Mythaxis Magazine

Another reminder that Mythaxis i42 has been released:

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/

Thanks to all our contributors, but in particular to @awinterplace.bsky.social and @fictionaljosh.bsky.social (criminally overlooked in my post tagging first time around!)

In addition to the above, there's also our usual short short-story reviews article by editor @noumenon.bsky.social - who also for the first time contributed to the issue's audio content by reading one of the stories!

i42 ToC

Tag, You’re It - Sean MacKendrick
Listen, Don’t Touch - Cheryl Ntumy
Lay-offs - Anna Ziegelhof
Swimming With Elephants - Travis Ezell
The House We Built Together, Yesterday - Charlie Winter
Someday Someone’s Gonna Steal Your Carbon - Josh Pearce
Strange Pictures, by Uketsu - by Bill Ryan

Issue 42 of Mythaxis Magazine is out now!
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/

Six new stories in text and audio formats, and reviews too!

Many thanks to @SeanMacKendrick.bsky.social, Cheryl Ntumy, Anna Ziegelhof, Travis Ezell, Charlie Winter, Josh Pearce, @faceyouhate.bsky.social, and Micah Hyatt on voice!

With our next issue out in a matter of weeks, a quick heads up to authors: we're closing to new subs until early 2026.

We've some great pieces lined up in advance, and we don't want to keep people waiting for more than a year to see their work published. We'll be on the hunt again Jan 23rd...

Thanks for the profile raising - but in fact we're going to pause on submissions until early 2026. We've got some great pieces lined up in advance, and we don't want to keep authors waiting for more than a year to see their work published. We'll be on the hunt again Jan 23rd...

Mythaxis #41 – Spring 2025 Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.

Mythaxis #41 – Spring 2025

Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.

We happen to know the editor (falsely pictured railing against bad punctuation, poor grammar, unspeakable dialogue, pseudo-Greek mythology, AI slop, etc) was, in fact, reading a cosy-sinister story about why grandsons shouldn't help their grandmothers with chores around the house. To about 3 people.

Submissions are open at Mythaxis Magazine until April 31st:

mythaxis.co.uk/submissions....

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)

Sometimes a good read is pretty visual...

Mythaxis i41 ToC

Dhuni, Murderer of Mountains – Finale Doshi-Velez
Sunnyside – Stephen S. Power
The Culling – Addison Smith
Beyond the Sudden Door – Lyra Meurer
Seal-Skin – David Stephen Powell
Safe in the Dark – Helen French
Metallic Realms, by Lincoln Michel – Mattia Ravasi
Short Reviews #9

The cover of issue 41 of Mythaxis Magazine shows a future farming landscape, with water buffalos in the foreground and a huge robotic minotaur working the land beyond, with high towers in the far distance. Audio versions of the stories are available at mythaxis.co.uk

Issue 41 of Mythaxis Magazine is out now!
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-41/

Six new stories in text and audio formats, and reviews too!

Many thanks to Finale Doshi-Velez, Helen French, Lyra Meurer, @stephenspower.bsky.social, David Stephen Powell, Mattia Ravasi, @addi.social, and Micah Hyatt for the audio!

Picking my way through @tenebrouspress.bsky.social’s Brave New Weird Vol. 2 and was entranced by the linked story originally published in @mythaxis.bsky.social. I hid most of my face behind my robe’s plush sleeve for comfort as I read the story’s climax.

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-34/emb...

Glad you "liked" it! Our editor tackled it the exact same way... and our imminent issue 41 has something with a similarly visceral sf hook to it. Elena Sichrovsky and EMBRYO kept coming to mind all over again.

Time-sensitive submission opportunity, if you're weird and horrific.

WE'RE BACK, BEBBIE! 😉

mythaxis.co.uk

And thanks to everyone who struggled on and subbed their work before the window closed ♥️

If you want to sub, you have roughly six hours left:

* We're open to all speculative genres and crime
* Length ideally between 1k and 5k words
* Pay 1cpw, $20 min, via PayPal only

Sub to mythaxismagazine@gmail.com

Window closes Jan 31st!

Quick heads up - technical problems mean the Mythaxis site is down (excellently timed to coincide with the close of our current submissions window!). We'll have it back up ASAP.

Mythaxis #39 Reading Mythaxis really brings home that there are some great unknown (or relatively unknown) writers out there.

New year, new short fiction reviews! Alan has been catching up on @mythaxis.bsky.social - an excellent and free-to-read quarterly zine. Check out our review and then check out Mythaxis! supernova.reviews/2025/01/10/m...

In addition, you can also find editor @noumenon.bsky.social Andrew Leon Hudson's short reviews of six crime stories available elsewhere in 2024, and his editorial, in which mention is made of a certain crime publication forthcoming from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social in 2025...

Mythaxis i40 ToC

Downsizing – Jess Simms
The Vanishing Diminutive Girl Trick – David Sheskin
The Amazing Mermaid – Arlen Feldman
Crunch Thump Thump – P.R. O'Leary
American Hitsuzen – Michael Bettendorf
Wendigo – Kirk Bueckert
Cruel is the Night, by Karo Hämäläinen – a review by Bill Ryan

Issue 40 of Mythaxis Magazine is out now!
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-40/

Many thanks to Jess Sims, David Sheskin, Arlen @cowthulu.bsky.social Feldman, P.R.O’Leary, Michael @beardedbetts.bsky.social Bettendorf, Kirk Bueckert, and Bill @faceyouhate.bsky.social Ryan (and Micah Hyatt for the audio!)

New issue is imminent… in addition to our long- and shortform reviews, we welcome six original stories by contributors old and new, each with streaming audio!

A year ago we released our first all-crime issue, we're about to return to the scene - why not wait for us there?

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-36/

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Can also be found in Issue 32!

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-32/

Cc @mythaxis.bsky.social ... 😊

It's definitely a lot of emails 😉

Thanks to everyone who shared their work in our latest submissions window - 281 stories for the editor to sift through!

Why not help us celebrate by listening to the audio version of Emma Burnett's heart-string-tugging WITH NOTHING LEFT?

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-39/wit...

@slashnburnett.bsky.social

Issue 39 update: We've just uploaded the audio version of COTTAGE IN THE WOODS by Carl Walmsley!

mythaxis.co.uk/issue-39/cot...