HIRAETH PUBLISHING’S
JULY 2026 NEWSLETTER
Sometimes you run out of things to say. Sometimes others wish you would. I have a friend who for the past probably fifteen years has called me on the phone at eight pm my time almost every night. That’s around five thousand nights, allowing for absences for one reason or another. We’ve probably covered a thousand topics, from publishing (she’s one of our editors) to writing and recipes and family matters and driving (she can’t), and travel and…
So it is with heavy heart to say that sooner rather than later I am going to look at the phone at eight pm some night and it is not going to ring. Not from that number, not ever again. I don’t know what I’m going to do then. We the Living, right? But that phrase doesn’t tell you how to go on afterwards…
At some point I will have to write a eulogy for the newsletter. I will not do so with dry eyes.
THIS IS A NEWSLETTER, SO NOW WE MUST RETURN TO OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING…
UNTOLD TALES OF THE ROUND TABLE: A new anthology of original stories about Arthur and his knights. Opening 1 August for submissions and edited by H. David Blalock. Get the details at Untold Tales Guidelines | Hiraeth Publishing.
HUNGUR WALPURGISNACHT 2026 UPDATE
I’m working on it. Will have it out later this month.
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.
SCIFAIKUEST MAY 2026 ONLINE EDITION
Edited by t.santitoro
This edition 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:
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LASTLY, BOOKS MAKE GOOD PRESENTS…
NEW RELEASES: WHAT’S NEW?
FLASH DIGEST JULY 2026
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.
Stories
Snapshot by Rosie Oliver
Broken by H. David Blalock
Awaiting Further Instructions by Richard E. Schell
Rose and Thorn by Jason Derr
Birdie by D. Thomas Minton
One Afternoon on Lilith Lake by Tom Duke
Poetry
Scifaiku by Richard E. Schell
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Tyree Campbell
Illustrations
Art by Sonali Roy
Awaiting Further Instructions by Richard E. Schell
The Muses of Summer by Sandy DeLuca
Cover Art by Richard E. Schell
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ILLUMEN SUMMER 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.
In This Issue:
Deborah Sheldon
Maggie Sears
Philip Madden
E. P. Fisher
And many more!
Cover art “Alien Chick” by Richard E. Schell
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ICYMI
PARABNORMAL JUNE 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
Bore’s Bridle by Stephen McQuiggan
Hands Grow Cold by Katie Frendreis
Immaterial Witness by Graham J. Darling
War Food by Neil James Hudson
Make This Doll Go Away by R. C. Mulhare
Reaching for Baby Nala by Ted McAuley
The House That Hates by Philip Madden
The Story of Yand Manor House by E. and H Heron
Poems
Midnight Hour by Eden Silverfox
In the Slit Lamp’s Glow by David Lee
Body Transference by Colin Honnor
Full Measure by Simon MacCullogh
Articles
The Avian Hourglass—Book Review by Kasimma
Article: Bedeviled by the Jersey Devil by Denise Noe
Article: Diving Deep into Flaxman Low by Sonali Roy
Illustrations
Ruined Spirits by Sonali Roy
Barriers to Life by Sonali Roy
The Devil Among the Spirit of Trees by Sonali Roy
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Cover Art: "Graveyard Witch" by Kristina Mulvihill
PRINT: PARABNORMAL MAGAZINE June 2026 | Hiraeth Publishing
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DRABBLE HARVEST #15: EARTH’S GUIDEBOOK FOR EXTRATERRESTRIALS
Welcome to a collection of 100-word tales of do’s and don’t’s from Earth’s Guidebook for Extraterrestrials. Our writers’ imaginations worked overtime on this one. Human interest scenes and tourist traps abound, and misunderstandings inevitably arise, often with interesting consequences. Find out what really happens when visitors from other worlds visit restaurants, take buses and airplanes, and try to dance at night clubs. You’ll find humor and serious points in these stories. So take a load off and escape this world for a little while.
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SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK JUNE 2026
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.
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Stories
Lottie by J. S. Apsley
Food Fright by Pamela Love
The Art of Communing with Trees by Melissa MacLeod
How I Spent My Seasonal Vacation by R. C. Capasso
The Mirror People by C. Dan Castro
2205 by Suah Jin
Poetry
Perseid Meteor Showers by Eric K. Taylor
Arbory for the Retired Dragonslayer by Charles Richard Livesay
Living Room Camping by Lisa Timpf
Mr. Whiskers, Cat Musician, by Brian Rosenberger
At the Alien’s School by Lauren McBride
A Midsummer Night’s Enchantment by Josh Maybrook
Illustrations
Magical Plant by Vonnie Winslow Crist
Climbing Tree by Vonnie Winslow Crist
Cover Art
Daughters of the Accord by Richard E Schell
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THE FUTURE ADVENTURES OF TAGALONG
Abducted from Roswell by aliens, Deepak Dale (called Deedy) winds up on Navalle, a slave planet, performing agricultural work under harsh treatment and severe weather conditions. When an opportunity to flee arises, he takes it, and tries living on his own. When the slaveholders decide to close down the compound and kill the slaves, Deedy manages to unite a few of the slaves, and together they seize a spaceship. Only one slave has any experience on other worlds, and she leads the others into a smuggling career. When a young princess seeks asylum with them, diplomacy leads to confrontation and hostilities, whereupon the ship’s computer, Tagalong, steps in to help. Which of course makes matters worse. Buckle up…
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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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YOTS
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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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
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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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 August!
Tyree Campbell
Storyteller and Managing Editor
July 2026