HIRAETH PUBLISHING’S
JANUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER
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GENERAL STUFF:
Welcome to 2025! The renewal of spring will be upon us in a couple of months, each new day has more daylight than the previous day, and plans are already in the works to turn Punxatawney Phil into woodchuck nuggets if he sees his shadow upon emerging next month. Things are looking up…we hope.
There remain multiple problems to solve. You know what they are, no matter which side of the political aisle you occupy. Pick one (or more) and solve it in a story. The outcome may be positive or negative, but consider possibilities and deal with them, specifically in a science fiction or a fantasy or yeah, even a horror scenario. Get those stories written. Get them published (sure, with us, if they’re good enough), and tell others what you think. Steinbeck did it; Heinlein did it; Tolstoy did it; people like you and I did and do it. The challenge is mental: what ideas, thoughts, solutions, fears, etc. can you come up with?
And read, as well as write. Read especially the sort of stories you write or want to write. See how others approached the theme(s) you’ve chosen. Reading is a necessary activity in the education of a storyteller.
Let’s make this a good year. Peace Out!
Transmission ends, as my friend Terrie Leigh Relf likes to say.
SPECIFIC STUFF:
THE MARTIAN WAVE AND THE FIFTH DI…UPDATE
REPEATING: The March 2025 issue of The Martian Wave and the April 2025 issue of The Fifth Di… will be the last issues of the respective publications by Hiraeth Publishing. Submissions will continue to be read for suitability for two of our other ongoing publications: Shelter of Daylight, and Cosmic Crime Stories, and for a new SF/F digest called Jupiter’s Eye (introduced below).
New guidelines for Shelter of Daylight are posted at: https://www.hiraethsffh.com/shelter-of-daylight
The new submissions address is shelterdaylight@yahoo.com
New guidelines for Cosmic Crime Stories are posted at: https://www.hiraethsffh.com/cosmic-crime-stories-guidelines
The new submissions address is cosmiccrimestories@yahoo.com
JUPITER’S EYE
Jupiter’s Eye is a digest of science fiction and fantasy and (very few) darker short stories, poems, and art. It is published in April, August, and December. In general, there will be three stories, three poems, three illustrations, and one article in each issue, so competition will be intense. Editors are the Hiraeth Staff. We look forward to seeing your work. Guidelines are posted here.
ELDER THINGS EXPEDITIONS
Elder Things Expeditions is the seventh in our series of Lovecraftian anthologies. In it, we explore three sections of time in exploration of Antarctica leading to revelations about the nature of the denizens, normal and paranormal, residing there. Reference can be made to funding by Miskatonic University, but be careful how you deal with the names and events that may be protected by copyright. Pay rate for stories is at least semi-pro. Guidelines, which must be read, are posted here.
DRABBLE CONTEST:
Drabble Harvest #13—Hunting With the Wolves has been extended for one more month. Start putting pencil to paper or stylus to clay tablet. Guidelines are posted here and should be read: https://www.hiraethsffh.com/drabble-contest
ICYMI: ANNOUNCING A NEW IMPRINT FROM HIRAETH PUBLISHING
Now Hiraeth Books has an imprint called Into The Light. Books under this imprint will focus on Christianity. Currently, we are open to submissions to a digest called MEDITATIONS. See below. The first novel under Into The Light, “Miracle at the Foundry,” will be released in September. It is to be noted that this imprint in no way affects our genre publications under Hiraeth Publishing.
We have opened an e-mail address for Into The Light. It is: into the light books @ gmail dot com. You will have to combine it. The editors who work at that address are: Teri Santitoro, Francis W. Alexander, and Tyree Campbell. Just below is the submissions blurb for Meditations.
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ANNOUNCING A NEW ANTHOLOGY OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS…
The title of the anthology is MEDITATIONS: a Minimalist Poetry Anthology for Christians. We are looking for haiku and tanka written in the spirit of Christian love and peace. It is imperative that contributors read the guidelines.
