HIRAETH PUBLISHING’S
NOVEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER
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We used to compromise when we had differences.
We used to tolerate the opinions of others.
We used to accept election results.
We used to have a process for immigration.
We used to persuade, not compel.
We used to love our country, yet work to improve its failings.
We used to tolerate the religious beliefs of others.
We used to argue using facts.
We used to have mild yet pithy insults like bonehead, doofus, and screwball.
We used to read newspapers that based their reporting on facts, not feelings.
We used to teach the three R’s.
We used to attend schools and churches without fear of being shot.
I could make a list; in fact, I just did. It could be much longer.
What we call the Holiday Season is effectively upon us. Here’s an idea: reunite with your families, get along with one another, and try to keep in mind that, as Mother Theresa said, “we belong to one another.”
Happy Thanksgiving, you lot, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
THIS IS A NEWSLETTER, SO NOW WE MUST RETURN TO OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING…
MAJOR CHANGE IN PRICES FOR THE MARTIAN WAVE AND THE FIFTH DI…
We discontinued both publications this past year—it was time, after two decades. Now we’d like to clear some back stock. As of now, copies of print editions are $3.00 each, and digital copies are $1.99 each. Just go to the Shop and do a search for The Martian Wave and/or The Fifth Di. If you haven’t already read the stories, they’re still good, right? So don’t let the publication dates get in your way. Order two or three different issues; after all, you only pay postage for one.
Here's the Shop link (shop early, shop often; the Holiday season is just around the bend. www.hiraethsffh.com/shop
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: www.hiraethsffh.com/jupiter-s-eye-guidelines
NEW DRABBLE CONTEST IS NOW OPEN
The theme is Earth's Guidebook for Extraterrestrials. Guidelines are here. READ AND HEED THEM! PLEASE!
WE ARE STILL OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS FOR 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
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! We add more each month! And we are not nearly as expensive as that place run by Bezos.
COLOR INTERIOR ART
Printing in color can be prohibitively expensive. However, the current issues of Drabble Harvest #13 and the Summer (July) 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 2025 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:
BOOKS2025
THIS DISCOUNT CAN BE USED AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!
GO TO OUR SHOP AT WWW.HIRAETHSFFH.COM
NO MASKS, NO WAITING, AND WE NEVER CLOSE!
LASTLY, BOOKS MAKE GOOD HOLIDAY AND BIRTHDAY PRESENTS…
NEW RELEASES: WHAT’S NEW?
SCIFIKUEST #90 NOVEMBER 2025
Scifaikuest is a quarterly digest of minimalist poetry, such as haiku, scifaiku, tanka, cherita, fibonacci, haibun, senryu, gogyoka, saturne, and others. Also included are articles relevant to poetry and to minimalist poetry.
Featured Poet: T. R. Jones
The Gary Davis Page
The Mark Hendrickson Page
Article by Robert E. Porter
Plus: Sharmon Gazaway, Elizabeth McFarland, James Machell, Shelli Jankowski-Smith…and much more!!
Cover art “Bumpy Landing” by Paula Hammond
Ordering Links:
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SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK OCTOBER 2025
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
The Multidimensionality of Bakkie Venster by Aryan Kaganof
Master Alfie’s Shop of Weird and Wacky Things by Bernadette Harris
Progression by Norma Jean Lipert
Lexie and the Jacks by Denise Richardson
The Black Water Adventure by J. S. Apsley
Mysterious Uncle Augustine by Wendy Adams
Poetry
Halloween Nights by Nico Martinez Nocito
My House on by Lisa Timpf
The Frost Giant by Brian Rosenberger
To Look Human by Lauren McBride
A Fantastical Alphabet by Erica Chester
Moms in Space by Debbie Feo
Good Morning! by Jono Mischkot
Illustrations
Fatted Squash by Vonnie Winslow Crist
One Easter by Vonnie Winslow Crist
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FLASH DIGEST OCTOBER 2025
Science fiction, fantasy, ghost, romance, and spooky stories, all served up in small and easily-read portions. Thrill, chill, and don’t spill your wine or beer as you go through this potpourri of adventures.
Features
Oddity: Movie review by Lee Clark Zumpe
Stories
Help Yourself to the Candy by Gary Davis
What Goes Unseen by Lee Clark Zumpe
Transmission 738 by Richard E. Schell
The Creator Speaks by t.santitoro
I Do by Ellis Murphy
Giftwrapped by Tom Howard
Illustrations
Crowded by April Lefleur
Inner Turmoil by April Lefleur
Cover art “Magic Harmony” by Sonali Roy
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DRABBLE HARVEST 14: THE WITCH'S BROOM
Welcome to a collection of 100-word tales of witches’ brooms. Our writers’ imaginations worked overtime on this one. Find out what really happens in the privacy of an automobile showroom. Learn the arcane secrets of the recorders of how to control contrary brooms. You’ll find humor and serious points in these stories. So take a load off and escape this world for a little while.
