Editor and Publisher Mike Allen announced that issue #17 of Mythic Delirium—the “biannual journal that publishes science fiction, fantasy, horror, surreal and cross-genre poetry”—has mailed to all subscribers, and the contributor copies should be out soon. He said “this issue marks the beginning of Mythic Delirium‘s ninth year of publication, and its third since leaving now-defunct DNA Publications.” In this issue’s editorial, Allen reflects on the zine’s survival: “Weirdly enough, Mythic Delirium probably has about half the subscribers it did during the DNA heyday—but that’s proven to be more than enough for the zine to support itself. To all of you readers who’ve stuck with us, or joined us since, and made this possible: gracias, merci, danke, thanks!”
The table of contents for the issue includes:
“Myths and Delusions” (editorial)
“Brothers in Arms” by Marsheila Rockwell
“On the Paths of the Lost” by Jennifer Crow
“After Appomattox” by Holly Cooley
“Weightless” by K.S. Hardy
“Nine days out—” by Jaime Lee Moyer
“Dancing to Van Gogh” by Ann K. Schwader
“Badger Springs” by Gary Every
“Fitcher’s Third Wife” by Leah Bobet
“The Witch’s Daughter” by M. Frost
“Gleipnir Diaries” by JoSelle Vanderhooft
“Lamia” by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
“Daphne’s Myth Revisited” by cythera
“I write this” by Serena Fusek
“How to Hide in a Japanese Print” by Lila Garrott
“Window shopping in the new millennium” by Tom Conoboy
“In Ellipsis” by Sonya Taaffe
“Eating Light” by F.J. Bergmann
“Among the Silent Steppes” by C.S. MacCath
“Near Highland” by Deborah P. Kolodji
“Ten Reasons Not to Write a List Poem About the Meaning of Everything” by Darrell Schweitzer
“Last Chance Dance” by Tiel Aisha Ansari
The magazine has interior art by Don Eaves and Terrence Mollendor, Bob Snare, Paula Friedlander, and Daniel Trout. The cover is by Tim Mullins.