SFPA July 2026 Round-Up

What would:

     Julius Caesar say if he could see what we're doing with his namesake month these days? Probably something in Latin, sure, but as a writer himself, he might enjoy perusing the work of the SFPA members mentioned below. If, y'know, he could read English and someone taught him how to work a computer...

                                                                 Mike

David C Kopaska-Merkel

     poem, print, "out of synch," Fear in Dust #1, Summer 2026, https://www.fearindust.com/current-issue

Ken Anderson

     2 poems, “A Little Latch” & “Love’s Forelock,” The Soliloquist, Summer 2026, https://online.fliphtml5.com/obsvt/THE-SOLILOQUIST-Summer-26-issue-peMK/#p=1

     poem, “Polisse,” Midwest Quarterly Volume 67 No. 4, Summer 2026, https://www.pittstate.edu/info/midwestq/index.html

William Shaw

     poem, "The Library of Lives," Foofaraw, 21 July 2026, https://foofaraw.press/the-library-of-lives/

Larina Warnock

     poem, "This Is How You Breathe Fire," Merganser Magazine, July 2026, https://mergansermagazine.com/story/this-is-how-you-breathe-fire/ 

David Hershhorn

     poem, “Unhinged”, Parcham Magazine, June 2026, https://parchamonline.in/2026/07/09/june-2026-poetry/3/#unhinged-david-hershhorn

     poem, “We teach children…”, Three Line Poetry #60, July 12, 2026, https://threelinepoetry.com/issue.php?id=60&issue=60

     poem, “Left to Our Own Devices”, Bewildering Stories #1147, July 2026, https://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1147/

Colleen Anderson

     poem, [keeping past alive], Amazing Stories, Jul. 2026, https://amazingstories.com/2026/07/untitled-15/

     interview, Michael Coulombe Writes, July 2026, https://mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/colleen-anderson

Pixie Bruner

     poem, “GRWM”, Exist Otherwise #19, https://existotherwise.com/grwm/

     collection, Poems to be Afraid Of, Authortunities Press, July 22, 2026, https://authortunitiespress.com/b/poems-to-be-afraid-of

     poem, “The Pleasure Models” Space & Time Magazine #152, July 2026, https://authortunitiespress.com/b/152

     2 poems, “Starve, Prey, Loathe” and “Elegies for Entropy”, Substack, July 10, 2026, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/starve-prey-loathe and https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/elegies-for-entropy

     "flip through" video for Poems to be Afraid Of, July 15, 2026, https://youtu.be/9xh5JxyMZlg

     poem, “Arrival”, Substack, June 28, 2026, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/arrival

     interview, “Words, Images, & Worlds with Pixie Bruner”, Words, Images & Worlds, May 2026, https://youtu.be/rnkYIeM0-v8

     illustrated blurbs and reviews for Poems to be Afraid Of, Substack, July 23, 2026, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/the-blurbs

     poem, “Holy Motherhood," Substack, June 28, 2026, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/holy-motherhood

Pixie Bruner and Jordan Francis

     poem, non-genre, “Welcome to the Circus”, Substack/Mad Poet’s Street Corner crosspost, https://open.substack.com/pub/pixiebruner/p/welcome-to-the-circus

Paul Deane

     editor, Forgotten Ground Regained, New Series #11, Summer 2026: Alliterative Verse in Arda, https://alliteration.net/back-issues/new-series-issue-11-summer-2026/

Michael H. Payne

     4 poems, #1889 - 1892, Terebinth, July 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2026, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260706.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260713.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260720.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20260727.html

Marie Brennan

     poem, "Warning Label," Foofaraw, July 2026, https://foofaraw.press/warning-label/

A J Dalton

     poem, “The Way”, Spectral Realms #25, July 2026, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-25

     poem, ‘Centre of the Labyrinth’, The Mythic Circle #48, 2026, https://www.mythsoc.org/mythic-circle/mythic-circle-48.htm

     poem, “radon daughter”, Kaleidotrope, Summer 2026, https://shorturl.at/fW474.

Linda D. Addison, Consuelo G. Flores, Andrea Goyan, Elizabeth Eve King & Elizabeth Wong

     collection, Carnivores & Other Lovers, Broadstone Books, April 15, 2026, https://www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/carnivores-other-lovers-poetry-by-addison-flores-goyan-king-wong

Richard Magahiz

     2 poems, genre, "[the age of the toothless]," and "[back in my skin]", Five Fleas, 6 July 2026, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/07/afternoon-of-july-6-2026.html

     3 poems, genre, "Idylls of the Exomorph," "Hyperacuity," and "Deleted contact", Chrome Baby, Bairn 158, https://robindunn.com/bairn158.html

     2 poems, genre, "[post-traumatic]" and "[spidersilk kimono]", Smols, 30 July 2026, https://smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/p-margin-bottom-0_0812216628.html

