So why can't we make:
"Autumn" into a verb, too? Why should "Fall" get to have all the fun?
Still, here's what the folks in SFPA got up to during the recently concluded month of September.
Mike
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
4 poems, "reliquary," "cone fizzled out," "anniversary," and "tropical jungle death," Five Fleas, 13 Sept. 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/09/evening-of-september-13-2023.html
Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg
2 poems: "Expedition" & "Shapeshifter," The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Sept./Oct. issue, https://fandsf.com/current.htm
Carolyn Clink
poem, "If Today is Your Birthday," Polar Starlight #11, September 2023, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/POLAR-STARLIGHT-11-September-2023.pdf
Wendy Van Camp
featured guest, "Episode #53: Scifaiku & Astropoetry", Speculative Sandbox Podcast, September 5th, 2023, https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speculativesandbox
essay, "Goggles and Gadgets: Analyzing the Elements that Keep Steampunk Stories in Motion", Indie Author Magazine, September 2023, https://indiauthormagazine.com
panelist, "Star Trek: Voyager", ConTinual Fandom Podcast, September 22, 2023, https://fb.watch/nb3h-KBRpf/
Lauren McBride
chapbook, Aliens, Magic, and Monsters, Hiraeth Publishing, September 2023, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/aliens-magic-and-monsters-by-lauren-mcbride
Robin Wyatt Dunn
poem, "Lampkeeper, Texland", Dissident Voice, September 24, 2023, https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/09/lampkeeper-texland/
poem, "The neck's white heat", Dissident Voice, September 3, 2023, https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/09/the-necks-white-heat/
Jean-Paul L. Garnier
3 scifaiku, [telepaths clouded] [beneath the glacier] & [cosmic roll of dice], Altered Reality Magazine, September 2023, https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/3-scifaiku/
2 scifaiku, [I grafted myself] & [robot overlords], Five Fleas, September 23, 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/09/afternoon-of-september-23-2023.html
Ken Poyner
2 poems, non-genre, “Complications” & “Custom”, AUIS Literary Journal #2: Handmade Forest, American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, Sept. 2023, https://auis.edu.krd/?q=ku/node/3841
poem, non-genre, web, “Alternatives”, Neologism #75, www.neologismpoetry.com
Angela Acosta
poem, "Plush Rockets", Omniverses: Interplanetary Poesies, September 2023, https://www.ukiyoto.com/product-page/omni-verses
poem, non-genre, "I Thought I Was Going to a Funeral", Death Rattle /Oroboro Lit Journal, Issue 8, September 2023, https://deathrattle.org/vol-8-back/acosta
chapbook, A Belief in Cosmic Dailiness: Poems of a Fabled Universe, Red Ogre Review, September 2023, https://ogre.red/issues/books/2023-chapbook-acosta-angela/
Angela Acosta and Angel Leal
roundtable & reading, "Latinx Speculative Poetry Futures", 2nd Annual Sturgeon Symposium: Fantastic Worlds, Fraught Futures, University of Kansas, virtual, September 20, 2023, https://mediahub.ku.edu/media/t/1_xbvju2od
Colleen Anderson
poem, "Cleaning the Death Star," Journ-E 2.2, Sep. 2023, https://www.lulu.com/shop/frank-coffman/journ-e-22-the-journal-of-imaginative-literature/paperback/product-gjn2rqm.html
poem, "The Toadstone," Best of Penumbric Vol. VI, Sep. 2023, https://www.amazon.com/Best-Penumbric-Speculative-Fiction-Mag/dp/B0CGL83J6B
Michael H. Payne
4 poems, page #1741-1744, Terebinth, Sept. 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2023, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20230904.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20230911.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20230918.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20230925.html
Denise Dumars
poem. “Heart Line,” Spectrum: Love Lines, Spectrum Poetry, Jan. 15, 2023, https://spectrumlovelines.blogspot.com/2023/01/denise-dumars.html
3 poems, “Mortifying,” “Sharps,” and “Wake Me up Some Day,” Bards of Southern California: Top 30 SoCal Poets, Feb. 2023, Four Feathers Press, https://fourfeatherspress.blogspot.com/2023/02/30-poets-published-in-bards-of-southern.html
poem, “The Thin Red Line,” The Vampiricon, Mind’s Eye Publications, Jan. 2023, https://www.lulu.com/shop/frank-coffman/the-vampiricon/paperback/product-wpy878.html
poem, “From Innsmouth,” Weird House Magazine #2, Weird House Press, March 2023, https://www.weirdhousepress.com/product/weird-house-magazine-2/
poem, “The Broken Blade,” JOURN-E, The Journal of Imaginative Literature, vol. 2, no. 1, Vernal Equinox 2023, Whole #3. https://www.mindseyepublications.com/blank-4
poem, “Sometimes it’s the Right Thing,” Cajun Mutt Press, April 2023 Featured Writers, https://cajunmuttpress.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/april-2023-cmp-featured-writers/.
