June melting into July:
Means that it's time to spin around for a moment and see what the members of SFPA got up to before said melting had begun.
Mike
Carolyn Clink
poem, "aliens," Polar Borealis #34, May 2025, https://polarborealis.ca/currentback-issues/
Eugen Bacon & Dominique Hecq
poem, spec, "Momentum Vitae", SpecPoVers vol.1 no.1, April 30, 2025, https://heyzine.com/flip-book/79b5f2cd76.html#page/42
Clarabelle Miray Fields
featured poet, Unbound Book Festival x CoMo OneMic, April 17, 2025, https://www.instagram.com/p/DIhBFEfRbDf/?igsh=MWszamtkbDhkczd5dw==
featured poet, Impossible Worlds: CoMo OneMic, April 30, 2025, https://www.instagram.com/p/DI_3ppBRLHO/?igsh=MTd6Z25veDB4NmpsOA==
poem, “Notes from Persephone”. SpecPoVerse #1, April 30 2025, https://specpoverse.org/vol-1%2C-issue-1-2025
poem, “The Closet Door”. Morsus Vitae #6, May 2025, https://www.mementomoriinkmag.com/mvpresent
panelist, "Art as Space," RoundTable 360, April 24, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZgy7asVaGY&ab_channel=RoundTable360
reading, SunSets: An Evening Showcase, May 9, 2025, https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJRe9-nOUer/?igsh=ajF3enFqMjVkYzdi
panelist, "Creativity: the fight against “normal”?", RoundTable 360, May 29, 2025
reading, SpecPoVerse Inaugural Issue Poetry Reading, June 22, 2025, https://specpoverse.org/
panelist, Topic TBD, RoundTable 360, June 26, 2025, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-360-tickets-1126663233059
Ken Anderson
poem, “Barbara and the Bush,” Drawn to the Light, Issue 15 June 2025, https://drawntothelightpress.com/issues/
Michael H. Payne
5 poems, #1832 - 1836, Terebinth, June 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2025, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250602.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250609.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250616.html, http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250623.html & http://pandora.xepher.net/terebinth/tbarchiv/20250630.html
chapbook, Two Strikes and I'm Out, June 2025, Island of Wak Wak Press, https://islandofwakwak.com/two-strikes-and-i-m-out.html
Miguel O. Mitchell
poem, "Reinvention," Dreams & Nightmares #130, May 2025, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/06/062025b.html
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
4 poems, print, "we gather," "cat lady," "full moon," & "fangs poke through," Scifaikuest, May 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-may-2025
Colleen Anderson
review by Rhea E Rose of Weird Worlds, Polar Starlight #19, Jun. 2025, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/POLAR-STARLIGHT-19-June-2025.pdf
reading, "Alchemical Stage 2: Dissolution," Specpoverse Inaugural Issue Poetry Readings, Jun. 22 2025, https://specpoverse.org/readings
interview, Horror Flying w/Janine Cross, Jun. 2025, https://colleenanderson.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/horror-flying/
Colleen Harris
book, The Light Becomes Us, Main Street Rag, June 2025, https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/the-light-becomes-us-colleen-s-harris/
chapbook, Toothache in the Bone, boats against the current press, June 2025, https://boatsagainstthecurrent.org/chapbooks/toothache-in-the-bone-by-colleen-s-harris
J. D. Harlock
poem, "Something So Beautiful," Nonbinary Review, Zoetic Press, Issue 40, Summer 2025 https://www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merch/p/nonbinary-review-issue-40-epiphany
poem, "The Human Stain," Last Girl's Club, Summer 2025, https://www.lastgirlsclub.com/pdfcopy
3 poems, "Beirut's Setting Sun," "of dreams ending," & "misery of ease," Rowayat, Issue 12, Summer 2025, https://rowayat.org/beiruts-setting-sun-others/
