As we tumble over the solstice:
Like so many baby squids trying to roll a zucchini along the ocean floor - yeah, I might need to rethink that image - let's see what the various members of SFPA have gotten up to over the course of the month.
Mike
Paul D. Deane
poem, "The Poet Interrogates ChatGPT 5.1", Second Coming Poem-A-Day Series #503, June 6, 2026, https://secondcoming.substack.com/p/second-coming-no-503-june-6-2026
article, "An Introduction to Alliterative Verse for Readers and Writers of Speculative Fiction", Interstellar Flight Magazine, May 15, 2026, https://medium.com/interstellar-flight-press/an-introduction-to-alliterative-verse-for-readers-and-writers-of-speculative-fiction-859b0400e7cb
paper presentation, "Tolkien’s Generation and Alliterative Verse," Westmoot, Minneapolis, MN, May 24-26, 2026, https://static-gcs.edit.site/users-files/jdj5jdewjepomla4ohpmzuzncfuvunzv/Tolkien_s-Generation-and-Alliterative-Verse.pdf
Colleen Anderson
poem, reprint, "Eugenics in the Modern Era," HWA Member Newsletter, May 2026, http://horror.org
poem, "In My Dreams," Polar Starlight #23, Jun 2026, https://polarborealis.ca/
poem, "Consider Me," Antifa Lit Journal #3, Jun 2026, https://www.notapipepublishing.com/ourbooks#/antifa-lit-journal-volume-3-diversity-of-tactics
poem, "Soulless," HWA Souvenir Program Book, Jun 2026, https://horror.org/stokercon-2026-announced-celebrating-ten-years-of-stokercon/
Michael H. Payne
5 poems, #1884 - #1888, Terebinth, June 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2026, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260601.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260608.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260615.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260622.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260629.html
Ian Li
poem, "Your Cause and Your Effect," Small Wonders, June 2026, https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/your-cause-and-your-effect/
2 poems, "I Always Follow Rule 22:" and "Thank You For Consulting RoboDoctor," Radon Journal Issue 13, June 2026, https://www.radonjournal.com/issue-13/i-always-follow-rule-22 and https://www.radonjournal.com/issue-13/thank-you-for-consulting-robodoctor
poem, "Mirage," Foofaraw, June 2026, https://foofaraw.press/mirage/
2 poems, reprints, "Dandelion of Creation" and "Icarus Ascended," Daikaijuzine 026, June 2026, https://www.daikaijuzine.org/ianli/dandelionofcreation and https://www.daikaijuzine.org/ianli/icarusascended
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
poem, print, "Circle of Life," Not One of Us #87, July 2026, https://legacyliteraryservices.com/not-one-of-us/latest-issue-table-of-contents/
A J Dalton
poem, “Designing Daisies”, Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2026, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2026/designing-daisies/
poem, “Angel Star”, Space & Time Magazine #151, June 2026, https://authortunitiespress.com/b/snt151
poem, “Last Prophet”, ELA Literary Magazine #3: The End of the World, June 2026, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68775eb570953f3466712b0d/t/6a3e4a18b2ae1d09f6090f75/1782467096606/ELA-3+-+The+End+of+the+World.pdf
Lorraine Schein
prose poem, “Spectral Graffiti,” Quotidian Bagatelle: Crumbs, June 1, 2026 https://qb.foofaraw.press/spectral-graffiti/
Angela Acosta
2 poems, "El zumbido del pasillo" and "La (Mal)inche," Párrafo Magazine, La Lengua Spring 2026, https://parrafo.spanport.ucla.edu/la-lengua-spring-2026/
essay, “Women Escaping Utopia: Teaching Spanish Science Fiction," Speculative Insight, June 2026, https://www.speculativeinsight.com/buy-collections/june-2026-ebook
Marie Brennan
poem, "Horizon's Child," 4LPH4NUM3R1C, 10 June 2026, https://www.zoeticpress.com/an-21-start-a-family-finish-a-family
poem, print, "Thought and Memory," Old Moon #10, June 2026, https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/old-moon-publishing/old-moon-quarterly-the-illuminated-magazine/updates/37831
poem, "The Dream of Jeannie," Strange Horizons, 15 June 2026, https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-dream-of-jeannie/
Pixie Bruner
poem, “Kyūketsuki”, Substack, June 8 2026, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/kyuketsuki
