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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Issue 46 of Mythaxis Magazine is (finally) out! mythaxis.co.uk/issue-46/ All new stories and review articles await you at the link, many thanks to cover artist Frank Forrestall, audio producer Micah Hyatt, techguru Marty Steer, and of course our latest contributors – table of contents to follow…

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's that time again (well, technically that time was the start of the month, but whatever, and that's on me anyway) – NEW MYTHAXIS ISSUE! Many thanks to all the contributors, front end and background ❤️🙂❤️

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Everyone enjoying the World Cringe?

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This was not the article I expected, but it is the article I think we deserve! 😂 Fun, optimistic reporting on TriCon Halifax from @wayvesmagazine.bsky.social and Johana Bearden! 🩵 wayves.ca/tricon-retro...

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Halifax TriCon: an interview from the future | Wayves Magazine

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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Mythaxis Magazine is forever ad free... ...but, if you find yourself yearning for more Emma Burnett in one go than you can find in our back issues, the solution is nigh: EX PARTUM is a dystopian novella examining expectations of motherhood, out now! @slashnburnett.bsky.social emmaburnett.carrd.co

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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Amazing – to be on the Best Magazine/Periodical shortlist for the 2026 BFS Awards – to be considered alongside these titles ❤️ All the shortlists are at the link: britishfantasysociety.org/the-british-...

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The British Fantasy Awards 2026 Shortlists! – The British Fantasy Society

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Is it any surprise that I'm completely taken-aback, made-up, bowled-over, and even things that AREN'T needlessly-hyphenated phrasal verbs about making this shortlist? Thanks to our contributors for making Mythaxis what it is ❤️ Obviously... I want it 😂 but also, best of luck to all the candidates!

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The shortlisted works for the British Fantasy Award 2026 in the category of Best Magazine or Periodical are: 📚 Ginger Nuts of Horror / @gnofhorror.com 📚 Remains 📚 Phantasmagoria 📚 Strange Horizons / @strangehorizons.bsky.social 📚 Mythaxis Magazine / @mythaxis.bsky.social

The shortlisted works for the British Fantasy Award 2026 in the category of Best Magazine or Periodical are:

📚 Ginger Nuts of Horror
📚 Remains
📚 Phantasmagoria
📚 Strange Horizons
📚 Mythaxis Magazine

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Conference lynch pin @charlotteashley.bsky.social with the most easterly and westerly long-distance attendees, 5k+km for me and @nilaewhite.com! @tricon-hfx.bsky.social was a great success – thanks and congratulations to all the attendees, volunteers, and organisers ❤️❤️❤️ @tridenthalifax.bsky.social

Charlotte Ashley, N. E. White, and Andrew Leon Hudson at the Trident Book and Coffeeshop, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Regular contributor Emma Bu— ...huh. We actually have regular contributors. Weird. —anyway, Emma Burnett has an sf novella out this summer! EX PARTUM pits a mother's strength of will against the weight of social expectations - preorder at the link: emmaburnett.carrd.co @slashnburnett.bsky.social

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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Perhaps a case of "too little too late", but Mythaxis (and many of our 2025 stories, in both text and audio formats) are eligible as candidates for the British Fantasy Awards – with voting open until... er, well, tomorrow! britishfantasysociety.org/voting-opens...

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Voting Opens For This Year’s British Fantasy Awards! – The British Fantasy Society

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I'm touched to find myself voted Federmeister (roughly "master of the pen") in the inaugural Foofs, weird awards for all the small but perfectly formed little publications out there! foofaraw.press/presenting-t... Congrats to the winners, but click the link: good stuff in from all the nominees ❤️

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Presenting: The Foofs 2025

Please welcome to the stage... FOOFIE and THE FLOOF!!!

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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Issue 45 of the new-look Mythaxis Magazine is out now! mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/ Here you’ll find 6 new stories and 2 review articles, plus a background overhaul that adds an app-like mobile reading experience and a bunch of little bells and whistles! Many thanks to our latest contributors!

