The Mythic Dream

John Chu, Leah Cypess, Indrapramit Das, Amal El-Mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, Sarah Gailey, Carlos Hernandez, Kat Howard, Stephen Graham Jones, T. Kingfisher, Ann Leckie, Carmen Maria Machado, Arkady Martine, Seanan McGuire, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, Alyssa Wong, J.Y. Yang, Dominik Parisien, Navah Wolfe, Dominik Parisien, Navah Wolfe

• Publisher: S&S/Saga Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781481462389
• eBook ISBN: 9781481462402

An all-new anthology of eighteen classic myth retellings featuring an all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers.

Madeleine L’Engle once said, “When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.” The Mythic Dream gathers together eighteen stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations.

Featuring award-winning and critically acclaimed writers such as Seanan McGuire, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, JY Yang, Alyssa Wong, Indrapramit Das, Carlos Hernandez, Sarah Gailey, Ann Leckie, John Chu, Urusla Vernon, Carmen Maria Machado, Stephen Graham Jones, Arkady Martine, Amal El-Mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, and more, The Mythic Dream is sure to become a new classic.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Introduction
• “Phantoms of the Midway” by Seanan McGuire
• “The Justified” by Ann Leckie
• “Fisher-Bird” by T. Kingfisher
• “A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy” by Rebecca Roanhorse
• “Bridge of Crows” by JY Yang
• “Labbatu Takes Command of the Flagship Heaven Dwells Within” by Arkady Martine
• “Wild to Covet” by Sarah Gailey
• “¡Cuidado! ¡Que Viene El Coco!” by Carlos Hernandez
• “He Fell Howling” by Stephen Graham Jones
• “Curses Like Words, Like Feathers, Like Stories” by Kat Howard
• “Across the River” by Leah Cypess
• “Sisyphus in Elysium” by Jeffrey Ford
• “Kali_Na” by Indrapramit Das
• “Live Stream” by Alyssa Wong
• “Close Enough for Jazz” by John Chu
• “Buried Deep” by Naomi Novik
• “The Things Eric Eats Before He Eats Himself” by Carmen Maria Machado
• “Florilegia; or, Some Lies About Flowers” by Amal El-Mohtar
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Copyright