poem, "Sinner, Sinter, Saint", Full Mood Magazine #7: Galaxies, June 2026, https://www.fullmoodmag.com/mood-7-galaxies/sinner%2C-sinter%2C-saint
poem, “Alive”, Substack, June 1 2026, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/alive
prose poem, “The Cosmological Implications and Astrophysics of My Divorce- Meta-Analysis of Datasets 1999-2009”, Substack, June 16 2026, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/prose-poem
interview/review/press release, Poems to be Afraid Of, Substack, June 20 2026, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/poems-to-be-afraid-of
poem, “Medea and Klytemnestra’s Song for the Fallow”, BFS Horizons #20, https://britishfantasysociety.org/get-in-touch/bfs-horizons/
Robert Frazier
poem, "Along the Farthest Show", Analog Science Fiction Science Fact, July/August 2026, https://analogsf.com/current-issue/
interview and poem, "The Monster’s Box Lunch", Ionosphere #50, June 2026, https://fanac.org/fanzines/Ionisphere/
Hannu Afere
collection, Go Home, Ala Africa, March 2026, https://alaafrica.com/go-home/
Randall Andrews
poem, “A Heart Laid Bare at Kraken Mare,” Dreams and Nightmares #133, May 2026, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/05/dn-133-contents.html
H. Russell Smith
collection, Saints & Sunflowers: Saints, Sunflowers & a Compass, June 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Saints-Sunflowers-Compass/dp/1734078510/
David Hershhorn
poem, “The Onion Tree”, Eternal Haunted Summer, June 21st 2026, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2026/the-onion-tree/
poem, “White Death”, The Ekphrastic Review Ekphrastic Challenge, June 26th 2026, https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-challenges
Silvatiicus Riddle
chapbook, In Your Dreams: A Chapbook of the Extraordinary, The Goblin's Reliquary, June 2026, https://heyzine.com/flip-book/c447cdde83.html
poem, "Attempted Time Travel at The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors," Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2026, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2026/attempted-time-travel-at-the-chapel-of-sacred-mirrors/
5 poems, "The Heart of War", "I once had an ocean.", "The Pulse of Stars", "The Soul is a Walled Garden: an Ode to Little Edie", and "The Little Astronomer", Lothlorien Poetry Journal, May 2026, https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2026/05/five-poems-by-silvatiicus-riddle.html
haiku, "Ophelia," Dreams & Nightmares #132, January 2026, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/012626.html
Rebecca Olson
haiku, non-genre, “white rain,” Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 9:2, Spring/Summer 2026, https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/archives/06-2026
M. Frost
poem, "After School with the Raven," Lavender Review, June 2026, https://www.lavrev.net/2026/06/m-frost.html
poem, "The Ark," Jupiter's Eye, April 2026, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/jupiter-s-eye-april-2026-1
poem, "I Am Any Thing," Space and Time #151, June 2026, https://authortunitiespress.com/b/151
poem, "Permafrost," Strange Horizons, June 22, 2026, https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/permafrost/
poem, "misplaced," Little Patuxent Review, Summer 2026, https://littlepatuxentreview.org
Jack Cooper
collection 16 Psyche, Eric Gregory Award, the Society of Authors, June 2026, https://societyofauthors.org/2026/06/18/immense-hope-for-the-future-of-literature-winners-announced-for-the-2026-soa-awards/
Wendy Van Camp
poem, non-genre, under pen name Indigo Starling, “Tanka Number Six,” Rez: The virtual arts and life magazine, June 2026, https://viewer.joomag.com/june-2026/0390655001780617563/p30
panelist, “Speculative Poetry: Current and Forthcoming Trends with Gwynne Garfinkle and Mari Ness”, Nebula Conference, June 7th, 2026, https://sfwa.org/events/?event_id=3383
essay, “The Sleep Reset: How Better Sleep Health Affects Your Creativity”, Indie Author Magazine, June 12, 2026, https://indieauthormagazine.substack.com/p/the-sleep-reset-how-better-sleep
Clarabelle Miray Fields
poem, "winter waif", Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2026, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2026/winter-waif-a-devotional-poem-to-khione/
