SFPA February 2025 Round-Up

February might be the shortest month, but stuff still happened during it. The following from the members of SFPA, for instance...

Mike

Miguel O. Mitchell

poem, "Wine Tasting on the Planet Ufahamu," FIYAH, Issue 33, Winter 2025, https://fiyahlitmag.com/issues/issue-33/

Michael H. Payne

4 poems, #1815 - 1818, Terebinth, Feb. 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2025, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250203.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250210.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250217.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250224.html

David C. Kopaska-Merkel

2 poems, "the djinn" and "variable star," Five Fleas, Feb. 15, 2025, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2025/02/afternoon-of-february-15-2025.html

3 poems, print, "her guards know," "my ex's head...," "Granddad's tomb," Scifaikuest, Feb. 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-february-2025

2 poems, print, "The Necromancer's Leman," and "Arkham Bots' Summer Afternoon," Spectral Realms #22, Winter 2025, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-22

Ann K. Schwader and David C. Kopaska-Merkel

poem, print, "Planetfail," Scifaikuest, Feb. 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-february-2025

Lorraine Schein

poem, “Ghosts Haunt Space,” Book Worms #7, Winter 2025: Space Horror, https://bookwormshorrorzine.bigcartel.com/product/winter-2025-space-horror

Juleigh Howard-Hobson

poem, “Holiday 6 PM”, Meow Meow Pow Pow: Indents Issue, Feb 21 2025, https://www.meowmeowpowpowlit.com/recent/category/indents

poem, non genre, “How to Make Breakfast or Whatever While Following a Tour All Summer”, Poetry Is Dead II: When You’re Dead You’re Dead Forever, Hercules Press, Jan 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Dead-II-Youre-Forever/dp/B0DRSQMZBY

poem, ” Solar System 25”, Uppagus Issue 66, Feb 2025, https://uppagus.com/poems/howard-hobson-solar/

poem, non genre, “Doubleplusbad”, Alternative Liberties, B Cubed Press, Feb 2025, https://bcubedpress.wordpress.com/

poem, reprint, “The Piece Makers”, Dangerous to Go Alone Vol 2, Manawaker, Feb. 10 2025, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTZGT15T

poem, reprint, “Sylvan Episode”, Form in Formless Times, 2/5/25, https://formalverse.com/2025/02/05/sonnet-variation-juleigh-howard-hobson-sylvan-episode/

Pixie Bruner

poem, “Near Teegardens Star c”, Amazing Stories Webzine, February 5, 2025, https://amazingstories.com/2025/02/near-teegardens-star-c/

essay,  “Part 1- Speculative Poetry Defined”, Substack, January 30th, 2025, https://pixiebruner.substack.com/p/speculative-poetry-defined

essay, “Part 2- She What-If’ed Me With Science!”, Substack, February 13, 2025, https://pixiebruner.substack.com/p/she-what-if-ed-me-with-science

2 poems, “The Hermit and the Moon (Tarotredactyl), Petit Mals I-IX”, and  “Ripples”, The Beauty in Darkness, Dark Moon Rising Publications, February 19, 2025, https://darkmoonrisingpublications.com/thebeautyindarkness.html

Sandra Lindow

poem, “Frankenstein’s Monster Seeks Urgent Care.” Sublimation, A Magazine of Speculative Poetry and Art, Vol. 2 #1: The Heart of Winter, February 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Sublimation-January-February-Magazine-Speculative/dp/B0DXB7PQD7/

Silvatiicus Riddle

poem, spec, "The Night-Traveler, By Day, Keeps His Secrets", Spectral Realms #22, Winter 2025, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-22

Jenny Thompson

poem, "Alive for a Few Moments More" Small Wonders #20, https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/alive-for-a-few-moments-more/

Robert Frazier

2 poems, "The Kinnekulle Trilobite Hunters," and "Concrete Cuneiform Poem #1," Sublimation 2.1 Jan/Feb 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Sublimation-January-February-Magazine-Speculative/dp/B0DXB7PQD7/

A J Dalton

poem, “Last Love”, AntipodeanSF #316, Feb 2025, https://www.antisf.com/the-stories/last-love

poem, “Dryad”, SciFanSat #19: Resist, Feb 22 2025, https://scifansat.com/bibi/?book=SciFanSat_Issue_19_Resist_02-22-2025.epub#p=1

