![The cover for Haven Speculative, Issue Nine, features an alien world with gnarled trees and a deer with antlers of wispy tendrils in the foreground. Cover art by Barbara Candiotti](https://i0.wp.com/timothyjohnsonfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Haven-Speculative-Issue-Nine-Cover-Cover-art-by-Barbara-Candiotti.jpg?resize=525%2C743&ssl=1)
I have a short story out today in the new issue of Haven Speculative. Please give it a read if you’re inclined to do such things. It has an apocalyptic ruin, robots, and a man with life-creating power and a heap of good intentions. Let’s see what he does with it.