We can now confirm that Issue 11 has been edited by guest editor Niall O’Sullivan and is making its way through the mill to get to your shelves and pillows. The cover design of x has been updated to look a little bit like some elements on the website, and for this issue, which is, incidentally, our almost fifth anniversary, we just have a text-based cover (left). You will only really begin to see the effects of the redesign from the follow-up issue. Again, thank you so much for your patience.

In our unending quest to remain relevant we have gone underground for a while to refocus and redesign. As part of that process, we have developed the site on a blog platform to make it easier for our editors to update the site and contribute more effectively from their bases around the world. We hope that you as readers and subscribers will also find this useful; especially since this will mean that you can now read excerpts from the stories and poems in x magazine and comment on them… you know, all the good things that developments in web technology have now made so accessible! Anyway, thank you for your patience with us. We will be back on track very soon.