Myth Makers (fanzine)

You may wish to consult Myth Makers (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Myth Makers and its accompanying publication Myth Makers Presents were the official fiction fanzines of the Doctor Who Information Network, a Canadian fan group. It was initially announced in 1980 in DWIN's first newsletter, although the first issue wasn't released until 1991. The series was edited by Matt Grady and, later, Richard Salter, who went on to edit Short Trips: Transmissions for Big Finish.

Notable releases

The first release of Myth Makers Presents contained the rejected Virgin New Adventures novel In Tua Nua alongside an interview with Kate Orman. It was published in March 1996.

Issue 12, released in July 2002, included stories by Richard Salter; Stacey Smith?; Alan Taylor; Lance Parkin, with the short story The School of Doom featuring his character Miranda Who and the man with the rosette later seen in The Gallifrey Chronicles; Mags L. Halliday, with a prelude to History 101; and Jonathan Morris, with a deleted scene from Anachrophobia.

Issue 13 was published in February 2003 and included Parkin's Mr Saldaamir, later released as part of the Faction Paradox series; a prelude to Wonderland by Mark Chadbourn; an excerpt from Blue Box; a story by Mark Michalowski featuring his character Miss Gallowglass; and stories by Richard Salter, Jonathan Dennis, Mark Stevens, and Graeme Burk.

Myth Makers Presents: Essentials won Best Anthology in the 2003 Jade Pagoda mailing list awards. It included the winner for Best Short Story, Daniel O'Mahony's A Rag and a Bone, as well as False Gods, Jon Blum's postlude to Fallen Gods. It was released in October 2003.

Issue 14 was published in November 2004 and saw the first printing of The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion, Mags L. Halliday's prelude to Warring States which also tied into Of the City of the Saved.... It also included Pincer Movement by Simon A. Forward, which tied into the characterisation of Peri Brown in his Telos Doctor Who novella Shell Shock. Like Essentials the year prior, it won the Best Anthology award from the Jade Pagoda mailing list in 2004.

Myth Makers Presents: Golden Years, 1963-2013 included With All Awry by Blair Bidmead, which tied into his story Now or Thereabouts in A Romance in Twelve Parts, as well as stories by Violet Addison, David N. Smith, Pete Kempshall, Daniel Tessier, Kelly Hale, Matthew James, Andrew K Purvis, Stephen Hatcher, and Cody Schell.

External links

• Myth Makers at Fanlore.org