Cover: Night Stop
© 2019 Robert Frazier

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Table of Contents

Departments

• Dragons & Rayguns • Vince Gotera
• President’s Message • Bryan Thao Worra
• From the Small Press • Rebecca Buchanan, Herb Kauderer, Diane Severson Mori, Lisa Timpf
• Stealth SF: Where Shall I Pour My Dream? • Denise Dumars
• XenoPoetry: Untitled • Shiyi Li (Translated by D. A. Xiaolin Spires)

Poetry

• New Year’s Resolutions • Mary Soon Lee
• [thought we’d found] • Lauren McBride
• [time machine testing begins] • Lauren McBride
• A Deity Goes Too Far • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• epilogue • Brittany Hause
• Mothra • Robert Borski
• The Fairy T.A.Z. • Lorraine Schein
• Titanium Sheen • Russell Hemmell
• The Day the Dragons Returned • Jacqueline West
• On a Dead Spaceship • Robin Helweg-Larsen
• White Silk-Lined Casket • Jessica Drake-Thomas
• Not Tonight • Kathleen A. Lawrence
• Life on Uranus • Christina Sng
• Does it have cup holders? • Gretchen Tessmer
• NonLinear B • Denise Dumars & s. c. virtes
• [happy ending—] • Carolyn M. Hinderliter
• [new baby robot] • Denny E. Marshall
• Rocket Autumn • Aaron Knuckey
• Space Junked (LA Ramjet) • Benjamin Whitney Norris
• [last supper] • Greg Schwartz
• [eternal life …] • Greg Schwartz
• The Cook • P M F Johnson
• Pregnant™ • David Barber
• [after hypnotherapy] • Christina Sng
• Styx and Bones • Gretchen Tessmer
• Giants in the Earth • Deborah L. Davitt
• [“Eject” button] • Noel Sloboda
• [Oort cloud slam] • LeRoy Gorman
• Overodd (Er)go Self-Installation • J. P. Brown
• [pets] • Christina Sng
• [her gentle kisses] • ayaz daryl nielsen
• Property of Hansel and Gretel • Matthew Wilson
• In the Vast Underground Cities of Mars • Mary Jo Rabe
• [For her who laid and hatched my egg] • Ronald A. Busse
• [“hey!”] • ayaz daryl nielsen
• [even as queen] • Christina Sng
• Unicorn Care • Mary Soon Lee
• Paleopoets Speak • Mickey Kulp
• [lingerie fetish] • F. J. Bergmann
• Blocked • Robert Borski
• [burying the alien] • Christina Sng
• [like the moon] • F. J. Bergmann
• cyborg teambuilding • F. J. Bergmann
• [winter chill] • LeRoy Gorman
• The Farm • Josh Brown
• a nano message • D. A. Xiaolin Spires
• [fossil star in shale] • F. J. Bergmann
• [dawn chill on Enceladus] • F. J. Bergmann
• [crumpled behemoth] • Marcus Vance
• Willowisp • Lynne Sargent
• [protected old growth] • LeRoy Gorman
• Drunk on Spring • Symantha Reagor
• [Earth a blue speck] • F. J. Bergmann
• the way home • Michelle Muenzler
• loose change • Allan Rozinski
• My Fault • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• [lost twin] • Christina Sng
• Organic Traffic • Cornelius Fortune
• [the feeling] • Christina Sng
• What You Hear When Your Best Friend Falls for a Supervillain • Beth Cato
• In Situ • Charlotte Ozment
• Esmeralda • Marge Simon
• heavy-planet dreams • Peter Roberts
• Amphitrite • Cassandra Rose Clarke
• [odor of lilies] • Alzo David-West
• The Mantids’ Moirai • Mindy Watson
• The Child • David Barber
• [immortality] • Christina Sng
• [By sheer coincidence] • Jeffrey Park
• [second opinion] • Carolyn M. Hinderliter
• It Is Said • Lisa Timpf
• [time machine] • Denny E. Marshall
• Balancing Act • D. A. Xiaolin Spires, Deborah L. Davitt & Gretchen Tessmer
• Self-Portrait as Pretty Monster • Jeannine Hall Gailey
• Why You Should Buy Your Loved One a Final Resting Place on Sepulcrum Minor • Juleigh Howard-Hobson
• Quantum Hearts • Stace Johnson
• Snubbed • Mary Soon Lee
• [bustling city] • Marcus Vance
• Paprika Dust • D. A. Xiaolin Spires
• [cinnamon tentacles, cardamom suckers] • D. A. Xiaolin Spires
• Noble Cinquains • John Caulkins

Illustrations

• Night Stop • Robert Frazier
• Lies the Tree Told • Christina Sng
• Worlds Collide • Christina Sng
• Stroller • Denny E. Marshall
• Esmeralda • Marge Simon