Guidelines are posted and may be read here: https://www.hiraethsffh.com/meditations
Also to be published under the INTO THE LIGHT imprint is an anthology of short fiction titled “At the Hour of Our Death.” Hopefully February. Watch for it.
DIGITAL STORE REMINDER
We have two digital stores, one for PDFs, the other for ePubs. This is the link to our digital store: https://www.hiraethsffh.com/digital-store Come check out our titles!
COLOR INTERIOR ART
Printing in color can be prohibitively expensive. However, the current issues of Drabble Harvest #11 and the Spring Illumen both feature color interiors. You’re invited to check them out. We expect to continue this process with Drabble Harvest, Illumen, and a few other publications, such as Flash Digest.
SCIFAIKUEST NOVEMBER 2024 ONLINE EDITION
Edited by t.santitoro
This edition is available on our site. It is not the same as the print edition. Come read and enjoy! Here’s the link: https://www.hiraethsffh.com/scifaikuest-online
STORE SALES:
Next up, and at the risk of being somewhat repetitive, because we want our storytellers and poets to be read, and our artists to be seen:
THERE’S A SALE GOING ON!!!
IT’S STILL GOING ON!!!
BUY ALL THE BOOKS YOU WANT AND USE THIS 20% DISCOUNT CODE
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THIS DISCOUNT CAN BE USED AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!
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NO MASKS, NO WAITING, AND WE NEVER CLOSE!
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NEW RELEASES!
SHELTER OF DAYLIGHT JANUARY 2025
Shelter of Daylight features positive science fiction and fantasy short stories, poems, and illustrations. In this issue:
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Short Stories
The Wolf Who Cried by Maureen Bowden
The Ugly Fairy by Matias Travieso-Diaz
Rover by Gustavo Bondoni
Shoebox by Sandra Siegienski
On Holy Ground by Mitchell D. Kowitz
Flash Fiction
The Caged Bird and the Fairy by Matias Travieso- Diaz
Poetry
Eadon by Lee Clark Zumpe
let there be worlds aplenty by Lee Clark Zumpe
trailblazers and visionaries by Lee Clark Zumpe
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FLASH DIGEST JANUARY 2025
In this issue:
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Features
Movie Review: Lola by Lee Clark Zumpe
Stories
We Do What We Must by Denise Hatfield
Mission Hephaestus V by Richard E. Schell
Once More, With Feeling by Tyree Campbell
FCB by Barry O’Farrell
The Chicken Dilemmas by Scott Virtes
The Contest Winner by Matthew Wilson
Illustrations
Mystic Librarian by Sandy DeLuca
Red Forest Woman by Sandy DeLuca
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ILLUMEN WINTER 2025
Illumen is a quarterly digest of science fiction and fantasy poetry, including minimalist forms such as haiku, haibun, empat perkataan, cinquains, and others, as well as more traditional formats for poetry, such as rhyming and free verse and experimental.
Featured Poet: Jane Stuart
Plus Amanda Niamh Dawson, n a spencer, Peter Roberts, Sandy DeLuca, and many more.
Color interiors by Sandy DeLuca and April Lefleur
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ICYMI:
PARABNORMAL MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2024
Stories
The Uninvited Guest by Josh Reynolds
The Lake Takes a Drink by Patrick Wright
Down at the Castaway by Manny Frishberg and Edd Vick
Prodigal by R. C. Capasso
The Coral Spas by Daniel Crow
In the Realm of Shadow by Gina Easton
Lakefront Property by Keith LaFountaine
Barry’s Gate by Ann O’Mara Heyward
Doorways by J. S. Rogers
Druden Part 3 by Herika R. Raymer
Poems
Rusalka by Christian Dickinson
Many Purrs by Adele Gardner
Blended Spirits by DJ Tyrer
Metamorphose: The Dark Door by Tanya Fillbrook
Paranormal Abyss by Denny E. Marshall
Phantoms by Gordon Linzner
Whispers and Shadows by Ivy B
I’m New Here Myself by Matt Betts
Veils by Scott J. Couturier
Articles
Ghosts Can Exist! By Sonali Roy
Thorns of Life by Sonali Roy
The Most Haunted Places in Brazil by Livian Bonato
Permutations of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Denise Noe
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SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK OCTOBER 2024
Spaceports & Spidersilk features science fiction and fantasy for ages 9 to 99. It presents adventures on other planets and in imaginary worlds. Inside these pages you’ll find visitors from other worlds, dragons, magic, and strange friends.
