So it’s that time of year again for World Fantasy Award voting, and this is my humble plea for your votes in the categories of SHORT FICTION, BEST ANTHOLOGY, and SPECIAL AWARD NON-PROFESSIONAL.  Here’s what reviewers have said about Sybil’s Garage No. 7. “Every story had something for me to like: vivid description, playful language, a character to root for, mystery, poignancy, tragedy, an intellectual puzzle, a sting in the tail.” -SFF Portal, Alison Sinclair “Sybil’s Garage achieves a satisfyingly universal appeal, and an extremely high degree of literary quality… …

Hi folks!  It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything to the blog, but I just wanted to give everyone an update on Sybil’s Garage.  There will be an issue this year, in 2011 (issue 8), but I don’t expect to begin reading until June at the earliest, and most likely mid-July.  The issue will debut sometime before the end of the year.  This is later than usual because of time constraints (work, personal, etc.) .  As usual, it will contain an eclectic mix of fiction, poetry & art, …

Sybil’s Garage No. 7 has been hailed as “a complete work of art…put together with a huge amount of love and attention to detail,” “pretty wonderful stuff — beautifully produced, and never dull,” “an extremely high degree of literary quality,” “stylishly put together,” “every story has something to like.” I believe it’s our best issue yet, and all these fine stories and poems deserve a wider audience. Rich Horton has said, for example, “My favorite was Anil Menon’s ‘The Poincaré Sutra.’ I also enjoyed stories by Swapna Kishore, Sam Ferree, Alex …

Over at SF Site, Seamus Sweeny has a lot of nice things to say about Sybil’s Garage No. 7.  He says, “Sybil’s Garage achieves a satisfyingly universal appeal, and an extremely high degree of literary quality… it is pretty wonderful stuff — beautifully produced, and never dull. The stories are a mix of slipstream, near-future, horror, comedy horror, mythic and pseudo-mythic — eschewing anything as vulgar or misleading as a neat straightjacket of genre.” Also, and as far as I know this is unique for reviews of the issue, they mention …

Mark Watson over at Best SF praises the latest issue of Sybil’s Garage.  Mark says, “The magazine certainly oozes quality and class…[it's] clearly put together with a huge amount of love and attention to detail…[All the stories] are very, very well written, and if it’s literary speculative fiction you’re after Sybil’s Garage has it in spades. Highlights for me were : Kathryn E. Baker’s ‘By Some Illusion’ opens with a tender look at a relationship that is sensual in its focus on touch, sight, smell, taste, and whilst …