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Online SFF magazine featuring stories for the 21st century! We publish six issues a year, two of which are focused on the climate crisis. Editor: Leon Perniciaro.

www.havenspec.com/

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Our July Issue is now free to read online!
havenspec.com/issue-sixteen

Fiction by J.R. Dawson, Valerie Kemp, Marissa Lingen, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Bree Wernicke, and John Wiswell

Poetry by H.B. Asari, Mari Ness, Eva Papasoulioti, and Marisca Pichette

Cover art: Matthew Spencer

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Our July Issue is now free to read online!
havenspec.com/issue-sixteen

Fiction by J.R. Dawson, Valerie Kemp, Marissa Lingen, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Bree Wernicke, and John Wiswell

Poetry by H.B. Asari, Mari Ness, Eva Papasoulioti, and Marisca Pichette

Cover art: Matthew Spencer

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There are horrors at the door, so don't forget to brush your teeth in "Human Habits," a strange new story by Bree Wernicke / @breewernicke.bsky.social!

Read it in our July issue, available now to subscribers!

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Community and disaster come together in "Conjured from the Rubble," a new story by Marissa Lingen / @marissalingen.bsky.social!

Read it in our July issue, available now to subscribers!

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Amber doesn’t know how she’s back from the dead, but she knows *exactly* who to blame. Read all about it in "Reciprocity," a new story by Valerie Kemp / @valeriekemp.bsky.social!

Read it in our July issue, available now to subscribers!

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That's right - Haven Spec is publishing a new poem BY ME!!!!

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Seek out the underbelly of fairy tales in "Ever Noir," a new poem by Mari Ness / @mariness.bsky.social!

Read it in our July issue, available now to subscribers and to buy!

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Eugenia Triantafyllou's avatar Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social
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I read this as "Eugenia makes a monster"...and it checks out? 😆 But this is a story about the girls that might or might not be monsters. Get ready for them!

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What makes a monster? Find out in "Skinless," a new story by Eugenia Triantafyllou / @foxesandroses.bsky.social!

Read it in our July issue, available now to subscribers and to buy!

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John Wiswell's avatar John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social
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Would you like a story about an old wizard who's overcommitted to the heroic kids who need him? Well @jrdawson.bsky.social and I have you covered! "This Mentor Lives" is in the newest issue of Haven Spec.

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Sometimes it is hard for us to accept that people give a damn about us. And sometimes it is hard to finish a very big jigsaw puzzle.

@wiswell.bsky.social and I have a story out today! It’s about that old guy in all the hero stories.

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It's hard to take time for yourself when you're saving the multiverse. Remember the people who love you in "This Mentor Lives," a new story by J.R. Dawson & John Wiswell / @jrdawson.bsky.social & @wiswell.bsky.social!

Read it in our July issue, available now to subscribers and for purchase!

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The good news is that Issue 16 is going out to subscribers tonight, and the free-to-read version will be available on 7/1 The bad news is that I somehow broke my local copy of our website today, and it took me all day to fix it Sooo, I'll update the website *tomorrow* instead

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Spending the day working on my short fiction reviews column for @havenspec.bsky.social and honestly, what a feast of talent we’re being served lately, in the flash and short fiction spaces!

Truly, a great time to love stories.

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ICYMI, our May issue is free to read online!

@lpkindred.bsky.social was our guest editor for this issue, and he picked some really amazing pieces, so please give it a read!

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Eugenia Triantafyllou's avatar Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social
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This story is literally greater than life. Because when life seems to end this story keeps going, fighting against hope and fighting to hope for another breath passed trough salt-chapped lips.

by @nassos.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social

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The July issue is nearly here, and check out that TOC and cover art! Fiction by J.R. Dawson, Valerie Kemp, Marissa Lingen, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Bree Wernicke, and John Wiswell! Poetry by H.B. Asari, Mari Ness, Eva Papasoulioti, and Marisca Pichette Cover art: Matthew Spencer

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Going through the poetry holds today, and I sincerely wish we could publish everything we *like* instead of just everything we can *afford* Going to start on the April poetry submissions soon too

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Our May Issue is now free to read online!
www.havenspec.com/issue-fifteen

Fiction: Madi Haab, N. R. M. Roshak, Rin Willis, Avra Margariti, Natalia Theodoridou, and Matt Tighe.

Poetry: Emmie Christie, Jess Gofton, Elizabeth Shack, and Sofia Ezdina.

Editor: LP Kindred

Cover Art: Lauren Raye Snow

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Gotta love getting a story sale in just before I leave for a convention--and this story will be with you PROMPTLY! "Conjured From the Rubble," coming soon, to a @havenspec.bsky.social near you!

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Beyond delighted that my poem "The Saint of Nothing at All" is in Issue 15 of @havenspec.bsky.social--and in such brilliant company, too! The whole issue is now free to read online, but please do consider supporting Haven if you can so they can continue to do such cool work in the SFF space.

