Innsmouth Free Press: Sword and Mythos
Sword and sorcery: the realm of daring assassins, crafty thieves and talented wizards. Lovecraft’s Mythos: a place where the weird, the horrifying and the strange coalesce. Both sub-genres should come together and you can make it happen.
Sword and Mythos is an anthology to be edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles, published through Innsmouth Free Press. Since 2009, Innsmouth Free Press has been publishing many fine authors in its magazine and anthologies, including W. H. Pugmire, Nick Mamatas, Ekaterina Sedia, Ann K. Schwader, Jeff VanderMeer, Laird Barron, Molly Tanzer, Jesse Bullington and many others. It has produced the anthologies Historical Lovecraft and Future Lovecraft (which was reprinted by Prime Books), and is releasing the Fungi anthology at the end of 2012.
Why do we need the money?
Innsmouth Free Press is a well-established Canadian micro-press. However, it has never been able to afford professional rates for the writers in its books. This is where, dear friend, you come in. We want to give Sword and Mythos the treatment it deserves, but, in order to do so, we need an injection of cash. Your money will go into the production of an awesome sword and sorcery book.
What will the anthology be like?
What kind of anthology will Sword and Mythos be? Well, it’ll have the sword and sorcery flavor you are looking for, but it will also thread further into unexplored reaches. Why should the worlds of wizards and heroes be limited to faux-European shores? We plan to look for international writers who can provide unusual backdrops and points of view. We want to feature tales of daring female warriors. We will look for kick-ass female writers, established authors and new voices. In short, we want to excite and inspire. We want to take you from cold mountains where icy palaces hide dark terrors, to distant deserts where ghouls roam in the sand dunes, and beautiful pagodas which shadow wizards of might and magic.
Sword and Mythos would be released in October 2013.