2 poems, "Closing Up Shop for Winter, or Being Told by the Doctor to Rest" and "The Weight of Grief", The Anthropocene Epic, Beyond the Stars Press, June 2026, http://a.co/d/0aupnyYX
2 poems, "my therapist told me to grow plants" and "the news no one wants to hear", The Samhain Moon Literary Magazine #2, May 2026, https://shorturl.at/CYdze
Mary Soon Lee
poem, "Twelve Words," Dreams and Nightmares #133, May 2026, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/05/dn-133-contents.html
poem, non-speculative, "Robert Frost 2.0," Light, Spring 2026, https://lightpoetrymagazine.com/mary-soon-lee-spring-26/
reading and panel, Confluence, July 24-26, 2026, https://confluence-sff.org/
Anna Cates
haiku, Modern Haiku 57.2, Summer 2026, https://www.modernhaiku.org/issue57-2/index.html
tanka, Ribbons Vol 22.1, Spring/Summer 2026, https://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/ribbons/past-issues#h.vpwqv7s2byb9
tanka, Quail Eggs #4, March 2026, https://quaileggstanka.blogspot.com/p/issue-4-march-2026-tanka-page-1.html
Robin Wyatt Dunn
poem, "blood from my first punch", Dissident Voice, June 28, 2026, https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/06/blood-from-my-first-punch
poem, "I Am Killing The Insect Dark", Dissident Voice, May 17, 2026, https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/05/i-am-killing-the-insect-dark
poem, "Wasson/Amole", Dissident Voice, May 3, 2026, https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/05/wasson-amole
poem, "When You Die the Saints Dip Down to Drink", Dissident Voice, April 26, 2026, https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/04/when-you-die-the-saints-dip-down-to-drink
poem, "Love Spins at 7.83 Hertz", Dissident Voice, April 19, 2026, https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/04/love-spins-at-7-83-hertz
poem, "The Leash of Tartarus Squeezes up the Spine to Besiege the Head", The Metaworker, April 13, 2026, https://themetaworker.com/2026/04/13/the-leash-of-tartarus-by-robin-wyatt-dunn
poem, "Overdeepening Glacier, Animist Relict", Dissident Voice, April 12, 2026, https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/04/overdeepening-glacier-animist-relict
poem, "American Bushido", Dissident Voice, March 15 2026, https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/03/american-bushido
poem, "Jude the Obscure, 53 Walton Street", Dissident Voice, March 8 2026, https://thedissidentvoice.org/2026/03/jude-the-obscure-53-walton-street
Lyri Ahnam
poem, "When Midsummer Hearts Burn Bright," Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2026, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2026/when-midsummer-hearts-burn-bright/
reading, Third Thursday QuickReads, Strong Women, Strange Worlds, July 16, 2026, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-friday-third-thursday-quickread-registration-1977755823909?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Nike Sulway
editor/publisher, The Orange & Bee #10, June 2026, https://theorangebee.substack.com/
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
review of Cancer Courts My Mother by Sally Long, Allegro Poetry, June 17, 2026, https://www.allegropoetry.org/p/reviews.html
poem, “Dracula Considers Writing a Memoir”, Leading Edge #88, April 30, 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Edge-Issue-88-Magazine/dp/B0GZ4SMQ6B/
3 poems, "Arrival," "Cancer as Casanova," and "My Mother Requests Miracles", Poets for Parkinson's Disease, Elliot M. Rubin, May 21, 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Poets-Parkinsons-anthology-fundraiser-2026/dp/B0H2LNYTN5
poem, non-genre, “Acapulco by Night”, The Wise Owl #55, June 2026, https://www.thewiseowl.art/lindaann-loschiavo
prose-poem, non-genre, "A Willow Tree Conspiracy" Soundings East volume 48, Spring 2026, June 2, 2026, https://www.salemstate.edu/campus-life/arts/creative-writing/soundings-east
poem, non-genre, “Involuntary Manslaughter on July 12, 2014 [Massachusetts]”, The Periwinkle Pelican #4, June 10, 2026, https://theperipelican.wixsite.com/my-site-1/post/issue-four-baby-s-first-time-committing-war-crimes
2 poems, "My Dying Mother Requests Miracles" and "The Closet as She Left It", Fine Lines Vol. 35 #2, Summer 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Fine-Lines-Summer-2026-Issue/dp/B0H4X4SF3W
