The months keep:
Fleeing and ticking away! So while we comtemplate calling the veterinarian - fleas and ticks are no laughing matter - here's what the members of SFPA got up to during the month of April in 2026.
Mike
Pixie Bruner
poem, “It”, Life, Death, and Transmutation: A Charity Anthology of Dark Nature Poetry and Fiction, Dark Moon Rising Publications, April 2026, https://darkmoonrisingpublications.com/lifedeathandtransmutation.html
Wendy Van Camp
poem under pen name Indigo Starling, non-genre, “Tanka Number Four,” Rez: The virtual arts and life magazine, April 2026, https://viewer.joomag.com/april-2026/0752451001775348566/p28
5 tanka, “[near the battlefield], [wise woman comes to the], [road to citadel], [in ruined temple], & [winding forest path]”, Lothlorian Poetry Journal, April 11th, 2026, https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2026/04/five-fantasy-themed-tanka-poems-by.html
3 tanka, “[martian winds howling], [on lunar surface], [in projection bay]”, Galaxy Magazine #264, April 2026, https://starshipsloane.com/
essay, non-genre, “Writing Across Genres vs. Staying Niche”, Medium, April 3rd, 2026, https://medium.com/p/e448eb31f4be
panelist, “Explore the Worlds of Andre Norton”, ConTinual: Fandom Podcast, March 17th, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/jeanmarieward/videos/900579826290276/?idorvanity=563373290941914
reader, “Garden of Verses”, California Botanical Garden, Claremont, CA, April 4th, 2026, https://www.calbg.org/
Lorraine Schein
4 poems, “Deluge,” “Atlantis,” “In Other Seas”, and “The Coral City,” Lost Between Sea & Storm, Carlisle Legacy Books, March 28, 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Between-Sea-Storm-Collection/dp/1952043190
Marie Brennan
2 poems, print, "Gorgoneia" and "In the salt-drowned lands," The Rialto Books Review, 1 April 2026, https://www.broadaxepublications.com/rialto-books-review
poem, "Drawing Strength," The Fairy Tale Magazine, 15 April 2026, https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/wildwood-is-here
Ken Anderson
poem, “Stranger,” Sein und Werden, Spring/Summer 2026, https://seinundwerden.wordpress.com/
Michael H. Payne
4 poems, #1876 - 1890, Terebinth, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260406.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260413.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260420.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260427.html
Ruth Berman
poem, "Image as a Stone on the Water," Asimov's Science Fiction, May-June 2026, https://asimovs.com/current-issue/table-of-contents/
Colleen Anderson
poem, "Cannibal Playlist," Polar Starlight #22, Apr. 2026, https://polarborealis.ca/
Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg
poem, “Point of View,” Space & Time #149, April 2026, https://books2read.com/u/b66vA0
A J Dalton
poem, “The Bite”, The Stygian Lepus Magazine #33, April 2026, https://www.stygianlepus.com/edition-33/
poem, “The Archaeology of Yarn”, Penumbric vol ix issue 6, April 2K26, https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/daltonYarn.html
poem, “Save Your Breath”, TheNewVerse.News, 22 April 2026, https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/save-your-breath.html.
poem, “An Intergalactic Interlude”, BFS Horizons #18, Winter 2026, https://britishfantasysociety.org/get-in-touch/bfs-horizons/
poem, “The Long Way round”, Galaxy Science Fiction #264, April 2026, https://starshipsloane.com/
Brian U. Garrison
chapbook, The Future is Antifascist: Speculative Poems for Today & Tomorrow, self-published, April 2, 2026, https://www.bugthewriter.com/p/buy-things.html
poem, "Foxglove in the Wheat Field," Stanza: Growth, Push/Pull Press & Cooperative Gallery, April 11, 2026, https://store.pushpullseattle.com/product/push-pull-press-stanza-growth-poetry-and-art-collection/WZNE5EDKJHI4O23KQM5N6X64
Sandra Bond
poem "Wet Bones", Lost Between Sea And Storm, Carlisle Legacy Books, March 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Between-Sea-Storm-Collection/dp/1952043190/
Silvatiicus Riddle
poem, "Becoming Folklore", The Fairy Tale Magazine: The Wildwood Issue, April 2026, https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/wildwood-is-here
poem, print, "Glass Birds", Space & Time #149, April 2026, https://books2read.com/space-time-149
Richard Magahiz
poem, genre, "[her bodice fell away]", Prune Juice, Issue 48, https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2026/04/01/issue-48/
poem, genre, "Memo from your smart doorbell", dadakuku, 11 April 2026, https://dadakuku.com/2026/04/11/memo-from-your-smart-doorbell/
poem, genre, "[ease off]", Smols, 11 April 2026, https://smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_58.html
4 poems, genre, "[through greasy air]," "[like a holy flame]," "[by her iridium content]," and "[trust the land snails]", Five Fleas, 25 April 2026, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/04/morning-of-april-25-2026.html
2 poems, genre, "Corporeal litany," "It gets better", SpecPoVerse Volume 2 issue 1, https://specpoverse.org/vol-2%2C-issue-1-2026
Katherine Quevedo
poem, non-spec, "Avenue of the Peaceful Giants," The Ranger's Almanac Volume 1, April 16, 2026, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXCNV4RM
reprint poem and interview, "I Write a Rite of Pyrite," Emerald City Ghosts #9: Cursed, April 4, 2026, https://emeraldcityghosts.substack.com/p/issue-9-cursed
Anna Cates
poem, “Warrior in Chains,” Abyss & Apex #98, March 29, 2026, https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2026/03/warrior-in-chains-by-anna-cates/
