Andrew Variously
@noumenon.bsky.social
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
Andrew (Leon) Hudson: unreal person, genre writer, edits Mythaxis Magazine (mythaxis.co.uk)
https://linktr.ee/andrewleonhudson
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 🙂
Blue Pencil Cafe sessions are now open for sign-ups!
These 1-on-1 sessions with an editor are an opportunity for you to pitch a book, submit a small sample for review, or simply pick their brains! Spaces are limited, & will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis.
tricon-halifax.com/events/
These 1-on-1 sessions with an editor are an opportunity for you to pitch a book, submit a small sample for review, or simply pick their brains! Spaces are limited, & will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis.
tricon-halifax.com/events/
Events - TriCon Halifax
Blue Pencil Café Sign up for a one-on-one session with an attending editor! Bring a 2-3 page sample or just your questions, and receive feedback, advice, and insight! Spaces with each editor will be l...
tricon-halifax.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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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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-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/catherine-...
Catherine O’Hara, R.I.P.
From ‘SCTV’ to ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ she brought exquisite timing and surprising layers even to the silliest characters.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/catherine-...
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...
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....
mythaxis.co.uk/submissions....
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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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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...
Votable at this link: bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Readable at this one: mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/lis...
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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...
Votable at this link: bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Readable at this one: mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/lis...
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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-...
Worthy of your vote, reading public. And also of simply reading:
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...
January 24, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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-...
Worthy of your vote, reading public. And also of simply reading:
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/25-...
@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!
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!
Submission Guidelines
Speculative Fiction Without Distraction
mythaxis.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
@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!
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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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
🖤💙💜💛💜💙🖤
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
🖤💙💜💛💜💙🖤
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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
🖤💙💜💛💜💙🖤
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
🖤💙💜💛💜💙🖤
Learn something new every day. I didn't even know the pig god played LEFT 4 DEAD
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Learn something new every day. I didn't even know the pig god played LEFT 4 DEAD
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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
3 days of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and networking with other writers & creatives in speculative genres? Yes plz!
tricon-halifax.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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
3 days of panels, workshops, lectures, launches, and networking with other writers & creatives in speculative genres? Yes plz!
tricon-halifax.com
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
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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
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Releasing my horror novelette "The House of Forgotten Things" into the world today! In the spirit of "Fuck Amazon," the book is only available on my Payhip store, which provides information for downloading and transferring to your device!
Please share! 🥹
payhip.com/b/Dxa78
Please share! 🥹
payhip.com/b/Dxa78
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Releasing my horror novelette "The House of Forgotten Things" into the world today! In the spirit of "Fuck Amazon," the book is only available on my Payhip store, which provides information for downloading and transferring to your device!
Please share! 🥹
payhip.com/b/Dxa78
Please share! 🥹
payhip.com/b/Dxa78
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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!
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!
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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!
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!
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.
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.
November 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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.
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.
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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!
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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!
Think I'm going to grow my moustache party-long but keep it business-short online to maximise the admiration/horror when I'm encountered in person
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Think I'm going to grow my moustache party-long but keep it business-short online to maximise the admiration/horror when I'm encountered in person
Guess what? Delighted to welcome contributors new and returning, and delighted by their stories: serious, moving, sinister, and heartfelt. Also some great audio versions and other reading recs.
Thanks to all who've gotten involved!
Thanks to all who've gotten involved!
Issue 43 of Mythaxis Magazine is live!
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/
Six new stories in text/audio, four long and short form fiction reviews!
Many thanks to @slashnburnett.bsky.social, AM Sutter, Anna Koltes, Olufunmilayo Makinde, Christina Ladd, Siobhan Ekeh, Mattia Ravasi, and Micah Hyatt on voice!
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-43/
Six new stories in text/audio, four long and short form fiction reviews!
Many thanks to @slashnburnett.bsky.social, AM Sutter, Anna Koltes, Olufunmilayo Makinde, Christina Ladd, Siobhan Ekeh, Mattia Ravasi, and Micah Hyatt on voice!
