Issue Twenty-Three, June 2026

Issue Twenty-Three of Haven Spec Magazine is here! This issue will plant its seeds in the loamy soil of your soul, but do not fear the things that grow. They are what sustain us. In these pages, you'll find something much like horror and hope, rage and resignation, and all the other aporetic alliterations that characterize life in this here modern age.

So settle in for fiction by EC Dorgan, Spencer Nitkey, Madi Haab, Corey Farrenkopf, and Emily O'Malley Liu; poetry by Ai Jiang, Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe, Jordan Hirsch, Lynne Sargent, Oladosu Michael Emerald, and Nico Martinez Nocito; cover art by Carly A-F; and a brief note from the editor.

Issue Twenty-Two, February 2026

Issue Twenty-Two of Haven Spec Magazine is ready! This issue is full of the uncanny, the spooky, and the delightfully strange, and in these pages, you'll find fiction by Lex Chamberlin, Janel Comeau, Cressida Roe, Dafydd McKimm, and Lee Zanello; poetry by Eleanor Ball, Sophia Zhao, Marisca Pichette, Arthur H. Manners, and Erin Brown; a poetry round-up by our poetry editor Jessica Peter, and thoughts on the issue's fiction by our very own associate editors! Subscribers get the issue on February 13th, 2026, and the free-to-read online version goes up on February 23rd.

Issue Twenty-One, January 2026

Issue Twenty-One of Haven Spec Magazine is here at last! Subscribers get the issue on January 26th, 2026, and the free-to-read online version goes up on February 2nd. We're calling this one our January Issyou because every story and poem in it has been written in second-person POV. In these pages, you'll find fiction by J.A.W. McCarthy, Elou Carroll, Allison Pottern, Matt Tighe, Cynthia Zhang, Lia Lao, and Diana Dima; poetry by Faith Allington, Olumide Manuel, anaum sajanlal, and P. H. Low; and thoughts on this issyou's fiction by our very own associate editors!

Issue Twenty, July 2025

The last few months have been a wild ride, let me tell you. Long story short, I spent all of May organizing my dad's end-of-life care and then a big chunk of June was taken up handling things after his death. It's a story that boggles the imagination, and I'm torn between wanting to share the absurd details and not wanting to trauma dump, but suffice it to say, it involves my father hitting his head and having a stroke, the owner of his house kicking him out as soon as he got to the hospital, and a missing 10,000 dollar check. It's honestly bananas, and if we ever run into each other at a con, I'll share all the sordid details you'd like.

Issue Nineteen, March 2025

I am so very happy to report that our Kickstarter was a success and we are funded through the rest of 2025 to pay pro rates! I am shy by nature, but please take a moment to hear my ragged voice cheering across time and space in celebration that we managed it. And you know what? It wouldn't have been possible without you, so yes, you should absolutely be cheering as well. Let us join in a roaring chorus of hooping and hollering so loud that we shake the rafters of creation. Who knew I could get so excited about fundraising?