With the new year ahead:
Let's have one more look back at what the members of SFPA were up to at the end of last year.
Mike
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
5 poems, "waiting to remember," "I'd be the leaf," "Blueberry Weather," "waking," and "Brisk Trade," Five Fleas, Evening of Dec 13 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/12/evening-of-december-13-2023.html
poem, print, "count," Not One Of Us #77, Winter 2023, https://legacyliteraryservices.com/not-one-of-us/latest-issue-table-of-contents/
Michael H. Payne
poem, "The Family Curse," Space & Time #145, Dec. 2023, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1959048147
5 poems, #1754-1757, Terebinth, Dec. 4 - 25, 2023, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20231204.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20231211.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20231218.html, & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20231225.html
4 poems, "Why I Don't Write Horror," "What the Ants are Saying," "Nothing Personal," and "Frost and Flame," Whispers from Beyond, Crystal Lake Publishing, Dec. 2023, https://www.amazon.com/Whispers-Beyond-Showcase-Dark-Poetry/dp/1957133759/
poem, "A Scent's Assent," Hey, Your Nose is on Fire, Dec. 21, 2023, https://hyniof.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-scents-assent.html
Julie Shiel
poem, "Superstition," Salt & Mirrors & Cats #1, November 2023, https://superstitionsam.com/smc-shop/
poem, "Tin Soldier", The Fairytale Magazine, December 2023, https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/
poem, 'The Witch Awakens', Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #58, https://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?p=4076
Robert Frazier
poem, "Your Clone Line Could Use a Reboot," Asimov's SF, Nov/Dec 2023, https://www.asimovs.com
J.D. Harlock
poem, "I Thought the End of the World Would A Be Bit More Exciting Than This," Strange Horizons, December 18, 2023, http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/i-thought-the-end-of-the-world-would-be-a-bit-more-exciting-than-this/
poem, "The Hourt of the Wolf," Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue 8, Winter 2023, https://whetstonemag.blogspot.com/2023/12/issue-8-of-whetstone-now-available.html
Linda D. Addison
2 poems, “The Un-Awakened” & “Fracking-lution”, Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction, December 12, 2023, https://www.amazon.com/Years-Best-African-Speculative-Fiction/dp/1647100763
Christopher Sartin
poem, "Old One," Lovecraftiana: The Magazine of Eldridge Horror, October 27, 2023, https://a.co/d/87LOZmy
poem, "Song of the Satyr," Best of New Myths Anthology Vol 4: The Cosmic Muse, November 1, 2023, https://a.co/d/0WDf7FN
poem, "Dog Days," Strange Tales of Terror, December 4, 2023, https://a.co/d/6cqczh2
Geoffrey A. Landis
2 poems, “Titan” & “No One Now Remembers—”, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2023, https://fandsf.com/current.htm
Robin Wyatt Dunn
poem, "The Unprintable Word Beckons Me to Take a Seat," Cacti Fur, December 6, 2023, https://cactifur.com/2023/12/06/robin-wyatt-dunn-the-unprintable-word-beckons-me-to-take-a-seat/
poem, "ashes cover my face", Dissident Voice, December 24, 2023, https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/12/ashes-cover-my-face/
Lynne Sargent
poem, "Limitless," Heartlines Issue 3, December 2023, https://www.heartlines-spec.com/limitless-by-lynne-sargent/
poem, "The AI Chimera," House of Zolo Volume 4, December 2023, https://houseofzolo.com/hozs-journal-of-speculative-literature-v4/
panelist, ConFusion 2024, January 19-21, 2024, https://2024.confusionsf.org/
Anna Cates
2 poems, "Tale of a Frazzled Professor" & "The Red Queen," CHO 19.3, December 2023, https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho19-3-table-of-contents/anna-cates-tale-of-a-frazzled-professor/ & https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho19-3-table-of-contents/anna-cates-the-red-queen/
poem, "Fork in the Woods," Drifting Sands 24, November 2023, https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Issue-24.pdf
Tom Guldin
2 poems, "The Terrors I Bore," and "Requiem for Lost Souls," Whispers from Beyond, Crystal Lake Publishing, Dec. 2023, https://www.amazon.com/dp/1957133759
Lorraine Schein
poem, “The Last Revolution,” Writers Resist #142, Dec. 2023, https://www.writersresist.com/2023/12/13/the-last-revolution/
Colleen Anderson
2 scifaiku, [washing machine] and [spangled silver], Scifaikuest, May 2023, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-may-2023-edited-by-t-santitoro
2 scifaiku, [mars red], and [brass bell], Scifaikuest, Nov 2023, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-november-2023