Deborah L. Davitt

poem, non-spec, "Released," Waffle Fried Issue #1, February 15, 2025, https://wafflefried.com/issue-1/

2 poems, spec, "Dragon teeth" and "The Fenris Wind," Sublimation, Vol. 2, Issue 1, January/February 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Sublimation-January-February-Magazine-Speculative/dp/B0DXB7PQD7

poem, spec, "Unbound," Strange Horizons, February 24, 2025, http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/unbound/

Herb Kauderer

2 poems “fleeting images” and “two opponents” Scifaikuest online https://www.hiraethsffh.com/scifaikuest-online

5 poems “PSA #2”, “against solar winds”, “The Train Always Goes Forward”, “breathing easier”, and “unscripted” Scifaikuest print https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-february-2025

poem “Chrysalis” Sublimation 2.1 Jan/Feb 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Sublimation-January-February-Magazine-Speculative/dp/B0DXB7PQD7

Akua Lezli Hope

poem, "So Many Reasons to Resist," Alternative Liberties, Bcubed Press, Feb 2025, https://bcubedpress.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/alternative-liberties-now-in-bookstores-and-libraries/

poem, "Our SpaceWays", SpaceFunk!, MV Media 2025, Jan 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Spacefunk-Variant-Cover-Milton-Davis/dp/B0DT29JYYS

LindaAnn LoSchiavo

2024 BREW Seal of Excellence Recipients, Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems & Apprenticed to the Night, https://thechrysalisbrewproject.com/2025/01/14/discover-the-2024-brew-seal-of-excellence-recipients/ & https://thechrysalisbrewproject.com/2025/02/12/book-review-apprenticed-to-the-night-by-lindaann-loschiavo/

winner of the Book World Front Award, Apprenticed to the Night, February 2nd, 2025vhttps://bookworldfront.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/apprenticed-to-the-night-by-lindaann-loschiavo/

award and review, Apprenticed to the Night, Spotlyts Story Awards, February 18, 2025, https://spotlyts.com/2025/02/18/spotlyts-story-awardee-apprenticed-to-the-night-by-lindaann-loschiavo/

review of Apprenticed to the Night, GoodReads, February 2nd, 2025, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146488720-apprenticed-to-the-night

review of Apprenticed to the Night, The Chrysalis BREW Project, February 12, 2025, https://thechrysalisbrewproject.com/2025/02/12/book-review-apprenticed-to-the-night-by-lindaann-loschiavo/

review of Always Haunted: Hallowe'en Poems, Amazon, February 20, 2025, https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R21URIJ9H196IS/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl

review of Felones de Se: Poems about Suicide, GoodReads, February 27, 2025, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7359912343

article, "Your Poetry Book’s Best Friend Is a Funnel!" BREW Brilliance, February 14, 2025, https://thechrysalisbrewproject.com/2025/02/14/your-books-best-friend-is-a-funnel-an-article-written-by-lindaann-loschiavo-for-the-brew-brilliance-series/

poem, non-genre, "Expecting Babbo Natale in Cortina", Discretionary Love, Winter 2024, https://www.discretionarylove.com/expecting-babb-natale-in-cortina/

poem, non-genre, honorable mention, "Golden Shovel: Tenebrific," ZO International, Decennalia EXPO, January 31, 2025, https://zomagazine.com/gallery/golden-shovel/

3 poems, "Self Defense", "Lon Chaney, Jr. as The Wolf Man", and "Ten", Shot Glass Journal Issue #45, February 4th, 2025, https://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/lindaAnn_loschiavo1.html, https://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/lindaAnn_loschiavo2.html & https://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/lindaAnn_loschiavo3.html

2 poems, "Nostalgic Terrors: Cropsey, an Urban Legend with Bloodstained Hands" & "Involuntary Manslaughter on July 12, 2014", Quail Bell Magazine, February 8, 2025, http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-unreal-20/poetry-nostalgic-terrors-cropsey-an-urban-legend-with-bloodstained-hands-by-lindaann-loschiavo & http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-unreal-20/poetry-involuntary-manslaughter-on-july-12-2014-by-lindaann-loschiavo

3 poems, non-genre, “40 Days of Weeping,” “Back in the Black,” and “Autumn Leave-Taking”, Piece by Piece: An Anti-Valentine's Day Collection, Dark Moon Rising Publications, February 10, 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Piece-Anti-Valentines-Day-Collection/dp/1945987960/

