Volume 39, Issue
2
Spring 2016
Wyrms & Wormholes
Onward & Outward
When clamorous centaurs thundered
to the rain-pools,
Shattered with their fierce hooves
the silent mirrors
—Mervyn Peake, “When Tiger-Men Sat Their Mercurial Coursers”
It’s a busy time of year, what with awards nominations and the churning out of multiple publications near-simultaneouly. And Spring beckons enticingly, generally in order to begin raining heavily once I am a mile and a half from home with the dog, who is afraid of thunder.
And it’s the year of major politicking—and every season has contained its own spectacular, unbelievable, intolerable disruptions.
I want a scene / where a cop car gets pooped on by a pterodactyl.
—Danez Smith, “Dinosaurs in the Hood,” Poetry, December 2014
But spec poets are also busy, providing a wealth of wonders, herein displayed.
Out of the drab and artificial ground
A horse with wings of scarlet,
and pale flowers …
—Mervyn Peake, “Victoria Station. 6.58 p.m.”
Bloomingly yours,
— F.J. Bergmann
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Table of Contents
Features
- Wyrms & Wormholes • F.J. Bergmann
- SFPA Announcements
- From the Small
Press • Denise Dumars, Joshua Gage, John Philip Johnson, Alex Plummer, Diane Severson Full reviews
- Publishing Speculative Poetry * Tracking Mega-Submissions • Herb Kauderer
- Stealth SF * The Horror, The Horror • Denise Dumars
Poetry
- ‘Star*Line doesn’t include bios, sorry.…’ * P. S. Cottier
- “scent like wet daffodils” * Michelle Muenzler
- The Mercury Rift * Jeanine Webb
- “spring migration” * LeRoy Gorman
- “time tunnel beckons” * Lauren McBride
- Weeds * Ken Poyner
- Never Argue with a Robot * Kendall Evans
- “wondering if ” * Susan Burch
- “after their performance” * Lauren McBride
- “H.A.M.Let v30.16” * Ash Krafton
- “At the onset …” * Ronald A. Busse
- Universe Number Ten * Neal Wilgus
- The Fall * Davian Aw
- American Centaur * Ross Balcom
- “Faerie’s burbs are full” * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- “they believed in an afterlife” * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- National remembrance-day * Matthew Wilson
- Another Elvis Sighting * J. P. Brown
- Philogelos * David Barber
- Pythia Speaks * Jenny Blackford
- Foiled Again * Josh Brown
- for the road * LeRoy Gorman
- The Necromancy Program * Christina Sng
- The Bridge at Tierra Park * Laura Madeline Wiseman
- Mr. Hyde’s Pillow Talk * William John Watkins
- “new sexbot” * Ross Balcom
- “first date” * LeRoy Gorman
- “finally having fun” * Christina Sng
- ApocalypseFail * John Reinhart
- Tyre Swans * P. S. Cottier
- “on 20th birthday” * Herb Kauderer
- My Arean Heritage * Robert Borski
- “knows dry reds” * LeRoy Gorman
- “love in a time machine” * LeRoy Gorman
- “anniversary visit” * Carolyn M. Hinderliter
- The Day We Landed * David Barber
- “spare parts * Deborah P Kolodji
- “midsummer night’s love”
* LeRoy Gorman
- Still Life with Chupacabra * Chloe N. Clark
- riddle of the past * Anna Sykora
- “first contact” * Christina Sng
- “These huge bones” * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- The Tree * Stephanie M. Wytovich
- Londinium After Midnight * Denise Dumars
- “across the universe” * Alan Ira Gordon
- What Wants Us * Karolina Fedyk
- “made of star stuff ” * Christina Sng
- Colonies * Deborah Davitt
- “a rustle in the field” * LeRoy Gorman
- “tomorrow will return” * Neal Wilgus
- #greenlivesmatter * Joshua Gage
- The Hobbit * Mary Soon Lee
- What Sort Of People Do They Think We Are? * David Barber
- Hourglass Figure * Alex Harwood
- “timestream reboot” * Carolyn M. Hinderliter
- “The thrash of white and golden koi” * Terrie Leigh Relf
- Conversations with Household Items * Mary Soon Lee
- “appendage sale” * Susan Burch
- “printing our children” * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- “local sausage” * LeRoy Gorman
- Reflections * Cislyn Smith
- Ouroboros * Kim L. Neidigh
- Bitch * Soren James
- Lost Flight * John Philip Johnson
- A Visitor from Yuggoth * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Assimilation * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Galactic Democracy * Eric Burke
- Singin’ in the Rain * Robert Borski
- “the moment of change” * John W. Sexton
- “Photons” * J. P. Brown
- there was no invasion * John Reinhart
- “unexpected delay” * Deborah P Kolodji
- “tentacle salute” * William Landis
- Hero * Mary Soon Lee
- Dragon, Bound in Stone * Beth Cato
- God Weather * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Vintage * irving
- “deep-space lothario” * Carolyn M. Hinderliter
- Cotard’s Delusion * Chloe N. Clark
- “new age” * C. R. Harper
- “It’s so cold now” * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- “vampire children” * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- “sunset * Christina Sng
- Nameless * Deborah Davitt
- How to Train your Velociraptors * Rohinton Daruwala
- “red apples” * Christina Sng
- “polyped bricks compose” * David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- “bedtime ritual” * Terrie Leigh Relf
- Cat House on Planet X * Lynette Mejía
- We Know Slickening * Jeanine Webb
Illustrations
- Maximum Velocity * Denny E. Marshall
- Eye Still Don’t Know the Title * Denny E. Marshall
- Celestial Orchid * Steve Tomasko
- Funnel Vision * Denny E. Marshall
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