Jordan Hirsch

@jordanrhirsch.bsky.social

She/her Writing speculative fiction and poetry. Currently reading: Run With the Hunted by Jennifer R. Donohue jordanrhirsch.wordpress.com

May and June Submission Stats! (You get two months for the price of one because I've been focusong on other things!) - 12 subs sent (all still pending) - 16 rejections - 0 acceptances - 6 publications We're out here trying our best!

I've always had very big dreams and ambitions, and some days (today), the weight of not achieving them feels crushing. Had a long talk with my 18-year-old self, and now I'm cocooning in a blanket while watching basketball.

Our ✨June 2026 issue✨ is ready! Subscribers will get it tomorrow, and everyone else can read it July 2nd! In this issue, you'll find five new stories and six new poems, many of which are vaguely environmental and all of which are amazing!

Cover of Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 23, published June 2026.

Fiction: EC Dorgan, Spencer Nitkey, Madi Haab, Corey Farrenkopf, Emily O'Malley Liu 

Poetry: Ai Jiang, Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe, Jordan Hirsch, Lynne Sargent, Oladosu Michael Emerald, Nico Martinez Nocito

The background features cover art by Carly A-F and features a skeletal figure with branches and fire over their head as they loom above a solitary human figure.

I didn't submit a single piece of writing in May, but I did read a lot! Here's a thread of the 8 books I finished and how I felt about them! SORROWLAND by Rivers Solomon Devastatingly and beautiful. Chock full of generational trauma and love and how both affect our bodies. Loved it.