Sybil's Garage
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Sybil's Garage is a speculative fiction, poetry, and art magazine, or zine, published periodically by Senses Five Press. The magazine combines artwork from the early 20th century with fiction from the early 21st century for a unique aesthetic. The majority of the stories tend toward slipstream fiction (see interstitial art), but several stories fall into traditional genres such as science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. Above each story is the author's suggested musical accompaniment, thus adding to the magazine's intended effect of engaging multiple senses. The magazine was founded in 2003 by Matthew Kressel and Devin J. Poore of Hoboken, New Jersey as an experiment in creating their own zine. Matthew Kressel is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Sybil's Garage. As of August, 2006, they have published three issues of Sybil's Garage and are beginning a reading period for the fourth.
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[edit] Published Authors
Sybil's Garage has published such notable authors as Bruce Boston, Bruce Holland Rogers, William Shunn, Bram Stoker Award winning author Lee Thomas, Paul Tremblay, Yoon Ha Lee, Samantha Henderson, Kris Dikeman, Lauren McLaughlin, and Mercurio D. Rivera, among others. They have also published interviews with such luminaries as slipstream fiction writer Kelly Link and Hoboken historian Jim Hans.
[edit] Etymology of the Magazine's Title
While Devin J. Poore and Matthew Kressel were walking through the streets of Hoboken in early 2003, trying to come up with a name for the zine, Matthew suggested Sybil's Cave, a Hoboken landmark. Devin replied, in response to the rapid urban sprawl of the area, that "It's probably a garage by now." Thus the name was born. Devin J. Poore wrote a detailed essay on the creation of the magazine in Sybil's Garage No. 2.
[edit] ISSN
Registered as ISSN 1557-9735 with the United States Library of Congress.
