With a week and a half:
Till winter kicks in around these parts, I'm already seeing more penguins on the road during my morning commute. I can only imagine what things'll be like next month!
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's do this month's Big List of what various SFPA members have gotten up to recently, and then we can start worrying about whatever polar bears might start showing up.
Mike
John Reinhart
poem, "A Hard Night's Work," Crannóg Magazine #61, Autumn/Winter 2024, https://crannogmagazine.com
Michael H. Payne
4 poems, #1802 - 1805, Terebinth, Nov. 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2024, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20241104.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20241111.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20241118.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20241125.html
A J Dalton
poem, "Home", AntipodeanSF #313, https://www.antisf.com/the-stories/home
poem, "Apollo Ate", AntipodeanSF, #314, https://www.antisf.com/the-stories/apollo-ate
collection, Dark Woods Rising, Starship Sloane Publishing, 22 Nov 2024, https://starshipsloane.com/dark-woods-rising-by-a-j-dalton/
Robert Frazier
2 poems, "End Times as Only I Know Them" and "Three Prehistoric Futures", Sublimation, Nov. 2024, http://www.island-of-wak-wak.com/sublimation.html
Tom Guldin
poem, “Meanwhile”, SciFaikuest, October 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-october-2024
poem, “The Wandering Soul”, Ghosts, Echoes & Shadows, Local Gems Poetry Press, October 2024, https://www.localgemspoetrypress.com/ghosts-echoes-and-shadows-anthology.html
poem, “Visitors in the Playas”, Texas Bards, Local Gems Poetry Press, November 2024, https://www.localgemspoetrypress.com/texas-bards-poetry-anthology.html
Lorraine Schein
2 poems, "In the Ghost Kitchen" and "The Noon-Day Witch," on spec #129, vol.34 no 3, https://onspec.ca/current-issue/
Angela Acosta
interview, "Author Spotlight: Angela Acosta," Letras Latinas Blog 2, November 2024, https://www.letraslatinasblog2.com/post/author-spotlight-angela-acosta
poem, "Una guiri se mueve por la capital, - A Foreigner Moves Through the Capital," Foráneo, Lucky Jefferson, October 2024. https://luckyjefferson.com/foraneo/
chapbook, Fourth Generation Chicana Unicorn, Dancing Girl Press, November 2024, https://dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/fourth-generation-chicana-unicorn
4 non-genre poems, "My Ancestors Saw Revolution, Too," "Wrong Side of the Taco Line," "Furiously Bilingual," and "Ten Years Roundtrip." Trasatlantica, Issue 1, Fall 2024, https://trasatlantica.org/journal/poetry/angela-acosta/
Wendy Van Camp
scifaiku, [spin the crop circles], Scifaikuest, October 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-october-2024
essay, “Four Steps to Building Stronger Narratives Based on Your Character’s Flaws”, Indie Author Magazine, Athenia Creative Services, November 2024, https://indieauthormagazine.com/
host, “Local Author Fair Readings”, Fullerton Public Library, Fullerton, CA, November 16th, 2024, https://www.fullertonlibrary.org/
reading, "We Can Rebuild Him”, IASFS India, November 18th, 2024, https://iasfs.in/
host, “Poets Cafe: West Hollywood Poet Laureate Emeritus Steven Reigns”, KPFK 90.7 FM - Los Angeles, November 20th, 2024, https://soundcloud.com/poetscafe
host, “Awaken the Giants: a poetry gathering”, Land of Sleeping Giants Sim, Second Life, November 20th, 2024, https://secondlife.com/
panelist, “Star Trek Movies & Reboots with V.J. Allison, Russ Colchamiro, Dennis M Myers, and Gail Martin”, ConTinual: Fandom Podcast, November 20th, 2024, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConTinual/posts/1646373535975212/
panelist, “Soft World Building in Speculative Poetry”, “Whispers of Wonder: Embracing Speculative Poetry”, “Here There Be Dragons: Dragons As They Appear in Multiple Mythos and Fictional Universes”, “The Rise of Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy”, “Genre Poetry: The New Frontier of Verse”, LosCon, Los Angeles, CA, November 29th - December 1st, 2024, https://loscon.org/
