Editor Mike Allen has some news of Mythic Delirium, his “biannual journal that publishes science fiction, fantasy, horror, surreal, and cross-genre poetry”:
First, the latest set of featured poems from Mythic Delirium is now available on our website. They are “Coyote Knock” by Jessica Wick, with an illustration by the captive artist from Goblin Fruit, Oliver Hunter, and with accompanying audio sung (yes, you read that right) by Amal El-Mohtar; “Other Fires,” by Constance Cooper, illustrated by Paula Friedlander, with audio by Kate Baker; and “The Ones Who Met Them” by Ann K. Schwader, illustrated by Don Eaves and Terrence Mollendor, also with lovely audio from Kate Baker. The featured poems are available here.
All of these poems are samples from Mythic Delirium 21, also known as The Trickster Issue, our first experiment with constructing an issue that has a theme.
Second, I need to deliver some bittersweet news. This has been a wonderful year for Mythic Delirium, with the publication of our extra-large anniversary issue that contained bestselling author Neil Gaiman’s debut in our pages. Not to mention, we picked up a healthy number of new subscribers.
But it’s also been a sad year, especially because of the loss in October of cover artist/assistant art director Tim Mullins’ wife Michelle at the too-young age of 44.
Work on Mythic Delirium 21 continues apace. But at this point I feel the responsible thing to do is concede that for the first time in our 10-year history we will be unable to publish two issues within a calendar year. The wait won’t be long, however—I’m confident MD21 will arrive in subscribers’ mailboxes in January.
And, the wait will be worth it. The Trickster Issue is almost as large as the anniversary issue, with even more art, and containing the results of unique efforts in collaboration between 22 poets, including Theodora Goss, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Deborah P Kolodji, Sonya Taaffe, Catherynne M. Valente, and David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans.
The other good news, I suppose, is that work is already underway assembling Issue 22 (guest-edited by Goblin Fruit co-editors Amal El-Mohtar and Jessica P. Wick) and Issue 23 (no special plans, just a typical issue). It’s my hope that we’re well positioned to produce three issues in 2010, and thus restore our schedule.