pyx·id·i·um pikˈsidēəm n: 1. A botanical vessel that bursts open when ripe to scatter its seeds, 2. an art and lit journal for the explosive, the visceral; an emotional bruise, dark purple like an overripe piece of fruit.
Issue 1: Summer 2026
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Pyxidium Magazine, an art and lit journal cradling a Molotov cocktail in its broken arms.
AVAILABLE JUNE/JULY 2026
About Pyxidium
Pyxidium Magazine was born at 3am last Thursday because I realized I'm surrounded by creative people who I want to be creative with.Pyxidium doesn't care that you've never been published. It doesn't care if you have a PhD or didn't graduate high school. It only cares if you have something to say, something to show the world, something that's been stuck inside you like a broken tooth sawing its way through your gums for far too long.We're an art & lit mag looking to come out 3 or 4 times a year, willing to consider any writing or printable art as long as it's 1000% real, yours, authentic and makes us feel something. Anything.Submissions as of now are FREE. You can read a .pdf copy of each issue when its released right here on the site, or buy a physical copy at cost once released. I'm not making a dime on this project. My website fees are $30 a year and as of right now, I'm willing to eat that and my time spent for what I hope becomes a decent project and a good experience for all involved.
About Our Editor
Pyxidium is edited by Penelope Daniels (that's me). I write mostly poetry (particularly haiku) and smut (particularly M/M) in addition to pretending I'm a photographer, an artist, and an actor now and then.Follow me, if you like. Or don't. 😂
WTF is a "pyxidium"?
A pyxis or pyx is a box, typically an ornamental one, containing holy relics or priceless artifacts. It's a Latin concept that seems to have come from the Greek and was adopted sometime in the 13th or 14th centuries by both sailors (who used a pyxis to store their compasses) and the church (who used pyxides to store the host for communion, among other things).In botany, a pyxidium is a seed pod that explodes like a lidded box when its contents are ripe and ready.I've been enamored of the concept of these holy boxes since I learned the word and have found myself constructing them over the years. I'm equally drawn to the idea of pyxidium spilling their own relics like secrets on explosive display.I think all of us are holy vessels (in a decidedly un-religous way), waiting for our ideas to ripen enough to loose the lid and let them fly.
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