Greer Woodward
haiku, «vampire rest home», 3rd Place, Halloween Haiku Challenge 2024, November 1, 2024, https://halloweenhorrorhaiku.com/2024/11/01/winners-of-the-halloween-haiku-challenge-2024/
Lawrence Schimel & Carlos Pintado
won New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2024 and Eureka Honor! from the California Reading Association for collection HaiCuba/HaiKuba: Haikus in Spanish and English about Cuba, https://www.nypl.org/books-more/recommendations/best-books/kids & https://californiareading.org/cra-awards/collection
Mary Soon Lee
poem, "What Dragons Didn't Do," Uppagus #65, November 2024, https://uppagus.com/poems/soon-lee-dragons-didnt/
poem, "So This Is The Prison," BoomerLitMag Volume VIII, No. 2 - 2024, https://boomerlitmag.com/mary-soon-lee-2/
poem, "Lonesome Dove," US 1 Worksheets Volume 69, November 2024, https://princetonlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S57C1151973
reading, Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading Series with Akua Lezli Hope, November 10, 2024, https://www.speculativepoetry.com/speculative-sundays-series
ran 2nd meeting of SFWA's speculative poetry book club, November 16, 2024, https://events.sfwa.org/events/speculative-poetry-book-club-2/
Ken Poyner
poem, non-genre, “Civic Peril”, Mobius Magazine v.35 no.4, Nov. 2024, www.mobiusmagazine.com
Allan Rozinski
poem, “The Eternal Rose,” Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase XI, October 2024, https://amzn.to/406BTFt
Anna Cates
2 haiku, 1 tanka & 3 poems, “Wiped Away,” “I Remember,” and “Fort Ancient,” Cattails, October 2024, http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattails242.pdf
poem, “Beatriz & the Beast,” Disabled Tales, Nov. 21, 2024, https://www.disabledtales.co.uk/poetry/beatriz-the-beast-by-anna-cates
poem, “Jack,” Disabled Tales, Nov. 28, 2024, https://www.disabledtales.co.uk/poetry/jack-by-anna-cates
poem, “My Transition,” Contemporary Haibun Online 20.3, December 2024, https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-contents-20-3/haibun-20-3/anna-cates-my-transition/
Anna Cates & Edward Cates
poem, "Thesternes," Disabled Tales, Nov. 14, 2024, https://www.disabledtales.co.uk/poetry/thesternes-by-edward-cates-and-anna-cates
Elis Montgomery
poem, "Questions Asked of the Scrying Sword During the Quest for the Princess," Small Wonders #17, November 2024, https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/questions-asked-of-the-scrying-sword/
Pixie Bruner
poem, “Tea and Dust”, Katabatic Circus Volume 1, Angry Gable Press, https://angrygablepress.com/2024/11/18/katabatic-circus-volume-1/
prose poem/CNF, “Observed Diss/Remembrance”, The Devil’s Playground, Dark Moon Rising Publications, https://darkmoonrisingpublications.com/thedevilsplayground.html
Neile Graham
poem, "The Goddess of Leaves Turning, Torn, Fallen," Discretionary Love, September 7, 2024, https://www.discretionarylove.com/the-goddess-of-leaves-turning-torn-fallen/
poem, "The Night We Shut Out the Children," Polar Starlight 16, August/September 2024, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/POLAR-STARLIGHT-16-August-September-2024.pdf
poem, "The Gods of Production," Polar Borealis 31, July/August 2024, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/POLAR-BOREALIS-31-July-August-2024.pdf
poem, "Light-Fingered God," Mad Swirl, July 19, 2024, https://madswirl.com/poetry/2024/07/light-fingered-god/
Scott E. Green & Herb Kauderer
2 poems, “Letting Go” and “Venus’s Pale Heart”, Sublimation 1:5, Autumn 2024, https://www.amazon.com/Sublimation-November-December-Magazine-Speculative/dp/B0DP9R3MDL
Herb Kauderer
3 poems, “time of plenty”, “hard choices”, “Halloween tricks”, Scifaikuest print, Oct 2024 https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-october-2024-1
4 poems “traditions evolve”, “sublimations”, “pre-broken romance”, “mechanical bureaucracies”, Scifaikuest online, Nov 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/scifaikuest-online
