The new issue of Star*Line is available now! The current issue features columns by SFPA Grand Master Marge Simon and Denise Dumars, and a cover by Calyn McLeod!
Star*Line is the official newsletter and network instrument of the SFPA, established in 1978. It is a venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts, and features interviews, articles, reviews, member news and letters, association business, and poetry—by members and nonmembers.
In this issue we have the following poems:
- [orbiting alone] • Joshua Gage
- Bad Landing • Harris Coverley
- Of fairy tales— • David F. Shultz
- Cryonics and Rejuvenation • Robin Helweg-Larsen
- Devilish Incarnations • Bruce Boston
- Sci(na)ku • Herb Kauderer
- Faster on Six Feet • Matthew Wilson
- Above the Clouds • Deborah L. Davitt
- [my late brother] • Gary Davis
- [scorched earth] • Lisa Timpf
- Meta-Paean • Chris Bullard
- Surreal Agenda • Bruce Boston
- You’re Wasting Your Time • John Grey
- On the Edge of Forever • Josh Pearce
- Under the terms of victory • Lee Garratt
- I, Robin, Being of Sound Mind • Robin Helweg-Larsen
- the late prince • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Schrödinger’s Tardigrades • Dawn Vogel
- [!@#%~&*] • LeRoy Gorman
- No Living Animals • Matthew Wilson
- [Zombie Night] • Lisa Timpf
- [re-entering] • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- [alien space probes] • Denny E. Marshall
- Evening Breakfast • Marge Simon
- [runaway bride ...] • Deborah P Kolodji
- Desire • Juan Perez
- [hang time draws] • Lisa Timpf
- Trans-Universal • Cas Blomberg
- How to Imagine Barnard’s Star b • Mary Soon Lee
- [cannibal convention] • LeRoy Gorman
- Bright Lady’s Interstellar Saga • Gregg Chamberlain
- Best Friend • Matthew Wilson
- [last full moon] • Greer Woodward
- Afterlife • Gene Twaronite
- [alien hovercraft] • Deborah P Kolodji
- [head sore ...] • Greg Fewer
- [Beast never learned] • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- [time travel roulette] • LeRoy Gorman
- Fall Colors • Kurt Luchs
- The Dragonfly Lover • Russell Hemmell
- The Marriage of Light and Distraction • Gerri Leen
- [scratching at the door] • Greg Fewer
- Night of the Storm • Christina Sng
- [Methane spikes on Mars] • Greer Woodward
- [I am here] • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Chronovisor Wanted • Robert Borski
- a sword I did • Richard Magahiz
- [wildebeest time travel] • LeRoy Gorman
- [first AI invents] • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- [he stabs ...] • Gary Davis
- [the ash from the roof ...] • Robin Wyatt Dunn
- Humpty Dumpty • Mary Soon Lee
- [galactic way station] • Greer Woodward
- [Earth jersey] • Deborah P Kolodji
- Black Holes • Frank Coffman
- New Jet Car • Lauren McBride
- [Sotheby’s Lot 9] • Greer Woodward
- [time travel accident] • Deborah P Kolodji
- Reset • Frank Coffman
- One Person’s Madness Is Another’s ... • J. J. Steinfeld
- Blue Mood • Gretchen Tessmer
- [I swipe real hard] • Gary Davis
- Contingency • Aaron Knuckey
- Spectral Color • R Mac Jones
- [delightful party] • Marcus Vance
- [learnt a new language] • Davian Aw
- honey • D. A. Xiaolin Spire
- Cybernetics • Alessio Zanelli
- [it was a brook ...] • Simon Perchik
- [eggs over sleazy] • LeRoy Gorman
- Selfies • G. O. Clark
- mecha visits little tokyo • S. Qiouyi Lu
- [Emy’s doll] • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Adrift • T. R. Jones
- [a female human] • Susan Burch
- History Class • Matthew Wilson
- Amphibious Heavy Metal • Gary Every
- [6 months] • Susan Burch
- Burning Worlds • Matthew Wilson
- Pilgrimage to Mandai Sky Columbarium • Ian Goh
- [banned from another] • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- Wolf Moon • Cas Blomberg
- The Thief • Sarah Grey
- Childish Fears • Matthew Wilson
- Ask Darwin • David Barber
- Ghost Ship • DJ Tyrer
- Dating Has its Hazards • David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- [time travel weight loss clinic] • LeRoy Gorman
- [time travel therapy] • Deborah P Kolodji
- Future Visions • Colleen Anderson
- A Magic Trick • Gretchen Tessmer
- Trinity Alps Giant Salamander • Richard Stevenson
- [what’s the mystery] • Susan Burch
- Counterfeit Coins • Matthew Wilson
- Saucers Over Moon • Allen Koszowski
- Retro Android • Boris Grann and Neil Strahl
- The Battle • Christina Sng
- Evening Breakfast • Marge Simon
- Hydra • Jack Foo
- After the robot apocalypse • Boris Grann & Neil Strahl
- Stairway to the Bat Galaxy • Denny E. Marshall
- Bad Robot • Denny E. Marshall
- Where Sister Once Was • R. Mac Jones