Pools in the river and the river calls him

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.