The Willows Magazine
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| Editor | Ben Thomas |
|---|---|
| Staff writers | Orrin Grey |
| Categories | Neo-Victorian |
| Frequency | Semi-annual |
| Publisher | House Blackwood |
| Founder | Ben Thomas |
| Year founded | 2007 |
| First issue | May 2007 |
| Final issue | November 2008 |
| Company | House Blackwood |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | Los Angeles, Austin |
| Language | English |
| Website | willowsmagazine |
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The Willows Magazine was a print semi-annual magazine dedicated to neo-Victorian weird fiction. It was published from May 2007 to November 2008. In 2020, a hardcover anthology collected all previous issues, along with a "Lost Issue" of unpublished stories, and original pieces from Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, Nick Mamatas, Orrin Grey and Jesse Bullington.
Style and content
In the inaugural May 2007 issue, a column by editor Ben Thomas explained that the magazine would be "dedicated to a genre that has become all but forgotten in the annals of literature: the true classic weird tale" covering horror fiction that excludes gore and violence, as well as fantasy and science fiction that excludes elves, unicorns and aliens, concluding "This is a magazine for the true modern traditionalists, the disciples of writers long-dead, those who yearn for a time and culture that passed away decades before their birth."
Reception and recognition
The Willows Magazine had an international circulation of hundreds of subscribers. The magazine was mentioned in the New York Times,[1] and on the website of bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer.[2] The magazine's original website is accessible only through the Wayback Machine,[3] but publisher House Blackwood maintains a current website for the print anthology.
Contributions
Contributions by notable authors included:
- Bride of the Deep by Nike Sulway (#2, July 2007)
- The Girl of Wax by Brendan Connell (#2, July 2007)
- Where the Shadow Ended by Geoffrey Girard (#3, September 2007)
- Sofia Athanatos by G. D. Falksen (#4, November 2007)
- Where the Shadow Ended by Geoffrey Girard (#4, November 2007)
- The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear, Part 1 by G. D. Falksen (#5, January 2008)
- The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear, Part 2 by G. D. Falksen (#6, March 2008)
- The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear, Part 3 by G. D. Falksen (#7, May 2008)
- The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear, Part 4 by G. D. Falksen (#8, July 2008)
- The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear, Part 5 by G. D. Falksen (#9, September 2008)
- The Replacement by Sarah Monette (#9, September 2008)
- The Strange Case of the All-Seeing Ear, Part 6 by G. D. Falksen (#10, November 2008)
Hardcover anthology
In 2019, the founders of The Willows launched a Kickstarter campaign to reprint the magazine's entire run in the form of a hardbound anthology, including original stories by Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, Nick Mamatas, Orrin Grey and Jesse Bullington, along with a "Lost Issue" of stories that had been accepted for publication, but never published due to the magazine's shutdown in early 2009.
References
External links
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- Biannual magazines published in the United States
- Defunct literary magazines published in the United States
- Magazines established in 2007
- Magazines published in Los Angeles
- Magazines published in Austin
- Neo-Victorian literature
- Visual arts magazines published in the United States
- Drafts about horror fiction
