Mithila Review Issue 9

by Mithila Review

Overview

Mithila Review is an international science fiction and fantasy journal founded in 2015. We publish literary speculative fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, articles, art, etc. from around the world.

This special double issue (#9) contains:

Women of Color in Speculative Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion, Interviews, Fiction & Non-Fiction from authors including Cassandra Khaw, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Priya Sharma, Vandana Singh, Isabel Yap, S.B. Divya, Shveta Thakrar, Mary Anne Mohanraj & Mimi Mondal

The State of Current German Speculative Fiction: A Roundtable Discussion featuring Diana Menschig, Oliver Plaschka, Kai Meyer & Alessandra Ress; Erik Born's translation of Kurd Lasswitz's "The Universal Library" from German. This classic German story, which inspired the likes of Borges, has never been published in its entirety before.

Original fiction & reprints from Jasper Sanchez (Stories We Carry On The Back Of The Night), Kurd Lasswitz (The Universal Library), Vandana Singh (The Mountain Mahesh), Raman (Hide), Priya Sharma (Blonde) Shveta Thakrar (Thorns In My Throat), S.B. Divya (Binaries), Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali (Five Lessons in the Fattening Room), Tehseen Baweja (Partition), Mary Anne Mohanraj (Excerpts: Hammer in the Dark) and Anil Menon (Excerpts: Half of What I Say)

Excellent poetry from John Philip Johnson (Four Moons), Naru Sundar (Cup of Tea), Laura Page (Her Chemo Friend Explains Capricorn), Rose Lemberg (Pollen), Bruce Boston (Surreal Bucket List #3), Mary Soon Lee (Alternate Genders, Chronology Of Items Found On The Moon, Boatman), Steve Simpson (When We Were Young), David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Traces) and Bryan Thao Worra (What Kills A Man, An Archaeology of Snow Forts)

Book Reviews include "Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler" by Alison Akiko McBain, "Under the Radar: Sultana’s Dream" by Mahvesh Murad, '"To hold contradictions in balance…”: Tashan Mehta’s The Liar’s Weave' by Gautam Bhatia, "Borne by Jeff Vandermeer" by Aditya Singh, and "Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor" by Isha Karki.

Thank you so much for your love and support!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154570500
Publisher:	Pidgin Studios
Publication date:	09/20/2017
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Mithila Review is an international science fiction and fantasy magazine founded in late 2015. We publish literary speculative fiction and poetry (science fiction/fantasy), film and book reviews, essays and interviews from across the world. A hypertext of original narratives and home of the translated from around the globe, Mithila Review is also an inquiry into the process of translating and the craft of storytelling.

Every issue of Mithila Review has been made possible by generous contributions from our readers, contributors and patrons. Please subscribe to Mithila Review and become a patron to be part of, nurture and support this open, diverse and vibrant community.

What we publish?

Mithila Review features speculative arts and culture that encompass literary and artistic works in the broad genre with supernatural, fantastical or futuristic elements i.e. science fiction, fantasy, science fantasy, horror, alternative history, magic realism, uncanny and weird. Learn more.

What is Mithila?

“Mithila is a referent. It is a symbol. It can speak to the times when we have felt that we don’t quite belong. It can speak of the times when we have felt the urge to lurk away and disappear or the times we’ve felt the need to stay. It can speak to the time when we liberated our anger and pain in ways that have only fed the creative river within us. Mithila Review is space for our collective celebration and playful engagement with language. We hope that it can speak in all kinds of ways.” — Ajapa Sharma, Editor