An even-numbered year this time:
Odd how they always seem to switch off that way. Well, all right, not odd: it's even this year, after all, as I said...
Mike
William Shaw
poem, "The Commuter," BRAWL, 8 January 2026, https://www.brawllit.com/2025/william-shaw
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
poem, print, "Serving the Papers," BFS Horizons #18, 2025, British Fantasy Society, https://britishfantasysociety.org/get-in-touch/bfs-horizons/
Michael H. Payne
4 poems, #1863 - 1866, Terebinth, Jan 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2026, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260105.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260112.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260119.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260126.html
G. O. Clark
poem, "I Am Providence", Weird Poetry: A Lovecraftian Anthology, Rogue Planet Press, Dec. 2025, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGS7ZBVD
poem, "Freeze Frame", Altered Reality, Jan. 22, 2026, http://www.alteredreality.com
Juleigh Howard-Hobson
3 poems, “Luck of the English”, “The Promise”, & “Fairy Lights”, Faerie Cat #2, Dec 27 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Faerie-Cat-Issue-2/dp/B0GD193YC5/
poem, “You’re Not Going to Get Away From Me”, Beautiful Tragedies IV, Hellbound Books, Dec 2025, https://us.amazon.com/dp/B0CLTGY96F
poem, “About Those Hostels the Cute Guy You Met at the Underground Vampire Club In Salt Lake City Told You To Try”, No Exit, Timber Ghost Press, Nov 11, 2025, https://www.timberghostpress.com/no-exit-landing.html#/
Robert Frazier
2 poems, "The Burden of a Telepath" and "Spontaneous Human Transduction," Sublimation vol 2 no 6, Nov/Dec 2025, https://islandofwakwak.com/sublimation-volume-2-2025.html
Eli Alemán
2 poems, "Of Feathers and Vows," “Serpentine Stitch (Decaying Seams),” Spectral Realms No. 24, Winter 2025, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-24
Deborah L. Davitt
poem, spec, "Come and Play," Penumbric, December 2025, https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/davittPlay.html
poem, spec, "Observer, Observed," SpecPoVerse Vol. 1 Issue 3, December 2025, https://heyzine.com/flip-book/856908d747.html#page/34
Carolyn Clink
poem, "Golem After the Apocalypse", Polar Borealis #36, January 2026, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/POLAR-BOREALIS-36.pdf
Rebecca Olson
poem, non-genre, “white space,” Prune Juice #47, December 2025, https://prunejuicesenryu.com/
Elizabeth R. McClellan
3 poems, spec, "The Morning Train," “Far Above All Other Whales, An Unwritten Life,” and “Stopping By The Woods on a Snowy Evening 2025,” SpecPoVerse Vol. 1 Issue 3, December 31, 2025, https://specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-issue-3-2025
Michael McCormick
3 poems, “Large Hadron Collider”, “Maxwell’s Demon” & “Music for the Heat Death of the Universe”, Scientific American, January 2026, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/poem-large-hadron-collider-maxwells-demon-and-music-for-the-heat-death-of/
upfromsumdirt
poem, "Notes From A Death Star Rec Room," Fiyah Lit Magazine #37, Winter 2026, https://fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/2026-issues/fiyah-37/
Silvatiicus Riddle
poem, spec, "And So The New Year Wandered In", Facebook, December 2025, https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JpBA4WzCL/
Neile Graham
poem, “The God of Epiphany,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #51, December 2025, https://smallbeerpress.com/lcrw/2025/10/16/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-no-51/
poem, “The God of Coffee,” Mad Swirl, September 22, 2025, https://madswirl.com/poetry/2025/09/the-god-of-coffee/
poem, “The Goddess of Nothing,” Discretionary Love, July 31, 2025, https://www.discretionarylove.com/the-goddess-of-nothing/
2 poems, “The Goddess of the Deep Dive” and “What is Ether and What is Not,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #50, June 2025, https://smallbeerpress.com/lcrw/2025/05/07/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-no-50/
