Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚)

@mythicdelirium.bsky.social

Writer (Nebula finalist, Shirley Jackson finalist X 2), editor & publisher (World Fantasy Award finalist x 2), poet (Rhysling winner X 3), journalist (VPA winner X 4), devoted husband, obedient cat servant, metalhead \m/ \m/ https://mythicdelirium.com

LLMs cease to be useful when they can't be used to scam people into unknowingly reading slop anymore. When the typewriter was invented, no one had to pretend its output was handwritten to get people to accept it. Typing had its own utility. LLMs are scamtech that have no utility outside the scam.

Claude users are canceling their subscriptions, citing Anthropic’s new AI watermark

One developer said they feared Anthropic's watermark could lead clients to flag their work as AI-generated and raise questions about authorship.

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ALL ABOARD FOR NECRONOMICON PROVIDENCE…like literally Anita & I are on the train 😆 MY SCHEDULE • Fri 11 am (moderator): In Mountains Older than Bones—Appalachian Gothic • Fri 3:30 pm: “I Can’t Go On”—The Horror of Existential Hopelessness • Sun 8 am (OOF BRUTAL): Reading w/ Pam Durgin, Melanie Crew

Necronomicon Providence posterIn Mountains Older than Bones: Appalachian Gothic. Washington/Newport Room, Omni 3rd Floor
Rightly or wrongly, on America’s cultural map, Appalachia is the equivalent to “Here there be monsters”–a region assumed not only to be unknown but perhaps also unknowable–where we credulously suspend our own disbelief. Panelists discuss what defines Appalachian Gothic, good and bad examples of the genre, and why the region has such a hold on the popular imagination. Panelists: Mike Allen (Moderator), Luke Dodd, Tonya Monteforte, Shanna Germain, Stephen Mark Rainey.

“I Can’t Go On.” The Horror of Existential Hopelessness. Biltmore Ballroom, Graduate 17th Floor
Most existential perspectives presume that purpose and meaning are created by the individual and, for many, maintaining hope in the face of the terrors of existence is a central concern. Panelists examine the use and function of existential hopelessness and despair in the Weird. How have authors and filmmakers confronted and portrayed this core challenge of existence? How does the Weird deal with hope and its failure? Authors and trends, etc. Panelists: Despina Durand (Moderator), Mike Allen, Michael Cisco,  Jonas Kyratzes, Jon Padgett.

Author Readings. Ocean State Suite C, Graduate 2nd Floor (NOTE: different room from other readings!)
Mike Allen; Pamela M. Durgin; Melanie Crew

hey so I will not be shutting up about this for the foreseeable future. fully rabid. is it possible and worthwhile to track down all the saurs stories? yes. but. you absolutely need them in your life, no exceptions, and soon this will not require hunting for 20 year old paper issues of f&sf.

Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚)@mythicdelirium.bsky.social · 4w ago

COVER REVEAL & NEXT BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Mythic Delirium Books (aka Anita’n’me) is/are proud to share that our lil press’ next title will be ONE BIG PLACE, collecting all the “Saur” stories of Richard Chwedyk. Coming April 2027–preorders available now! mythicdelirium.com/one-big-plac...

Illustrated book cover for One Big Place: The Saur Stories of Richard Chwedyk. A small blue toy-sized dinosaur sits in the driver's seat of a pink classic car with its hands on the steering wheel, while a tiny dinosaur stands on the passenger-side floor. Outside the windshield, a large, whimsical house sits among autumn-colored trees. The title appears prominently across the top, with the subtitle and author name on the right.

HERE’S A JUMP SCARE *I* DID *NOT* ANTICIPATE… This Saturday, starting 7 pm EST & midnight UK time, yours truly will be the host of the Bram Stoker Awards® Watch party for the Horror Writers Association UK Chapter. You can register through Evitebrite & JOIN US www.eventbrite.com/e/bram-stoke...

Bram Stoker Awards® 2025 Watch Party - HWA UK Chapter

Horror’s biggest night is just around the corner! The HWA is planning on live streaming the event at 1am UK time on June 7th.

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Anita and I (aka Mythic Delirium Books) want to congratulate our author Haralambi Markov — their debut collection of folklore-infused horror tales THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES just got a starred review from Publishers Weekly! Read the whole review here: www.publishersweekly.com/9781956522051

The Language of Knives by Haralambi Markov

Markov debuts with an ingenious collection that fuses Slavic folklore, body horror, and tender explorations of queer identity ac...

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We are delighted to reveal the cover for the special tenth anniversary edition of @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social's Ninefox Gambit, featuring a new introduction from Ann Leckie! An iconic entry in the genre landscape, this new edition is available August 11, 2026 from @solarisbooks.bsky.social!

Revealing the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee - Reactor

The tenth anniversary edition of the award-winning military space opera

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