The 2019 Dwarf Stars Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and
Horror Short Poetry of 2018
Editor: John C. Mannone was the 2013 Rhysling Chair. He has speculative work in Pedestal, New England Journal of Medicine, Eye to the Telescope, Baltimore Review, Devilfish Review, Event Horizon, Riddled with Arrows, NonBinary Review, Star*Line and many others. He has three poetry collections: Apocalypse (Alban Lake Publishing) won 3rd place for the 2017 Elgin Book Award; Disabled Monsters (The Linnet’s Wings Press) was featured at the 2016 Southern Festival of Books; Flux Lines (Celtic Cat Publishing) with love-related poems using science metaphors is forthcoming in 2019. He’s been awarded the Horror Writers Association Scholarship (2017) and nominated for several Pushcart, Rhysling, Dwarf Stars and Best of the Net awards. He’s poetry editor for Abyss & Apex, Silver Blade, and Liquid Imagination. He’s also notable in literary circles: celebrity judge for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (2018), winner of the Jean Ritchie Fellowship in Appalachian literature (2017), a Weymouth writer in residence (2016 & 2017). He is a retired professor of physics living between Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. jcmannone.wordpress.com
Cover Art: Aurora by Michelle Young
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Layout: F. J. Bergmann
Publisher: Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
2019 Award Winners
Winner:
“embalsamados” (“embalmed”), Sofía Rhei (translated by Lawrence Schimel), Multiverse: An International Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry, eds. Rachel Plummer & Russell Jones (Shoreline of Infinity, 2018).
2nd Place:
“where to hide an alien in plain sight,” LeRoy Gorman, Scryptic 2:4.
3rd Place:
“Negative Space,” Sandra J. Lindow, Sky Island Journal, April 21, 2018.
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Sofía Rhei writes fantasy and science fiction for adults and children. Her books for kids include the series El joven Moriarty, award-winning and translated to 3 languages, and La calle Andersen, written with Marian Womack. She has published nine experimental poetry titles, winning the national prize “Javier Egea,” as well as three genre short fiction collections: Las ciudades reversibles, partially translated to English as Reversible Cities (Talisman); El bosque profundo, dark microfiction about tarot and woods, and the meta-literary Everything is made of letters (Aqueduct Press). Her novels for adults are Róndola, Celsius award-winning humorous fantasy fairytale retelling, and Espérame en la última página, a ghost story about books (rights sold to Italian, Serbian, French and Chinese markets). |
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Lawrence Schimel (New York, 1971) writes in both Spanish and English and has published over 100 books as author or anthologist, in many different genres. He has won the Lambda Literary Award (twice), the Spectrum Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, the Rhysling Award, and other honors. He is also the publisher of A Midsummer Night's Press. He lives in Madrid, Spain, where he works as a Spanish-to-English translator. |
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LeRoy Gorman lives in Napanee, Ontario. His poetry, much of it minimalist and visual, has appeared in publications and exhibitions worldwide. He is the author of two dozen poetry books and chapbooks. His most recent title is goodwill galaxy hunting (Urban Farmhouse Press). | |
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Sandra J. Lindow has had 24 Rhysling nominations and 6 Dwarf Stars nominations. She is a past SFPA Vice President and acting President. Her poetry and reviews have appeared in Star*Line; she has been publishing speculative poetry since the mid-’80s when Star*Line was still xeroxed and stapled. She has a record for Rhysling nominations without a win. She was startled to win the 2018 Convergence slam contest for the second time in a row. She lives in Menomonie, Wisconsin, where she murders rose chafers and watches Star Trek reruns. |
(93 poems)
- The Alchemy of Grief, Bob Lucky, tinywords 18.2.
- “all my nightmares,” Christina Sng, Scifaikuest (online), November 2018.
- “all that flickers,” C.R. Harper, Stardust Haiku, August 2018.
- anniversary, Brittany Hause, Scifaikuest (print), November 2018.
- Annie Jump Cannon Cataloged Stars, Jessy Randall, Asimov’s SF, January/February 2018.
- “another atom,” Michelle Muenzler, Star*Line 41.3.
- Archaeopteryx, Robert Borski, Star*Line 41.2.
- At Last, Sandra J. Lindow, 2018 SFPA Poetry Contest (Dwarf Form 2nd place winner).
- “at the farm gate,” Joy McCall, Atlas Poetica: 25 Science Fiction Tanka and Kyoka, eds. Julie Bloss Kelsey & Susan Burch.
- “autumn leaves,” Dave Read, Presence 62.
- The Bar-fly Dilemma, Ken Poyner, Star*Line 41.4.
- blink, Jim Kacian, ephemerae 1:A.
- [Cameo], Anna Cates, My Haiku Pond: Luca’s Lily Pad: A Weekly Column, December 3, 2018.
