Books and Stories by R. haven
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Otherworldly book shops, monsters who once were human, and exploring our relationships to trauma, you might like The Other Face of Sympathy!
Edward Barrett's grandmother committed suicide. She left him everything. Having been homeless, Edward unquestioningly moves into her apartment, unaware that she left something behind. Something that sinks its teeth into his very existence.
His one shot at figuring out what's haunting him and saving himself is inside the journals he picked up from Otherside Book Exchange – the writers were all victims, and all became monsters following their deaths.
Between the off-putting proprietor of Otherside – a soft-spoken woman named Conscience – and the distressing contents of the journals, Edward has no choice but to come around to the idea that otherworldly horrors exist, and they're all around him.
If he wants to save himself from being eaten alive, he needs to find the diary of the monster preying on him.
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Fairy tales, silver-haired maidens with immense magical power, and dashing female rogues, you might like The Wishing Maiden! *Written under the penname R.H. Berry.
It is said that the Wishing Maiden is locked away. It is said that the Wishing Maiden grants any and every wish that she hears.
Jacquotte seeks nothing more than adventure...and the power-hungry dreamer, Prince Caietanus, is determined to have all he desires, no matter what the cost. It just so happens that their wants overlap.
Caught up in the search for the legendary Wishing Maiden, Jacquotte and her cunning band set out on a journey in which they face the desperate, the jealous, and the greedy - both at the point of a sword, and in their own reflections.
Cover by Vincent Roy.
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Visceral modern horror, multiplayer online video games, and twisted machinations from a charming yet sinister otherwordly abomination, you might like Virtually Reality! *Written under the penname R.R. Hood, later rebranded under R.H. Berry.
Alexander Heron - gamer handle 'Wingspan' - finds himself, along with his guild mates, locked in a virtual reality fantasy game as the quests take on a horrific twist, and escape means enduring trials that will break each and every one of them down.
Note: Contains very mature and possibly triggering subject matter.
Image of ‘Archive of Our Own’ logo.
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Spicy queer romance, saving-the-world level stakes, and vampires, you might like Casus Belli!
Middle school teacher and budding witch, Dale Lawson, isn't remarkable enough to become the catalyst that breaks the stalemate of a vampiric cold war.
Not until his sister gets dragged into it.
Note: Contains very mature and possibly triggering subject matter.
Contributions by R. haven
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Doomed queer romances with a dark twist, you might like ‘In His Image’!
This story was published by Diabolical Plots and edited by Hal Y. Zhang.
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Dystopian fiction with an optimistic spin, you might like Through the Portal: Tales From a Hopeful Dystopia!
R. Haven contributed a story, ‘The Ocean Overtook the Horizon’, to this anthology. A mother fights to remain with her daughter after the world has flooded.
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Good food and short horror stories, you might like Cursed Cooking: A Horror Community Cookbook and Food Horror Anthology!
On top of contributing a few recipes, R. Haven has a fun horror flash fiction called ‘Going Bad’ in this anthology.
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Diverse Canadian literature, particularly works from marginalized communities, you might like Canthius magazine!
R. Haven (under the name R.H. Berry) contributed to their 12th issue with a fantasy story, ‘Wonder in the World’. A girl discovers the truth about magic when her parents give her to a witch.
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Speculative fiction written by Canadian authors, particularly in e-pub form, you might like On Spec Magazine!
R. Haven contributed a sci-fi story about a trans woman going on a perilous quest for love in VOL #129.
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Dark fantasy and weird sword-and-sorcery tales, you might like Old Moon Quarterly!
R. Haven (under the name R.H. Berry) published a dark poem, ‘Respite’, in their 6th issue.
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Short stories and poetry that focuses on less-often portrayed relationships in sci-fi and fantasy, you might like Heartlines Spec!
R. Haven (under the name R.H. Berry) contributed ‘Starlight’, a sci-fi story about polyamorous sirens maintaining their ship, to Issue 4.