Summer's wrapping up:
And SFPA's rounding up. Here's what the membership's been up to this past August.
Mike
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
poem, "Chance Meeting," Penumbric, August 2023, https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/Issue_August2k23.pdf
poem, print, "Boy Meets Girl," Spectral Realms 19, Summer 2023, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-19
3 poems, "the hiss," "trapped," & "have you seen," Five Fleas Aug. 18, 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/08/evening-of-august-18-2023.html
4 poems, print, "time travel project," uplift," "the colonists" & "God," Scifaikuest, August 2023, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-august-2023
poem, "deep in the nest," Horror Senryu Journal, Sept. 6, 2023, https://horrorkujournal.blogspot.com/
Ann K. Schwader and David C. Kopaska-Merkel
poem, print, "Sentinel Hill," For the Outsider, July 2023, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/other-authors/poetry/for-the-outsider-poems-inspired-by-h.-p.-lovecraft
Makena Metz
poem, "The Bone Flute Sings," The Fantastic Other #7, https://fantasticotherbloghome.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/the-fantastic-other-issue.07.pdf
poem, "Equinox," Strange Horizons, August 28 2023, http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/equinox-2/
Felicia Martínez
poem, "If I Leave You With Moonlight," The Deadlands, Issue 27, July 2023, https://thedeadlands.com/issue-27/moonlight/
Angela Acosta
interview, "Exploring Latinx Futures on Earth and Beyond with Angela Acosta", Into the Looking Glass: Exploring the Magic Behind Speculative Poetry, August 2023, https://lookingglasspoets.wordpress.com/2023/08/03/angela-acosta/
T.D. Walker
book, Doubt & Circuitry, Southern Arizona Press, August 2023, https://www.tdwalker.net/doubt-circuitry/
Deborah L. Davitt
poem, spec, "Portrait of the Bold Captain," Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #59, August 5, 2023, https://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?p=3960
S T Eleu
poem, "Paradox Lost," Haven Spec, August 2023, https://www.havenspec.com/paradox-lost
Wendy Van Camp
presentation & reading, "Every Word Matters: Using Poetry Concepts To Enrich Your Prose", Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA, August 12th, 2023, https://muzeo.org/event/live-poetry-series-presents-wendy-van-camp/
presentation & reading, "About Indie Author Day", California Writers Circle, August 22nd, 2023, https://www.facebook.com/californiawriterscircle/
instructor, "Prompts To Poetry: A Generative Poetry Workshop", Euclid Library, Anaheim CA, August 23rd, 2023, https://www.anaheim.net/facilities/facility/details/Anaheim-Public-Library-Euclid-Branch-21
Linda D. Addison
poem, “Seed of Power,” The Book of Witches, HarperCollins Publishers LLC, August 1, 2023, https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-book-of-witches-jonathan-strahan?variant=40962861760546
poem, “Relentless Realities & Impossible Intention,” A Unioverse Anthology: Stories of the Reconvergence, Hex Publishers & Random Games, August 15, 2023, https://www.hexpublishers.com/publications_unioverse-anthology-tales-of-the-reconvergence.html
Neile Graham
poem, "The Gods of the Ways," Amethyst Magazine, May 5, 2023, https://amethystmagazine.org/2023/05/25/the-gods-of-the-ways-a-poem-by-neile-graham/
poem, "The Goddess of Remorse," Amethyst Magazine, June 14, 2023, https://amethystmagazine.org/2023/06/14/the-goddess-of-remorse-a-poem-by-neile-graham/
3 poems, "The Goddess of the Visible invisible," "The God of--," and "The Goddess of This," Young Ravens Literary Review, 18, https://www.youngravensliteraryreview.org/yr18-neile-graham.html
poem, "The Goddess of Missed Chances," Amethyst Magazine, July 1, 2023, https://amethystmagazine.org/2023/07/01/the-goddess-of-missed-chances-a-poem-by-neile-graham/
poem, "The Goddess of Sabotage," Mad Swirl, August, 11, 2023, https://madswirl.com/poetry/2023/08/the-goddess-of-sabotage/
Lauren McBride
poem, non-genre, "Imprecise Language", Synchronized Chaos, August 2023, https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-lauren-mcbride-5/
8 poems, (4 print, 4 online), genre, Scifaikuest, August, 2023, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/scifaikuest
Mary Soon Lee
poem, "What Trolls Read," Small Wonders, Issue 2, August 2023, https://smallwondersmag.com/pieces/what-trolls-read/
poem, "What Androids Read," Uppagus #58, August 2023, https://uppagus.com/poems/soon-lee-androids/
Ken Poyner
poem, non-genre, web, “The Gift”, Mobius Vol 34 #3, www.mobiusmagazine.com
Christopher Sartin
poem, "Adrift (Upon a Sea of Apathy)," Sand, Salt, Blood: An Anthology of Sea Horror, Sliced Up Press, Summer 2023, https://sliceduppress.com/sandsaltblood/
