Our autumn issue is here, full of work that we suspect you’ll find strangely uplifting — in the case of at least one story, literally so. We offer this new issue of Mythic Delirium in the spirit of sharing the fun we have as science fiction publishers. James Van Pelt joins us for the first time with “The Elevator Illimitable,” a story that demonstrates the range of adventures one can have while standing in the same spot day after day.

August brings the latest round of featured works from the current issue of Mythic Delirium. “Resistance on a Park Bench, with Stale Bread and Ducks,” Sandra M. Odell’s askew take on the apocalypse, holds a resonant message and some tasty bread for the birds. In “Other People’s Tragedies,” frequent Mythic Delirium contributor Jennifer Crow reflects on the difference between what’s lived and what’s observed. Sonya Taaffe, another frequent Mythic Delirium contributor, touches on summer and the underworld in “On the

Hello, folks! To everybody who submitted stories and poems to us during the spring reading window: as of today, you should have received a response, whether it be rejection, acceptance, or a request for revisions. If you’ve gotten no response at all, you should send a query to mythicdelirium@gmail.com so we can figure out what’s up. There will be no other reading window this year. I’m really excited about the lineup that’s coming together. Next year, 2018, will be this

Our summer 2017 issue begins Mythic Delirium’s fifth year as a digital magazine. We’re pleased to welcome “Dispo and the Crow” author Rich Larson to our pages. Having previously appeared in our our sister publication, Clockwork Phoenix, Larson is an author who has been generating a lot of buzz. The end-of-the-world theme in his story carries over into up-and-coming writer Sandra Odell’s even quirkier “Resistance on a Park Bench, with Stale Bread and Ducks.” This is Odell’s first appearance in

The last featured content from our April–June issue is now free for all to read, bringing our magazine’s fourth year as a digital publication to a close. In “The Ladder-Back Chair,” Nebula Award finalist Barbara Krasnoff details a moving encounter between the living and the dead. 2017 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Jane Yolen describes a brush with grief personified in “Grave Robber.” An inscription in limestone made more than two thousand years ago inspires Ghost

As of today, to my knowledge, I’ve reviewed every single submission that was sent during the March 1–May 1 submission window. If you haven’t heard back from me at this point, either I’m hanging on to your story or poems so Anita and I can go over them more thoroughly to make our final selections for issues 4.2 through 4.4, or your work has somehow fallen through the cracks. Queries welcome any time at mythicdelirium@gmail.com. Note 1: Having your work

We start May here at Mythic Delirium Books by marking two incremental milestones. First, our May features story and featured poems from Issue 3.4 are now live on the website. Shveta Thakrar’s sinister tale “Ghost Notes” illustrates how stealing stories can also steal souls, while Sara Cleto’s poem “How to Grieve: A Primer for Witches” seeks sorcerous remedies for real pain, and Jessica P. Wick’s “The Fetch” posits magical means for reclaiming one’s own life. If you don’t want to

I’m proud to report that our anthology Clockwork Phoenix 5 made the 2016 Locus Magazine Reading List, and as a result is included in the 2017 Locus poll in the “Best Anthology” category. The poll closes Saturday (April 15.) Though it’s my name in the poll, it’s by virtue of a terrific cover and 20 excellent stories that our book made the list. The poll also included Mythic Delirium as an option for “Best Magazine,” and for the first time,

Mythic Delirium greets Spring 2017 with a heady mix that blends shades of grief and loss, yet has many rays of light to offer. Damien Angelica Walters digs to expose undercurrents of magic that guide a family through a funeral in “On Grief and the Language of Flowers: Selected Arrangements.” In Shveta Thakrar’s “Ghost Notes,” a hunger to steal the stories of others drives a sinister seduction. Barbara Krasnoff details a moving encounter between the living and the dead in

Three poems from the 2016 issues of Mythic Delirium are contenders for this year’s Rhysling Awards, given by the members of the Science Fiction Poetry Association to honor the best speculative poems of the year. Voting is underway as I write this. The nominated poems from Mythic Delirium are: Short Poem Category “Rusalka” by Jane Yolen   Long Poem Category “When the Gunman Comes” by Edith Hope Bishop “Im Wald” by Sandi Leibowitz Congratulations and good luck to Jane, Edie