Get a Glimpse of Lorehaven’s Summer 2019 Issue, Which Arrives Next Month
My battle for survival in May 2019 is over. The battle to release the next issue of—
Oh, nah, it’s not a battle. Not really, not to finish Lorehaven magazine‘s sixth issue. Not with so many fantastic folks exploring, advertising, and sharing stories for review in this free-to-subscribe publication.
We’re still in the editing process. But I can reveal some of what Lorehaven magazine‘s summer issue will showcase:
Cover author
We interview novelist Shawn Smucker. He wrote the award-winning The Day the Angels Fell and The Edge of Over There. Such fantastic themes. I really enjoyed our conversation.
Featured review
Smucker’s newest novel, Light from Distant Stars. This book is a bit different from the Christian-made fantasy you might expect. It’s a late-coming-of-age, suspense story with a murder mystery, magical realism, and lots of family conflict.
Sponsored review
Don’t look now, but we might also have one other feature-length sponsored review–name and author to be announced.
Book reviews
Once more, we found the best in new, Christian-made, excellently written fantastical novels.
(“Review mine!” cry the authors among us. Sure, we’ll consider it; just share your story here. Even better, sponsor a print or online advertisement! We’re taking this magazine into new frontiers for Christian fantasy creators.)
Fanservants articles
Paeter Frandsen explores how God’s “creative writers,” who wrote the biblical book of Psalms, help give fans divine instruction and inspiration.
Marian Jacobs shares several great ways that parents can graciously guard against sexual content that slinks in the pages of some young-adult novels.
More potential voice(s) for the Fanservants section to be announced . . .
Lorehaven beyond
We’re preparing to showcase the magazine, including all six issues to date, at next month’s Realm Makers conference.
Please pray for an improved chance for Christian fantasy book clubs, growing from the Lorehaven Book Clubs online group into reality (at least in Austin, Texas!).
Next year’s conferences will be even more interesting. After all, we’ll have not only magazines but a whole book to offer, come spring. Just today I learned the (very potential) release date for my upcoming book (with two coauthors). Watch this space for updates.
Further up and further in!
Stephen
E. Stephen Burnett creates sci-fi and fantasy as well as nonfiction, such as The Pop Culture Parent: Helping Kids Engage Their World for Christ (coauthored with Ted Turnau and Jared Moore, from New Growth Press). Stephen explores biblical truth and fantastic stories as publisher of Lorehaven.com and cohost of the Fantastical Truth podcast. He and his wife, Lacy, live in the Austin area, help with foster parenting, and serve as members of Southern Hills Baptist Church.
Smucker’s book sounds sweet. I LoVelOvELOVE magical realism. I sorely miss Billy Coffey’s books because he was one of the only authors in Christian fiction who did it well (that I knew of), though he always had slow pacing and I prefer faster paced stories.