A number of awards in the science fiction, fantasy and horror fields have opened to nominations for what was best in 2013, and I wanted to note that Clockwork Phoenix 4 and the eighteen stories within are all eligible.   Obviously, Clockwork Phoenix 4 is eligible for Best Anthology, for awards that have such a category.   The following are eligible for Best Novelette categories: “The Canal Barge Magician’s Number Nine Daughter” by Ian McHugh “A Little of the Night”

We at Mythic Delirium Books (i.e me’n’Anita) were proud to learn that two stories from Clockwork Phoenix 4 are being reprinted in “Year’s Best” anthologies.   Tanith Lee’s eerie novelette “A Little of the Night” has been chosen to appear in The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014 edited by Paula Guran.   Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s far future sf story “The Bees Her Heart, the Hive Her Belly” has been picked for The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2014

Lois Tilton, short fiction reviewer for Locus Online, posted her year-in-review column Sunday, saying Clockwork Phoenix 4 was her favorite anthology of 2013.   My favorite of the year’s anthologies had a large number of fine stories with long titles. I was especially impressed by Kenneth Schneyer’s enigmatic “Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer”, a puzzling mystery in the form of a sequence of paintings. Also: “On the Leitmotive of the Trickster Constellation in Northern

When we ran the Kickstarter in 2012 that made it possible to bring the Clockwork Phoenix series back from the ashes, we offered, for $1,000, to create a special edition of the book signed by all the contributors. We had one taker, and this past Monday that single book was handed to its rightful owner.   As my final Clockwork Phoenix 4 post, of this week, here is that special book’s eight month odyssey, with pictures. #SFWApro   In April,

Continuing my “better late that never” philosophy this week, I’m proud to be able to share with with you this free-to-read sample story from the pages of Clockwork Phoenix 4.   I’ll share a little secret. Kenneth Schneyer’s short story “Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer” was the very first arrival when we opened to submissions for the anthology in October 2012 — and it set a very high bar for the 1,400 stories that

  Better late than never, as they say. I’m kicking off a week of blog entries devoted to Clockwork Phoenix 4 with sights and sounds from the launch reading for the anthology. It took place Friday, July 12, 2013 at ReaderCon in Burlington, Mass. Contributors A.C. Wise, Gemma Files, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Barbara Krasnoff, Shira Lipkin, Yves Meynard and Kenneth Schneyer all read excerpts from their stories. And we’ve got audio of the entire reading, courtesy of Barbara’s husband, Hour of

Clockwork Phoenix 4 is the subject of Brit Mandelo’s latest “Short Fiction Spotlight” at Tor.com. Brit writes:   Overall, these are good pieces and the anthology is even in quality—amusingly enough, I wouldn’t call most of them experimental or slipstream etc., though a few certainly are. On the other hand, “bold in the style of their telling” applies more or less across the board: all of the authors go in full-speed on the tone and artifice of their stories, which

The biggest single prize we offered for the Kickstarter to fund our anthology Clockwork Phoenix 4 was a special edition signed by all the contributors. One backer pledged for this…   …And we made it happen! That special edition has returned home from its journey around the world. The pictures (by Anita) say it all.      

The folks at Podcastle have adapted a second story from Clockwork Phoenix 4 to audio — this time it’s “The Wanderer King” by Alisa Alering. Click here to have a listen.   A sample from the text:     We steer clear of the mines–that’s Fixer territory. The Wanderers are dangerous, too, ever since they came fighting back around Day 30. But there’s always been less of them–less in all, and less because they scatter through the woods on their

The adventures of the special signed-by-all-the-authors edition of Clockwork Phoenix 4 continues.   Corinne Duyvis, who contributed “Lilo Is” to the book, sends this picture from Amsterdam. In documenting the books travels, she writes, “My Dutch thing of choice was a poffertjes stand, which is very, very Dutch indeed (and also very delicious).”   She’s the first contributor to pose with the book, perhaps because she made the mistake of asking me if I’d like her to do so, hee.