Cover art by Narupiti Harunsong, which shows the mythic Monkey King emerging from his flying cloud

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Looking forward to getting my Simon "Terrible Human Being" Cowell on for the Editorial Idol competition 😂

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fbhughes @cultureworrier.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Story day! "The Agentic Necklace" is now free to read on @mythaxis.bsky.social. Thanks to @noumenon.bsky.social for thoughtful edits. A pleasure to work with. mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/the...

A sketch of a museum interior with display cases on which is superimposed a sketch of a hyena. The textboxes show text from the linked story: "Listen... This is a story from long ago, but well after the long ago when machines first punched holes through the sky and folk breathed new air on this world Shih Shen. It concerns a necklace bearing tales across the dry lands of the Thirst."
"The Agentic Necklace"
"Mythaxis Magazine, Spring 2026
https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/the-agentic-necklace.html"
both images from National Gallery of Art John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], “Interior, Fitzwilliam Museum,” by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art and Loucervier (Hyena) Jacques-Philippe Le Bas and Jean Eric Rehn after Jean-Baptiste Oudry

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Congrats Emma @slashnburnett.bsky.social for making the BSFA's Best short fic shortlist! Knew "25 Peppercorns" was a top tier submission the minute I finished reading, the kind of story that makes being an editor so satisfying. Voting and story links at the message below, folks! Best of luck, Emma!

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Always nice to see zine reviews out there in the world (even when it ISN'T the zine you yourself put out 😉)

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I'm one of the editors on the menu for this. Looking forward to the convention as a whole, but this could be really interesting, whether it means discussing short fiction or long 🙂

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This is much shorter than she deserved, but I wrote a few words about the late, great, Catherine O'Hara. www.thebulwark.com/p/catherine-...

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Catherine O’Hara, R.I.P.

From ‘SCTV’ to ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ she brought exquisite timing and surprising layers even to the silliest characters.

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Clocks keep on ticking... 8 hours to go local time, but to allow for those in other time zones the editor will officially close when he crawls out of bed on Saturday morning...

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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Oh my... additional delight incoming, as Cheryl S. Ntumy's "Listen, Don't Touch" is ALSO on the BSFA's short fiction longlist! Votable at this link: bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-... Readable at this one: mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/lis...

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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We're delighted that Emma Burnett's "25 Peppercorns" is on the BSFA's longlist for Best Short Fiction! But then, we were already delighted she offered us the chance to publish it in the first place ❤️ Worthy of your vote, reading public. And also of simply reading: mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...

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25 Peppercorns

Speculative Fiction Without Distraction

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

@mythaxis.bsky.social is open to submissions again until Jan30! mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.... This is our first subs window since last April, and we're looking for all forms of speculative fiction (plus pieces for our next end-of-year crime issue) to appear in 2026 and 2027. Info at the link!

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Submission Guidelines

Speculative Fiction Without Distraction

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

We are so stoked to finally reveal our TriCon t-shirt design by the brilliant SorrySacha! 😍 Final shirt/ink colours may not be exactly as pictured, but we are absolutely certain this design is going to look fantastic on all of us! Pre-order your tshirt w/ registration @ tricon-halifax.com 🖤💙💜💛💜💙🖤

A black on white illustration of an eldritch Citadel Tower with eyes, coral, and mushrooms, surrounded by a halo of paper and bubbles.

The previous illustration rendered on a navy tshirt in neon yellow ink.

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Learn something new every day. I didn't even know the pig god played LEFT 4 DEAD

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

One month left for Early Bird tickets! The all-weekend pass is just $85, and mystery t-shirt pre-order, $20! Prices on both will go up Dec 21st. 3 days of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and networking with other writers & creatives in speculative genres? Yes plz! tricon-halifax.com

Blue card showing outlines of ticket stubs and the text "Earlybird Ticket Deadline Dec. 21, 2025" with TriCon details.

