PFN – Eternal Haunted Summer Seeks Submissions on: “Other-Than-Human Realms”

Other-Than-Human Realms.  In many cosmologies, Earth is the middle realm, the land of mortals. Other realms — above, below, sideways and sidewise — are home to other-than-human peoples. Some of these lands are forbidden to mortals, while some we can visit only in dreams or trance. But wherever and whatever they are, they are not our home; they belong to Others. Send us poems about Olympus and Hyperborea, Annwn and Alfheim. Send us short stories about the court of a Fae Queen, the garden of a peri, Hy-Brasil and Feather Mountain. Send us essays about the Garden of the Hesperides, the Land of Manu, and fiery Muspelheim. [Please note that we are not interested in fictional lands such as Narnia, Wonderland, or Oz.] b

What are the Submission Guidelines? We’re looking for hymns to Odin and Inanna and Sekhmet. Prayers to Hermes and Brigid and Asherah. Short stories featuring (or otherwise referencing) Lugh and Yinepu and Hekate. Every poetic form, from sonnet to rhyming couplet to free form, is acceptable. There is no set length. Any genre of short story is welcome, from mystery to fantasy to true lifeish to reimaginings of classic myths, provided the Deities and heroes are treated respectfully (no bashing someone else’s Gods, please!). There is no length limit, but if you are planning to write a novella, please discuss that with the editors of EHS in advance; any story over 5000 words will likely be serialized across two or more issues.

Poems or stories that feature Deities from pantheons generally considered to be outside the Pagan umbrella, but which are still from polytheistic traditions — such as a poem to the Hawaiian Pele or a short story focusing on the Shinto Amaterasu-omikami — are absolutely welcome. The wider the diversity of traditions represented, the happier the editors are.

We are also interested in essays which address the nature of the Deities, the mythologies of the various pantheons, folklore, ritual, et cetera and et cetera. So, for example, we would be keen to read your essay on Hermanubis and how He relates to Hermes and Anubis. Or, your essay examining primary sources for The Cailleach. Or, a discussion of the evolution of Veles from (benevolent) God of the Underworld to (Christian) demon and how Polish and Slavic Pagans are resurrecting His worship.

What we do not want: anything about Atlantis, Mu, UFOs, aliens, or subterranean civilizations. No gore or excessive violence. Sexual content will be judged on a submission by submission basis.