poem, “Bone or Root,” Spectral Realms, Summer 2023, Hipppocampus Press, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-19
poem, “Dua Djehuti,” Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2023, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2023/dua-djehuti/
chapbook, Mars Maundering, Space Cowboy Books, September 2023. www.Spacecowboybooks.com
panel, "Lovecraftian Poetry Then and Now," and reading, H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Cthulhu Con, Oct. 7 & 8, 2023, Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland OR, 97212, https://hplfilmfestival.com/hplfilmfestival-portland-or/schedule
Myna Chang
poem, “Let Us Dream,” Small Wonders, Sept.20, 2023, https://smallwondersmag.com/pieces/let-us-dream/
Katherine Quevedo
poem, genre, "Fragrances of the Night-Blooming Space Garden," Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 47, Nos. 9 & 10, September/October 2023, https://www.asimovs.com/
workshop, "The Art of Speculative Poetry," Oregon Poetry Association Virtual Conference, October 7, 2023, https://oregonpoets.org/oregon-poetry-association-virtual-conference/
reading, "Haunted Tales and Eerie Melodies," Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover event hosted by the Oregon Chapter of the Horror Writers Association, November 5, 2023, https://pdxbookfest.org/event/haunted-tales-and-eerie-melodies/
Mary Soon Lee
book, How to Navigate Our Universe, September 2023, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CJ2ZTK5Y/
poem, "Sphinx," Asimov's, September/October 2023, http://www.asimovs.com/
2 poems, "Downlift" + "Detritus," Radon Journal, Issue 5, September 2023, https://www.radonjournal.com/issue5/downlift + https://www.radonjournal.com/issue5/detritus
poem, "Alien Pointillism," Utopia Science Fiction Magazine Vol. V Issue 01, Aug/Sept, 2023, https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/august-september-2023
poem, reprint, "The Qilin Visits the Zoo," Best of Penumbric, vol vi, August 2023, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGL83J6B
Deborah L. Davitt
poem, spec, "Worlds Divided," JOURN-E 2.2 Autumn 2023, https://www.lulu.com/shop/frank-coffman/journ-e-22-the-journal-of-imaginative-literature/paperback/product-gjn2rqm.html
Makena Metz
poem, "Claws and Axe," Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Sept 28 2023, https://scarletdragonflyjournal.wordpress.com/2023/09/28/claws-and-axe/
Jay Sturner
prose poem, "Sycophant of the Siren," Spectral Realms No. 19, Hippocampus Press, Summer 2023, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-19
prose poem, "Slishra-Ew," Weird Fiction Quarterly, Alien Sun Press, Summer 2023, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C8ZP2CCX
poem, "Mother Nature and the AI Poet," JOURN-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature, Vol. 2, No. 2, Mind's Eye Publications, Autumn 2023, https://www.mindseyepublications.com
2 poems, "Thwarted" and "I Walk the Spinney With You," I Become The Beast, Spring 2023 (Australia), https://ibecomethebeast.com
Lynne Sargent
poem, “An Introvert on Arnorsbidde,” Polar Starlight #11, September 2023. https://polarborealis.ca/?sdm_process_download=1&download_id=1070
Anna Cates
book, 39 Triolets: A Chapbook, Cyberwit Press, 2023, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHKY19KB
Silvatiicus Riddle
