Haven Spec Magazine

I think the time has come for us to abandon this platform for what I hope are obvious reasons. But don't despair! You can still find us on that happy little website where the grass is green and the sky is blue. Follow us there at havenspec.bsky.social!

The March 2025 issue of @HavenSpec is now FREE to read online! Please check out my speculative eco/body horror tale called Host via the link below.👇 I hope you enjoy it! ☺️

I'm enjoying reading my contributor's copy of @HavenSpec mag (not my own story because once something's published I can't read it again in case I want to change something😅). Great interview with @eerieyore and @lindzmcleod! That forthcoming collab antho sounds super, Lindsey!

Have you checked out @HavenSpec’s Kickstarter? They put out amazing sf/f/h and are awesome when it comes to environmentalism in fiction! I’m offering 2 fiction critiques as rewards! Check it out!!! kickstarter.com/projects/haven…

Posting on behalf of @HavenSpec! Today sees the launch of their Kickstarter. They're a professionally paying mag who treat their authors and artists fairly, so please support if at all possible.🙏 kickstarter.com/projects/haven…

Contract signed! Ahhh! I'm so happy to share that my poem "she brings me waves, she brings me wind" about a transfemme sailor who invokes a sea goddess for comfort will come out in a future @HavenSpec issue :') (thank you to the editors who gave this piece a lovely home!💚)

Last thoughts Thank you to everyone who has supported us since we launched in late 2021! We've hit some bumps along the way, but we've had some huge successes too, and I think 2025 is going to be our best year yet! 6/6

Re-opening to submissions We'll also open to submissions in February and stay open indefinitely, alternating each month between a general submission window and limited demographic window. How much stuff we can buy will depend on how much money we raise! 5/6

Updates on Haven Spec Magazine in 2025: Issues in 2025 Outstanding submissions 2025 Kickstarter Re-Opening to submissions Last thoughts A Thread 🧵 1/6

It's be-annoying-and-tag-people-to-help-our-Kickstarter time. Help us continue paying $0.10 a word to our writers. kickstarter.com/projects/theco… @arleysorg @KaiDelmas @HavenSpec @LPKindred @LeahNing @apexmag @somto_Ihezue @Shingaibelike @AtSayre @Gwenda

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"Yes, Chef" by Jake Price is now free to read in our November issue. Link below

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"A Eulogy for Patience" by Chloe Smith is now free to read in our November issue. Link ⬇️

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"After Doing Assignments for an Hour With My Son on Whatsapp" by Clara Burghelea is now free to read in our November issue. Link in next post

Finally put together an Awards Eligibility Post✨ I had a novelette, 2 short stories, and a poem out. I was also privileged to work with Nisi Shawl & Zhui Ning Chang in editing the Publishing Taught Me Anthology. You can read these stories at my website: somtoihezue.wordpress.com/2024-eligibili…