Our thanks go to Michael H. Payne who has gathered together our members news for the month of August! The members at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association reported many new sales, publications, special events and more! Congratulations to everyone, and we look forward to hearing about more of your successes soon! Michael H. Payne poem, "Neighborhood Watch," Gathering Storm, year 1 issue 4, https://www.gatheringstormmagazine.com/year-1-issue-4 David Lunde and Mary M.Y. Fung translators, book, Xu Zhimo: Selected Poems, Renditions Paperbacks, Research Centre for Translation, Chinese University of Hong Kong, https://www.chineseupress.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_63_89_200&product_id=3507 David C. Kopaska-Merkel 2 poems, "generation ship" and "untitled lune," Scifaikuest (print), Alban Lake, http://albanlake.com/scifaikuest-august-2017 Christina M. Rau poem, "Let Nature Want," Grasslimb vol. 15 No. 2, http://www.grasslimb.com Alicia Cole featured poet with selections from "Darkly Told" and other poems, OutLoud HSV, August 16, 2017, http://outloudhsv.com/calendar-1/2017/8/16/out-loud-hsv-featuring-alicia-cole Mary Soon Lee poems, print + online, "Elemental Haiku," Science, August 4, 2017, http://vis.sciencemag.org/chemhaiku/ poems, reprint, print + online, 3 of the haiku from "Elemental Haiku," Wall Street Journal 8/2017, https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2017/08/04/science-and-poetry-together-at-last/ poem, reprint, "Master of Chocolate," winner of the 143rd Poetry Nook weekly contest, 8/14/2017, https://www.poetrynook.com/forum/contest-winners/143rd-weekly-poetry-contest-winner-master-chocolate poem, "Elemental," Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 8/10/2017, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/08/elemental-by-mary-soon-lee.html Robert Borski poem, "X Marks The Spot," Asimov's, September/October 2017, print only, http://www.asimovs.com/ Christina Sng book, A Collection of Nightmares, Raw Dog Screaming Press, July 2017, https://www.amazon.com/Collection-Nightmares-Christina-Sng/dp/1935738984/ 2 poems, "Aenid's Dream" and “Pull”, Spectral Realms #7, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-7 4 poems, "Racing for Shelter," "Keeping You," "Her Stunning Silhouette," and "Wrong Turn", Scifaikuest, August 2017, http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-57/ poem, "Blown Away", Grievous Angel, http://www.urbanfantasist.com/grievous-angel/new-haiga-blown-away-by-christina-sng 2 poems, "Red Sun," and "Sky Full of Stars," Scifaikuest Online, http://albanlake.com/scifaikuest-august-2017/ poem, "multiverse theory", Sonic Boom #9, http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/61020d_9b9f9c1e11d44f189850b929c82653c0.pdf John Reinhart 3 poems, "I'm Cold," "off the books," & "those days," non-genre, Man In The Street Magazine, Issue #1, August 2017, https://www.maninthestreetmag.com/issueone chapbook, "screaming," genre, Lion Tamer Press, August 18, 2017, https://www.createspace.com/7397522 one poem, "light holes," genre, Lonesome October Lit, inaugural poem August 25, 2017, https://lonesomeoctoberlit.wordpress.com/2017/08/25/light-holes-by-john-reinhart/ Ann K. Schwader 3 poems "Lightless Oceans," "The Final Turn," & "Corridors Enough,"  Spectral Realms #7 (print), Hippocampus Press, Summer 2017, http://tinyurl.com/y7bfjl33 Bryan Thao Worra On The Other Side Of The Eye 10th Anniversary Reading at DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, August 30th, 2017. Lisa Timpf 2 poems (genre), "The Inventor" and "She Wonders," Polar Borealis #4, July/August 2017, http://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/POLAR-BOREALIS-4-Jul-Aug-2017.pdf Deborah P Kolodji haiku, “that call I wish,”  Brass Bell, September 2017, http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/2017/09/water-haiku.html haiku one-liner, “crackle of fireworks…” (translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu), Butterfly Dream, September 2, 2017, http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2017/09/butterfly-dream-fireworks-and-dogs.html haiku, “eclipse,” Workplace Haiku, July 26, 2017, https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/07/26/haiku-in-the-workplace-summer-vacation-plans/ haiku, “the lake filled,” Plum Tree Tavern, 8/13/2017, http://theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com/2017/08/lines_13.html haiku, “fallen cone,” Plum Tree Tavern, 8/20/2017, http://theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com/2017/08/lines_20.html haiku “orange,” Stardust Haiku, July 2017, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qnvk3Lnv93Sk9nTm9aVGljOFk/view 2 haiku, “last leaf” and “ambient birds,” Akitsu Quarterly (print), Autumn 2017, http://www.wildgraces.com/Akitsu-Quarterly.html haiku, “flickering candles,” bottle rockets #37 (print), August 2017, http://www.bottlerocketspress.com/ haiku, “spring showers,” The Mainichi, June 23, 2017, https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170524/p2g/00m/0fe/108000c haibun, “Pantsuit in my Closet,” Contemporary Haibun Online, July 2017, http://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/pages132/Kolodji_Pantsuit.html poetry reading, Kaleidoscope Reading at Haiku North America, Thursday, September 14, 2017, 7:30 p.m., Free & Open to the public, Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM, http://www.haikunorthamerica.com/kaleidoscope.html poetry reading, HITCHED at the Book Show, 5503 N. Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, Saturday, September 23, 2017, 4:00 p.m., http://bookshowla.com/