Clarabelle Miray Fields
4 poems, "Breakfast for two", "in the museum of my body", "it reminded me of us" & "middle school ex-boyfriend", The Alien Buddha Zine Issue #83, January 2026, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJ5W1ZLL
poem, "an atheist hungover", Vinegar Press, January 2026, https://vinegarpress.substack.com/p/an-atheist-hungover
poem, "last sunrise on titan", The Alien Buddha's Best of 2025, Alien Buddha Press, December 2025, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G7HX4M5W
5 poems, "Genesis.exe, or the Birth of a Newborn AI", "old growth forest in the new world", "morning traffic into the city (the machine wakes)", "new bones of the martian landscape, or a poem about space waste" & "the constellations have changed", Abundance Literary Magazine, December 2025, https://online.fliphtml5.com/FunInTheZine/udml/#p=1
6 poems, "i told hekate", "Little Witchling", "Moongazing in My Childhood Garden", "Notes from Persephone", "Paying Queen Anne a Visit, or Picking Wildflowers Along a Country Road" & "persephone triumphant", The Alien Buddha's Arcane Magick, Alien Buddha Press, November 2025, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3L4P4D1
4 poems, "Boneyard", "The First Mars Cycle," Shadow-Shapes" & "The Survivors Head for the Northern Border", Afterworld, Raven's Quoth Press, November 2025, https://us.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ3S7MR6
2 poems, "Gaia forgets her shopping list" & "night storm deluge", Vinegar Press, November 2025, https://vinegarpress.substack.com/p/gaia-forgets-her-shopping-list and https://vinegarpress.substack.com/p/night-storm-deluge
2 poems, "A Priestess of Bast Reflects on a Past Life" & "Selene in Love Again", The Orange Rose Issue 3, November 2025, https://theorangeroselitmag.com/2025/11/07/issue-3/
poem, "A Hunter Dreams On a Winter Night", Aurora: Tales of Winter Dreams, Speculation Publications, November 2025, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXYYDB7R
panelist, RoundTable 360, "The Interaction of Politics and Art: Expressing the Moment", November 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHrVytPPOMo
panelist, RoundTable 360, "Navigating and Redefining Creativity in a post AI world", October 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85PcfMVFuuw
Angela Acosta
poem, non-genre, "Family Joke, Tabula Rasa #4, January 2026, https://tabularasareview.com/issue-4/
2 poems, "For I was Planet Weary" & "Meteorite Rings," ionosphere Vol. 3 #1, https://www.amazon.com/ionosphere-Vol-III-Issue-1/dp/B0GGQ34KKB
Earl Livings
poem, non-genre, ‘Last Words’, Temenos Academy Review #28, https://www.temenosacademy.org/shop-1/p/temenos-academy-review-28
poem, non-genre, ’Pause', Oystercatcher Two, https://www.5islandspress.com/product-page/oystercatcher-two
2 poems, non-genre, ‘Long Tme’ and ‘Answer’, Catchment Journal Edition Five, 21 Dec 2025, https://www.bawbawartsalliance.org.au/bcms/long-time/ and https://www.bawbawartsalliance.org.au/bcms/answer/
haiku, non-genre, ‘hot night', Sense & Sensibility, February 2026, https://sensesensibilityhaikujournal.wordpress.com/
haiku, non-genre, ‘rocked to sleep, Asahi Haikuist Network, 16 Jan 26, https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16267596
Lauren McBride
5 poems and article, genre, "Haiqua/Sciqua: Quatrains Heading East," Scifaikuest, August 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-august-2025
poems and backstory from Aliens, Magic, and Monsters, genre, StoryTeller Poetry Review, November 14, 2025, https://stortellerpoetryreview.blogspot.com/search?q=lauren+mcbride+encore
poem, genre, “Lost in a Word,” Abyss and Apex, 4th Quarter 2025, https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2025/09/lost-in-a-word/
poem, “To Look Human,” genre, Spaceports & Spidersilk, October 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/spaceports-spidersilk-october-2025
Marisca Pichette
poem, "Art museum: a study in six senses," Pictura Journal #5, December 2025, https://picturajournal.com/issue-five/poetry-issue-five/marisca-pichette/
