Just released
Where can you find a television that sees five minutes into the future? Where can you find dragons trapped in a jar and an illness which turns people into glass? Where might you find families who sell their brainpower to corporations for penny wages, or dead relatives that sit down for family meals?
Why, in the pages of Sybil’s Garage No. 7, of course.
In this seventh issue of the highly acclaimed series, you will find twenty-seven original works of fiction and poetry from today’s top talent, with suggested musical accompaniment, our trademark design aesthetic, and much more. But be sure to leave a trail of breadcrumbs on your way into Sybil’s Garage, or you may not find your way out.
Read the full story »
Winner of the 2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
“Sybil’s Garage is one of the best run and downright prettiest of the small press magazines…”
- Escape Pod, Stephen Eley, Editor
Seventy-six dense, artwork-laden pages of heart-stopping fiction. Free Download
Free fiction, poetry, essays, interviews and other goodies from Sybil’s Garage, Paper Cities, or otherwise.
It’s been a tradition in Sybil’s Garage for every author and poet to suggest a musical accompaniment to their piece. For issue 7, I’ve compiled all the songs into an iTunes playlist (below). For those who don’t have iTunes, I’m also posting the unabridged list of songs. The asterisks (*) signify that I could not find the song on iTunes, and so I substituted one from the same band, if possible. There’s also a story behind the Neutral Milk Hotel songs and how they’re connected to the writing in the …
Sybil’s Garage No. 4 is now available as a free download. Issue four contains stories from Richard Bowes, Ekaterina Sedia, Cat Rambo, Steve Rasnic Tem, Barbara Krasnoff and more, as well as poems from Rachel Swirsky, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Jaime Lee Moyer, and many others. Not to mention an interview with Jeffrey Ford. It’s one of my favorite issues. I’m quite fond of the work I did on the cover. You can download the full issue here. (PDF, 26 Mb) And if you like Sybil’s Garage, and this goes for any small …
This morning several editors and authors from Sybil’s Garage appeared on Jim Freund’s radio program, Hour of the Wolf. I was joined by editors Paul Berger, Devin Poore, and Mercurio D. Rivera, and we spoke of the inception of the magazine, how we came up with the title, the selection process, the musical suggestions underneath each story and poem (we even heard two songs) and whole lot more. We interspersed the discussion with readings from E.C. Myers, Barbara Krasnoff, and Kathryn E. Baker. The show was a lot of fun. You can listen …
Ebooks are the fastest growing segment of the publishing industry (wait, there’s actually growth in publishing?). Since I’m a computer freelancer by day, I’ve been getting a lot of queries such as, “How do you create an ebook?” and “How much would you charge to create an ebook for me?” The enterprising little devil that I am, I decided to offer ebook creation as a service to the world. All the details are here, if you want to know. Please feel free to email me with any questions at info …
A few reviews and mentions of Sybil’s Garage No. 7 are starting to trickle in from the interwebs. The bold emphasis below is mine. Hugo-nominated fantasy author N.K. Jemisin, over at the Whatever Blog, says, “It’s been awhile since an anthology had this kind of emotional impact on me…this one is highly recommended.” ; link Multiple World Fantasy Award winner Richard Bowes says, “Beautifully designed and printed as always, Sybil’s Garage which has been one of the best small press speculative fiction journals, graduates to anthology status….[The] fiction and poetry …
