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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Issue Twenty-One, January 2026, Haven Spec Magazine
Fiction and poetry for the 21st century
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Our ✨January 2026 Issue✨ is now free to read online!
Find it here:
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The January Issyou features seven stories and four poems all written in second-person POV!
Find it here:
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The January Issyou features seven stories and four poems all written in second-person POV!
👀February 2026 Fiction👀
"She Will Help You The Only Way She Knows How" is a short story by @verybadllama.bsky.social about "maternal love and old secrets hidden in the Quebec woods" (to quote the author), and subscribers can read it in our February issue on Monday!
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"She Will Help You The Only Way She Knows How" is a short story by @verybadllama.bsky.social about "maternal love and old secrets hidden in the Quebec woods" (to quote the author), and subscribers can read it in our February issue on Monday!
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February 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
👀February 2026 Fiction👀
"She Will Help You The Only Way She Knows How" is a short story by @verybadllama.bsky.social about "maternal love and old secrets hidden in the Quebec woods" (to quote the author), and subscribers can read it in our February issue on Monday!
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"She Will Help You The Only Way She Knows How" is a short story by @verybadllama.bsky.social about "maternal love and old secrets hidden in the Quebec woods" (to quote the author), and subscribers can read it in our February issue on Monday!
havenspec.com/issues/issue...
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so so so thrilled that my deeply Canadian horror story about maternal love and old secrets hidden in the Quebec woods is coming out in the next issue of Haven Spec Magazine
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 AM
so so so thrilled that my deeply Canadian horror story about maternal love and old secrets hidden in the Quebec woods is coming out in the next issue of Haven Spec Magazine
👀February 2026 Poetry👀
"If I must exist here," is a poem by @eleanorball.bsky.social about hope and apocalypse. Read it as an act of survival in a wounded world.
Available in our February issue, due to subscribers on Monday!
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"If I must exist here," is a poem by @eleanorball.bsky.social about hope and apocalypse. Read it as an act of survival in a wounded world.
Available in our February issue, due to subscribers on Monday!
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![An excerpt of the poem "If I must exist here," by Eleanor Ball, in Issue 22 of Haven Spec Magazine (February 2026). The text reads:
then with open arms. Bitten nails. Tongue bloody
from eating itself like a snake. From pressing
my mouth to yours. Oracle, puzzle,
three-body problem. Then in prayer,
licking the wounds of the earth.
Then sunflowers, springing
[...]
The background is the issue's cover art, titled Harmonies of the Harvest, by Matthew Spencer. It shows a figure with a human body and a deer head.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4ueitqarm32pz3ap6ckphdzu/bafkreicimeypudhbrvshfrkncthgvg6dhuvsh43qn52x65taqxpi6jmtpa@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
👀February 2026 Poetry👀
"If I must exist here," is a poem by @eleanorball.bsky.social about hope and apocalypse. Read it as an act of survival in a wounded world.
Available in our February issue, due to subscribers on Monday!
havenspec.com/issues/issue...
"If I must exist here," is a poem by @eleanorball.bsky.social about hope and apocalypse. Read it as an act of survival in a wounded world.
Available in our February issue, due to subscribers on Monday!
havenspec.com/issues/issue...
👀February 2026 Fiction👀
"Fragments of Sky in Quantum Grief" is a story by Lex Chamberlin about how grief tears holes in the world. Read this one for its private suffering and its hard-won hope.
Available in our next issue!
"Fragments of Sky in Quantum Grief" is a story by Lex Chamberlin about how grief tears holes in the world. Read this one for its private suffering and its hard-won hope.
Available in our next issue!
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
👀February 2026 Fiction👀
"Fragments of Sky in Quantum Grief" is a story by Lex Chamberlin about how grief tears holes in the world. Read this one for its private suffering and its hard-won hope.
Available in our next issue!
"Fragments of Sky in Quantum Grief" is a story by Lex Chamberlin about how grief tears holes in the world. Read this one for its private suffering and its hard-won hope.
Available in our next issue!
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Delighted to have my horror poem "Roommate" feature in the upcoming issue of @havenspec.bsky.social!
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Delighted to have my horror poem "Roommate" feature in the upcoming issue of @havenspec.bsky.social!
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Just look at that 🦌 cover 🦌
Stoked to have a leaf mold goddess daughter poem in this issue 🍂 🕸️
Stoked to have a leaf mold goddess daughter poem in this issue 🍂 🕸️
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Just look at that 🦌 cover 🦌
Stoked to have a leaf mold goddess daughter poem in this issue 🍂 🕸️
Stoked to have a leaf mold goddess daughter poem in this issue 🍂 🕸️
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So this is how it feels to promote work you’ve had published!
We are the Giant We Fear - Feb 16th.
