So, not only is Kenneth Schneyer‘s Clockwork Phoenix 4 story “Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer” a finalist for the Nebula Award — the audio version is now a finalist in the Podcastle Best of 2013 poll.   I want to say again how proud we are to have given Ken’s story its first home, and we hope you’ll check it out in whichever form you prefer most.   #SFWApro

Our heartfelt congratulations to Kenneth Schneyer, whose short story “Selected Program Notes from the Retrospective Exhibition of Theresa Rosenberg Latimer” from Clockwork Phoenix 4 has been nominated by the membership of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Way to go, Ken!   Ken’s story is doubly crowdfunded. “Selected Program Notes” is part of a series of stories written for his successful 2010 Kickstarter. And of course, Clockwork Phoenix 4

Anita and I will be on all kinds of panels and workshops at the upcoming MystiCon convention right here in Roanoke. I’ll be reading from my novel The Black Fire Concerto and Anita and I together will be talking about Clockwork Phoenix and anthologies in general, and Anita, it seems, will be sharing her costuming know-how just about everywhere. Here’s what our schedules look like:   Friday, Feb. 21 4 p.m. Anita. Two hour costume workshop. 7 p.m. Anita. Panel:

Locus Magazine unveiled the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List this past weekend, and we’re proud to report that three stories from Clockwork Phoenix 4 made the list.   For the novelette category, the panel chose our dark secondary-world fantasy “The Canal Barge Magician’s Number Nine Daughter” by Australian writer Ian McHugh.   For the short story category, the panel picked two tales that have already gotten a lot of buzz: Kenneth Schneyer’s subtle supernatural story “Selected Program Notes from the

I’m pleased to announce that we’ve expanded this website’s sample platter of what’s available in our publications by just a bit more this week.   From Clockwork Phoenix 4, we’re offering Shira Lipkin’s joyful headtrip of a tale, “Happy Hour at the Tooth and Claw.” Compare her story with Ken Schneyer’s from the same volume, and you’ll have all the proof you need that unusual formatting doesn’t scare us off.   We’re also offering some recent and classic selections from

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