stories has been selected as a finalist for the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection. In celebration, Mythic Delirium Books will offer the e-book edition of the book for sale at 99 cents on all platforms through Sunday, Oct. 2. See links below: Available at: Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon DEAmazon AU | Nook | iBooks | Kobo | Google Play

The featured story and featured poems from the electronic pages of Mythic Delirium 3.1 have gone live for the month of September, meaning the entire issue is now free for all to read. Our newest features are: • “Left Behind,” a wonderful science fiction/magical realism/mythology mashup from Yukimi Ogawa. • Kavitha Rath’s “Morgan Le Fay at the Downtown Mall,” a dark mediation on magic and myth in the modern age. • “Rusalka” by Jane Yolen, an uncompromising meditation on a

The featured story and featured poems from the electronic pages of Mythic Delirium 3.1 have gone live for the month of August. They include: • “Comet’s Call,” a science fiction story from Benjanun Sriduangkaew about a mercenary arms trader who is herself a living weapon. • “I learned” by Lyndsey Silveira, a beautiful poem about wolf’s teeth and wisdom imparted. • Ada Hoffmann’s “Million-Year Elegies: Edmontonia,” a wry look at evolutionary misunderstandings and the value of an armored shell. Enjoy!

Last time I wrote an update, Anita and I were about to drive up to Readercon in Boston. A whole lot has happened since, some of it fun, most of it not fun at all, but for purposes of this update I’m sticking to the fun stuff.   Readercon itself was terrific for us. We held in essence a second launch reading and launch party for the Clockwork Phoenix 5 anthology. Rob Cameron, A.C. Wise, C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez,

I’m pleased to share my final schedule for Readercon in Boston this weekend. Anita and I look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.   We’ll also have copies of all our books with us (our big push will be for Clockwork Phoenix 5, and a little bit extra for The Spider Tapestries, but all the rest will be along, too), in case you want to get one in person and have it signed.   Friday July 08

This newest issue kicks off the fourth year of Mythic Delirium Mark II, and it launches as Anita and I prepare to see friends and hawk our wares at Readercon.   Our summer offering gives center stage to a trio of voices from the far side of the world: Suzanne J. Willis brings a beautiful and gruesome story of maps inked on skin and where they lead; Benjanun Sriduangkaew shares a story of a space-faring arms dealer who is herself

  I’ve launched an experiment here at Mythic Delirium Books. For the next couple weeks or so, ebook editions of all five of the Clockwork Phoenix anthologies are discounted to 99 cents across all the major electronic book platforms. My thanks to Holly Heisey for the snazzy promo banner!   Links to all, or at least most, of the discounted editions below.   Platform Clockwork Phoenix Volume Kindle One Two Three Four Five Kindle UK One Two Three Four Five