poem, "Snow falling into our lattes," Full House Literary: Games Room 5, December 2025, https://www.fullhouseliterary.com/the-games-room-below-0/snow-falling-into-our-lattes-by-marisca-pichette
poem, "coral on mars," New Myths #73, December 2025, https://sites.google.com/newmyths.com/newmythscomissue73/issue-73-stories/coral-on-mars?authuser=0
poem, "the visitor," Kaleidotrope, January 2026, https://kaleidotrope.net/winter-2026/the-visitor-by-marisca-pichette/
A J Dalton
poem, “Spirit Sleuth”, Spectral Realms #24, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-24
Nico Martinez Nocito
poem, "Creature with the Ticking Heart," Strange Horizons, January 12 2026, https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/creature-with-the-ticking-heart/
poem, "rampion speaks," Dreams & Nightmares #132, January 2026, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/012626.html
Kim Malinowski
2 poems "fortuitous pseudomorph" & "plant based situationships," Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, Rasher, 2026 https://meatfortea.com/buy.htm
Anna Cates
collection, Through the Looking Glass: Poems, Wipf & Stock, Jan 2026, https://wipfandstock.com/search-results/?keyword=Anna+Cates
haiku, Frogpond 48:3, Autumn 2025, https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2025-issue48-3/index.html
Jean-Paul L. Garnier
poem, "Lacuna," Samajoko Magazine, Winter 2026, https://www.samjokomagazine.com/lacuna
Richard Leis
poem, “Los fantasmas en Su Boca,” Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors, Brigids Gate Press, Dec 16, 2025, https://brigidsgatepress.com/product/poisoned-soup-for-the-macabre-depraved-and-insane-nostalgic-terrors
M. C. Aster
2 poems, non-genre, "In the Foothills," and "A Moment in Heron Time," FWS: International Journal of Literature & Art, January 2026, https://formidablewoman.org/fws-2025-random-beauty-ii-p-iv/
Griffin Rockwell
chapbook, listen—a poetic creature, Interstellar Flight Press, 2025, https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/listen.html
M. Frost
poem, "The truth about wings," Abyss & Apex, January 2026, https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2026/01/the-truth-about-wings-by-m-frost/
poem, "A Contest in Dark Things," Stygian Lepus #31, January 2026, https://www.stygianlepus.com/edition-31/
poem, non-genre, "Pictures taken by the blind," Uppagus, January 2026, https://uppagus.com/poems/frost-pictures/
poem, non-genre, "Reduction, Woman," Little Patuxent Review, January 2026, https://littlepatuxentreview.org
2 poems, non-genre, "cricket" and "past Richmond," Pen in Hand, January 2026, https://marylandwriters.starchapter.com/images/PIH_Jan2026_Web_FINAL__1_.pdf
R. Mac Jones
chapbook, Astrosommelier, January 2026, Bottlecap Press, https://bottlecap.press/collections/bottlecap-features/products/astrrmj
Jay Sturner
prose poem, "Honorary God," Spectral Realms #24, Winter 2026, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-24
Ken Poyner
drabble, non-genre, web, “Doodles”, Stick Figure #20, 1/1/2026, https://stickfigurepoetry.com/issue-20/
drabble, non-genre, web, “Acquiring a Reputation”, The Odd Magazine #31, 1/9/2026, https://theoddmagazine.wixsite.com/oddity31
poem, genre, print, “Open Question”, Dreams & Nightmares #132, 1/25/2026, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/012626.html
David Sandner
poem, "Notes on Monsters I Have Loved," Penumbric v. ix no. 4, December 2025, https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/sandnerNotes.html
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
2 reviews, Cancer Courts My Mother, Amazon, January 2026, https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R30UBYM0MGTIKM/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl & https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R5MB465NMSBZ8/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl
2 reviews, Vampire Verses, GoodReads, January 2026, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8284456781 & https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8289663020
