Pools in the river and the river calls him

[sovay]

I am honored and excited to announce the launch of The Deadlands, a new monthly speculative magazine on the subject of death and all the liminal places it borders our living world.

My stake in this venture—beyond the extremely obvious—is that alongside the more than mortal skills of Sean Markey, Elise Tobler, David Gilmore, Brandon O'Brien, and Cory Skerry, I am editing the poetry. It delights me to be able to say so. Poets already involved include M.J. Cunniff, Shweta Narayan, s.j. bagley, Romie Stott, Greer Gilman, Marissa Lingen, Mike Allen, R.B. Lemberg, Jeannelle M. Ferreira, Gwynne Garfinkle, Zin E. Rocklyn, Gemma Files, Erik Amundsen, Mat Joiner, Leah Bobet, C.S.E. Cooney, Carlos Hernandez, and Bogi Takács. These are people who know from ghosts, grief, bones, and boundary-crossing.

The Kickstarter has all the details of tiers, funding, and when we open to submissions. Our first issue comes out in May. We are beginning with solicited work, but we want as many voices in this magazine as there are routes to the other side and the edges of this one. Pay the ferryman. Travel with us. It's a broad road and there is always room for one more.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Wow, how exciting! I saw an announcement on Twitter, but in the way of Twitter, did not understand fully what I was looking at. I will get me to the Kickstarter!

[sovay]

I will get me to the Kickstarter!

Wonderful!

(I have been not announcing this project since January. It's been so hard.)

[asakiyume]

You've got a marvelous array of heavy hitters in both fiction and poetry--and as editors. It's a great project.

[sovay]

You've got a marvelous array of heavy hitters in both fiction and poetry--and as editors. It's a great project.

I think it's going to be extraordinary. And I am looking forward to finding out who else is out there that I don't know about who writes these dead lands well.

[nineweaving]

Glorious! My own fanfare has been posted.

Nine

[sovay]

Glorious! My own fanfare has been posted.

w00t!

I am so glad your unpredictable poetry arrived for this occasion. You must have left the lych-gate open.

[larryhammer]

Sweet.

(Dang, I don't have anything that'd fit that hasn't already been published. Will you be open to reprints?)

[sovay]

Sweet.

Thank you!

(Dang, I don't have anything that'd fit that hasn't already been published. Will you be open to reprints?)

(I will double-check and in the meantime remind you both that you have time until submissions open and that I can be patient.)

[gwynnega]

Hooray! I am so honored to be included amid such wonderful writers!

[sovay]

Hooray! I am so honored to be included amid such wonderful writers!

I am so glad you were able to contribute!

[bironic]

Ooooooh. Two great tastes that taste even better together. Congratulations and good luck, and I'm excited to see how this takes shape.

[sovay]

Ooooooh. Two great tastes that taste even better together. Congratulations and good luck, and I'm excited to see how this takes shape.

Thank you! Frankly, I can't wait myself.

[sholio]

Oooh, this looks really wonderful! I will definitely be keeping my eyes open for submission guidelines (and very likely backing the Kickstarter as well!).

[sovay]

Oooh, this looks really wonderful! I will definitely be keeping my eyes open for submission guidelines (and very likely backing the Kickstarter as well!).

Fantastic!

(I have seen you do the underworld and it is good.)

[sholio]

(I have seen you do the underworld and it is good.)

Thank you!

[radiantfracture]

This is thrilling!

[sovay]

This is thrilling!

I'm pretty thrilled!

[selkie]

Starring everybody -- and me!

It will be a pleasure to flog this until it's funded, indeed.

[sovay]

Starring everybody -- and me!

"I'd like to try this without the balloon."

It will be a pleasure to flog this until it's funded, indeed.

$6876 as of this comment! Zeitgeist. Maybe just regular geist.

[selkie]

Geistgeist?
(I just put Duolingo Yiddish on my phone and according to it I am intermediate, but I leave out articles like anything. I will not be submitting work in Yiddish to this magazine of yours, clearly.)

[sovay]

(I just put Duolingo Yiddish on my phone and according to it I am intermediate, but I leave out articles like anything. I will not be submitting work in Yiddish to this magazine of yours, clearly.)

You can do bilingual from der yene velt, it'll be fine.

(Six months later: WHO ORDERED THE DYBBUK. Me, that's who.)

[selkie]

*slinks past with a li'l pitcher of mayim chayim*
IT'S FOR THE MAGAZINE

[sovay]

IT'S FOR THE MAGAZINE

If there aren't haunted mikveh folktales, there should be.

[kathmandu]

Best wishes for your venture!

[sovay]

Best wishes for your venture!

Thank you!

[a_reasonable_man]

I subscribed! (And who knows, perhaps Lily will make a submission?)

[sovay]

I subscribed! (And who knows, perhaps Lily will make a submission?)

Your contribution is appreciated! (Please, when we reach the funding goal to open submissions, encourage her to.)

[rosefox]

I saw an announcement on Twitter without any names attached and thought "Oh gosh, I need to tell Sonya about this, it sounds right up her alley!"

I guess I have a good sense of what sort of thing you like. :D Congratulations!

[sovay]

I guess I have a good sense of what sort of thing you like. :D Congratulations!

Hee. Thank you! You totally do.

[mrissa]

I think if I had said, "Hey, Rose, I've sold a poem called 'Oppenheimer in Valhalla,'" you would probably also have said, "Must tell Sonya."

We are being very ourselves here, is what I'm saying.

[rosefox]

Every part of this is so great.

[dramaticirony]

Nice! Backed!

[sovay]

Nice! Backed!

Thank you so much!

[rydra_wong]

Backed!

[sovay]

Backed!

Thank you!