2 poems, "Ghostly Footprints in the Snow" and "Ice Skating on a January Night", Sublimation Vol. 2 #1: The Heart of Winter, January/February 2025, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXB7PQD7

Lauren McBride

poem, genre, "A Knight in the Morning," Penumbric, February 2025, https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/mcbrideKnight.html

4 poems, genre, Scifaikuest print, February 2025, print, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-february-2025

poem, " Help Wanted: Reliable Muse," Storyteller Poetry Review, October 25, 2024, https://stortellerpoetryreview.blogspot.com/2024/10/storyteller-poetry-review-pushcart.html

Lisa Timpf

poems, spec, “After the Storm,” and “Winter’s Heart,” Sublimation, Volume 2, Issue 1, “The Heart of Winter,” February 17, 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Sublimation-January-February-Magazine-Speculative/dp/B0DXB7PQD7

poem, spec, “At the Spaceport Bar,” Polar Starlight Issue 17, February 2025, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/POLAR-STARLIGHT-17-February-2025.pdf

poem, spec, “A Dog’s World,” Spaceports and Spidersilk, February 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/spaceports-spidersilk-february-2025

poem, non-spec, “We Could Do Worse,” Lotus Magazine, February 2025, https://norfolkfieldnaturalists.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/February-2025-Lotus.pdf

review of Out of the Ordinary: New Poems by Tom Wayman, The Seaboard Review, February 17, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/tom-wayman-out-of-the-ordinary-poems

collection, Cats and Dogs in Space: Speculative Poetry about our Feline Friends and Canine Companions, Hiraeth Publishing, February 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/cats-and-dogs-in-space-by-lisa-timpf

Richard Magahiz

poem, genre, "For great freedom", Uppagus, February 2025, https://uppagus.com/poems/magahiz-freedom/

3 poems, genre, "From my perspective," "Porcelain loss control," and " The Earliest Known  Representation of a Quantum Computer in Terrestrial Art", Dreams and Nightmares #129, January 2025, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/01/dreams-and-nightmares-129.html

poem, genre, "Raveled", dadakuku, 14 February 2025, https://dadakuku.com/2025/02/14/raveled/

3 poems, non-genre, "[the mystic flight]," "[equivalence]," and "[glassy pond]", The Bamboo Hut, February 2025, https://thebamboohut.weebly.com/current-issue.html

poem, genre, "Hafez the Atman Thief", Bewildering Stories #1081, http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1081/hafez_atman_thief.html

poem, non-genre, "[too young to marry]", password: the journal of very short poetry, issue 2.1, https://veryshortpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/password-2.1-february-2025.pdf

Paul Deane

poem, "The Song of David and Abishag", The Brazen Head, Feb 26, 2025, https://brazen-head.org/2025/02/26/the-song-of-david-and-abishag/

J. D. Harlock

poem, "A DataJack Called SlackBlack," Dangerous To Go Alone 2: Another Anthology of Gamer Poetry, Manawaker Studios, February 2025, https://payhip.com/b/VOTnw

poem, "Don't Wake Up," Queen's Quarterly, Fall 2024, https://www.queensu.ca/quarterly/dont-wake

poem, "Forgive me, Father –," Queen's Quarterly, Winter 2024, https://queensu.ca/quarterly/forgive-me-father

poem, "The Children of the Forest," The Scholar and Feminist Online, Issue 20.1, Fall 2024, https://sfonline.barnard.edu/the-children-of-the-forest/

poem, "The Chosen One," Baubles from Bones, Issue 3, Winter 2024, https://www.baublesfrombones.com/the-chosen-one.html

poem, "The Nectar of the Gods," Worlds of Possibility, February 2025, https://patreon.com/juliarios/shop/worlds-of-possibility-february-2025-1207943

poem, "The Wonder Once Known Only to the Beguiled," The B'K, Volume 16, Issue 1, Winter 2025, https://www.talbot-heindl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TheBK_Winter2025.pdf

poem, "To Consecrate Our Calamities, To Commemorate This Carnage," The B'K, Volume 15, Issue 3, https://www.talbot-heindl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/03_Summer2024Small.pdf

poem, "Twilight Over the Makȟóšiča," International Human Rights Arts Movement: Indigenous Voices issue, Quarter 4, 2024, https://humanrightsartmovement.org/s/2024-IHRAM-Q4-Lit-Magazine-WEB.pdf

poem, "Untangling Bindwood," Lucky Jefferson, Issue 13, September 2024, https://luckyjefferson.com/wildflower/