scifaiku, [silver limned], Songs of Eretz, Dec. 2023, http://www.songsoferetz.com/
poem, "Death Comes Calling," Eternal Haunted Summer, Winter Solstice, Dec. 2023, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/winter-solstice-2023/death-comes-calling/
reprint poem, "How the Big Bang Ended," Utopia Fifth Year Anniversary Anthology, Dec. 2023, https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/
reprint poem, "Our Lady of Holy Death," Whispers from Beyond, Crystal Lake Publishing, Dec. 2023, https://www.amazon.com/Whispers-Beyond-Showcase-Dark-Poetry-ebook/dp/B0CPTSTSZB
reprint poem, "After the Apocalypse," Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, Ansible Press, Dec. 2023, https://www.amazon.ca/Years-Canadian-Fantasy-Science-Fiction/dp/0993937594
Pushcart Prize nomination, "Airborne," Space and Time #144, July 2023, https://spaceandtime.net/issue/
Mary Soon Lee
poem, "What Cassandra Read," NewMyths.com, Issue 65, Winter 2023, https://sites.google.com/newmyths.com/newmyths-com-issue-65/issue-65-stories/what-cassandra-read
Felicia Martínez
poem, "In The Future, AI Will Make Ofrendas," Asimov's Science Fiction, January/February 2024, https://www.asimovs.com/current-issue/poetry/
Amabilis O'Hara
3 poems, "Look into the Christmas Box", "My Siblings Were Buried Like Goldfish", and "Bon(e)fire," Whispers from Beyond, Crystal Lake Publishing, Winter 2023, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPTSTSZB
Casey Aimer
poem, non-genre, "Sexual Ashes," Bare Back Magazine, Nov. 30, 2023, https://www.barebackmag.com/post/sexual-ashes
E.F. Schraeder
poem, "At the Cannibal's Funeral", Under Her Eye, Versuvian Media, Nov 2023, https://vesuvianmedia.com/under-her-eye/
Jean-Paul L. Garnier
3 scifaiku, Pablo Lennis #433, Dec. 2023
3 poems, "Chipped," "Private Beauty," and "Augmented," Dark Matter Magazine #18, Dec. 2023, https://darkmattermagazine.shop/
Brian U. Garrison
2 poems, "The Music of Neptune" and "Lesser Realities", F&SF, Nov/Dec 2023, https://weightlessbooks.com/the-magazine-of-fantasy-and-science-fiction-nov-dec-2023/
Noah Berlatsky
poem, “Richard Wright’s asleep…”, Cold Moon Journal, December 18, 2023, https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2023_12_19_archive.html
6 poems, “Can insomnia…,” “Christmas Eve,” “Covid,” “This Poem…” “One-Liner,” and “The Art of Poetry, the Poetry of Art,” Five Fleas, December 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/12/
poem, “Poetry Is Labor and Work,” Synchronized Chaos, December 15, 2023, https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-noah-berlatsky-13/
poem, “Is the Signifer…”, dadakuku, December 14, 2023, https://dadakuku.com/2023/12/14/is-the-signifier-the-physical-appearance-of-the-sign/
5 poems, “Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology,” “Does This Image of Vigorous…,” “Help Me Create Text Art,” “Liberation Is Always Controversial,” and “Poem By Borges,” D.O.R. #5, December 18, 2023, https://lachlanjmcdougall.wordpress.com/2023/12/19/d-o-r-issue-5-now-available/
Gretchen Rockwell
poem, “& Every Iteration Reveals Something,” Cold Mountain Review, November 2023, https://coldmountainreview.appstate.edu/submission/every-iteration-reveals-something/
2 poems, “Binary Star Systems” and “Quarto for V.—,” new words {press}, December 2023, https://store.newwordspress.com/products/issue-two-new-words-p611313531
5 poems, “Senses [Five Poems]," HAD, December 2023, https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/senses
Richard Magahiz
online reading, "SFM" and "Kaiju", Sein und Werden La Bête Noire issue, December 12, 2023, http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter23/
4 poems, genre, "to breathe," "the there it is," "frozen in a rut," and "racing toward that last breath", Five Fleas, December 13, 2023, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2023/12/afternoon-of-december-13-2023.html
4 poems, genre,"in micropolished scales," "your eye color," "their first night," and "the deep stone well -," Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, December 13, 2023, https://heliosparrow.com/2023/12/11-23/, https://heliosparrow.com/2023/12/10-25/, https://heliosparrow.com/2023/12/9-31/ & https://heliosparrow.com/2023/12/8-33/
2 poems, genre, "The Deal Is Off" and "Talk Market Crash", Call Me [brackets], Fall 2023, https://callmebrackets.net/callmeout/
poem, genre, "People also ask", dadakuku, December 20, 2023, https://dadakuku.com/2023/12/20/people-also-ask/
poem, genre, "Klein Dog in Hunger Canyon: Light Speed", Chrome Baby, Bairn 128, December 31, 2023, https://robindunn.com/bairn128.html
Marisca Pichette
