Mithila Review
The Editions · 2016–2022

Sixteen issues,
in fifteen volumes.

A complete run of the journal, preserved issue by issue. Issues 5 and 6 appeared together as a landmark double volume on Asian speculative fiction.

304 works222 contributorsOpen access
Issue 1 · March 2016

Inaugural Issue

Inaugural issue featuring fiction by Usman T. Malik, poetry by Shweta Narayan, Rohan Chhetri, Shikha Malaviya, Shveta Thakrar, and interviews with Ken Liu and Kelly Robson.

14 works · 2 fiction · 6 poetry · 5 essays & articles · 1 interview
Issue 2 · April 2016

Subcontinental Speculations

Original speculative fiction by Vandana Singh, Indrapramit Das, and poetry by international voices.

14 works · 3 fiction · 5 poetry · 4 essays & articles · 2 interviews
Issue 3 · May 2016

Futures Across Borders

Essays on Indian science fiction, Jayant Narlikar, and speculative worldbuilding across Asia.

10 works · 2 fiction · 5 poetry · 3 essays & articles
Issue 4 · June 2016

Monsoon Cosmologies

Speculative prose, translation inquiries, and poetry navigating post-colonial realities.

10 works · 2 fiction · 5 poetry · 3 essays & articles
Issue 5-6 · July/August 2016

The Asian SF Double Issue

Landmark double issue surveying speculative fiction across South, East, and Southeast Asia.

32 works · 9 fiction · 7 poetry · 8 essays & articles · 8 interviews
Issue 7 · January–March 2017

Cosmic Sociology

Featuring our seminal conversation with Hugo Award-winning author Cixin Liu on hard SF and cosmic civilizations.

25 works · 6 fiction · 5 poetry · 6 essays & articles · 5 interviews · 3 reviews
Issue 8 · May 2017

Visual Arts Special

Dedicated portfolio of visual speculative art, concept illustration, and graphic futurism.

18 works · 4 fiction · 6 poetry · 5 essays & articles · 3 reviews
Issue 9 · September 2017

New Cartographies

Global speculative short fiction, translations, critical reviews, and contemporary verse.

35 works · 11 fiction · 12 poetry · 1 essay · 6 interviews · 5 reviews
Issue 10 · September 2018

Tenth Milestone Edition

Celebrating ten issues of international speculative fiction from South Asia and the diaspora.

23 works · 8 fiction · 7 poetry · 6 essays & articles · 2 reviews
Issue 11 · December 2018

Borderline Realities

Speculative fiction, slipstream narratives, and personal essays exploring contested identities.

15 works · 6 fiction · 8 poetry · 1 essay
Issue 12 · April 2019

Diaspora Currents

Broad international cohort of fiction, poetry, and book reviews from emerging voices.

33 works · 7 fiction · 13 poetry · 2 essays & articles · 9 interviews · 2 reviews
Issue 13 · September 2019

Planetary Entanglements

Ecological futures, post-human visions, and non-Western mythologies in conversation.

23 works · 7 fiction · 8 poetry · 2 essays & articles · 3 interviews · 3 reviews
Issue 14 · June 2020

The Solitary Sky

Stories and poems published during the early pandemic months on isolation and transcendence.

17 works · 8 fiction · 6 poetry · 1 essay · 2 reviews
Issue 15 · December 2020

Re-Emergence

Speculative explorations of memory, community resilience, and trans-temporal folklore.

20 works · 6 fiction · 6 poetry · 2 essays & articles · 2 interviews · 4 reviews
Issue 16 · July 2022

Planet Democracy

Hopepunk and democratic resistance: radical visions of hope, collective organizing, and solidarity.

15 works · 7 fiction · 5 poetry · 2 essays & articles · 1 review