HIRAETH PUBLISHING’S
MAY 2026 NEWSLETTER
THIS JUST IN:
FROM HIRAETH PUBLISHING
Call For Submissions-Bruce Boston Tribute Poetry Anthology
We’re seeking poetry submissions for inclusion in a tribute anthology in memory and honor of the esteemed poet Bruce Boston. Poems should be in the style, theme, atmosphere, context, etc. of Bruce’s writing.
Send up to three (3) poems of any length in a single e-mail. Submit poems either in the body of the e-mail or as an attachment. Simultaneous submissions are considered. Payment is $4 for original poems and $2 for reprints.
Send your submission to the attention of editor Alan Ira Gordon at alangordon36@yahoo.com. In the subject line of the e-mail, put Submission, your last name and Boston Tribute.
Submission deadline is May 31, 2026.
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SCIFAIKUEST MAY 2026 ONLINE EDITION
Edited by t.santitoro
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NEW RELEASES: WHAT’S NEW?
THE DARK SIDE OF GREEN by t.santitoro
Being green on the planet Croy puts you in the minority. But that minority is capable of great telepathic feats. Tarragon Blackwater, born a green Crojan, was raised on Hades, with no idea of the powers he possesses, or how to control them. When he goes home to his planet of origin seeking his birth parents, hell comes to Croy.
It’s the second novel of its kind. It won’t be the last.
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HORNED JACK AND THE MANTIDS by M. R. & Connie Williamson
Munford is a town with a shapeshifting deputy sheriff named Jack. He’s a Nephilim—a Watcher—who uses his powers to protect the townsfolk. On the surface, he’s quite a nice-looking young man with a family. He has a pit bull named Banjo. But he also has Woo, a little bat-girl who can “see” things he can’t, and an adviser who’s a shaman. And when Jack’s eyes turn red, criminals beware.
Complicating Jack’s life and work this time, however, is a montage of supernatural creatures who show up at opportune times, saving Jack’s life. Although he has Nephilim powers, he needs help to capture the evildoers. There’s Woo, and Zee, and Chee…and there’s even a dragon. And then there’s Bree, who can show up anywhere, as anyone. Who is Bree? More like a what.
Now Jack and his fellow officers find themselves confronted by the evil Mantids from another world, and it’s all the police force can do to keep up with events. Has Jack finally met his match? The Mantids are at least as powerful as he is, and have more to gain by a successful invasion of Earth.
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JUPITER’S EYE APRIL 2026
Jupiter’s Eye features science fiction and fantasy stories, art, articles, and an occasional poem. This issue includes alien worlds, secret societies, science ghosts, alien negotiations, and color illustriations.
Features
The Richard E Schell Pages
Short Stories
Voyage of the Centurians by Richard E Schell
The N Collective by Barbara Candiotti
The Threatening Clouds by Maureen Bowden
Interaction by E. M. Dadlez
Flash Fiction
The Ghost of the First Space Hero by Tyree Campbell
Tightening the Knot by Richard E Schell
Poems
The Ark by M. Frost
Course Correction by Richard E Schell
Illustrations
Centurians by Richard E Schell
Gothic by Sandy DeLuca
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SHELTER OF DAYLIGHT MAY 2026
Shelter of Daylight features uplifting stories and poems in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Although some may start out down, they all finish in the sunlight at the end.
Novelettes
Our Voices Held the World Together by Regina Clark
Words in Chaos by Stephen C. Curro
Short Stories
Just Like Old Times by Lisa Timpf
Peace of Mind by Lindsey Duncan
Poetry
No Leaf Blowers on Mars by G. O. Clark
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SCIFAIKUEST MAY 2026
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: John H. Dromey
The Nicholas De Martino Page
The Gary Davis Page
Plus: Herb Kauderer, Lauren McBride, Yuliia Vereta, and so much more!
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ICYMI:
YOTS by Tyree Campbell
They live among us now, those who seek the power to tell us what to think, what to say, and what to do, and to enforce those rules. The arc of history seems to bend toward them. So what happens when they succeed beyond their wildest dreams?