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I'm very happy for the Scots about getting to a football World Cup for the first time in nearly 30 years, but I don't think the BBC's reporting quite encapsulated the depth of feeling on the night

Text reads: "Goalkeeper Craig Gordon, 43 next month, has his hands in his gloves in disbelief as the Hampden Park DJ hits play on Freed From Desire. This is not a dream."

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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

What kind of programming will you find at TriCon? All kinds of stuff, like the Blue Pencil Cafe! Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd! Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Just finished the best book I'll read this year: "A Natural History of Empty Lots" by @christopherbrown.bsky.social – thanks for writing something so beautiful! Pic (because why not? 🙂) is Barcelona as viewed from one of the wooded hills within the city, beside Parc Güell and just uphill from home.

Picture of Barcelona, taken from a wooded hill within the city with a clear, pale morning sky and the ocean horizon in the distance

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Addison Smith (Addi) @addi.social · 30/10/2025

Putting out my shingle for a limited number of customers for November! All proceeds go to getting me a new computer that can handle design better than my poor laptop. Please share, and if you are interested, drop me a DM!

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Think I'm going to grow my moustache party-long but keep it business-short online to maximise the admiration/horror when I'm encountered in person

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Guess what? Delighted to welcome contributors new and returning, and delighted by their stories: serious, moving, sinister, and heartfelt. Also some great audio versions and other reading recs. Thanks to all who've gotten involved!

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Very sad today: RIP, Tom Lehrer. I've been a fan for maybe 40 years. He was a favourite of my grandfather, and my mum introduced me to "An Evening Wasted with..." (and deftly dodged my confusion about the Oedipus Rex lyrics). I'll poison a dove for you today, Mr. Lehrer 💔🕊️🥹 youtu.be/PYA-jgI1ryg

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Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (Full Album) (Public Domain)

YouTube video by Kevin Palmeri

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Ten (technically eleven) authors by whom I've read more than five books (who aren't on the same list as @addi.social 😉): Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö Patrick O'Brian Edith Pargeter (as Ellis Peters) Colin Dexter John Sandford Ian Fleming Kim Stanley Robinson Stephen King Enid Blyton Frank Herbert

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I was at London's the National Gallery last week, and surprised to discover that Joseph Wright 'of Derby' was using Generative "AI" to do his paintings for him back in 1768.

Photo of "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump" by Joseph Wright 'of Derby', a beautiful oil painting of a scene that would get you well cancelled if you tried it these days.

Close up on a painting of a girl's face that looks like an AI botched it, from "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump" by Joseph Wright 'of Derby'

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

As always, huge thanks to our latest group of contributors! Some very nice fiction, some very interesting analysis. Also, my most grave apologies to Josh Pearce for having to tolerate ME providing the read of his story... 😉

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Speaking not as editor but as, currently, @mythaxis.bsky.social's one-man slushteam, I welcome the prospect of a six month break from submissions. Still lots to do around the zine, though – but I might even finish a bit of writing myself as well 🙂

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I love all our storychildren equally, of course...

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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Duncan Fallowell's April 1972 review of Nick Drake's Pink Moon (in Records and Recording magazine).

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Guess we know which the 51st state is going to be then.

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Fresh from Belfast Eastercon, it's submissions time! mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.... We're hungry for sf/f/h with our eye on 2026, but especially for crime subs - slots to fill in our winter All-crime issue. Photo(shopped) credit to @rickandwrite.bsky.social

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Many congrats to Rick Danforth for winning the BSFA award for Best Audio with THE PERSONAL TOUCH! Very much deserved 😍 (and to Charlotte Ashley for taking the 2nd step in her goal of accepting every major SF award on someone else's behalf 😉) @rickandwrite.bsky.social @charlotteashley.bsky.social

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Mythaxis Magazine @mythaxis.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Belfast Eastercon has been lots of fun, and @noumenon.bsky.social has been handing out Mythaxis Magazine bookmarks to anyone who'll take them (and maybe even a few who'd prefer not)

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Belated thanks too from the editor! As always, we're delighted to have some great contributors join us – and thanks to YOU too, if you click through and give us a read! 🙂

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