Stories
A Halloween Murder by David Aronlee
The Other World by Cheryl J. Brown
A Graveyard Promise by Drew Alexander Ross
Near and Far by Laurel Hanson
Trail of the Dancing Dinosaur by Pamela Lee
Stay Cool Danny by Hala Dika
Poetry
The Hungry Vampire in Space by Gary Davis
Pointy Things by Adele Gardner
Little Ghost by Margaret Zotkiewicz
Haiku by Lisa Timpf
Outside the Alien’s Petting Zoo by Lauren McBride
Wicked Woods by Leigh Therriault
Illustrations
Illustrations by Michelle St. James
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THE HUNGUR CHRONICLES SAMHAIN 2024
Vampires on Earth and from Outer Space. Plus an article related to the persistent popularity of Dracula. Read with all the lights on and the windows closed.
Stories
The Tears of the Pontianak by Jim Mountfield
A Case of Taste by Duncan Shepard
Prosperity Rick by Francis W. Alexander
A Dream Too Far by Gary Davis
Where the Stars Don’t Shine by Robert Allen Lupton
Article
Why Dracula Rises Forever Undead by Denise Noe
Poetry
The Light Before Dawn by Gary Davis
Cold Comfort by Bill Sinyard
Amalthea by Terrie Leigh Relf
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MIRACLE AT THE FOUNDRY BY TOBY CAMPBELL
At the Anthony Lost Foundry, Leah has lost her way and has asked for help. Eric is assigned to be her advisor. As the official encounters proceed, Leah finds more and more questions and doubts; Eric dissipates most of these, but the final answers have been saved for last, when they discover what God has in mind for them both.
Into the Light Books is an Imprint of Hiraeth Publishing
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DARK AS LIFE 2
Dark As Life features dark stories of trying to stay alive under dismal living conductions. Some of those conditions are created by ourselves, others are created for us. A teenage girl is punished for her interest in science fiction. A traveler comes home to a place she has never been. A revenant seeks revenge against her enemies and her friends. You’ll find all this and more on these pages. Turn them carefully.
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THE RED FOIL
by t.santitoro
When Soefee Sparrow’s roommate and ex-lover, Tayla Block, goes missing aboard a space mining station, Sparrow—a rocket-horse jockey—suddenly finds herself under suspicion of murder. Despite the mining company's main source of income—megatons of industrial minerals and gemstones—no one but Soefee seems to be searching for their leading geologist. Were gemstones being stolen from the mining company? Did it have anything to do with Block’s disappearance? Why was everyone being so tight-lipped? What happened to Tayla Block, and why wasn't anything being done to find her?
Enter Jicob Elfrendini, an undercover agent for IBCP, a division of Law Enforcement employed to ensure against the theft of valuable gems. But Elfrendini has secrets of his own. And then a woman’s dead body is found at the bottom of a mine shaft and, together, Soefee and Jicob must work to find out who killed Tayla Block—and WHY?
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THE FUTURE ADVENTURES OF BAILEY BELVEDERE
By Tyree Campbell
As the societies of Earth collapse into chaos and destruction, Bailey Belvedere, a U.S. Army Intelligence officer fighting for her very survival, steals aboard an alien spacecraft, and soon finds herself given the authority and power by a superior alien entity to intervene in various problems in the Galaxy. Along the way she frees a world from interstellar slave traffickers, deals with an AI who becomes pregnant, inadvertently destroys a waffle house, fights against the abductors of a special child, and generally finds herself in some sort of trouble one moment to the next.
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Without further ado, then: browse, read, buy, enjoy. If you have any questions or comments, send them to us at hiraethsubs at yahoo dot com. See you at Punxatawney!
Tyree Campbell
Storyteller and Managing Editor