#MythicFictionMonday Begins: A New Year’s Resolution

I’ve decided to start a little tradition that may or may not last. I’m calling it #MythicFictionMonday. Every Monday, I’m going to write a short post on a piece of mythic fiction.

So, what’s mythic fiction, you ask? Yeah, I hadn’t heard of it either until I stumbled over the term on Goodreads. It turns out The Tollkeeper is a pretty classic example of the genre, so at least I know how where in the literary landscape to locate it.

Wikipedia provides the following definition of mythic fiction:

Mythic fiction is literature that is rooted in, inspired by, or that in some way draws from the tropes, themes and symbolism of myth, legend, folklore, and fairy tales. The term is widely credited to Charles de Lint and Terri Windling. Mythic fiction overlaps with urban fantasy and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but mythic fiction also includes contemporary works in non-urban settings. Mythic fiction refers to works of contemporary literature that often cross the divide between literary and fantasy fiction.

I’m currently reading a mythic fiction novel, which I’ll post about next Monday. I doubt I can read a piece of mythic fiction (can we call it mythfic for short?) every week, but I can probably scrounge up some info about a mythfic novel once a week.

If this sounds fun, feel free to tweet about a mythic fiction work on Mondays. Maybe it’s your own work. Maybe some else’s. But it’d be neat if we could form a community of sorts, sharing discoveries and raising the profile of this genre.

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