3 poems, spec, "Strange Gods of New Earth: I, Lion's Mane", "Strange Gods of New Earth: The Girl With The Amanita Parasol", "Strange Gods of New Earth: A Sepulchre of Spores", Altered Reality Magazine, September 2023, https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/strange-gods-of-new-earth-i-lions-mane/, https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/strange-gods-of-new-earth-the-girl-with-the-amanita-parasol/, https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/strange-gods-of-new-earth-a-sepulchre-of-spores/
Earl Livings
haiku, non-genre, ‘country pond’, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, https://scarletdragonflyjournal.wordpress.com/2023/09/09/country-pond/
haiku, non-genre, ’spring cleaning’, Creatrix, https://wapoets.com/creatrix-62-haiku/#Earl
haiku, non-genre, ’trying’, tsuri-dōrō, https://tsuridoro.org/issue-17-sept-oct-2023
haiku, non-genre, ’trying’, Hedgerow, https://hedgerowhaiku.com/the-print-issues/
haiku, non-genre, ’on the tip’, featured poem for commentary, re-Virals, https://thehaikufoundation.org/revirals-417/
Noah Berlatsky
chapbook, No Devotions, LJMcD Communications, September 2023, https://lachlanjmcdougall.wordpress.com/2023/09/04/free-pamphlets-for-september-2023/
poem, spec, “Children of Light,” Radon #5, September 2023, https://www.radonjournal.com/issue5/children-of-light
3 poems, “River of Houses,” “Informative Reiteration,” and “The Ultimate,” D.O.R. #4, September 2023, https://lachlanjmcdougall.wordpress.com/2023/09/24/d-o-r-issue-4-now-available/
2 poems, “Eunoia,” and “d,” dadakuku, Sept 5 & 24, 2023, https://dadakuku.com/category/noah-berlatsky/
3 poems, “Carcinogens,” “I’m not great at being anybody,” and “stars,” Five Fleas, September 9, 21 & 25, 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/search?q=Berlatsky&max-results=20&by-date=true
Richard Magahiz
3 poems, non-genre, "[tick],"[the offspring's weight in rice]," and "[they like to dance]", Five Fleas, Sept 12, 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/09/morning-of-september-12-2023.html
poem, genre, "1, 3, 7-trimethylxanthine", dadakuku Sept. 17, 2023, https://dadakuku.com/2023/09/17/1-3-7-trimethylxanthine/
2 poems, non-genre, "I regret almost all of it" and "Past this world", borrowed solace: Twilight Zone, Fall 2023, https://borrowedsolace.com/product/borrowed-solace-twilight-zone/
1 poem, genre, "Force against force", Abyss and Apex Issue 88, Fall 2023, https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2023/09/force-against-force/
PS Cottier
poem, "The ware-wolf," Dreams and Nightmares #125, September 2023, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/09/091223d.html
Marisca Pichette
poem, "Souvenir," NonBinary Review, Issue 33:World Tour, September 2023, https://www.zoeticpress.com/issue-33-world-tour
poem, "Sistine," Hearth and Coffin, Issue 3: micro, September 2023, https://www.hearthandcoffin.com/post/sistine
poem, "How to make Shrewsbury cakes," Reservoir Road Literary Review, Issue 11, September 2023, https://www.reservoirroadlit.com/issue-11/shrewsbury-cakes
Mahaila Smith
poem, reprint, "Offerings to Save the World," Poetry Pause, League of Canadian Poets, September 22, 2023, https://poets.ca/offerings-to-save-the-world-by-mahaila-smith/
