Lynette MejiaSep 23, 20212 minThe Light and the DarkToday is the autumnal equinox, the astronomical beginning of autumn. It's also Mabon, one of the modern pagan festivals honoring the...
Lynette MejiaAug 24, 20211 minNew Interview/Panel Discussion!Recently I had the pleasure to be asked to take part in an interview/reading/panel discussion with a group of wonderful speculative...
Lynette MejiaAug 22, 20211 minHear Me Out: Son of a TricksterI love mythology, and I love stories from mythology, and I *love* stories from mythologies that are new to me. Robinson's Trickster...
Lynette MejiaAug 21, 20211 min"When You Came Back" Live at Daily Science FictionSo I've been hard at work on the novel all summer and am consequently a little late getting this one posted, but I have a new flash...
Lynette MejiaJul 20, 20212 minHear Me Out: Never Greater SlaughterIn the Acknowledgements section at the end of Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England (Osprey, 2021), author Michael...
Lynette MejiaApr 15, 20212 minThe Lazy Gardener's Guide to Slow CompostingSo, here's the thing: stuff decomposes. Before there were gardeners, or gardens, or heck, before there were people, plant matter was...
Lynette MejiaApr 6, 20212 minHear Me Out: Beowulf, trans. Maria Dahvana HeadleyI can't even begin to tell you how much I loved this translation of Beowulf, that classic of Old English literature so many high school...
Lynette MejiaMar 25, 20215 minHear Me Out: Zack Snyder's Justice League is Perfect (Even at Four Hours)To know me is to know my twisted, frustrated relationship with DC comics and movies. I'm a huge DC fan, and have been since 1977, when I...
Lynette MejiaMar 24, 20212 minReview: Freiheit! The White Rose Graphic NovelFreiheit! The White Rose Graphic Novel by Andrea Grosso Ciponte is a beautifully rendered, but ultimately disappointing, look at one of...
Lynette MejiaMar 23, 20211 min"Ritual" Now Live at LiminalityI couldn't be more pleased to see my poem, "Ritual," in print at Liminality, one of my all-time favorite speculative poetry magazines....
Lynette MejiaMar 18, 20212 minThere's Only So Much I Can Takebefore I close the door and lock it behind me. Work needs doing, but even now, even years into this thing, I have a hard time justifying...
Lynette MejiaMar 4, 20211 min"A Gardener's Guide" (Reprint) Now Live at The Dread MachineJust a quick note to say that my story, "A Gardener's Guide to the Apocalypse," has been reprinted in The Dread Machine, a new online...
Lynette MejiaFeb 26, 20211 min"What My Mother Taught Me" Now LiveIt lives! "What My Mother Taught Me," my first appearance in the always-gorgeous Fantasy Magazine, is now live and free to read. Feel...
Lynette MejiaFeb 6, 20212 minReview: Climate Crisis and the Global Green New DealThis is what I've been looking for - a practical roadmap for how the world can achieve net zero global emissions by 2050, presented in...
Lynette MejiaFeb 3, 20211 min"Light Years" Now LiveMy story, "Light Years," is now live at Nature: Futures. I'm so thrilled to have a new story in Nature, and I'd love to hear what you...
Lynette MejiaFeb 2, 20211 minReview: In the Shadow of Edgar Allan PoeI love the aesthetic feel of this book; I think the art is just fantastic. And I love the premise too--the idea that Poe was pursued by...
Lynette MejiaJan 22, 20211 minStory Sale: "Light Years" (Nature: Futures)One of my favorite short story markets, Nature: Futures, has picked up my flash piece, "Light Years," for publication in a future issue...
Lynette MejiaJan 21, 20211 minReview: Ready Player Two by Ernest ClineI was supremely disappointed that the story turned out to be Ready Player One redux, but honestly, Cline's a good storyteller, and I'll...
Lynette MejiaJan 20, 20211 min"A Gardener's Guide to the Apocalypse" Picked up for ReprintThe Dread Machine, a cool new dark fiction e-zine, has picked up my story, "A Gardener's Guide to the Apocalypse," as a reprint. Details...
Lynette MejiaJan 19, 20211 minPoetry Sale: "What My Mother Taught Me" (Fantasy Magazine)My poem, "What My Mother Taught Me," will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Fantasy magazine, and I couldn't be more thrilled! I'll...