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)
https://linktr.ee/andrewleonhudson
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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!
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
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
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-...
Really lovely article about TriCon 2026 in Indie Author Magazine! Thank you, Robyn! 💙
indieauthormagazine.com/bookstore-in...
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 ❤️
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
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!
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...
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 / @gnofhorror.com
📚 Remains
📚 Phantasmagoria
📚 Strange Horizons / @strangehorizons.bsky.social
📚 Mythaxis Magazine / @mythaxis.bsky.social
British Fantasy Society
British Fantasy Society
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/
