Carnyx (pronounced car-nicks) is a new micropress based in Tyne & Wear, UK. We aim to publish exceptional new speculative fiction that you won’t read anywhere else, with a focus on writers living in the North of England.
Not sure what speculative fiction is? It’s a cover-all for science-fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism and weird fiction. We adore work that’s literary, experimental, and doing strange things with speculative genres.
The press will release anthologies, short fiction collections, and novellas.
Our values
Carnyx Press is a values-led publisher. We want to find ways to better support writers and get money in their pockets. We welcome and encourage submissions from marginalised writers. We’re totally against the use of generative AI – we’re here to share stories from humans, not machines. We also want to explore ways to be as environmentally sustainable as possible in our operations and printing.
About the editor
Nathaniel Spain is the editor and director of Carnyx Press. Born in East Anglia, he’s been living in the North of England for the past decade.
He’s a writer, designer and publishing professional, with over seven years’ experience in independent and mainstream publishing, covering editing, marketing, design, finance, and a healthy chunk of admin.
His short fiction has been published by Uncertain Stories, The Ghastling, Hare’s Paw, Carmina Magazine, and others, and he is a BFS 2025 short story competition winner. He’s a reader for The Braag, a typesetter for First Story, and has been a British Fantasy Award juror.
He also has a background in environmentalism, the community sector, and tabletop RPGs. You can visit his website here.