- cannibalizing parts, Lauren McBride, Scifaikuest (print), November 2018.
- “canoe…,” kjmunro, The Heron's Nest XX:2.
- Changeling, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Star*Line 41.3.
- The Cold Spot, Kimberly Nugent, Star*Line 41.2.
- “crash of waves,” Paul Geiger, Troutswirl, July 18, 2018.
- “crow moon,” Caroline Skanne, the cherita 10.
- “crystals of nitrogen…,” David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Scifaikuest (print), November 2018.
- Cybernetic Harvest, Deborah L. Davitt, Gretchen Tessmer and D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Star*Line 41.4.
- Datasphere, Suzie Gray, Visual Verse 5:6.
- “death flowers,” Roxanne Barbour, Scifaikuest (print), August 2018.
- embalmed, Sofia Rhei (trans. Lawrence Schmiel), Multiverse: An International Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry, eds. Rachel Plummer & Russell Jones (Shoreline of Infinity, 2018).
- “emerging,” Christina Sng, Colorado Boulevard, August 2018.
- “empty house,” Maryalicia Post, Ribbons 14:3.
- The Everlasting Self, Tracy K. Smith, Wade in the Water (Graywolf Press, 2018).
- Everything started with the Big Bang, they say, Juanjo Bazán, Star*Line 41.2.
- The Evolutionary Race, Peter Payack, Asimov’s SF, March/April 2018.
- The fabulist of familiars, Meg Smith, Priestess & Hierophant 5.
- Failing Masterpiece, Bruce Boston, Star*Line 41.1.
- “fire),” LeRoy Gorman, Illiterature 8.
- “first frost,” F. J. Bergmann, Star*Line 41.3.
- “first spacewalk,” Nick Hoffman, Scifaikuest (print), August 2018.
- “full autumn moon,” Susan Burch, Star*Line 41.4.
- “a full moon rising,” Gloundan Smorpian, Dreams and Nightmares 110.
- Ghazal, Joshua Gage, Star*Line 41.2.
- The Gravity of Loss, Christina Sng, WonderFold, January 2018, winner.
- H+, Anna Cates, Scryptic 2.2
- “her hair,” Annie Sheng, Scifaikuest (print), February 2018.
- “his hands,” Réka Nyitrai, Troutswirl, December 5, 2018.
- How to Betray Sagittarius A*, Mary Soon Lee, Strange Horizons, 10/8/18.
- “I move toward,” Mel Goldberg, Atlas Poetica: 25 Science Fiction Tanka and Kyoka, eds. Julie Bloss Kelsey & Susan Burch.
- I'll go under, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Scarlet Leaf Review, July 19, 2018.
- “in the secret garden,” Susan Beth Furst, Wild Voices Vol 2: an anthology of short poetry & art by women ed. Caroline Skanne.
- “in-laws at the door,” Julie Bloss Kelsey, 2018 SFPA Poetry Contest (Dwarf Form 3rd place).
- “infinity,” Stewart C Baker, Star*Line 41.3.
- iSpell, John Reinhart, Star*Line 41.4.
- “it is late,” ai li, Hedgerow 123.
- “lava sizzles…,” Greer Woodward, Troutswirl, July 18, 2018.
- Life on the Moon v1.0, Trent Walters, Red Flag Poetry, May 15, 2018.
- “the little girl stopped,” Jennifer Hambrick, Atlas Poetica: 25 Science Fiction Tanka and Kyoka, eds. Julie Bloss Kelsey & Susan Burch.
- Men on Mars and Witches from Venus, John C. Mannone, Tales from the Moonlit Path, November 2018.
- “moebius strip,” Lucy Whitehead, Otata 33.
- “my every night,” Marilyn Humbert, Atlas Poetica: 25 Science Fiction Tanka and Kyoka, eds. Julie Bloss Kelsey & Susan Burch.
- Negative Space, Sandra J. Lindow, Sky Island Journal, April 21, 2018.
- Never Trust a Vampiress, James Dorr, Star*Line 41.2.
- “a newborn's cry,” kjmunro, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 2:1
- News Update, Herb Kauderer, Star*Line 41.3.
- “night shore,” John Hawkhead, Troutswirl, July 11, 2018.
- Nothing Left, Jane Yolen, The Ostrich King (Viable Books, 2018).
- “ocean swim,” Peter Jastermsky, Troutswirl, August 1, 2018
- “the old fisherman,” Ron C. Moss, Troutswirl, July 18, 2018.
- “on the ship from Earth,” Lisa Timpf, Atlas Poetica: 25 Science Fiction Tanka and
- Kyoka, eds. Julie Bloss Kelsey & Susan Burch.
- “OR gate,” Deborah P Kolodji, Prune Juice 25.
- the philologist, Brittany Hause, Eye to the Telescope 28.