Wendy Van Camp

     essay, non-genre, “The Revision and Editing Process”, Medium, July 1st, 2026, https://medium.com/p/6984bbc75aad

     panelist, “TRON”, ConTinual:Fandom Podcast, July 15th, 2026, https://fb.watch/ImaNkNZJam/ 

     featured poet under pen name Indigo Starling, “The Wandering Bards: A Poetry Reading featuring Indigo Starling, with June Stormcrow and Sidhe Fairelander”, Second Life, Non-Profit Commons Auditorium, July 10th, 2026, http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Plush Nonprofit Commons/88/126/27

     poem under pen name Indigo Starling, non-genre, “Tanka Number Seven,” Rez: The virtual arts and life magazine, July 2026, https://viewer.joomag.com/july-2026/0883220001783547010/p34?short=

Deborah L. Davitt

     poem, spec, “Balance of Evidence,” Cryptic Frog Quarterly #3, July 2026, https://crypticfrogpublishing.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/issue-3-balance-of-evidence/

     poem, spec, “If the Big Bang Wasn’t,” Utopia Science Fiction, August 1, 2026, https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/utopia-science-fiction-magazine-august-2026

     poem, spec, “Beldame, Bedamned,” Witches Save the World: Covens, Cauldrons, and Curses Gone Right, August 1, 2026, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/gorgons-gaze-press/

Karen Menzel

     poem, “Death of Stars,” James Gunn’s Ad Astra #18, August 2026, https://www.adastrasf.com 

Jacob Bergstresser

     poem, "The Astronaut's Mantra," Cryptic Frog Quarterly, Summer 2026, https://crypticfrogpublishing.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/issue-3-the-astronauts-mantra/

     2 poems, "Never Eugenics" and "A Spider at the River Styx," Book XI, issue XXI, Summer 2026, https://www.bookxi.org/issue-xxi#/issuexxi/never-eugenics and https://www.bookxi.org/issue-xxi#/issuexxi/a-spider-at-the-river-styx

Ian Li

     poem, "Murmurations," Kaleidotrope, Summer 2026, https://kaleidotrope.net/summer-2026/murmurations-by-ian-li/

Ken Poyner

     2 poems, non-genre, print, “Funeral” and “The Mathematics Professor”, July 2026, Blue Collar Review Vol 29 #3, https://bcrpoems.blogspot.com/

     collection, genre and non-genre, The Lechery of Fish Tuners, June 22, 2026, Barking Moose Press, https://www.amazon.com/Lechery-Fish-Tuners-Gathering-Drabbles/dp/B0H3Z61JSZ

Sam W. Pisciotta

     poem, “A Bargain Made in the Monster’s Shadow,” Nightmare Magazine #166, July 2026, https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/a-bargain-made-in-the-monsters-shadow/

Katherine Quevedo

     press release, "Manawaker Studio Signs Katherine Quevedo for Poetry Collection on Video Games and Identity," July 20, 2026, https://www.openpr.com/news/4581379/manawaker-studio-signs-katherine-quevedo-for-poetry-collection

Nicholas De Marino

     poem/poetic drabble, "The Stalks," Rat Bag Lit, July 29, 2026, https://ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-stalks

     poem, "Guided Meditation for Androids," Once Upon a Crocodile #20, July 28, 2026, https://onceuponacrocodile.wordpress.com/current-issue/guided-meditation-for-androids/

     2 poems, "[remote viewing]" & "The Hole," View From Atlantis #142: Hidden Threats, July 18, 2026, https://viewfromatlantis.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/issue-142-hidden-threats/

     3 poems, "[cabin in the woods],""[lefty monopod]" & "[barking and baying]," 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, July 4, 8, & 11, 2026, https://575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/horrorku-by-nicholas-de-marino-4/, https://575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/scifaiku-by-nicholas-de-marino-14/, & https://575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/babaku-by-nicholas-de-marino/

Nico Martinez Nocito

     poem, "<view advertisement source code>", Strange Horizons, July 2026, https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/poetry/view-advertisement-source-code/

Mary Soon Lee

     poem, "So This Is The Middle Kingdom," Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2026, http://www.asimovs.com/

     poem, non-speculative, "Tools of the Trade," Uppagus #74, July 2026, https://uppagus.com/poems/soon-lee-tools/

     host, 8th meeting of SFWA's speculative poetry book club on Zoom, August 15, 2026, https://sfwa.org/events/?event_id=3421

Anna Cates

     poem, “My Poor Dying Friend,” Ribbons 22.1, Spring/Summer 2026, https://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/ribbons/past-issues#h.vpwqv7s2byb9

     2 poems, “Drop in the Bucket” and “This is the Poem,” Contemporary Haibun Online 22.2, August 2026, https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-contents-22-1-2/haibun-22-2/anna-cates-drop-in-the-bucket/ and https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-contents-22-1-2/tanka-prose-22-2/anna-cates-this-is-the-poem/

Sumiko Saulson, Linda D. Addison, Prema Arasu & Evan Spreen

     poetry reading, Necronomicon, August 14, 2026, https://necronomicon-providence.com/core-programming/

