Welcome to the new-look Mythaxis Magazine!
It’s been six years since new management took over, and the first thing we did then was give the site a more modern edge. But the times they keep a-changin’, so we thought it was time to give our facelift a facelift. Since our last issue came out, we’ve been scrambling behind the scenes to have things in place for the spring issue, and here we are!
[Honesty filter applied: tech-guru Marty Steer has been scrambling curating tokens; the editor merely continued peeling grapes and issuing regal orders from the chaise longue while the inevitable revolution gathers steam.]
Although the changes apply to reading on both large and small screens, our main focus was on making the mobile user experience feel a little more app-like. I was going to spell out all the little changes… but instead, I think I’ll let them speak for themselves.
With one exception! Front and centre of the redesign is the new Mythaxis icon, reminiscent of a molecule or an orrery, and which is inspired by a real-world monument to the memory of our founding editor, Gil WIlliams, erected by his wife Beryl. This icon (and a variety of others that decorate our stories) were created by past and future fiction contributor Addison Smith, who also does visual design in the publishing sphere.
So, many thanks to Addison – and of course to Marty, without whom none of this at all!
