HIRAETH PUBLISHING
JANUARY 2026 NEWSLETTER
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
If you didn’t like something about your life in 2025, now’s the time to make an adjustment. No, no advice. You know what’s wrong. It’s up to you, and no one else, to right it.
If you did like something about your life in 2025, do it better. It’s your life and no one else’s, so the resolve must be yours.
Make your own decisions; don’t let anyone decide for you.
THIS IS A NEWSLETTER, SO NOW WE MUST RETURN TO OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING…
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.
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). 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
Additional: Cosmic Crime Stories needs submissions…
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
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:
BOOK2026
THIS DISCOUNT CAN BE USED AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!
GO TO OUR SHOP AT WWW.HIRAETHSFFH.COM
LASTLY, BOOKS MAKE GOOD PRESENTS…
NEW RELEASES: WHAT’S NEW?
SHELTER OF DAYLIGHT JANUARY 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.
Feature
Silent Cosmos by Richard E. Schell
Short Stories
Hotel Proteus by Lisa Voorhees
The Coughing Kumquat by Glen R. Stripling
Nightshade by Maureen Bowden
Joust Between Friends by Allison Tebo
The Mother Tree by Elana Gomel
All’s Wall that Ends Wall by Geoffrey Hart
The Dog-Maker’s Apprentice by Robert K. Yost
Flash Fiction
Tightening the Knot by Richard E. Schell
Poetry
One More Walk in the Stars by Matt Athanasiou
Illustrations
Autumn by Sandy DeLuca
Boneless Coda photo by Tyree Campbell
ILLUMEN WINTER 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.
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In This Issue:
Featured Poet: Jane McCarthy
Plus:
Sharmon Gazaway
Stephanie Smith
Sandy DeLuca
Richard E. Schell
Peter Roberts
And many more!
Cover art “Maid of Justice” by Richard E. Schell
FLASH DIGEST JANUARY 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. All artwork is in color in this issue.
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Stories
Dreams of Mars by James C. Clar
Geode by Tyree Campbell
Between Worlds by Ikechukwu Henry
Daughters of the Accord by Richard E. Schell
Fool Me Once: A Knitting Pattern by Anna O’Brien
Dock and the Hellbender by L. D. Blevins
The Memory Dealer by Richard E. Schell
Influencer by John Leahy
Cinderella Speaks Out At Last by Lisa Timpf
Illustrations
Daughters of the Accord by Richard E. Schell
Queen Mushroom by Sandy DeLuca
ICYMI:
PARABNORMAL MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2025
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…
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Stories
By the Lake by Peter Fritsi
What Happened at Cedar Grove Hospital by Christian Emecheta
Death, Mélange by D. Winchester
Don’t Hang Up by Aaron Padley
Grandfather’s Clock by Catherine Cavendish
Night, Winter by William Reichard
Silvaticus by Harris Coverley
The Strange Happenings by George S. Larson
I Never Believed In Ghosts by Ghenrietta Von Bloome
I’ll Hear You, My Dear, at Twilight Time by Daniel R. Robichaud
The Obsolete Morgue Furnace by Shashi Kadapa
Poems
Another World by Eden Silverfox
Nightbird by Susan Cannavo
The Oracle’s Whisper by Diyora Kabilova
Wake Up, Ouija Wants to Play by M. E. Boling
Mists of Autumn by Scott J. Couturier
Articles
Why “The House In Cypress Canyon” Haunts Listeners … Especially Me by Denise Noe
Interpreting the supernaturalism in the dream-vision narrative Pearl- where the literal and the scriptural coincide…by Sonali Roy
Illustrations
Phantom Crossing by Warren Muzak
Impaired Vision by Warren Muzak
Bilingual by Sonali Roy
Ruined Portal by Sonali Roy
JUPITER’S EYE DECEMBER 2025
Jupiter’s Eye features science fiction and fantasy stories, art, articles, and an occasional poem. This issue includes stories of coming of age on another world; a Huxleyesque society of false perfection, and an astronomy article, plus lots more.
Feature
Silent Cosmos: What the Fermi Equation Really Tells Us by Richard E. Schell
Short Stories
Creatures of the Fifth Day by J. L. Royce
Mandate by Stephen C. Curro
The Worldwide Wood by Mark Patrick Lynch
Flash Fiction
Primal Scream by Mia Dalia
Poems
Some News Can Wait by Lisa Timpf
The Memory Trees by David McLachlan
Until We Go to Mars by Lisa Timps
Scifaiku by Denny Marshall
Plight of Neighbor by Denny Marshall
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.
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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 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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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 February!
Tyree Campbell
Storyteller and Managing Editor
January 2026