poem, “Audience of Prayer,” Chrysanthemum 36, April 15, 2026, http://www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/media/Chrysanthemum_36.pdf
poem, “Stopping by the Quarry,” Drifting Sands 35, March 15, 2026, https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Issue-35.pdf
2 poems, “Spring Daze” and "Not This Time," Contemporary Haibun Online 22:1, April 2026, https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-contents-22-1/tanka-prose-22-1/anna-cates-spring-daze/ and https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-contents-22-1/haibun-22-1/anna-cates-not-this-time/
haiku, Presence Haiku Journal #83, Nov 2025, https://haikupresence.org/presence-83/
article, “Mushrooms, Tulips, & Haiku: A Comparative Exploration of Short Form Elements in Poetry by Sylvia Plath,” Presence Haiku Journal #84, March 2026, https://thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/7390
Ann K. Schwader
2 haiku, non-genre, "random thought path . . . " & "last leaves,", FemKuMag #41, Spring 2026, https://femkumag.wixsite.com/home/current-issue
poem, "The Martians We Won't See," Space & Time #149, April 2026, https://books2read.com/u/b66vA0
poem, "Red Land, Black Pharaoh," One of Cleopatra's Nights & Others, Sarnath Press, April 2026, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX23X1ST
Lisa Timpf
poem, non-spec, “Green,” Lotus Newsletter April 2026, Norfolk Field Naturalists, https://norfolknature.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/April-2026-Lotus.pdf
poem, spec, “Ride of a Lifetime,” Lorelei Signal, April 2026, https://www.loreleisignal.com/ride-of-a-lifetime
William Shaw
poem, "Dating Advice For Time Travelers," foofaraw, 3 May 2026, https://foofaraw.press/dating-advice-for-time-travelers/
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
article, “The Art of Writing Horror Poetry: A Guide to Crafting Verse That Haunts”, Sparrew newsletter, April 30, 2026, https://www.sparrewsite.com/the-art-of-writing-horror-poetry-by-lindaann-loschiavo
3 reviews, Cancer Courts My Mother, Masticadores, April 13, 2026 https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/home-remedies-a-review-by-peter-mladinic-of-cancer-courts-my-mother-by-lindaann-loschiavo/, Latinos-USA English edition, April 11, 2026, https://latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/04/11/home-remedies-a-review-by-peter-mladinic-of-cancer-courts-my-mother-by-lindaann-loschiavo/ & Write Through the Night, April 1, 2026, https://writethroughthenight.com/2026/04/01/cancer-courts-my-mother-poetry-review/
interview, Twisted Dreams Press, April 6, 2026, https://twisteddreamspress.com/interview-with-lindaann-loschiavo-author-of-vampire-verses/
6 reviews, Vampire Verses, GoodReads April 1, 2026, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8480543602, The Horror Review, April 6, 2026, https://www.horrorreview.com/author/norapeevy/, Amazon, April 9, 2026, https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R19BHBUK9B5NJD, GoodReads, April 19, 2026, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8534817152, GoodReads, May 3, 2026, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8572286408, & GoodReads, May 3, 2026, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8571330853
poem, "Sudu Scarecrow", Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2026, https://meatfortea.com/pdf_samples/meatforteav20i1.pdf
poem, non-genre, “Abecedarian: Alabama Abduction”, The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry, Spring 2026, https://journalformalpoetry.com/archive/2026/TheRoadNotTakenSpring2026.pdf
2 poems “Ghostly Footprints in the Snow” and “Cemetery Walk in Winter”, Sublimation Annual 2: The Best of Volume 2, Island of Wak-Wak, April 18, 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Sublimation-Annual-2-Best/dp/9199046938/
poem, “Wildfires Worry the Scarecrow”, Life, Death, and Transmutation: A Charity Anthology of Dark Poetry and Fiction, Dark Moon Rising Publications, April 22, 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Life-Death-Transmutation-Charity-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0GTS1FJZ9/
3 poems, "Body-Swap with My Dead Sister on October 31st", "The Crossroads", and "A Haint in the Hollow", Altered Reality, Spring 2026, https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/body-swap-with-my-dead-sister-on-october-31st-by-lindaann-loschiavo/, https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/the-crossroads-by-lindaann-loschiavo/, and https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/a-haint-in-the-hollow-by-lindaann-loschiavo/
Juleigh Howard-Hobson
2 poems, “Love Me Sweetly Spell” and “Berkana”, Altar Lit Mag #1, April 15 2026, https://altarlitmag.com/issues/
6 poems, “To Sea From Sand”, “There Are Things to Avoid in the Ocean”, “Phantoms Obey Few Rules of the Afterlife And Then Only Those Rules That Bring The Most Fear”, “In Decay”(reprint), “I Begin to Become Numinous” (reprint), “Winter Destiny” (reprint), Life, Death, and Transmutation: A Charity Anthology of Dark Nature Poetry and Fiction, Dark Moon Rising Publications, April 22 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Life-Death-Transmutation-Charity-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0GTS1FJZ9
2 poems, non-genre, “The Beginning and End of How Much I Hate you” and “Vindicta” (reprint), The Alien Buddha’s Got Beef, Alien Buddha Press, April 29 2026, http://amazon.com/dp/B0GYR1J5N1