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I have a story in this and I am so chuffed to be amongst this company!

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"Ghost Apples," my sapphic winter tale of growth, romance and music, is now free to read! once again huge thanks to
@lpkindred.bsky.social for selecting this story as part of this incredible line-up 🥺❤️

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Our May Issue is now free to read online!
www.havenspec.com/issue-fifteen

Fiction: Madi Haab, N. R. M. Roshak, Rin Willis, Avra Margariti, Natalia Theodoridou, and Matt Tighe.

Poetry: Emmie Christie, Jess Gofton, Elizabeth Shack, and Sofia Ezdina.

Editor: LP Kindred

Cover Art: Lauren Raye Snow

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Taste the ashes and remember love, faith, and hope in "A Future in Ashes," a brand new story by Matt Tighe / @mktighewrites.bsky.social!

Read it in our latest issue!

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"The multiverse is a maze of mirrors," Rin Willis writes in "Through A Glass, Face To Face," a brand new story in our latest issue. So don't be afraid to peer inside!

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Promise ten winters of your life to the Erl-Queen in "Ten Ways of Looking at Snow, Reflected Off an Obsidian Armor," a brand new story by Avra Margariti / @avramargariti.bsky.social!

Read it in our latest issue!

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Madi Haab 🇵🇸🍉's avatar Madi Haab 🇵🇸🍉 @lamotdite.bsky.social
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so so so proud to have this story out in the world 🥹🩷 this was my very first piece of original short fiction, and it's come along way since the first draft (and so have I!). consider supporting Haven to get access to the issue right now!

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Something strange is in the snow and the hills. Find out what in "Ghost Apples," a brand new story by Madi Haab / @lamotdite.bsky.social!

Read it in our latest issue!

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beautiful! can't wait to curl up with this issue and read the story in full 🌊

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Madi Haab 🇵🇸🍉's avatar Madi Haab 🇵🇸🍉 @lamotdite.bsky.social
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ahhh SO excited to read this issue and to see my little sapphic winter tale in such great company 🥹🩷

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🔥🔥🔥 Issue 15 is finally ready! 🔥🔥🔥

Patreon subscribers and Kickstarter backers can read it today, but everyone else has to wait until June 12th!

Please consider subscribing to read the issue today!
www.patreon.com/HavenSpecMag...

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Issue 15 is nearly ready, and just look at that TOC and cover art! Fiction: Madi Haab, N. R. M. Roshak, Rin Willis, Avra Margariti, Natalia Theodoridou, and Matt Tighe. Poetry: Emmie Christie, Jess Gofton, Elizabeth Shack, and Sofia Ezdina. Editor: LP Kindred Cover Art: Lauren Raye Snow

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Today is for sending payments to our May contributors and making decisions for the next few issues. We have ~50 fiction holds and 18 poetry holds remaining, plus ~35 stories waiting for a second readthrough and ~190 poems waiting to be processed. Always so much to do!

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Madi Haab 🇵🇸🍉's avatar Madi Haab 🇵🇸🍉 @lamotdite.bsky.social
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honoured and a little stunned to announce that I have a story coming out in a future issue of @havenspec.bsky.social! 🥹 "Ghost Apples" celebrates softness, romance and music in a hostile winter landscape inhabited by magical creatures ❄️🍎

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I love the imagery in this poem from @havenspec.bsky.social and it comes right on time as I'm drafting something with an antagonist who might get along with this poem's Queen

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Our illustrious guest editor for the May issue, @lpkindred.bsky.social, has selected seven stories and four poems to publish!

I'll be reaching out to those folks today!

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Marisca Pichette (she/they)'s avatar Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social
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Delighted to share that 3 of my poems are finalists for the
@sfpoetry.bsky.social Rhysling Award!
"The Goth Girls' Gun Gang" in The Dread Machine
"A Prayer for the Surviving" @havenspec.bsky.social
"As the witch burns" in Fantasy Magazine

Peep them in the Rhysling Anthology this summer🌻

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Friday reading to get me through a Zoom call that could have been an email:

This one from @havenspec.bsky.social and Rajeev Prasad has a couple struggling to stay together in a world completely falling apart. It's real and I am happy as always to see depictions of addiction that are nuanced.

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Friday reading to get me through a Zoom call that could have been an email: This one is short but packs a real punch. So much climate fiction happening (no matter the genre) lately and it's needed but boy does this one tussle your emotions. The concept at the core is painful and sad. Good stuff!

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We just interviewed Terese Mason Pierre / @teresempierre.bsky.social, and what a lovely conversation it was!

Read the interview soon in one of our upcoming issues!

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Please read this it is stunning! I would quote my favorite bit but I don't want to spoil the surprise because it will just punch you right in the heart Go read it!

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