ABOUT THE BOOK

As the pre-mythagos in each of our heads will naturally vary according to our experience, so the wood would manifest differently were new people to spend time among its trees. What then might we see?
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Robert Holdstock’s seminal fantasy novel Mythago Wood (winner of the World Fantasy Award and British Fantasy Award), Heartwood for the first time opens Holdstock’s world to other writers. From new tales of Ryhope and Oak Lodge to strange encounters with mythagos further afield, this groundbreaking anthology revisits the old pathways and cuts new tracks through the undergrowth, drawing ever closer to the mysteries of Lavondyss—the Old Forbidden Place at the heart of the wood.

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