- The Pillars of Creation, Jason Gray, Literary Matters 11.1.
- “pumpkin stem,” Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Haiku Canada Review 12:2.
- Psalm, Peter Adam Salomon, HWA Poetry Showcase V, ed. Stephanie M. Wytovitch (Horror Writers Association, 2018)
- Rapunzel, F. J. Bergmann, Abyss & Apex, January 1, 2018.
- Reaching, D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Liquid Imagination 38.
- “red dawn…,” Dietmar Tauchner, Modern Haiku 49.2.
- “return trip,” Julie Bloss Kelsey, Scifaikuest (print), May 2018.
- Root Bound, m.c.childs, Bracken I5.
- “sea in winter,” Lucia Cardillo, Troutswirl, July 18, 2018.
- Six-Meter Surge, m.c.childs, Toyon 64:1.
- “solar eclipse,” Joy MacVane, tinywords 17.2.
- “space station chapel,” John J. Dunphy, Scifaikuest (online), February 2018.
- “spaceship window,” Lorraine Schein, Star*Line 41.4.
- “stargazing,” Tiffany Shaw-Diaz, Wild Voices Vol 2: an anthology of short poetry & art by women ed. Caroline Skanne.
- structural damage, Herb Kauderer, Star*Line 41.3.
- Surreal Lust, Bruce Boston, Artifacts (Independent Legions, 2018).
- Tau Lyrae, John C. Mannone, Celestial Musings: Poems Inspired by the Night Sky, ed. Stacy R. Savage (Ball State Univ., 2018).
- To Io, Mindy Watson, Silver Blade 40.
- “their drone ship…,” Lauren McBride, Star*Line 41.2.
- “There was an A.I.…,” Robert Dawson, Star*Line 41.4.
- “two puncture wounds,” Julie Bloss Kelsey, Scifaikuest (online), May 2018.
- “vampire job fair,” William Landis, Star*Line 41.2.
- “view from the spaceship,” Serhiy Shpychenko, Troutswirl, June 6, 2018.
- “waitless,” David J. Kelly, Scifaikuest (online), November 2018.
- “water poured,” Caroline Skanne, the cherita 10.
- The Weed-filled Path, Anna Cates, Mock Turtle 18.
- where to hide an alien in plain sight, LeRoy Gorman, Scryptic 2:4.
- “Year 2028,” Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, failed haiku: A Journal of English Senryu 3:32.
| 1 | Abyss & Apex | |
| 1 | Artifacts (Independent Legions, 2018) | |
| 2 | Asimov’s Science Fiction | |
| 5 | Atlas Poetica: 25 Science Fiction Tanka and Kyoka, eds. Julie Bloss Kelsey & Susan Burch | |
| 1 | Autumn Moon Haiku Journal | |
| 1 | Bracken | |
| 1 | Celestial Musings: Poems Inspired by the Night Sky, ed. Stacy R. Savage | |
| 2 | the cherita | |
| 1 | Colorado Boulevard | |
| 1 | Dreams and Nightmares | |
| 1 | ephemerae | |
| 1 | Eye to the Telescope | |
| 1 | failed haiku: A Journal of English Senryu | |
| 1 | Haiku Canada Review | |
| 1 | Hedgerow: a journal of small poems | |
| 1 | The Heron’s Nest | |
| 1 | HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. V, ed. Stephanie M. Wytovitch (Horror Writers Association, 2018) | |
| 1 | Illiterature | |
| 1 | Liquid Imagination | |
| 1 | Literary Matters | |
| 1 | Mock Turtle | |
| 1 | Modern Haiku | |
| 2 | Multiverse: An International Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry, eds. Rachel Plummer & Russell Jones (Shoreline of Infinity, 2018) | |
| 1 | My Haiku Pond: Luca’s Lily Pad | |
| 1 | The Ostrich King (Viable Books, 2018) | |
| 1 | Otata | |
| 1 | Presence | |
| 1 | Priestess & Hierophant | |
| 1 | Prune Juice | |
| 1 | Red Flag Poetry | |
| 1 | Ribbons | |
| 1 | Scarlet Leaf Review | |
| 11 | Scifaikuest | |
| 2 | Scryptic | |
| 2 | 2018 SFPA Poetry Contest | |
| 1 | Silver Blade | |
| 1 | Sky Island Journal | |
| 22 | Star*Line | |
| 1 | Stardust Haiku | |
| 1 | Strange Horizons | |
| 1 | Tales from the Moonlit Path | |
| 2 | tinywords | |
| 1 | Toyon | |
| 8 | Troutswirl: The Haiku Foundation Blog | |
| 1 | Visual Verse | |
| 1 | Wade in the Water (Graywolf Press, 2018) | |
| 2 | Wild Voices Vol 2: an anthology of short poetry & art by women ed. Caroline Skanne | |
| 1 | WonderFold |