Can’t wait to read the other pieces and grateful for the process with Haven Spec to get here. 🙏
Click the post below and give the other authors a follow! (linked in thread)
#published #writing
We are the Giant We Fear - Feb 16th.
Can’t wait to read the other pieces and grateful for the process with Haven Spec to get here. 🙏
Click the post below and give the other authors a follow! (linked in thread)
#published #writing
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
So this is how it feels to promote work you’ve had published!
We are the Giant We Fear - Feb 16th.
Can’t wait to read the other pieces and grateful for the process with Haven Spec to get here. 🙏
Click the post below and give the other authors a follow! (linked in thread)
#published #writing
We are the Giant We Fear - Feb 16th.
Can’t wait to read the other pieces and grateful for the process with Haven Spec to get here. 🙏
Click the post below and give the other authors a follow! (linked in thread)
#published #writing
Reposted by Haven Spec Magazine
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
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my (lowkey toxic yuri) shape-shifting story "skin deep" is in this one! can't wait to read the full issue :)
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
my (lowkey toxic yuri) shape-shifting story "skin deep" is in this one! can't wait to read the full issue :)
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I have a little poem in here about finding love and community and hope in the apocalypse 🖤
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I have a little poem in here about finding love and community and hope in the apocalypse 🖤
Reposted by Haven Spec Magazine
My speculative poetry career has begun!
Stay tuned for my dark witchy warning “Mothercraft: a Villanelle”
Stay tuned for my dark witchy warning “Mothercraft: a Villanelle”
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
My speculative poetry career has begun!
Stay tuned for my dark witchy warning “Mothercraft: a Villanelle”
Stay tuned for my dark witchy warning “Mothercraft: a Villanelle”
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Our ✨February 2026 issue✨ is ready!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
Subscribers will get it February 16th (maybe sooner!), and everyone else can read it February 23rd!
Five brand new stories and five brand new poems to delight and amaze!
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"Elou Carroll’s short story about wickedness explores what happens when we look away from the darkest parts of ourselves. It offers a lovely take on the concept of changelings. Each vignette unfolds, revealing a new layer that..."
Read @keychild.bsky.social's story, plus mini editor reviews too.
Read @keychild.bsky.social's story, plus mini editor reviews too.
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
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ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
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And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must, Haven Spec Magazine
"And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" by Elou Carroll
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February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
"Elou Carroll’s short story about wickedness explores what happens when we look away from the darkest parts of ourselves. It offers a lovely take on the concept of changelings. Each vignette unfolds, revealing a new layer that..."
Read @keychild.bsky.social's story, plus mini editor reviews too.
Read @keychild.bsky.social's story, plus mini editor reviews too.
ICYMI, our general submission window is open this entire 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/
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/
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
ICYMI, our general submission window is open this entire 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/
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/
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Demon In Repose" is a short story by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social about the demon projectionist guiding your dreams and nightmare. Read this one for its sleep paralysis and its nightmare vibes.
havenspec.com/fiction/demo...
ICYMI, "Demon In Repose" is a short story by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social about the demon projectionist guiding your dreams and nightmare. Read this one for its sleep paralysis and its nightmare vibes.
havenspec.com/fiction/demo...
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Demon In Repose" is a short story by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social about the demon projectionist guiding your dreams and nightmare. Read this one for its sleep paralysis and its nightmare vibes.
havenspec.com/fiction/demo...
ICYMI, "Demon In Repose" is a short story by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social about the demon projectionist guiding your dreams and nightmare. Read this one for its sleep paralysis and its nightmare vibes.
havenspec.com/fiction/demo...
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
A Party, A Party!, Haven Spec Magazine
"A Party, A Party!" by Faith Allington
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February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
ICYMI, "A Party, A Party!" is a poem by @faithallington.bsky.social about finding community among those who get labeled *monster*. Read this one as a sanctuary and join the party (a party!)
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i'm always a sucker for a story about dopplegangers/clones/shadow selves/the Self as something not singular (hashtag my dissociative disorder), and i'm especially a sucker for a story using second person to explore that. this story is such a perfect little dystopia. it's great
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
havenspec.com/fiction/and-...
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
havenspec.com/fiction/and-...
And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must, Haven Spec Magazine
"And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" by Elou Carroll
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February 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
i'm always a sucker for a story about dopplegangers/clones/shadow selves/the Self as something not singular (hashtag my dissociative disorder), and i'm especially a sucker for a story using second person to explore that. this story is such a perfect little dystopia. it's great
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.
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ICYMI, "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.
havenspec.com/fiction/a-be...
A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons, Haven Spec Magazine
"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by Cynthia Zhang
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February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.
havenspec.com/fiction/a-be...
ICYMI, "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.
havenspec.com/fiction/a-be...
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
havenspec.com/fiction/and-...
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
havenspec.com/fiction/and-...
