The Willows Magazine
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| Editor | Ben Thomas |
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| 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 In 2020, a hardcover anthology collected all previous issues, along with a "Lost Issue" of unpublished stories, and original pieces from Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, Nick Mamatas, Orrin Grey and Jesse Bullington.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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
In 2019, the founders of The Willows launched a Kickstarter campaign to reprint the magazine's entire run in the form of a hard-bound 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.
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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
