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 …

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 …

As Kristin Janz admits on her blog, she’s a friend of mine.  But I promise all the showering of gifts and flowers sent to her house had nothing to do with her praise of Sybil’s Garage No. 7.  She says, “I think #7 is the best issue yet.”  And “One thing that I’m really impressed by, looking at the whole issue, is the diversity of content…I like not knowing what to expect next when I turn the page.” Read her full review here.