poem, "Lavender," The Quarter(ly), Volume VIII: Laughter & Tears, December 2023, https://quarterpress.com/shop-qp/p/preorder-the-quarterly-vol-viii-laughter-and-tears
poem, "the most," Door is a Jar, Winter 2023 Issue 29, December 2023, https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/winter-2023
2 poems, "When we touch," and "From Wendy to the Lost Boys," Prismatica Magazine, Issue 19, December 2023, https://prismaticapress.com/prismatica/2023-12-15/2-poems
poem, "Troop No. 80085," The Deadlands, Issue 32, December 2023, https://thedeadlands.com/issue-32/
Lisa Timpf
2 poems, non-spec, “Concert in the Park,” and “On Our Backyard Rink,” Paddler Press Volume 10, Outside/Inside: New Poems for Children, https://paddlerpress.ca/issues-trip-log/
poem, spec, “The Nannybot’s Musings,” House of Zolo’s Journal of Speculative Literature Volume 4: The Artificial Intelligence Edition, December 21, 2023, https://houseofzolo.com/hozs-journal-of-speculative-literature-v4/
Tim Jones
poem, "Guiding Star," Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa, Clan Destine Press, October 2023, https://www.clandestinepress.net/products/remains-to-be-told
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
review of Apprenticed to the Night, Sincerely Yours, Annie: Poetry Reads, December 2, 2023, https://sincerelyyoursannie.wordpress.com/2023/12/01/poetry-reads-november-wrap-up-mini-reviews/
review of Vampire Ventures, Open Book Posts, December 1, 2023, https://openbookposts.com/2023/12/02/vampire-ventures-poems/
Poet's Spotlight on Vampire Ventures, HWA's The Seers Table, December 2023 newsletter https://horror.org/the-seers-table-december-2023/
poem, "Annabel Lee Breaks Her Silence by the Sea," Beautiful Tragedies Volume 3, October 25, 2023, https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Tragedies-HellBound-Books-Publishing-ebook/dp/B0CLVSLMGN/
poem, "Dracula Plans His Halloween Soirée," The Raven Review, Fall 2023 issue, https://www.theravenreview.org/dracula-plans-his-halloween-soiree-loschiavo.html
poem, "Rendezvous in the Forest," Utopia Science Fiction Magazine Five Year Anthology, December 2023, https://mixam.com/print-on-demand/6567f26f4202025535c13109
poem, non-spec, "Mango Selling in Manhattan is Dangerous," Odessa Collective Issue 2, December 1, 2023, https://www.odessacollective.com/print-magazine-1
poem, “Bram Stoker’s Recipe,” tiny frights podcast, episode #24, December 27, 2023, https://caracabecreations.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-frights-episode-24-bram-stoker-s-recipe-by-lindaann-loschiavo
Maria Schrater
poem, "Hamelin in the Distance," Heroic Fantasy Quarterly Issue 58, November 2023, https://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?p=4081
poem, "A Kelpie Sees Mari Lwyd From Afar," Haven Spec Issue 12, December 2023, https://www.havenspec.com/a-kelpie-sees-mari-lwyd-from-afar
Angela Liu
poem, “Ferry to the Island of Ghosts,” Uncanny Magazine Issue 55, December 2023, https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/ferry-to-the-island-of-ghosts/
Alan Vincent Michaels
2 poems, "My Voice is Dust," and "X," SciFanSat Issue 5: Treasure, December 30, 2023, https://scifansat.com/issues.html
Elena S. Kotsile
poem, "How to Plant an Olive Tree on the Moon When All Is Lost", Future Fire Issue 2023.67, November 2023, http://futurefire.net/2023.67/fiction/plant.html
2 poems, "Mummified Elegy" & "The Taxidermist's Apprentice", Acropolis Journal Issue 8, November 2023, https://acropolisjournaluk.wixsite.com/acropolisjournal
3 poems, "Sea-people" "A few days before an Aten asteroid hits Earth" & "If I", stadtsprachen magazin, December 2023, https://stadtsprachen.de/en/
Micro-interview, The Future Fire Press Blog, Thursday 21 December 2023, http://press.futurefire.net/
Ann K. Schwader
2 haiku, non-genre, "balanced on . . ." & "November," The Heron's Nest, Dec. 2023, https://theheronsnest.com/December2023/haiku-p15.html & https://theheronsnest.com/December2023/haiku-p21.html
poem, "Cassilda, November," Penumbra #4, Oct. 2023, http://tinyurl.com/y7b2zjkr
James Dorr
2 poems, "The Westfarer," and "The Worm in the Wood," Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival, Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, December 15, 2023, https://www.amazon.com/Speculative-Poetry-Modern-Alliterative-Revival/dp/168393329X
Frida Westford
5 poems, "Skaldic Stress Lausavísa" (non-spec), "Lausavísa for Starfarers" (spec), "Poul Anderson’s Lay" (spec), "Oak and Olive Drápa" (non-spec), and "The Year Runs Away in Yesterdays" (non-spec), Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Dec. 2023, https://www.amazon.com/Speculative-Poetry-Modern-Alliterative-Revival/dp/168393329X/