"Handsomest Gentlest" by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social . Everything they wrote this year slapped. This was one of my favorites. @havenspec.bsky.social www.havenspec.com/handsomest-g...

Our general submission window is now open! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

Our limited demographic window ends soon! Of course, you can still submit in the general window next month, but it's our goal to publish more authors of historically marginalized backgrounds, so send us your stories and poems! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

Our general submission window will open on the first of the month! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! Guidelines & schedule: www.havenspec.com/submit/

VERY excited to appear in the upcoming Issue 16 of Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social They’ve been amazing folks to work with. Also, a fun throwback to one of my poems, featured in @havenspec.bsky.social in the link below! #amwriting #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky

ICYMI, we're open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds for this entire month! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

"The Saint of Nothing at All" is in Issue 15 of @havenspec.bsky.social and can be read online here: www.havenspec.com/the-saint-of..., for those of you who like a side of Catholicism with your guilt 💀 #NationalPoetryDay

I'm thrilled to join Haven Spec as Poetry Editor! Excited to dig into the beautiful mountain of spec poetry - the vivid, the emotional, the lyrical, the strange, the dark, the climate-conscious, the bittersweet, the idea-driven, the magical, the otherwordly, the weird. . . and everything else!

We're over the moon to announce that Jessica Peter / @jessicapeter.bsky.social has joined us as our new Poetry Editor! Welcome! Welcome Welcome Welcome!

Haven Spec Magazine is now open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

Haven Spec Magazine is now open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

We're sad to announce that Danai Christopoulou / @danaiwrites.bsky.social is leaving us as Poetry Editor, but we so appreciate the work they've put into magazine over the years! Let's wish them a fond farewell, and don't forget to check out their novel VILE LADY VILLAINS when it's out in April!!!!!

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Please join us in welcoming our newest associate editor, ghazal (@bugsighs.bsky.social), who is pitching in to read all of your delightful stories! Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah!

Check it out now! "Cryptid Sister" and the rest of this amazing issue are free to read now!

👀Poetry Highlight👀 ICYMI, the poem "Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social is free to read! Fill your grief with dead and crawling things and embrace the weird in this poem of what's lost and what's found. Poem: buff.ly/7gERvR1 Issue: buff.ly/sTRxEtv

Shout out to @ajvanbelle.bsky.social for having their poem Star Stitcher included in the Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction anthology!

So completely thrilled that my poem STAR STITCHER (@havenspec.bsky.social) will be in the Year's Best Canadian F&SF alongside this incredible lineup! What amazing company it's in. Can't wait to read everyone's wonderful work in this year's collection.

Thanks again for the opportunity! 💕

👀Poetry Highlight👀 ICYMI, the poem "Dawn Witching with Crows" by @devzmiller.bsky.social is free to read! Join the birds and cast your spells in this sapphic poem about witchy crows from our March issue! Poem: buff.ly/sJ8pVxr Issue: buff.ly/A4NJnnk

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "Restaurant Space for Lease" by @vivianhchou.bsky.social is free to read! Come meet some shady realtors, make a pact with ancient evils, and learn how to make calamari the hard way! Story: buff.ly/UV4fzpN Issue: buff.ly/sTRxEtv

👀Poetry Highlight👀 ICYMI, the poem "Dawn Witching with Crows" by @devzmiller.bsky.social is free to read! Join the birds and cast your spells in this sapphic poem about witchy crows from our March issue! Poem: buff.ly/sJ8pVxr Issue: buff.ly/A4NJnnk

this is my notional ekphraksis of @seananmcguire.bsky.social s IN THE SHADOW OF SPINDRIFT HOUSE, but you can share and enjoy even without knowing the book.

👀Poetry Highlight👀 ICYMI, the poem "Anchor Spindrift" by @popelizbet.bsky.social is now free to read! Nothing lies beyond the ocean's reach in this tale of hope and heartache as inevitable as the rising tides. Poem: buff.ly/KTg9O5p Issue: buff.ly/sTRxEtv

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "Host" by @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social is free to read online! Hear the whispers and discover the circle of stones, but be careful not to lose yourself in this story from our March issue! Story: buff.ly/OBx4dXE Issue: buff.ly/A4NJnnk

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "Brother, What Is Your Name?" by @leannehoward.bsky.social is free to read! A sisterhood of brewers and their magic beer await you on the mountaintop. Find yourself again with every drop you drink! Story: buff.ly/SBhFiBf Issue: buff.ly/sTRxEtv

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "Brother, What Is Your Name?" by @leannehoward.bsky.social is free to read! A sisterhood of brewers and their magic beer await you on the mountaintop. Find yourself again with every drop you drink! Story: buff.ly/SBhFiBf Issue: buff.ly/sTRxEtv

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "Coming Home to Leviathan" by @saganyee.bsky.social is free to read online! Fall back into your memories, but be careful not to dive too deep lest you sink forever in this piece from our March issue! Story: buff.ly/nzZvcls Issue: buff.ly/A4NJnnk

"Some people have water under their bridges. Glimm and I have the driest of deserts. Every little thing sticks to it like glue. Melts right into the sand. Lasts and lasts and lasts." Far too relatable lol. This short feels a bit like a modern fable & holds a few lessons about what we think we want.

