The Saving Mystery

This is the cardinal rule for writers who wish to tread into the next world: Leave the mystery. —Shannon McDermott in December 2018

Lorehaven’s Winter 2018 Issue Will Be Home for Christmas

Lorehaven Magazine’s fourth issue will hit cyber-stands weeks before Christmas. —E. Stephen Burnett in December 2018

Disability, Superpower, or Just Life?

Novelist Bridgett Powers: Fantastical stories featuring realistic heroes with disabilities can empower us to conquer our own limitations. —Bridgett Powers in November 2018

Don’t Forget Books!

Through flash reviews, the development of book clubs, and author interviews or discussion or profiles, Lorehaven shines the light on speculative books in ways that allow readers to decide for themselves. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in November 2018

In Memoriam — Brandon Barr

“So here I am, doing what I love now, writing the kind of stories I love, Science fiction and fantasy with soul.” —Rebecca LuElla Miller in November 2018

A Day Of Thanksgiving

We wish you all a joyous day of rejoicing and giving thanks to God our Savior. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in November 2018

Veterans Day: Mayhem And Its Meaning, A Reprise

While stories in the general market are not intentionally reflecting this spiritual reality, they nonetheless reveal the truth that the world is not as it should be, that there are forces of evil, seemingly insurmountable at times, against which forces of good must strive. Mayhem in speculative fiction also shows that the struggle isn’t just external. Mankind struggles against that part of ourselves that seems bewitched or entrapped or bound to a chair. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in November 2018

Fiction Friday: The Crescent Stone By Matt Mikalatos

Madeline Oliver has never wanted for anything, but now she would give anything just to breathe. Jason Wu skates through life on jokes, but when a tragedy leaves him guilt-stricken, he promises to tell only the truth, no matter the price. When a mysterious stranger named Hanali appears to Madeline and offers to heal her in exchange for one year of service to his people, Madeline and Jason are swept into a strange land where they don’t know the rules and where their decisions carry consequences that reach farther than they could ever guess. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in November 2018

A Fatal Flaw in Pixar’s ‘Coco’

Despite its strengths and its appeal, “Coco” is undermined by the vision it presents of the afterlife. —Shannon McDermott in November 2018

Castaways and Magnified Truths

Novelist Jes Drew: “Even if we can’t experience that peril ourselves, we can still enjoy it vicariously, and strive to do something bigger in our small world.” —Jes Drew in November 2018

Thanksgiving Day And Speculative Fiction

In many respects, we’re witnessing in the US the change in the Thanksgiving Day celebration from a major holiday to a minor one. The presence of Thanksgiving or harvest day celebrations seem more apt to be important to a culture if the people are in tune with the growth cycle. As our urban society has become divorced from the way food gets to our table, we seem less thankful and more inclined to take for granted the food we eat. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in November 2018

Frankenstein 200 Years Later

The initial publication of Frankenstein sold only 500 copies, but over time the story has gained in popularity and spawned movies, a TV show, comic books, a song, toys, Halloween costumes, and has essentially taken an iconic place in Western culture. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2018

Superheroes and Superpowers: A Glimpse into the Supernatural?

Affinity novelist Dianne J. Wilson explores what it means to be a superhero in our times. —Dianne J. Wilson in October 2018

Fiction Friday: Unblemished By Sara Ella

Unblemished is the first in the Unblemished Trilogy. Book 2, Unraveling, is a finalist in the 2018 Christy Awards, Young Adult category. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2018

C. S. Lewis and Sub-creation

Lewis and Tolkien both claimed that fantasy could reveal Truth in a way that reality fiction could not. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2018

Writers Of Amish Fiction May Not Have It So Wrong

Can speculative fiction find a place for these women? Can they be our protagonists? Do we see them as worth the spotlight? Or do our female protagonists all have to do as the men do? —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2018

Fiction Friday: The Day The Angels Fell by Shawn Smucker

It was the summer of storms and strays and strangers. The summer that lightning struck the big oak tree in the front yard. The summer his mother died in a tragic accident. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2018

A Simple Line

It is time to stop and ask ourselves: How much do bad adaptations of our favorite books really bother us? —Shannon McDermott in October 2018

Explore Lorehaven Magazine’s Fall 2018 Issue!

With your free subscription, you can read PDF copies of each issue, or explore articles at Lorehaven.com. —E. Stephen Burnett in October 2018

The Bible And Speculative Fiction

So often Christian speculative fiction authors fear the accusation of “preachy” that they don’t want characters doing what actual Christians do —Rebecca LuElla Miller in October 2018
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