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Andrew Variously

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Andrew Critchley: real person, technical writer, lives in Spain, reads a lot. Andrew (Leon) Hudson: unreal person, genre writer, edits Mythaxis Magazine (mythaxis.co.uk) linktr.ee/andrewleonhudson

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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 14h
I love (question) how the world has "AI experts" giving company keynotes already, when LLMs have only been a thing for about 4 years. It's a bit like the guy with the red flag walking in front of a Model-T Ford claiming he's an automotive engineer.
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Big thanks to our latest cohort of contributors!
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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 · 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 · 24/07/2026
Complete pleasure - and the gratitude flows from us to you 🙂
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Haha – a friend has already been sending me corrections on the short reviews page, it happens to us all...
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Pleasure! I've been gobbling up your exclusives back catalogue for a few weeks now. Read HHhH (and Darkness Falls from the Air) as a result, both great, plus a few more secondhand pick-ups and things going on my wishlist.
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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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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Really lovely article about TriCon 2026 in Indie Author Magazine! Thank you, Robyn! 💙 indieauthormagazine.com/bookstore-in...
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Bookstore in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hosts Hidden Gem of an Author Conference
The first conference hosted by Trident Booksellers and Cafe in the Canadian province drew two hundred authors, readers, and aspiring writers and served as a reminder that some of the most impactful au...
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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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Emma Burnett
Writer of stories
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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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Emma Burnett
Writer of stories
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Too kind, too kind!
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Oh wow... 😍 ...thanks, K, way too generous!
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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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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
*unlocks Pulp Fiction briefcase, withdraws 40-page acceptance speech* *unlocks Blues Brothers briefcase, withdraws microphone* *uncaps red pen, aaaand...* "Thank you, Foofs Academy, very very much!" ❤️
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
And it's you too!
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Amazing effort!
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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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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Also... here's proof that "Cosmic Bocce with real people" happens in my neighbourhood 😉
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Here's hoping that Jon Clendaniel can forgive my narration of his story SEARCH HISTORY! mythaxis.co.uk/issue-45/sea...
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Search History
List stories are an exemplar of “format” fiction, but often result in numbered section headers that frame a longer, more detailed text, bestowing convenient creative elbow room instead of a challengin...
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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 · 09/03/2026
Ooo°°° (exponential "ooo")
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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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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
media.tenor.com
a cartoon of a duck standing next to a bed in a bedroom .
ALT: a cartoon of a duck standing next to a bed in a bedroom .
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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!
A blue card reading "Featured Programming" and "The Blue Pencil Cafe" leads three circular avatars of editors, Rebecca Bennett, Carl Engle-Laird, and Andrew Leon Hudson. A white TriCon logo is in the bottom right corner, and a yellow button reading "Sign-ups begin December 22nd" in the bottom left.
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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 · 09/10/2025
Portal fantasy. But the portal is the door on the front of a cuckoo clock.
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Science fiction. But the science is phrenology.
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Andrew Variously @noumenon.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Body horror. But the body is the student body.
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