HIRAETH PUBLISHING’S
MARCH 2026 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the real world of science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, and other genres.
No, I’m nowhere near the first to attach reality to fiction. I first encountered this phenomenon in the introductions to Isaac Asimov’s anthology series The Great SF Stories, which apparently were co-written by Asimov and Martin Greenberg, the two editors. Frex, in the introduction to the anthology of stories from 1941, the editors noted that “in the world outside reality,” Rommel’s army went to Africa, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile, in the “real world,” Damon Knight was published, Robert Heinlein wrote “Methuselah’s Children,” and Asimov began to conceptualize his Foundation series.
I wonder what Asimov and Greenberg would say about the “world outside reality” today. War; the deliberate development of pestilences; political backbiting; learing centers; orchestrated divisiveness; etc, etc, etc. In the real world…well, check out the publications in our shops. Check out other publishers. Immerse yourselves for an hour or so, and emerge relaxed and thoughtful…
THIS IS A NEWSLETTER, SO NOW WE MUST RETURN TO OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING…
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SCIFAIKUEST FEBRUARY 2026 ONLINE EDITION
Edited by t.santitoro
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NEW RELEASES: WHAT’S NEW?
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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ICYMI:
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.
Ordering links
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SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK February 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
A Good Man in Space by Hala Dika
Notes and Scales by Adrienne Rex
The Great Change by Hal Bryan
Donuts on the Titanic by Ashleigh Spurgeon
The Spacesuit of Many Colors by Dustin Covey
Pomegranates and Pine Needles by D. P. Aronlee
Poetry
Dragon’s Best Day Ever by Michael Flowers
Space Mouse by Brian Rosenberger
On the Next Try by Lauren McBride
The Giant’s Prescription by Pamela Love
Chicken Little’s Vindication by Lisa Timpf
Poem by Lauren McBride
Illustrations
Musical by Vonnie Winslow Crist
Mouse in Spacesuit by Ann Hoekstra
Ordering links:
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EPUB: SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK February 2026 | Hiraeth Publishing
SCIFAIKUEST FEBRUARY 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: Sasha Cantú
The Lucretia Stanhope Page
The Ramund Ro Page
Article: Dodoitsu by Lucretia Stanhope
Plus: Herb Kauderer, John J. Dunphy, Lauren McBride, Lee Strong, M. Frost, and much more!
Ordering links:
PRINT: SCIFAIKUEST February 2026 | Hiraeth Publishing
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EPUB: SCIFAIKUEST February 2026 | Hiraeth Publishing
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.
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
PRINT: FLASH DIGEST January 2026 | Hiraeth Publishing
PDF: FLASH DIGEST January 2026 | Hiraeth Publishing
EPUB: FLASH DIGEST January 2026 | Hiraeth Publishing
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?
PRINT: www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/elder-things-expeditions
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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.
PRINT: www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/the-end-of-innocence-by-tyree-campbell
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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 April!
Tyree Campbell
Storyteller and Managing Editor
March 2026