Katherine Quevedo
poem, reprint, genre, "The Labyrinth Proper," Sidequest, August 7, 2023, https://sidequest.zone/2023/08/07/game-enjambment-the-labyrinth-proper/
3 poems, genre & non-genre, "Zelda II Bossfight," "Manipulator," and "The Boy of My Vegas Dreams," the minison zine, MiniGames issue, August 22, 2023, https://theminisonproject.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/mz-issue-18.pdf
essay, "Level Up Your Poetry, Part 4: Games, Prose Poems, and Liminality," Sidequest, August 24, 2023, https://sidequest.zone/2023/08/24/level-up-your-poetry-part-4-games-prose-poems-and-liminality/
guest editor, Discover Beaverton, Lucky Jefferson, August 27, 2023, https://luckyjefferson.com/discoverbeaverton/
Carol Edwards
poem and interview, "Waiting for the Bus", Written Tales Chapbook Volume X, Written Tales Magazine, August 21 2023, https://www.writtentales.com/
featured poet, Beyond the Sand and Sea, Southern Arizona Press, August 25 2023, https://static-gcs.edit.site/users-files/ad42557b28e66ddb6b101b263e044db1/beyond-the-sand-and-sea-final.pdf?dl=1
guest, TusCon 50 Sci Fi Fantasy Horror Convention, Tucson AZ, November 10-12 2023, https://tusconscificon.com/
Michael H. Payne
4 poems, pages 1737-1740, Terebinth, August 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20230807.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20230814.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20230821.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20230828.html
Lauren Scharhag, Scott Ferry and Lillian Necakov
collection, Midnight Glossolalia, Meat for Tea Press, February 2023, https://meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm
Lauren Scharhag
chapbook, Morels, Voice Lux Press, May 2023, https://www.voiceluxpress.com/product-page/morels-by-lauren-scharhag
poem, “Raspberries and Rum,” Aji Magazine, Issue 18: The Moon, June 2023, http://www.ajimagazine.com/uploads/2/2/2/8/22289112/s23-aji-18-final.pdf
collection, Moonlight and Monsters, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, July 2023, https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/product/moonlight-and-monsters-by-lauren-scharhag-2/
chapbook, Points of Light: Poems to Express Gratitude for Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic, University of Kansas School of Nursing, July 2023, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD13DH1T
Frank Coffman
poem, "An Amazing Encounter," Literary Hatchet #35, July 2023, https://lizzieandrewborden.com/HatchetOnline/LiteraryHatchet/product/literary-hatchet-35
Miguel O. Mitchell
3 poems, [break through], [boring lunar huts], [first contact], Scifaikuest, August 2023, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-august-2023
Joshua St. Claire
3 haiku, non-genre, Time Haiku Aug 2023 (print), https://m.facebook.com/TimeHaiku
haibun, “Shower Thoughts,” genre, Dadakuku 7/30/2023, https://dadakuku.com/2023/07/30/shower-thoughts/
2 haiku, mixed genre and non-genre, Five Fleas 7/29/2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/07/afternoon-of-july-29-2023.html?m=1
5 haiku, mixed genre and non-genre, Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) 8/29/2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/08/morning-of-august-29-2023.html?m=1
haiku, non-genre, Trailblazer Contest (winner), https://trailblazercontest.weebly.com/2023-winners.html
senryu and haibun, mixed genre and non-genre, “On the AI-generated Beer Commercial" and “Synthetic Summer”,” Prune Juice 40, https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2023/07/31/issue-40-haibun/
haibun, non-genre, “On First Noticing Edema Developing in my Knuckles,” contemporary haibun online 19.2, https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-19-2table-of-contents/joshua-st-claire-on-first-noticing-edema-developing-in-my-knuckles/
haiku, non-genre, tsuri-doro 16, https://tsuridoro.org/issue-16-july-august-2023
tanka, non-genre, Ribbons (print) Autumn 2023, https://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/ribbons
haiku, non-genre, Wales Haiku Journal Summer 2023, https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer23
haiku, non-genre, Scarlet Dragonfly June 2023, https://scarletdragonflyjournal.wordpress.com/2023/08/10/egrets-returning/
haiku, genre, The Mockingowl Roost Poetry Special 2023, https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/poetry-special-2023/
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
poem, "Rondeau: Forgive Me, Too", Written Tales, June 3, 2023, https://writtentales.substack.com/p/forgive-me-too
poem, "Golden Shovel: Death Waited", BTWN #1: Bombshell, July 2023, https://www.btwnmagazine.ca/
