Lorehaven Begins, Readers Respond
SpecFaith broke the news last week: with our friends from Splickety Publishing Group, we’ve started a new free webzine. It will release this autumn. It will reach out to new fans of Christian-made fantastic-genre novels by building reading groups. It’s called Lorehaven.
For those of you reading SpecFaith for the first time, welcome to the mission!
For those of you already awaiting our debut issue: it’s rapidly underway, so pray for us!
Your response to the Lorehaven magazine news has been incredible: across reality, email subscriptions, and social network shares. It’s overwhelming yet encouraging to see.
Of course, you can subscribe to Lorehaven updates here. Or follow Lorehaven on Facebook, and @Lorehaven on Twitter.
So it begins. #Lorehaven #RealmMakers2017 @SplicketyPubGr @SpecFaith
— Lorehaven (@Lorehaven) July 28, 2017
Well done, guys. Looking forward to this new publication in the speculative fiction space.
— Ian Acheson (@achesonian) July 28, 2017
@Lorehaven Super excited about this new adventure!
— Sarah Rosinski (@Sarah_Rosinski) July 28, 2017
Interesting: @Lorehaven, a new zine about “Christian-made fantastic stories” to encourage reading groups. https://t.co/rZ08UILLSo pic.twitter.com/GafgU95WTV
— Gray Rinehart (@GrayRinehart) July 28, 2017
Very excited about this venture!
A Christian speculative fiction magazine? From @SpecFaith and @SplicketyMag? TELL US MORE. https://t.co/M40Yqey1vX
— Saving The Game (@SavingTheGame) July 31, 2017
Really excited about @Lorehaven. This is much needed. Exciting future. Check it out: https://t.co/I2JCKXbW50 pic.twitter.com/ii7ObxVPAC
— Peter (@PeterWilliam117) August 2, 2017
I’m excited to see where Lorehaven goes!
— Tiger Hebert
About Lorehaven: Lorehaven helps Christian fans find truth in fantastic stories. Free webzines and a web-based community support book clubs with flash reviews, articles, and news about Christian fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative novels. Lorehaven launches autumn 2017. Visit Lorehaven.com.
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 Magazine 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.
I don’t quite see what is the difference between Lorehaven and Speculative Faith. How are the two distinct?
Speculative Faith is an existing group of volunteer writers, each of whom writes once a week on a subject related to speculative stories and the Christian faith.
Lorehaven will be a free magazine with special content (and an editorial structure). It will be available only in digital magazine distribution. And we’ll focus on Christian-made novels for review and enjoyment in book clubs.
In the future, you’ll see how Lorehaven‘s website will integrate with Speculative Faith. In my view (and admittedly, speaking as editor and writer here for seven years), SpecFaith is the best source for biblically balanced, fun to read daily articles by our contributors: including Rebecca LuElla Miller (Mondays), Zachary Totah (Tuesdays), Shannon McDermott and Mark Carver (Wednesdays), and guest writers on Fridays. SpecFaith will continue to exist as-is. There’s no need to add a daily content side to Lorehaven — if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!