Marisca Pichette

     poem, "scarcrow," Abyss & Apex #99, 3rd Quarter 2026, https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2026/06/scarcrow-by-marisca-pichette/

     poem, "gaze/raze," Just Keep Up Magazine, July 2026, https://www.justkeepupmagazine.com/gazeraze-by-marisca-pichette

M. Frost

     poem, "moon passing over the face of a sunflower," Abyss & Apex, 3rd Quarter 2026, https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2026/06/moon-passing-over-the-face-of-a-sunflower-by-m-frost/

     2 poems, "The Place Under My Rock," and "toil, and," The Literary Fantasy Magazine, Summer 2026, https://thearcanist.net/2606-2/

     2 poems, non-genre, "One" and "Morning Commute," Pen in Hand, Summer 2026, https://marylandwriters.org/Pen_in_Hand

Lynne Sargent

     poem, "Coins, for Passage," 4lph4num3r1c: Death Becomes Them, July 2026, https://www.zoeticpress.com/an-23-death-becomes-them 

     poem, "On Lawnmower Parenting and Chosen Ones,", Just Keep Up Magazine, July 7 2026, https://www.justkeepupmagazine.com/on-lawnmower-parenting-and-chosen-ones-by-lynne-sargent

Angela Acosta

     virtual reading, LACon V, August 30, 2026, https://guide.lacon.org/people/14860346/angela-acosta

K.M. Praschak

     3 poems, Illumen, Summer 2026, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/illumen-summer-2026-2

Alan Vincent Michaels

     haiku sequence, "Through Our Children’s Eye," SciFanSat #36: Combat, July 25, 2026, https://scifansat.com/PDF/SciFanSat_Issue_36_Combat_07-25-2026.pdf

LindaAnn LoSchiavo

     reading, "Golden Shovel: Remembering Phyllis Hyman", YouTube, July 1, 2026, https://youtu.be/mbZZSRQ3T-w

     reading, "Hallowe'en Window Painting in NYC", YouTube, July 5, 2026, https://youtu.be/0PeFA0pP5rA

     essay, "Drop-in by LindaAnn LoSchiavo," Nigel Kent's blog, July 11, 2026, https://nigelkentpoet.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/drop-in-by-linda-loschiavo/

     spotlight by Dave Bonta, Cancer Courts My Mother, Poetry Blog Digest, July 13th, 2026, https://www.vianegativa.us/2026/07/poetry-blog-digest-2026-week-28/

     3 reviews, Vampire Verses, by Sandra Lindow, SpecPo Blog, June 16, 2026, https://specpo.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/vampire-verses-a-review/, by Nicole Lewis, Goodreads, July 2nd, 2026, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8534900431 and by Jennifer Vasquez with an author interview, Vamp Jenn's Corner, July 18, 2026, https://jennvasquez.com/2026/07/18/vampire-verses-by-lindaann-loschiavo-delivers-poetry-to-sink-your-fangs-into/

     review, Cancer Courts My Mother, Nigel Kent's blog, July 18, 2026, https://nigelkentpoet.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/review-of-cancer-courts-my-mother-by-lindaann-loschiavo/

     reading, "Summer Chills #1", Shade Bar, 241 Sullivan St, New York, NY, July 26, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/events/1360306032653284/

     2 poems, "Green Nursemaid" (genre), and "Insatiable" (non-genre), 100Subtexts, July 1, 2026, https://100subtextsmagazine.blogspot.com/

     3 erasure poems, "Regrets", "Dorothy Parker - a Prohibition Poem",  and "Wallace Irwin - a Prohibition Poem", Meat for Tea Vol. 20 #2: High, July 1, 2026, https://meatfortea.com/pdf_samples/meatforteav20i2.pdf

     prose poem, “Meeting”, A Little Bit Off: An Anthology of Uneasy Minds, Wrong Turns, and Beautiful Little Nightmares, Rock and Roll Publishing, July 4, 2026, https://www.amazon.com/Little-Bit-Off-Anthology-Nightmares-ebook/dp/B0GZZGQJJ8/

     translation into Italian by Irma Kurti, "Aboard the S.S. Giuseppe Verdi", July 11, 2026, https://italianewspost.com/2026/07/11/la-poesia-di-lindaann-loschiavo-usa-a-cura-di-irma-kurti-ita-eng/ and https://piercarlolava.blogspot.com/2026/07/la-poesia-di-lindaann-loschiavo-usa.html

     poem, non-genre, "Feeding the Fantasy", Underbelly Magazine #7, July 16, 2026, https://heyzine.com/flip-book/158297546b.html#page/87

     poem, "Poltergeists on President Street", SugarSugarSalt, July 19, 2026, https://sugarsugarsaltlit.substack.com/p/poltergeists-on-president-street

     3 poems, non-genre, "Bats at Bedtime", "Acapulco by Night" and "Vespertilio", Latinos USA, July 2026, https://latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/07/24/bats-at-bedtime-by-lindaann-loschiavo/, https://latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/07/28/acapulco-by-night-by-lindaann-loschiavo/ and https://latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/07/31/vespertilio-bat-by-lindaann-loschiavo/

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