poem, "Casanova of the Canids", Bizzarechitecture #1, August 26, 2023, https://www.bizarrchitecture.net/linda-ann-loschiavo-1https://www.bizarrchitecture.net/issue-1
2 poems, "Celebrating Samhain at the Undead Lounge" and "Vampires in Training", Black Poppy Review, August 30, 2023, https://blackpoppyreview.blogspot.com/2023/08/celebrating-samhain-at-undead-lounge.html
Noah Berlatsky
poem, “1492”, The GroundUp, August 2023, https://www.thegrounduppublication.com/post/percy-bysshe-shelley-remembered-poetry-contest-runners-up
2 poem, "The Descent" & “Johnny Mem,” Synchronized Chaos, August 2023, https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-noah-berlatsky-8/ & https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-noah-berlatsky-9/
3 poems, "Does ChatGPT Have An Anxiety Disorder," "Poems Are Supposed to List Things," and "Some Words," Ranger #2, August 2023, https://www.rangermagazine.net/berlatsky_issue2
4 poems, “Less,” “Outside,” “There are two problems…,” and “Who would have thought,” Five Fleas, August 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/08/
poem, “One Day Gravity Stopped,” Worlds of Possibility, August 2023, https://www.juliarios.com/introducing-the-august-2023-issue-of-worlds-of-possibility/
poem, "Settling In," Asses of Parnassus, July 13, 2023 https://assesofparnassus.tumblr.com/post/722757674274537472/settling-in
poem, “Touch,” dadakuku, August 22, 2023, https://dadakuku.com/2023/08/22/touch-2/
Earl Livings
haiku (non-genre), ‘dead still’, Presence, Issue 76, https://haikupresence.org/
Silvatiicus Riddle
poem, spec, "To See Without Eyes", The Fantastic Other, Issue 7, Summer Edition, Aug 2023, https://fantasticotherbloghome.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/the-fantastic-other-issue.07.pdf
Richard Magahiz
poem, non-genre, "Get used to it," Mobius: the Journal of Social Change Volume 34, Number 3, https://mobiusmagazine.com/poetry/getusedt.html
poem, genre, "Ashes are what we own," Uppagus Issue 58, https://uppagus.com/poems/magahiz-ashes/
5 poems, genre, ''down the line," "twenty paces behind," "online storefront," "peepholes in my teeth," and "under" – Five Fleas, Aug 9, 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/08/morning-of-august-9-2023.html
poem, genre, "Spring/Summer," Eunoia Review, August 11, 2023, https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/spring-summer/
poem, non-genre, "the turn," Eunoia Review, August 12, 2023, https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2023/08/12/the-turn/
2 poems, genre, "Everyone shops at Opthalmo-Mart" and "Scoured," Chrome Baby 125, https://robindunn.com/bairn125.html
poem, genre, "Nature needs to shut up," dadakuku 125, https://dadakuku.com/2023/08/21/nature-needs-to-shut-up/
Mahaila Smith
poem, "In my Travels," Bywords, August 15, 2023, http://www.bywords.ca/
Colleen Anderson
poem, "untitled (cracked porcelain)," Chrome Baby 124, Jul. 2023 http://robindunn.com/bairn124.html
poem, "The Fungal Force: A History," The Future Fire 66, Jul. 2023, http://futurefire.net/2023.66/fiction/fungal.html
Lisa Timpf
poem, non-spec, [Despite the greengrocer’s demands], Saturday Evening Post: Limerick Laughs May-June runner-up, August 28, 2023, https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/08/may-june-2023-limerick-laughs-winner-and-runners-up/
poem, spec, “If You Should Meet a Black Hole,” Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, August/September 2023, https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/august-september-2023
poetry review, non-spec, "Wild Kin by Marlene Grand Maître," The Miramichi Reader, August 27, 2023, https://miramichireader.ca/2023/08/wild-kin-by-marlene-grand-maitre/
Marisca Pichette
poem, "Fall" & "Window sent," Roi Fainéant Literary Press, September 2023, https://www.roifaineantpress.com/post/fall-window-sent-by-marisca-pichette
Anna Cates
haibun, Ripples, July/August 2023
poem, Frameless Sky 18, July 2023, https://framelesssky.weebly.com/
poem, Earthworks, July 2023, https://www.amazon.com/Earthworks-Haiku-North-America-Anthology/dp/187879843X
Jordan Hirsch
poem, "Lightning Farm," Kaleidotrope, Spring 2023, https://kaleidotrope.net/archives/spring-2023/lightning-farm-by-jordan-hirsch/
poem, "Second Coming," Dreams & Nightmares #124, May 2023, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/05/051823b.html
poem, "Janeway Was Absolutely Right to Kill Tuvix," Strange Horizons, 31 July 2023, http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/janeway-was-absolutely-right-to-kill-tuvix/
Sumiko Saulson
3 poems, "Mercurial Creature," "Queen of Death, Perplexed," and "Syndrome of the Impostor," The Horror Zine, Fall 2023, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHL7M2MX