ebook reprint of 2001 chapbook, Hate Mail & Love Letters, Written Image Press, Nov 2024, https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/hate-mail-love-letters
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
6 poems, print, "conjoined twins," "the ship again," "Mom and Pop," "the tide returns," "she pulls," and "Country Life Is For the Birds," Scifaikuest v. 22 n.1, October 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-october-2024
Ann K. Schwader and David C. Kopaska-Merkel
poem, print, "Stray," Scifaikuest v. 22 n.1, October 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-october-2024
PS Cottier
poem, "Dietary advice", BFS Horizons #17, Sep 2024, https://www.amazon.com/BFS-Horizons-17-Pete-Sutton-ebook/dp/B0DGRMBCXZ
Akua Lezli Hope
2 poems, "Europa’s Whales" and "New Homestead", Sublimation: Volume 1, Issue 5: Living in Another World, November/December 2024, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DP9R3MDL/
poem, "Bubblegum", bubblegum! orangepeel 8.5, Oct 2024, https://orangepeelmag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/op8.5_final4.pdf
Richard Magahiz
poem, genre, "The Age of Rust", Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, November 2024, https://mobiusmagazine.com/poetry/ageofrus.html
poem, non-genre, "We’ve been over this", dadakuku, November 5, 2024, https://dadakuku.com/2024/11/05/weve-been-over-this/
2 poems, genre, "[in the clearing]" and "[I bought you wings]", Failed Haiku Issue 104, https://failedhaiku.com/2024/11/04/issue-104-hot-off-the-press-and-is-kelly-ever-smiling/
4 poems, genre, "[luminous glyphs]," "[holes chewed through old holes]," "[herbaceous border]," and "[in his later years]", Five Fleas November 28, 2024, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2024/11/afternoon-of-november-28-2024.html
Frank Coffman
poem, "The Ogham Stone," Penumbra No. 5, Oct 2024, Hippocampus Press, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/penumbra/penumbra-no.-5-2024
3 poems, “Mgae Aswang”, “The Dreamer and the Dreaded Ones,” and “The Nuckelavee”, recommended in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year Volume Sixteen, Nov 2024, https://ellendatlow.com/2024/11/28/the-best-horror-of-the-year-volume-sixteen-recommendations-2023-part-one/
M. C. Aster
poem, non-genre, print, "Nightwings," Silkworm 17: The Annual Review of the Florence Poets Society, http://www.florencepoets.com/p/silkworm.html
poem, non-genre, print, "Barefoot Under the Stars," Kakalak Anthology 2024, https://kakalakanthology.com/bookstore-2/
Alan Vincent Michaels
haiku sequence, "Our Great Purpose," SciFanSat #16, November 30, 2024, https://scifansat.com/PDF/SciFanSat_Issue_16_Library_11-30-2024.pdf
Marisca Pichette
poem, "Her music was not meant for me," HWA Poetry Showcase XI, October 2024, https://www.amazon.com/HWA-Poetry-Showcase-Maxwell-Gold-ebook/dp/B0DK7FMPCQ
poem, "A Modern Mrs Monster," Nocturne Magazine #4, October 2024, https://www.nocturnezine.com/issue-4
poem, "Asking," Epistemic Literary #4, November 2024, https://epistemiclit.com/current-issue/issue-four/asking/
2 poems, "Moving Without; a Thought," and "death is a less terrible thing," Moss Puppy Magazine #7, November 2024, https://www.mosspuppymag.com/issue7
Lisa Timpf
poem, spec, “[summer getaway]”, Spaceports and Spidersilk, Hiraeth Publishing, October 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/spaceports-spidersilk-october-2024
poetry review, non-spec, "Anatomical Venus, by Courtney Bates-Hardy," The Miramichi Reader, October 17, 2024, https://miramichireader.ca/2024/10/anatomical-venus-by-courtney-bates-hardy/
Colleen Anderson
tanka, [generation ship], Dreams and Nightmares #128, Oct. 2024, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/10/100424c.html
reading, Fantasycon, UK, British Fantasy Society, Oct. 2024, https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2024/
K.M. Praschak
poem, "Departure: New Selene Station 21:56", Strange Horizons, November 4, 2024, http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/departure-new-selene-station-2156/
Randall Andrews