And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must, Haven Spec Magazine
"And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" by Elou Carroll
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February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
havenspec.com/fiction/and-...
ICYMI, "And If You Must Be Wicked, You Must" is a short story by @keychild.bsky.social about being forced to outsource your anger. Read this one for its refusal of the patriarchy and its embracing of all the right kinds of wicked.
havenspec.com/fiction/and-...
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"You've been cleaning up after bad men all your life. What's one more?"
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Bootcut" is a short story by @apottern.bsky.social about women finding solidarity and battling back against their abusers (and also a particularly well-fitting pair of jeans). Read this one for its mighty vengeance and rage.
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ICYMI, "Bootcut" is a short story by @apottern.bsky.social about women finding solidarity and battling back against their abusers (and also a particularly well-fitting pair of jeans). Read this one for its mighty vengeance and rage.
havenspec.com/fiction/boot...
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"You've been cleaning up after bad men all your life. What's one more?"
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Bootcut" is a short story by @apottern.bsky.social about women finding solidarity and battling back against their abusers (and also a particularly well-fitting pair of jeans). Read this one for its mighty vengeance and rage.
havenspec.com/fiction/boot...
ICYMI, "Bootcut" is a short story by @apottern.bsky.social about women finding solidarity and battling back against their abusers (and also a particularly well-fitting pair of jeans). Read this one for its mighty vengeance and rage.
havenspec.com/fiction/boot...
February 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Bootcut" is a short story by @apottern.bsky.social about women finding solidarity and battling back against their abusers (and also a particularly well-fitting pair of jeans). Read this one for its mighty vengeance and rage.
havenspec.com/fiction/boot...
ICYMI, "Bootcut" is a short story by @apottern.bsky.social about women finding solidarity and battling back against their abusers (and also a particularly well-fitting pair of jeans). Read this one for its mighty vengeance and rage.
havenspec.com/fiction/boot...
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
ICYMI, "Queercoded Villanelle" is a poem by anaum sajanlal about how memory itself can serve as sacred practice. Read it for its grief and survival.
havenspec.com/poetry/queer...
ICYMI, "Queercoded Villanelle" is a poem by anaum sajanlal about how memory itself can serve as sacred practice. Read it for its grief and survival.
havenspec.com/poetry/queer...
Queercoded Villanelle, Haven Spec Magazine
"Queercoded Villanelle" by anaum sajanlal
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February 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
ICYMI, "Queercoded Villanelle" is a poem by anaum sajanlal about how memory itself can serve as sacred practice. Read it for its grief and survival.
havenspec.com/poetry/queer...
ICYMI, "Queercoded Villanelle" is a poem by anaum sajanlal about how memory itself can serve as sacred practice. Read it for its grief and survival.
havenspec.com/poetry/queer...
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
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ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
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Branches, Haven Spec Magazine
"Branches" by Matt Tighe
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February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
havenspec.com/fiction/bran...
ICYMI, "Branches" is a short story by @mktighewrites.bsky.social about how sometimes every path you take can lead to loss. Read this one for its bittersweet multiverse and the impossibility of letting go.
havenspec.com/fiction/bran...
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
ICYMI, "last psalm" is a poem by @ph-low.com about skeletons and harpists and how systems of power can sanctify cruelty and exploitation. Read this one for its strong voice and spooky ambience.
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ICYMI, "last psalm" is a poem by @ph-low.com about skeletons and harpists and how systems of power can sanctify cruelty and exploitation. Read this one for its strong voice and spooky ambience.
havenspec.com/poetry/last-...
last psalm, Haven Spec Magazine
"last psalm" by P. H. Low
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February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
👀January 2026 Poetry👀
ICYMI, "last psalm" is a poem by @ph-low.com about skeletons and harpists and how systems of power can sanctify cruelty and exploitation. Read this one for its strong voice and spooky ambience.
havenspec.com/poetry/last-...
ICYMI, "last psalm" is a poem by @ph-low.com about skeletons and harpists and how systems of power can sanctify cruelty and exploitation. Read this one for its strong voice and spooky ambience.
havenspec.com/poetry/last-...
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My birch tree story is now free to read in this beautiful, all-second-person issue of Haven Spec !
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
ICYMI, "A Tree is not a Home" is a short story by @dianadima.com about seeking refuge wherever you might find it. Read it for the quiet grief and pain embodied by its birch tree narrator.
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ICYMI, "A Tree is not a Home" is a short story by @dianadima.com about seeking refuge wherever you might find it. Read it for the quiet grief and pain embodied by its birch tree narrator.
havenspec.com/fiction/a-tr...
A Tree is not a Home, Haven Spec Magazine
"A Tree is not a Home" by Diana Dima
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February 4, 2026 at 3:17 AM
My birch tree story is now free to read in this beautiful, all-second-person issue of Haven Spec !