poem, non-genre, "11 Homicides, Gilgo Beach, Suffolk County, NY", New Verse News, June 20, 2026, https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/06/eleven-homicides-gilgo-beach-suffolk.html
Nicholas De Marino
2 poems, “Motile 6” & “What's good for the goose stepper”, dadakuku, June 11 & 29, 2026, https://dadakuku.com/2026/06/29/motile-6/ & https://dadakuku.com/2026/06/11/whats-good-for-the-goose-stepper/
poem, “[verily, verily ...]”, The Other Bunny, June 29, 2026, https://theotherbunny.blog/2026/06/29/poem-28/
poem, “The Acámbaro Figures, Reconsidered”, View from Atlantis #141: Tomb Raiding, June 23, 2026, https://viewfromatlantis.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/issue-141-tomb-raiding/
poem, “Pearled.”, Quotidian Bagatelle, June 20, 2026, https://qb.foofaraw.press/pearled/
2 poems, “[building permits]” & “[window bemoans]”, View From Atlantis #140: Peculiar Hauntings, June 13, 2026, https://viewfromatlantis.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/issue-140-peculiar-hauntings/
poem, “[single-cell organism]”, Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, June 12, 2026, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/06/afternoon-of-june-12-2026.html
poem, “Believer”, The Prose Poem #47: Questions, June 8, 2026, https://theprosepoem.com/believer/
4 poems, "[escape pod stampede]", "[gills gummed shut]", "[terraforming kit]", & "[battling beams]", Scifaikuest web version, June 2026, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/scifaikuest-online
Roger Dutcher
poem, “The Call”, Dreams & Nightmares #133, May 2026, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/05/dn-133-contents.html
Gwynne Garfinkle
poem, "dear Semele," Dreams & Nightmares #133, May 2026, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/05/dn-133-contents.html
guest, Readercon, July 9-12, 2026, https://readercon.org/participants
host, SFWA online poetry open mic featuring Mari Ness, July 18, 2026, https://sfwa.org/events/?event_id=3428
Richard Magahiz
poem, non-genre, "[banana, weep]", Five Fleas, 2 June 2026, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/06/afternoon-of-june-2-2026.html
poem, genre, "Xenowicker", Penumbric vol. x no. 1, June 2026, https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/magahizXenowicker.html
poem, genre, "[the devil's pickle sport]", Smols, 20 June 2026, https://smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/p-margin-bottom-0_01807452980.html
poem, genre, "DSM-99", dadakuku, 23 June 2026, https://dadakuku.com/2026/06/23/dsm-99/
Mark Silcox
poem, "Brain Pirates," Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, May 2026, https://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/fiction-all/science-fiction/brain-pirates/
Ken Anderson
2 poems, “To David," and “The Ring with Ivy Twined,” The Rome Review, July 1, 2026, https://theromereview.com/
Michael Janairo
poem, "The Dragon," Strange Horizons, May 4, 2026, https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/the-dragon/
Nico Martinez Nocito
poem, "SOLD: One Soul, Gently Used," Haven Spec, June 2026, https://havenspec.com/poetry/sold-one-soul-gently-used-june-2026/
poem, "Beauty's Captor," Daikaijuzine, June 21 2026, https://www.daikaijuzine.org/nicomartineznocito/beautyscaptor
Lisa Timpf
poem, spec, “After the Darkness of Space,” Polar Starlight #23, June 2026, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/POLAR-STARLIGHT-23-June-2026.pdf
poem, spec, “Living Room Camping,” Spaceports & Spidersilk, June 2026, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/spaceports-spidersilk-june-2026
poem, spec, “Showdown on Alpha V,” Women of the Weird West, Brigids Gate Press, June 2026, https://scifiwri.com/women-of-the-weird-west/
Ruth Berman
poem, "Little Houses," Agates 2024, League of MN Poets, https://www.mnpoets.org/agates/
Alan Vincent Michaels
haiku sequence, "There Is No Rescue!", SciFanSat #34: Rescue, May 30, 2026, https://scifansat.com/PDF/SciFanSat_Issue_34_Rescue_05-30-2026.pdf
poem, "To The Stars! (A Hopeful Autobiography in Five Present-Tense Stanzas)", SciFanSat #33: Earth, April 30, 2026, https://scifansat.com/PDF/SciFanSat_Issue_33_Earth_04-25-2026.pdf