Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚) (@mythicdelirium.bsky.social)

@mythicdelirium.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 2:48 AM

And get the new @locusmag.bsky.social issue here! subscribers.locusmag.com/content/buy-...

(Yay! For once I remembered to post to BlueSky!)

@mythicdelirium.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 2:45 AM

I’ve not done enough to remind folks what Mythic Delirium Books has done for the Halloween season — so here’s a start: the new issue of @locusmag.bsky.social (w/ interview w/ STEPHEN KING) holds a STUNNING review of Haralambi Markov’s horror collection THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES 🎃
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“In her excellent introduction to Haralambi Markov’s debut collection, The Language of Knives: Stories, Ann VanderMeer compares Markov’s fiction to that of Clive Barker. The likeness lies less in voice or structure—though the grisly ‘The Midnight Feast’ would fit seamlessly into Books of Blood—than in the transgressive, fearless, and intense nature of their fiction. VanderMeer remarks: ‘It’s a delight for me to encounter such formidable prose and storytelling just when I thought I had seen it all.’”
—Ian Mond, Locus

With an image of the Locus Oct 2026 issue cover

“I agree. Markov approaches horror and dark fiction without flinching. If a story has a ‘happy ending’ (and few do), that ending has been earned, often brutally. That isn’t to say Markov is gratuitous or that they turn to violence merely to generate tension and shock. What makes these tales so powerful is less the gore and more the emotional ties between the characters, whether it’s the connection between lovers, siblings or, more often, a parent and child . . . I know it’s not all about prizes, but the Bram Stoker and the World Fantasy Awards would be missing a trick if The Language of Knives: Stories wasn’t on their shortlists.”
—Ian Mond, Locus

With an image of THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES cover

@mythicdelirium.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:18 PM

I *did* like it!

@mythicdelirium.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:29 PM

In which @csecooney.bsky.social makes up for me always forgetting to post here 😅

Indeed, Anita has a book out! bookshop.org/p/books/noth...

@csecooney.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 5:46 PMReposted by @mythicdelirium.bsky.social

My buddy Anita Allen--the other half of @mythicdelirium.bsky.social publishing--has her own book of collected paranormal anecdotes gathered from her hometown of Roanoke. Here's a fun piece with her about "Nothing Ever Happens Here" on her local news network!

www.wdbj7.com/video/2026/1...

@mythicdelirium.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 8:02 PM

An excellent author to follow!