Haven Spec Magazine
@havenspec.bsky.social
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.
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Just got your email and am replying!
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Just got your email and am replying!
You can see our reading schedule at the link!
Our general submission window will be open next month, and anyone can submit then. We alternate each month between limited submission windows, general submission windows, and being closed to submissions.
Our general submission window will be open next month, and anyone can submit then. We alternate each month between limited submission windows, general submission windows, and being closed to submissions.
January 8, 2026 at 6:42 PM
You can see our reading schedule at the link!
Our general submission window will be open next month, and anyone can submit then. We alternate each month between limited submission windows, general submission windows, and being closed to submissions.
Our general submission window will be open next month, and anyone can submit then. We alternate each month between limited submission windows, general submission windows, and being closed to submissions.
Go for it! It's taking me forever, but I plan to be through the holds soon (working on them today in fact)
January 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Go for it! It's taking me forever, but I plan to be through the holds soon (working on them today in fact)
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In @havenspec.bsky.social:
"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
In @radonjournal.bsky.social:
"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
In @radonjournal.bsky.social:
"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
she brings me waves, she brings me wind by Angel Leal, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
In @havenspec.bsky.social:
"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
In @radonjournal.bsky.social:
"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
"she brings me waves, she brings me wind" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
"Cryptid Sister" by @hvpatterson.bsky.social
www.havenspec.com/cryptid-sister
In @radonjournal.bsky.social:
"GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Also, click "Presses" to get to the open calls on www.acolyte.media! The link on our submit page just brings you to the main page (have to fix that!)
You can also find the calls directly at havenspec.acolyte.media
You can also find the calls directly at havenspec.acolyte.media
Haven Spec Magazine - Submission Portal
Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories and poems for a 21st century audience. We love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that te
havenspec.acolyte.media
January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Also, click "Presses" to get to the open calls on www.acolyte.media! The link on our submit page just brings you to the main page (have to fix that!)
You can also find the calls directly at havenspec.acolyte.media
You can also find the calls directly at havenspec.acolyte.media
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With Day 6 of #12DaysOfPoetry, we move on to my 2025 publications! First up is the meditative tale of "Hermit of the Crossroads" in @havenspec.bsky.social, with an anchorite whose presence protects the realm:
www.havenspec.com/hermit-of-th...
www.havenspec.com/hermit-of-th...
Hermit of the Crossroads by Marie Brennan, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
With Day 6 of #12DaysOfPoetry, we move on to my 2025 publications! First up is the meditative tale of "Hermit of the Crossroads" in @havenspec.bsky.social, with an anchorite whose presence protects the realm:
www.havenspec.com/hermit-of-th...
www.havenspec.com/hermit-of-th...
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December 28th's story was the beautiful Handsomest Gentlest
by M. R. Robinson, published in @havenspec.bsky.social.
"I'd only been dead for two hours, and I was too busy feeling sorry for myself to be afraid of some old black dog curled up crying in the bushes."
So much emotion in only ~2k words!
by M. R. Robinson, published in @havenspec.bsky.social.
"I'd only been dead for two hours, and I was too busy feeling sorry for myself to be afraid of some old black dog curled up crying in the bushes."
So much emotion in only ~2k words!
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
December 28th's story was the beautiful Handsomest Gentlest
by M. R. Robinson, published in @havenspec.bsky.social.
"I'd only been dead for two hours, and I was too busy feeling sorry for myself to be afraid of some old black dog curled up crying in the bushes."
So much emotion in only ~2k words!
by M. R. Robinson, published in @havenspec.bsky.social.
"I'd only been dead for two hours, and I was too busy feeling sorry for myself to be afraid of some old black dog curled up crying in the bushes."
So much emotion in only ~2k words!
Reposted by Haven Spec Magazine
"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...
www.havenspec.com/handsomest-g...
Handsomest Gentlest by M. R. Robinson, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!
www.havenspec.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"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...
www.havenspec.com/handsomest-g...
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"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
October 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"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