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "Fish Upon A Star" by @arfrederiksen.bsky.social is now free to read! The night sky is heavy with wishes—some we hope come true and some we'd rather forget—can the starfisher find yours? Story: buff.ly/6EZM4Bi Issue: buff.ly/sTRxEtv

👀Poetry Highlight👀 ICYMI, the poem "Bandits of Dream City" by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social is now free to read online! Dream to remember and dream to forget in this strange and vivid little poem from our March issue! Poem: buff.ly/qQGRoQ3 Issue: buff.ly/A4NJnnk

👀Poetry Highlight👀 ICYMI, the poem "Bandits of Dream City" by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social is now free to read online! Dream to remember and dream to forget in this strange and vivid little poem from our March issue! Poem: buff.ly/qQGRoQ3 Issue: buff.ly/A4NJnnk

Hey psst ppppsssst c'mere and let me show off my chops a little. It'll be fun.

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "Visions of Althea" by @alexwoodroe.com is now free to read! Bone ships ply the inky waters where ghosts and monsters wait. Hope and grief and the end of days invite you to embark! Story: buff.ly/pGQxU4p Full Issue: buff.ly/sTRxEtv

I’m proud of this story about death and grief and love and my dog Wilfred, who tries so hard to be good even though the world has not always been good to him. I think you’ll like this one if you like 1. dogs, 2. long walks in the woods, 3. crying, or 4. all of the above.

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "Handsomest Gentlest" by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social is free to read online! An old black dog awaits you in the forests of death, and he is wagging his tail. Find him in this story from our March issue! Story: buff.ly/tZXy7pu Issue: buff.ly/A4NJnnk

👀Poetry Highlight👀 ICYMI, the poem "she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social is now free to read! Discover hope, loneliness, and wonder in this tale of a transfemme sailor who cries out to a sea goddess. Read it now: buff.ly/z38SOFX Issue: buff.ly/sTRxEtv

👀Fiction Highlight👀 ICYMI, the short story "A True Account of a Pre-Teen Blob " by @reasie.bsky.social is free to read online! Test the bonds of family and the human form in this piece from our March issue! Story: buff.ly/Tfi0GUU Issue: buff.ly/A4NJnnk

This is lovely. Having just laid our gentlest to rest, this slammed my heart.

Good luck to @mariness.bsky.social at the Hugo Awards tonight! And to all the nominees! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Free to read now! Check it out!

Nisi Shawl is one of my favorite writers, a queer elder & a BIPOC icon. I hate that the state of publishing is such that the book of their dreams would struggle to find a home, but I love that we as a community can come together to make it happen!! Give/boost as you're able? 🙏 gofund.me/3a52097a

@matthewkressel.net and I are raising funds to keep this venerable institution alive. Info here: www.gofundme.com/f/fantastic-...

“…according to the law that thought it ruled the tide.” Elizabeth R. McClellan, "Anchor Spindrift" @havenspec.bsky.social #20, July

Our general submission window is open for the entire month of August! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! Guidelines: www.havenspec.com/submit/

Our general submission window is open for the entire month of August! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! Guidelines: www.havenspec.com/submit/

ICYMI, the short story "Brother, What Is Your Name?" by @leannehoward.bsky.social is free to read! A sisterhood of brewers and their magic beer await you on the mountaintop. Find yourself again with every drop you drink! www.havenspec.com/brother-what... Issue: www.havenspec.com/issue-twenty

ICYMI, the short story "Restaurant Space for Lease" by @vivianhchou.bsky.social is free to read! Come meet some shady realtors, make a pact with ancient evils, and learn how to make calamari the hard way! www.havenspec.com/restaurant-s... Issue: www.havenspec.com/issue-twenty

been trying to avoid endorsing stuff by describing the emotional state it put me in but i read this on my lunch break and it DID have me weeping into a bowl of leftover spaghetti

ICYMI, the short story "Restaurant Space for Lease" by @vivianhchou.bsky.social is free to read! Come meet some shady realtors, make a pact with ancient evils, and learn how to make calamari the hard way! www.havenspec.com/restaurant-s... Issue: www.havenspec.com/issue-twenty