Marisca Pichette

poem, "alt/main," Dangerous to Go Alone 2, February 2025, https://payhip.com/b/VOTnw/

poem, "All the space we have left," Asimov's, March/April 2025 issue, https://www.asimovs.com/current-issue/table-of-contents/

Stephen Sanders

collection, Songs for a Mechanical Age: A Volume of Steampunk Poetry, Audible, Feb 2025, https://www.audible.com/pd/Songs-for-a-Mechanical-Age-Audiobook/B0DWVBWX1Z

Anna Cates

poem, “Intergalactic Tanka,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April 2025, https://www.asimovs.com/current-issue/table-of-contents/

haiku, Frogpond, 48:1, Winter 2025, https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2025-issue48.1/index.html

haiku, Modern Haiku, 56.1, Winter-Spring 2025, https://www.modernhaiku.org/

tanka, Laurels #3, February 2025, https://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/laurels/laurels-3

Rebecca Olson

2 poems, “in pleasant Percival” and “Grampa on Mars”, Scifaikuest print, Feb. 2025 https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-february-2025

Randall Andrews

2 poems, [cemetery flood] and [dragons dining out], Scifaikuest Online, February 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/scifaikuest-online

2 poems, [deep-space drone descends] and “Malicious,” Scifaikuest Print, February 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-february-2025

Carol Edwards

3 poems, "Because I Am a Liar" (reprint), "How the Cold Will Hold You," "Still" (reprint), The Best of 2024 Anthology, Lit Shark Magazine, January 2025, https://litshark.com/lit-shark-best-2024-anthology/

poem, "Crystalline Doll", Sublimation Volume 2, Issue 1: The Heart of Winter, February 2025, https://islandofwakwak.com/sublimation.html

Mary Soon Lee

guest post, "An Epic in Verse," The Future Fire, http://press.futurefire.net/2025/03/an-epic-in-verse.html

poem, "William Carlos Williams's Cat," Uppagus #66, February 2025, https://uppagus.com/poems/soon-lee-williams/

poem, "Grandma and the AI," Snakeskin #326, March 2025, https://www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk/Snake326.html

Ann K. Schwader

poem, print, "In the Halls of the Dead," Spectral Realms #22, Winter 2025, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-22

Wendy Van Camp

interview, “The Art of Speculative Poetry”, The Self-Publishing Corner Podcast, January 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJJAB00FCiU

panelist, “Logan’s Run: with Len Berry, Samantha Dunaway, Bryant Paige, Christie Lee Martindale, Daniel Myers, Jessica Nettles, Wendy Van Camp, and moderator Gail Martin”, ConTinual: Fandom Podcast, January 2025, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConTinual/posts/16949229411

interview, “SFWA Presents: Get to Know…Our New Comics and Poetry Nebula Awards” with Wendy Van Camp, Holly Walrath, and Jessica Maison, SFWA Blog, February 2025, https://www.sfwa.org/2025/02/18/sfwa-presents-get-to-knowthe-road-to-sfwas-new-comics-and-poetry-nebula-awards/

reading, "Read Poetry to Young Scholars", Read Across America, Adelaide Price Elementary, Anaheim, CA, February 24th, 2025, https://anaheimelementary.org/price/

reading, “Dragonette haibun & Selection from The Planets”, Rainforest Writers Village, Lake Quinault, WA, February 28th, https://rainforestwriters.com/retreat-2025.html

Angela Liu

poem, "The Language of Fireflies,” The Deadlands Issue #37, Winter 2025, https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-37/the-language-of-fireflies/

Christina M. Rau

poem, "Upon The Misrepresentation Of Fairies", Snakeskin #326, https://www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk/Snake326.html

Colleen Anderson

poem, reprint, "Techno Demon," Dangerous to Go Alone 2, Jan. 2025, https://www.manawaker.com/product/dangerous-to-go-alone-2/

Jennessa Hester

poem, “trogdor walks into a scout meeting,” Strange Horizons, February 10 2025, http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/trogdor-walks-into-a-scout-meeting/

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