Ordering Links:
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FLIGHTS & SHADOWS BY SCOTT VIRTES AND TERRIE LEIGH RELF
Dark and fantastic short fiction, poetry, and art that will take you beyond the magic and the Gothic and into worlds where you have to negotiate your way through the darkness. A bit off-beat, a bit pithy, and always entertaining, Scott Virtes and Terrie Leigh Relf have collaborated in a collection of fiction that will take you everywhere in the Universe, and shine a little light on the questions we have and the answers we seek.
Ordering Links:
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ICYMI:
ELDER THINGS EXPEDITIONS
The latest in a series of Lovecraftian anthologies, Elder Things Expeditions is Lovecraftian horror at its finest. Antarctica holds secrets too terrible to face, yet face them the members of these expeditions must. You’ll encounter Old Ones, monsters, and even Cthulhu itself. Will anyone come back alive? And if they do, will they still be human?
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L'ARTÉFACT MALÉFIQUE
Etienne Laurent is a Locater, he finds cursed objects for a client known only as 'The Collector'. He locates them, secures them, and ensures they are delivered to her museum of cursed objects. Each target presents its own challenges and dangers. Join the Locator as he travels the States in pursuit of the next 'l'objet malefique'.
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THE REBELLION BY CELINE ROSE MARIOTTI
For juveniles, young adults, and experienced readers:
Ginger Thompson, a precocious little girl who fights for her rights, is constantly battling with her teacher, Sister Agatha. Together with her grandfather and her Dad’s Robot, she started their own school. Her friends became students there, which did not sit well with Sister Agatha. Ginger and the Robot then befriend two aliens from Neptune, who also become students at the new school. Finally Sister Agatha takes Ginger to court, where the rebellion is at last resolved…but what will happen to Ginger’s new school?
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IN THE HANDS OF MORPHEUS BY SHAWN VIMISLICKY
Dark and fantastic poetry that will take you beyond the magic and the Gothic and into worlds where you have to negotiate your way through the darkness. So hold up those lighters, turn the pages, and find your way to the dreams of Morpheus. But will you find your way out?
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ILLUMEN AUTUMN 2025
23RD ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!
Illumen is a quarterly digest of science fiction and fantasy poetry, including traditional as well as 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.
23rd Anniversary Issue!
In This Issue:
Alan Ira Gordon
Svetlana Rostova
Elena Lucia Perez
Sandy DeLuca
Richard E. Schell
And many more!
Cover art “Moon Maid” by Richard E. Schell
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SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS!
THE EDIBLE ZOO BY DAVID C. KOPASKA-MERKEL
The Edible Zoo features poetry for younger readers about combinations of animals and other food. For example, a horse-radish sandwich; a hot dog; a wood-chuck. These and other animals are presented in amusing recipes designed to make children (yes, and adults) laugh. Just wait till you find out what happens to lions and rhinos and bears, oh my! With color illustrations by Valerie Bodell.
Ordering links:
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THE END OF INNOCENCE
A Yoelin Thibbony Rescue
Swept up in the interstellar slave trade, Yoelin Thibbony decides to go after the hierarchs involved as well as rescue as many children as she can who have been captured and put to forced labor. Along the way, she moves step by step closer to the hierarch at the top of the trafficking chain. Her suspicions grow after she opens a camp to put slavers themselves to work, for what she learns through interrogations sickens her. But now she has to know for sure who is at the top, even though the knowledge could well ruin her life forever.
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POSTSCRIPTS FROM SPACE by TERRIE LEIGH RELF
Terrie Leigh Relf loves sending and receiving postcards from the four corners of the universe—and beyond! Postcards tell a story. They are mementos from friends and family—and from total strangers—and provide a glimpse into life’s journeys, observations, and adventures.
Sometimes an additional message is needed. Thus: Postscripts From Space.
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PS. Here are some added notes on postcards from space, found aboard a derelict craft that crashed on an arid, lifeless world. The OSPS (Outer Space Postal Service) has delivered these messages to Terrie, who now presents them to you. This is what it is like out there.
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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 in December!
Tyree Campbell
Storyteller and Managing Editor
November 2025
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