September 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Guess what? Delighted to welcome contributors new and returning, and delighted by their stories: serious, moving, sinister, and heartfelt. Also some great audio versions and other reading recs.
Thanks to all who've gotten involved!
Thanks to all who've gotten involved!
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✨ ONLY $0.99 EACH ✨
(for a limited time)
📚 Full trilogy complete
🏔️ Epic fantasy
🧭 Maps
👥 Found family
🦇 Winged cartographer
📙 Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNY9P6BY
#booksky #indieread #mapmaker #mapmakertrilogy #bookstoread #epicfantasy #fantasyforadults #bookboost
(for a limited time)
📚 Full trilogy complete
🏔️ Epic fantasy
🧭 Maps
👥 Found family
🦇 Winged cartographer
📙 Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNY9P6BY
#booksky #indieread #mapmaker #mapmakertrilogy #bookstoread #epicfantasy #fantasyforadults #bookboost
Mapmaker: Book 1 (Mapmaker Trilogy)
Mapmaker: Book 1 (Mapmaker Trilogy) - Kindle edition by White, N. E.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mapmaker: Book 1 (Mapmaker Trilogy).
www.amazon.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
✨ ONLY $0.99 EACH ✨
(for a limited time)
📚 Full trilogy complete
🏔️ Epic fantasy
🧭 Maps
👥 Found family
🦇 Winged cartographer
📙 Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNY9P6BY
#booksky #indieread #mapmaker #mapmakertrilogy #bookstoread #epicfantasy #fantasyforadults #bookboost
(for a limited time)
📚 Full trilogy complete
🏔️ Epic fantasy
🧭 Maps
👥 Found family
🦇 Winged cartographer
📙 Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNY9P6BY
#booksky #indieread #mapmaker #mapmakertrilogy #bookstoread #epicfantasy #fantasyforadults #bookboost
Very sad today: RIP, Tom Lehrer.
I've been a fan for maybe 40 years. He was a favourite of my grandfather, and my mum introduced me to "An Evening Wasted with..." (and deftly dodged my confusion about the Oedipus Rex lyrics).
I'll poison a dove for you today, Mr. Lehrer 💔🕊️🥹
youtu.be/PYA-jgI1ryg
I've been a fan for maybe 40 years. He was a favourite of my grandfather, and my mum introduced me to "An Evening Wasted with..." (and deftly dodged my confusion about the Oedipus Rex lyrics).
I'll poison a dove for you today, Mr. Lehrer 💔🕊️🥹
youtu.be/PYA-jgI1ryg
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (Full Album) (Public Domain)
YouTube video by Kevin Palmeri
youtu.be
July 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Very sad today: RIP, Tom Lehrer.
I've been a fan for maybe 40 years. He was a favourite of my grandfather, and my mum introduced me to "An Evening Wasted with..." (and deftly dodged my confusion about the Oedipus Rex lyrics).
I'll poison a dove for you today, Mr. Lehrer 💔🕊️🥹
youtu.be/PYA-jgI1ryg
I've been a fan for maybe 40 years. He was a favourite of my grandfather, and my mum introduced me to "An Evening Wasted with..." (and deftly dodged my confusion about the Oedipus Rex lyrics).
I'll poison a dove for you today, Mr. Lehrer 💔🕊️🥹
youtu.be/PYA-jgI1ryg
Ten (technically eleven) authors by whom I've read more than five books (who aren't on the same list as @addi.social 😉):
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Patrick O'Brian
Edith Pargeter (as Ellis Peters)
Colin Dexter
John Sandford
Ian Fleming
Kim Stanley Robinson
Stephen King
Enid Blyton
Frank Herbert
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Patrick O'Brian
Edith Pargeter (as Ellis Peters)
Colin Dexter
John Sandford
Ian Fleming
Kim Stanley Robinson
Stephen King
Enid Blyton
Frank Herbert
Ten authors by whom I've read more than five books:
This list mostly represents stuff I read as a teenager.
Terry Brooks
Robert Jordan
Brandon Sanderson
Terry Pratchett
Piers Anthony
Douglas Adams
James SA Corey
Nnedi Okorafor
Grady Hendrix
Martha Wells
This list mostly represents stuff I read as a teenager.