article, "How to Get More Poetry Book Reviews – Even if You're a New Poet", Sparrew Newsletter, December 30, 2025, https://www.sparrewsite.com/how-to-get-more-poetry-book-reviews-even-if-youre-a-new-poet-by-lindaann-loschiavo
article, "The Poet's Guide to Marketing: Bringing Your Words to the World", Substack, December 4th - 15th, 2025, https://substack.com/@greenwichvillagepoet/p-180679928
spotlight, "Remembering Remission Christmas" from Cancer Courts My Mother, The Lake, January 2026, https://www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/reviews/oprjan26/
poem, "Beware the Jabberwock", Double Dutch Magazine #1, January 1, 2026, https://www.doubledutchmagazine.com/issue-1-beware-the-jabberwock-by-lindaaan-loschiavo
poem, "When Carmilla Returns, Styria Is Different", Morrow Point, January 19, 2026, https://morrowpoint.org/2026/01/19/when-carmilla-returns-styria-is-different/
prose poem, "Annabel Lee, Proprietress, Kingdom by the Sea", The Stygian Society #5: Love Lies Dying, January 16, 2026, https://www.stygiansociety.com/stygianzine
poem, "Lucy Westenra, Somnambulist", British Fantasy Society Horizons #19, January 20, 2026, https://britishfantasysociety.org/get-in-touch/bfs-horizons/
poem, "The Poltergeists of Park Slope", Wingless Dreamer's Freestyle Ink contest, January 22, 2026, https://www.winglessdreamer.com/our-announcements-2/freestyle-ink-fest-winners-crowned
poem, non-genre, "Cedar Waxwings in the Hospital’s Playground", Bulb Culture Collective, January 23, 2026, https://www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/cedar-waxwings-in-the-hospitals-playground-lindaann-loschiavo
2 poems, “A Christmas Presence” and “Cemetery Walk in Winter”, Sublimation Vol. 2 #6: Let It Snow, November-December 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Sublimation-Issue-November-December-2025/dp/B0GJL6RQJG/
Richard Magahiz
poem, genre, "Give to all today", Abyss and Apex #97, January 2026, https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2026/01/give-to-all-today-by-richard-magahiz/
poem, genre, "[into blood]", Smols, 4 January 2026, https://smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/into-blood-drops-ball-richard-magahiz-p.html
poem, non-genre, "Ode to Melanin", Uppagus #71, January 2026, https://uppagus.com/poems/magahiz-melanin/
2 poems, genre, "What was sanctuary" and "Coughing up tonsil stones", The Marbled Sigh #4, https://themarbledsigh.com/2026/01/10/richard-magahiz-coughing-up-tonsil-stones-other/
poem, non-genre, "One fortieth the way through the millennium", The Periwinkle Pelican #3, https://theperipelican.wixsite.com/my-site-1/post/issue-three-i-am-learning-to-let-the-soft-animal-of-my-body-love-what-it-loves
2 poems, genre, "Why celery" and "The Coming Clearing", Dreams and Nightmares #132, January 2026, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/012626.html
Mary Soon Lee
poem, "Happier Ever After #3," Uppagus #71, January 2026, https://uppagus.com/poems/soon-lee-happier/
Angela Liu
poem, "The Mourning Robot,” Uncanny Magazine, September 2025, https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-mourning-robot/
Lisa Timpf
2 poems, spec, “Scenic” and “Snow Cat,” Sublimation, Volume 2 #6, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GJL6RQJG
Mahaila Smith
poem, "618 Days in Longsleep," Strange Horizons, 10 November 2025, https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/618-days-in-longsleep/
Alan Vincent Michaels
2 haiku sequences, "A World Called Gelid" and "Enceladus or Nothing," SciFanSat #30: Ice, January 31, 2026, https://scifansat.com/PDF/SciFanSat_Issue_30_Ice_01-31-2026.pdf
haiku sequence, "Children of the Moon," SciFanSat #27: Moon, October 25, 2025, https://scifansat.com/PDF/SciFanSat_Issue_27_Moon_10-27-2025.pdf
haiku sequence, "The Universe Scholastic," SciFanSat #26: School, September 27, 2025, https://scifansat.com/PDF/SciFanSat_Issue_26_School_09-27-2025.pdf
Ann K. Schwader
haiku, non-genre, "long arc," The Heron's Nest, Dec. 2025, https://www.theheronsnest.com/December2025/haiku-p1.html