Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology - Robert Holdstock tribute

I'm utterly thrilled to announce that my latest book, Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology, will be published by PS Publishing later this month! We'll have copies on the PS table at Worldcon later this week - so if you're in Glasgow, it's the perfect time to pick up a copy (there will be a group table signing at 1pm on Saturday, at the PS Publishing table in the Dealers' Room). If you're not in Glasgow, there's a pre-order link below.

Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood was published in 1984, and went on to win both the World Fantasy Award and British Fantasy Award. It's an incredible masterwork of modern fantasy, combined with elements of horror, sci-fi and folklore, and a book that's always been dear to me. In his Introduction to the anthology Michael Moorcock calls it "the outstanding fantasy book of its time", and I'd have to agree!

I've spent the last two years working with Holdstock's estate and some of the best modern writers of fantasy and horror to put together this tome of brand-new Mythago stories, the first of its kind. There are some truly wonderful stories here, and I think we've done Rob proud. I should also warn you that, at over 450 pages, it's a hefty volume!

Here's the table of contents:

Introduction: The Matter of Albion – Michael Moorcock
Editor’s Note – Dan Coxon
Transient in Green – RJ Barker
Paved with Gold – Adrian Tchaikovsky
Here There be Monsters – Tim Waggoner
Raptor – Maura McHugh
Horsey Horsey – James Brogden
Et in Acadia – John Langan
The Crossing Place – Paul Kane
What Happened to the Green Boy? – Gary Budden
The Dog on the Hookland Road – Justina Robson
Voici les Neiges d’Antan – Chaz Brenchley
Old Coal – Mark Morris
The Myth of Grief – Steven Savile
Into the Heart – Allen Stroud
Lovely, Dark and Deep – Lisa Tuttle
Prey – Matthew Ward
Mad Pranks and Merry Jests – Jen Williams
Hearts of Ice – Peter Haynes
Calling the Tune – Lucy Holland
The Known Song – Aliya Whiteley
Knight of the Air – Gareth Hanrahan
A Mythago Wood Glossary

A.G. Slatter has called it “A magical, mystical anthology, a deep dive into the new territory of an old land. Striking,” while Adam Roberts calls it “A beautiful, and beautifully varied, set of responses and reimaginings of one of the most important Fantasy novels of the twentieth century.” You really won't want to miss it. 

Pre-order Heartwood here.