This is that story. Yet even in the most vicious repression there are pockets of resistance. Storytellers pass around their stories privately. Mothers risk their lives by taking their children out of school. A few grow flowering plants on their balconies as a proclamation that some things still live. And an unknown organization passes out fliers with the only viable solution to the horror that has become the United States of America; it says “Die With Dignity.”
But is death the only alternative to the re-education camps, the language police, the indoctrination, and the epidemic shortages? Welcome to Orwell’s worst nightmare.
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ILLUMEN SPRING 2026
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.
Poems
Sycamore by Maureen Bowden
Lady-like by Christina Rau
Thrice Blessed by Darrell Lindsey
The K. S. Hardy Page
How the Solar System Really Lost Its Tenth Planet by Tyree Campbell
The Gwragedd Annwn by Lee Clark Zumpe
Two Ku by Guy Belleranti
When Tyrants Fall by Maureen Bowden
Appetites by Jacqueline West
The Planet Dreamed Us Wrong by Philip Madden
the irony by Lee Clark Zumpe
Wayside Shrine by Maureen Bowden
Horns by Amanda Niamh Dawson
Athena in the Age of Te4chnology by Maureen Bowden
Lucy by Maureen Bowden
Color Illustrations
In the Morning by Sandy DeLuca
Mermaid by Richard Schell
Aliens on Antarctic Expedition by Sonali Roy
Cover: Dragon Nebula by Lorraine Pinelli Brown
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PARABNORMAL MAGAZINE MARCH 2026
parABnormal Magazine features stories that focus on the paranormal, including ghosts, spectres, witchcraft, the afterlife, and the occasional bit of dark magic. This issue also include three articles related to paranormal activities. Read this magazine with all the lights on…
Stories
Forest by Tyler Bailin
The Third Chair by Michael J. Baker
The Talisman by Dale Kesterson
Red Write Hand by Billy Mitch
Wrong Numbers from Everywhere by Alistair Rey
Please Leave a Message by Lucien R. Starchild
The Story of Saddler’s Croft by E. and H. Heron
Poems
Doppelgängers by Simon MacCulloch
Presence by John Grey
A Banshee Outcry by A. A. Alhaji
Asleep Forever by Alan Hardy
Behind the Black Door by Deanna Davidson
Whose Absence is Whose? By Gull Ditta
A Cyclical Spectacle by Alexander Berkey
The Changeling by Rebeka Goodman
Articles
The Thief’s Arm by Richard E. Schell
Tracking down the supernatural intervention in The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole by Sonali Roy
The Global Shadow of Black Magic by Farhan Rasool
Illustration
Midnight Ghost by Denny Marshall
Cover art by Brian Quinn
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COSMIC CRIME STORIES MARCH 2026
Crimes of some form will be with us as long as there are laws to break. Technology helps solve those crimes. But those solutions will always be found by the ones who get down and dirty—the detectives. Come see what the future holds for the dark side of law & order.
Novelette
Matrix by Damir Salkovic
Short Stories
Scrambling for Cover by Gustavo Bondoni
URDU-7 by Barbara Candiotti
Spirit of the Yucatan by David Lee Summers
Subic Bay Gynoid by Douglas Kolacki
Flash Fiction
A Familiar Stranger by Lee Clark Zumpe
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VERMILLION HIGHWAYS
Two of the finest minds in the genres have combined their resources and imaginations to come up with some of the gothiest (and, sometimes,) goofiest vampire short fiction this side of Transylvania. David Lee Summers, of Tales of the Talisman and Scarlet Order fame, and Lee Clark Zumpe, mild-mannered reporter for a daily metro-Floridian newspaper and author of the Lovecraftian anthology Whispers from the Intoxicating Abyss, take you on a journey through tales that fit everywhere between Type O positive and Type AB negative. Vermillion Highways is a must-read even if you don't care for the suckers.
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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.
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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 by Herika R. Raymer
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 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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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 June!
Tyree Campbell
Storyteller and Managing Editor
May 2026