Terry Brooks
Robert Jordan
Brandon Sanderson
Terry Pratchett
Piers Anthony
Douglas Adams
James SA Corey
Nnedi Okorafor
Grady Hendrix
Martha Wells
Ten authors by whom I've read more than five books:
Stark Holborn
Si Clark
Gareth L Powell
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Andrew Vachss
Walter Moseley
Jonathan Kellerman
John Sandford
Martha Wells
Alan Dean Foster
might do 10 more later.
Stark Holborn
Si Clark
Gareth L Powell
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Andrew Vachss
Walter Moseley
Jonathan Kellerman
John Sandford
Martha Wells
Alan Dean Foster
might do 10 more later.
July 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ten (technically eleven) authors by whom I've read more than five books (who aren't on the same list as @addi.social 😉):
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Patrick O'Brian
Edith Pargeter (as Ellis Peters)
Colin Dexter
John Sandford
Ian Fleming
Kim Stanley Robinson
Stephen King
Enid Blyton
Frank Herbert
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
Patrick O'Brian
Edith Pargeter (as Ellis Peters)
Colin Dexter
John Sandford
Ian Fleming
Kim Stanley Robinson
Stephen King
Enid Blyton
Frank Herbert
I was at London's the National Gallery last week, and surprised to discover that Joseph Wright 'of Derby' was using Generative "AI" to do his paintings for him back in 1768.
July 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I was at London's the National Gallery last week, and surprised to discover that Joseph Wright 'of Derby' was using Generative "AI" to do his paintings for him back in 1768.
Finally got myself back to Blighty and collected my copy(z) of MOTIVES UNKNOWN from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social - cue immediate reading binge, now completed
It's this, buy a copy:
deadinkbooks.com/product/moti...
🙂
It's this, buy a copy:
deadinkbooks.com/product/moti...
🙂
Motives Unknown: A Northern Crime Anthology - Dead Ink Books
Welcome to the North. Sprawling cities. Lawless rural landscapes. A long and unforgiving history. Here is where the winds blow cold and the nights are long. An actor takes his preparation a little too...
deadinkbooks.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Finally got myself back to Blighty and collected my copy(z) of MOTIVES UNKNOWN from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social - cue immediate reading binge, now completed
It's this, buy a copy:
deadinkbooks.com/product/moti...
🙂
It's this, buy a copy:
deadinkbooks.com/product/moti...
🙂
As always, huge thanks to our latest group of contributors! Some very nice fiction, some very interesting analysis.
Also, my most grave apologies to Josh Pearce for having to tolerate ME providing the read of his story... 😉
Also, my most grave apologies to Josh Pearce for having to tolerate ME providing the read of his story... 😉
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!
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!
June 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
As always, huge thanks to our latest group of contributors! Some very nice fiction, some very interesting analysis.
Also, my most grave apologies to Josh Pearce for having to tolerate ME providing the read of his story... 😉
Also, my most grave apologies to Josh Pearce for having to tolerate ME providing the read of his story... 😉
Speaking not as editor but as, currently, @mythaxis.bsky.social's one-man slushteam, I welcome the prospect of a six month break from submissions. Still lots to do around the zine, though – but I might even finish a bit of writing myself as well 🙂
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...
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...
June 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Speaking not as editor but as, currently, @mythaxis.bsky.social's one-man slushteam, I welcome the prospect of a six month break from submissions. Still lots to do around the zine, though – but I might even finish a bit of writing myself as well 🙂
I love all our storychildren equally, of course...
Mythaxis #41 – Spring 2025
Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.
Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.
Mythaxis #41 – Spring 2025
Some strong stories in the latest edition of Mythaxis.
supernova.reviews
May 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I love all our storychildren equally, of course...
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Duncan Fallowell's April 1972 review of Nick Drake's Pink Moon (in Records and Recording magazine).
May 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Duncan Fallowell's April 1972 review of Nick Drake's Pink Moon (in Records and Recording magazine).