Let us recall our friends “Crow and Rat,” the lowest of the low, thieves and rascals of the New City as limned in, in this case, the British anthology HUMANAGERIE (see October 28, 3, et al.). Born in the world of TOMBS: A CHRONICLE OF LATTER-DAY TIMES OF EARTH. But they have been up to other capers as well, behind our backs as it were, notably (they being good at sneaking into places where they might be
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thought to be not wanted) “The Icarus Contest.” This was a call for stories concerning the Icarus myth, Daedalus and the Labyrinth and Crete and all that, a serious one run by MYTHRAEUM (recently renamed MYTHIC BEAST) and not one where riffraff would be expected — except that, like Icarus, Crow was said to be able to fly, and that for a few moments Rat actually did! So why not try?
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The word came back late Saturday evening from contest curator Leslie Marrick, and, no, they didn’t win. But they did receive an Honorable Mention! How about that? And with it came an offer that their tale be retold on the pages (or pixels) of MYTHIC BEAST, which — with a request that HUMANAGERIE be credited as the first to take them in — I accepted this afternoon.
Published on November 11, 2018 16:29