Issue Twenty-Two of Haven Spec Magazine is ready! This issue is full of the uncanny, the spooky, and the delightfully strange, and in these pages, you'll find fiction by Lex Chamberlin, Janel Comeau, Cressida Roe, Dafydd McKimm, and Lee Zanello; poetry by Eleanor Ball, Sophia Zhao, Marisca Pichette, Arthur H. Manners, and Erin Brown; a poetry round-up by our poetry editor Jessica Peter, and thoughts on the issue's fiction by our very own associate editors!


Subscribers get the issue on February 13th, 2026, and the free-to-read online version goes up on February 23rd!


Cover Artist

Matthew Spencer

Matthew Spencer is a queer illustrator from Michigan. His work appears in The Chromatic Fates Tarot, Crow & Crown’s Mausoleum, and several Neon Hemlock publications. When not creating artwork for freelance clients or Every Day Original, Matt spends his time illustrating his own tarot deck and finding ways to combine his love of moody watercolors with the inspiration he draws from history, folklore, and nature.