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…

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…

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

Emma Burnett

Writer of stories

emmaburnett.carrd.co

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!

British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

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-...

British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

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-...

British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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

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

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

Emma Burnett

Writer of stories

emmaburnett.carrd.co

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

Emma Burnett

Writer of stories

emmaburnett.carrd.co

Nice news for Mythaxis editor @noumenon.bsky.social! Congrats to all Foof recipients, polite applause to the nominees as well 👏👏👏

foofaraw press@foofarawpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

That's a wrap! Here are your 2025 winners of The Foofs! These wonderful stories and more will be collected in a print anthology with some absolutely beautiful cover art I can't wait to show off. Until next time... Stay foofy! https://foofaraw.press/presenting-the-foofs-2025/

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...

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...

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!

Editors off the leash...

TriCon@tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Saturday, May 16th before the Starlight Party, we will have our 1st Annual Editorial Idol event! Can your manuscript make it through a gauntlet of editors, or will they buzz out before it's finished? Submit anonymously, listen to feedback! Sign up to participate at tricon-halifax.com/events/

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!

Well said, Emma @slashnburnett.bsky.social (we're no less proud to have been involved). Nevertheless, congrats to everyone who took home a gong from EasterCon this year! 🙂

emma burnett@slashnburnett.bsky.social · 5mo ago

25 Peppercorns didn’t win a BSFA, and honestly I’m a little relieved. I didn’t write it to win awards. I wrote it because we’re still, STILL doing things to each other that make stories like this a necessity. If you’ve not read it, you can here: mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-... @mythaxis.bsky.social

New interview with Emma Burnett about all things writing & her upcoming novella, EX PARTUM! Also links to Emma's stories in @mythaxis.bsky.social , @unchartedmag.bsky.social , @radonjournal.bsky.social & @northerngravy.bsky.social @slashnburnett.bsky.social @atthisarts.com

Review * Interview * Emma Burnett

Emma Burnett’s novella, Ex Partum (Atthis Arts), will be released in June. I love Emma’s work, so I was eager to write an early review of her book: Ex Partum presents a harrowing extrapolation of t…

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Sometimes the news is just great: Emma Burnett's "25 Peppercorns" has been shortlisted for the BSFA's Best Short Fiction award! Congratulations @slashnburnett.bsky.social from all at Mythaxis! To everyone else, it's a beautiful story, well worth a read (and your vote): bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

I'm excited to share that I'll have another story coming out in @mythaxis.bsky.social. It's about the more extreme ways people may cope with climate change.

Supernova returns with a review of last year's Mythaxis #43 @mythaxis.bsky.social

Mythaxis #43

A horror edition of Mythaxis this time round, with six varied and stirring stories alongside articles and reviews.

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Window closed! Thanks to all who shared! 222 pieces in, so that's... 219 different generous writers, of whom 217 got as far through the guidelines as the "no multiple subs" bit 😂😭😂😉 Maybe it's time for a tl;dr section at the top... Anyway, on with the slush reading!

Six days of our subs window gone, just over 24 hours remaining! One acceptance so far, several contenders forming a longlist... There's still time to join them! mythaxis.co.uk/submissions....

Day 24! I read Body Parts by Anna Koltes published by @mythaxis.bsky.social. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/s... And here is the catch up review for yesterday's story: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/s...

S/D/Y Jan 24 – Body Parts by Anna Koltes – Mythaxis

It is an interesting coincidence that I have read two stories so close together which feature the themes of people giving away parts of their bodies. Or maybe it isn’t. Maybe this is speaking…

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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...

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-...

emma burnett@slashnburnett.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Ahh, super excited that both Bone-eater Earth and 25 Peppercorns have made it onto the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist. Also super excited to see a bunch of other friends on there - go all of us! If you're a member, you can vote here: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Mythaxis Magazine is open to submissions again until Jan30! mythaxis.co.uk/submissions.... This is our first subs window in more than half a year! 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!

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Fantasy Short Stories feat. @bcsmagazine.bsky.social @mythaxis.bsky.social @heartlines-spec.com @scifansat.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Smart Search List of the Day

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Fantasy Short Stories feat. @bcsmagazine.bsky.social @mythaxis.bsky.social @heartlines-spec.com @scifansat.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/mainstream-fantasy-short-stories-OvEDLzb3

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We agree! (Happy New Year, all!)

James Machell@jamesmachell.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Brilliant issue!

‪Issue 44 of Mythaxis Magazine is live! mythaxis.co.uk/issue-44/ Six new crime stories in text & audio, plus long and short form fiction reviews! Many thanks to Ayame, Mark H. Harris, Devin James Leonard, Shamus Maxwell, Donald McCarthy, Angus McIntyre, and Bill Ryan, with Micah Hyatt on voice!

Mythaxis editor Andrew Leon Hudson @noumenon.bsky.social will be making his debut on Canadian soil for TriCon and is very much looking forward to it 😍 (imagine those eyes are little Maple leaves and you'll get the idea)

TriCon@tricon-hfx.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Is TriCon for me? If you are asking yourself, the answer is yes! TriCon is a conversation and an exploration: it will be what we bring to it. With this community, that means a lot! Early Bird pricing on weekend passes & tshirt ends on December 21st. Register now! tricon-halifax.com