Don’t Myth Out

Posted on January 25, 2025 by JE

I’ve been looking forward to John Wiswell‘s Wearing the Lion since I heard about it, and even more so now that I’ve seen more work by the illustrator, Tyler Miles Lockett. Bold, colorful, imaginative stuff.

Four thumbnails of brightly colored mythological art. Upper left: a worshipper undergoes a rite of cleansing in a lantern-lit temple. Upper right: an ancient Greek oared ship sails through a narrow strait of water accompanied by dolphins as the sun breaks through clouds above. On the far side of the strait stands a centaur, probably Chiron. On the near side stands a crowd of people pointing in wonder. Lower left: a godlike being presides over circles of cosmic order. Lower right: people in Greek clothes pray to the stone image of a goddess (possibly Demeter, certainly a goddess of vegetative fertility). Above the statue hovers the golden spirit of the goddess herself.
Thumbnails of mythological art by Tyler Miles Lockett;
more at https://www.tylermileslockett.com/work

About JE

James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.
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