What happens
When myth
Meets storyteller?
Something new is born.
Mythspring

Song and story. Myth and tradition. They are a shared legacy that both satisfies and inspires. Join these talented authors as they celebrate the rich, diverse, and occasionally truly odd culture of our country.

Mythspring is an anthology of original short speculative fiction, including fantasy, science fiction, and horror, where each story is derived from a Canadian song, folktale, myth, or other cultural source. Excerpts of the source text or image appears in the book with each story, along with a brief description of how the author was inspired by it. 

Includes stories from notable speculative fiction authors such as Charles de Lint, James Alan Gardener, Alison Baird, Tanya Huff and Karin Lowachee.

The stories will be suitable for an older young adult audience, and the book will be of great interest to educators. It will be included as a "special event" volume within the Realms of Wonder series of original fantasy anthologies. 

Be inspired. Celebrate our wealth of ideas and talent. Taste the delights of Mythspring.

Click here to see the Table of Contents with a brief note on each story.

Reviews:
"This book should appeal to a wide variety of ages and interests.
Recommended"
-- CM Magazine

"Editors Julie E. Czerneda and Genevieve Kierans have summoned over a dozen Canadian writers to supply stories inspired by "the lyrics and legends of Canada." What results is a stimulating journey through northern realms of the imagination. . . Latest in a welcome resurgence of Canadian fantastical literature, this volume is one to keep close by on cold nights when the Wendigo stalks."
-- Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

"With the relative dearth of Canadian fantasy for younger readers, this anthology of 16 short stories is a welcome contribution. . . . Even better, each of the stories is associated with a Canadian legend, song, or local story. . . And although there's some unevenness in the writing and conception of the stories, there's plenty here to entertain and tickle the brain and heart."
-- Quill and Quire

Julie E. Czerneda is an award-winning science fiction author. Among her works are In the Company of Others, winner of the Auroral Award for Best Novel, and To Trade the Stars. Julie also edited the Wonder Zone series, science fiction anthologies that teach science concepts to younger readers. She lives in Orillia, Ontario.

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Genevieve Kierans has never done things half-way, with multiple careers as a ballerina, an actress, a journalist and a theatre critic. For almost 17 years she ran her own PR firm, specializing in publicity for film and TV and, by her own accounts, has written more biographies than there are stars in heaven (or Hollywood). Kierans is a graduate of the Clarion Workshop and is the author of the award-winning stories ”Mirror, Mirror” and “The Lady of Land’s End.” Her continuing battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) limits her to typing with only one finger. Despite that, Genevieve was happy to take time from her writing to co-edit Mythspring.