3 poems, [Cerberus in Wonderland], [practicing safe sex], “A Shallow Sanctuary”, October 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-october-202
poem, [genetic tweaking], Scifaikuest Online, November 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/scifaikuest-online
Carol Edwards
2 poems, "The Old Forest" (reprint), and "the ghost upstairs plays", Lit Shark Magazine Issue 7: The Spooky Teeth Edition, November 2024, https://litshark.com/lit-shark-issue-7-spooky-teeth/
9 poems, "Because I Am a Liar" (reprint), "Broken Glass", "Hide", "How Are You" (reprint), "Internal Monologue", "Irreparable", "Mice Are Sensitive", "Unending", and "Wishings", voices in my head, Red Penguin Books, November 2024, https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637776608
poem, "Surface Tension", Lit Shark Magazine Issue 8, November 2024, https://litshark.com/lit-shark-issue-8-shark-week/
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
guest post, "The Day of the Dead -- Poetry and Potions", Behind the Pages, October 27, 2024, https://www.behindthepages.org/post/guest-post-the-day-of-the-dead-by-lindaann-loschiavo
guest post, "Eight Ways to Commemorate Bram Stoker on His November 8th Birthday! And Let the Master of Gothic Horror Be Your Poetic Muse", Behind the Pages, November 8, 2024, https://www.behindthepages.org/post/guest-post-eight-ways-to-commemorate-bram-stoker-on-his-november-8th-birthday-by-lindaann-loschiav
interview, "Embracing the Shadows: An Interview with Poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo on Halloween Inspiration", October 26, 2024, Book Jewel, https://bookjewel.blogspot.com/2024/10/embracing-shadows-interview-with-poet.html
review of Vampire Ventures, Gimme That Book, November 12, 2024, https://www.gimmethatbook.com/vampire-ventures-by-lindaann-loschiavo/
2 reviews of Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems, GoodReads, Nov. 13, 2024, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7002328010 & November 22, 2024, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7026163279
review of Apprenticed to the Night, Fahmidan Journal, Nov 14, 2024, https://fahmidan.substack.com/p/november-review-1-apprenticed-to
review of Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems, Reedsy, November 22, 2024, https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/always-haunted-hallowe-en-poems-lindaann-loschiavo/user-reviews/always-haunted-hallowe-en-poems-jeremy-clift
review of Apprenticed to the Night, Lily Greer, November 23, 2024, https://lshadowlynauthor.com/2024/11/23/review-apprenticed-to-the-night/
podcast featuring poem “When Spirits Return, Requesting a Favor”, tiny frights podcast, October 29, 2024, https://caracabecreations.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-frights-episode-59-when-spirits-return-requesting-a-favor-by-lindaann-loschiavo
poem, "Hallowe’en Window Painting,” Gabby & Min’s Literary Review, Fall 2024, Issue # 6, October 26, 2024, https://gabbyandmin.com/assets/files/GMLR-62024FallIssueInteractive.pdf
2 poems, "Duality" and "Nonet: Lunar Beast", tiny frights, Vol. 3, No. 2, Hallowe'en 2024, October 31, 2024, https://issues.tinyfrights.com/webpub/tiny-frights-v03-n02-halloween-2024.html#duality
poem, "Wolfsbane and Moonlight," Space and Time #147, Fall/Winter 2024, November 1, 2024, https://www.amazon.com/dp/1959048260
poem, non-genre, "Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375", Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal, November 02, 2024, https://www.orenaugmountainpoetry.net/2024/11/giovanni-boccaccio-1313-1375.html
poem, “Rumination,” Pumpernickle House Journal, Issue Two: The Black Door, Fall 2024, November 5, 2024, https://www.pumpernickelhousepublishing.org/shop/journal
poem, non-genre, "Vision," Feed the Holy, November 11, 2024, https://feedthehol.blogspot.com/2024/11/vision-by-lindaann-loschiavo.html
2 poems, non-genre, "Acapulco by Night" and "Secret Midtown Garden," Bronze Bird Review, November 13, 2024, https://www.bronzebirdbooks.com/
poem, “The Pajama Party,” Written Tales Magazine, November 23, 2024, https://writtentales.substack.com/p/the-pajama-party