Mythaxis Magazine

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Publishing speculative fiction without distraction since 2008 (mythaxis.co.uk) Edited by Andrew Leon Hudson @noumenon.bsky.social

Cover art by Narupiti Harunsong, which shows the mythic Monkey King emerging from his flying cloud
Image shows a person's hands, which are covered in pale ash, as they prepare food over a chopping board, with ingredients and a knife in the background. Story art for Emma Burnett's "25 Peppercorns", nominated for the BSFA's Best Short Fiction award. Available in text and audio formats at the link
The cover of Mythaxis Magazine Issue 44 shows a 1948 advertising illustration of a troubled woman unable to sleep as she imagines stealthy footsteps on the stairs nearby. Drink Sanka Decaf coffee! ;-)
The cover art for Mythaxis Issue 43 is Synthwave by Michal Kváč, a retro-style image showing a cityscape before a huge, blue, rising sun on an infinite plane.
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
Cover art for Mythaxis issue 39 shows an epic landscape with a tiny archer in the middle distance. In the foreground, old swords have been thrust into the ground here and there. In the far background, towering rock columns risse from the mist, and beyond them enormous swords rise even higher into the clouds.
An image of a man knotting his tie in a tailor's mirror, except the room seems to be underwater, and the man's reflection has the head of a clown fish...
The cover art for issue 38 of Mythaxis Magazine shows the interior of a futuristic living space high above an ocean beach. Various plants decorate the room, and comfortable light enters through tall windows.