poem, “Wildfire,” Nightingale & Sparrow, Issue XIX: Bonfire, September 21, 2023, https://nightingaleandsparrow.com/wildfire/
Joshua St. Claire:
haiku, non-genre, The Heron’s Nest September 2023, https://www.theheronsnest.com/September2023/haiku-p11.html
poem, genre, “Latin First Conjugation,” Allium Sept 2023, https://allium.colum.edu/fall-2023-poetry/joshua-st-claire
3 haiku, non-genre, HaikuNetra Sept 2023 (premier issue), https://haikunetra.blogspot.com/2023/09/haikunetra-issue-11.html?m=1
5 haiku, mixed genre and non-genre, Heliosparrow 9/11/2023, https://heliosparrow.com
haibun, genre, “On My Writer’s Block,” La Piccioletta Barca 9/11/2023, https://www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/on-my-writers-block
2 poems and reading, mixed genre and non-genre, “Hill” and “Things I Remember from the Eighties,” SORTES 15, https://sortes.co/#stclaire and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Eku_bQyIQ&ab_channel=SORTESMagazine
haibun, non-genre, “Going Up?,” Drifting Sands 23, https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Issue-23.pdf
haiku, non-genre, Cold Moon Journal 9/23/2023, https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2023/09/by-joshua-st-claire.html?m=1
haiku, non-genre, tsuri-doro 17, https://tsuridoro.org/issue-17-sept-oct-2023
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
review of "Apprenticed to the Night" by David Davies, GoodReads, August 28, 2023, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5801923470; https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146488720-apprenticed-to-the-night
review of "Apprenticed to the Night" by Nigel Kent, September 30, 2023, https://nigelkentpoet.wordpress.com/2023/09/30/review-of-apprenticed-to-the-night-by-lindaann-loschiavo/
review of "Apprenticed to the Night" by Kellie Scott-Reed, Roi Faineant, October 1, 2023, https://www.roifaineantpress.com/post/review-of-lindaann-loschiavo-s-apprenticed-to-the-night-by-kellie-scott-reed
poet spotlight, Nigel Kent’s site, September 23, 2023, https://nigelkentpoet.wordpress.com/2023/09/23/drop-in-by-lindaann-loschiavo/
prose-poem, "Annabel Lee, Proprietress, Kingdom by the Sea", The Evening Universe #9, July 27, 2023, https://eveninguniverse.com/fiction/annabel-lee-proprietress-kingdom-by-the-sea.html
poem, "Aeole and Odysseus on the Line", Bare Back Magazine, September 1, 2023, https://www.barebackmag.com/post/aeole-and-odysseus-on-the-line
5 non-spec poems, "Fire Without Witness", "In The Bride’s Boudoir", "14 for a Friend", "Valentine Villanelle", "Atom and Lady Evening", The Creativity Webzine #156, Love Theme, October 2023, https://moultoniancreativity.weebly.com/poetry.html
Lisa Timpf
poem, spec, “The Day We All Died, A Little,” Radon Journal #5, Sept, 2023, https://www.radonjournal.com/issue5/the-day-we-all-died%2C-a-little
poem, spec-ish, “Globe Trotters,” NonBinary Review #33: World Tour, September 2023, https://www.zoeticpress.com/issue-33-world-tour
poetry review, non-spec, “Sentient Stones by Susan McCaslin,” The Miramichi Reader, September 11, 2023, https://miramichireader.ca/2023/09/sentient-stones-by-susan-mccaslin/
Alan Vincent Michaels
2 poems, "Spark of Life" & "Inspiration," SciFanSat - #1 Begin, August 26, 2023, https://scifansat.com/issues.html
poem, "Science fiction authors...," SciFanSat - #2 Author, September 30, 2023, https://scifansat.com/issues.html