Lauren McBride
poem, “Music for Deep Space,” genre, Penumbric, June, 2025, https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/mcbrideMusic.html
poem, “After . . . a Massive Stroke,” non-genre, Storyteller Poetry Review, April 1, 2025, https://stortellerpoetryreview.blogspot.com/2025/04/super-sized-series.html
4 poems, genre, Scifaikuest, May 2025, print, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-may-2025
Anna Cates
first place, Marie Brass Haiku Contest, Ouachita Life, June 2025, https://www.ouachitalife.com/welcome.html
haiku, World Haiku No. 21, 2025, https://worldhaiku.net/2025/05/17/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E4%BF%B3%E5%8F%A52025-no-21-%E7%99%BA%E5%88%8A%E3%83%BBwh2025-no-21-published/
2 haiku, Presence 80, https://haikupresence.org/
Marisca Pichette
poem, "chaos theory," Merganser Magazine Issue 6, June 2025, https://mergansermagazine.com/index.html#ChaosTheory
Lynne Sargent
2 poems, “For Each of Us is a Thing Upon Which Worlds Rest,” & "If You Could Look in the Witch's Window," Polar Starlight, Issue 19, June 2025, https://polarborealis.ca/2025/06/21/polar-starlight-magazine-19-now-available-for-free-download/
poem, “Well-Woven,” OnSpec Volume 35 Issue 132, June 2025, https://weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-magazine-132-vol-35-no-2/
poem, “Matter/Antimatter,” Asimov’s, July/August 2025, https://asimovs.com/
G. O. Clark
poem, "High Flyin Bird", Scifaikuest, Hiraeth Publishing, May 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-may-2025
poem, "My Son Cracks His Knuckles", Tales From The Moonlit Path, 6/2025, https://talesmoonlitpath.com/poetry/my-son-cracks-his-knuckles-by-g-o-clark/
Neile Graham
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/
2 poems, “Paper Knife” and “The Goddess of Curiosities”, Polar Starlight 19, June 2025, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/POLAR-STARLIGHT-19-June-2025.pdf
Ian Li
poem, "Icarus Ascended," NewMyths.com, June 2025, https://sites.google.com/newmyths.com/newmyths-com-issue-71/issue-71-stories/icarus-ascended
poem, "Memorized | Mesmerized," Spoon Knife 9: Numbers, June 2025, https://autonomous-press.myshopify.com/products/spoon-knife-9-numbers
Elizabeth R. McClellan
poem, "Their Eyes Were Watching," The Cleansing Power of Fire, Infested Publishing, June 2025, https://www.infestedpublishing.com/post/the-cleansing-power-of-fire-release-date-and-toc
M. Frost
poem, "The Orchid," Sublimation vol. 2 no.3, May/June 2025, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFY3BKZ7
poem, "0,1 (and other states)," Orion's Beau, June 2025, https://www.orionsbeau.com/fantasy-quarterly/summer-2025/0%2C-1-(and-other-states)
poem, "Ephemera," Little Patuxent Review, Summer 2025, https://littlepatuxentreview.org
Denise Dumars
poem, “Who the Lowly Flute,” Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2025, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2025/who-the-lowly-flute/
LindaAnn LoSchiavo
review by J. on GoodReads of Apprenticed to the Night, June 7, 2025, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7281973850
reading and interview, Samjoko Magazine, June 5, 2025, https://youtu.be/sgPN49T4tU0?si=8XdXiRHFy758MbiF
interview, Canvas Rebel Magazine, June 5, 2025, https://canvasrebel.com/meet-lindaann-loschiavo/
reading, SpecPoVerse Magazine, June 21, 2025, https://youtu.be/BfTlyJGpuWs?si=RYSykfs2wuKy_iKf
poem, non-genre, "Merletto (Lace)," The Engine Idling #6: The Yarn Issue, May 27, 2025, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/650c36a813b4245c413e0276/t/68598bbc60132268e01c7de5/1750698941975/the_engine_idling_Issue_6_yarn.pdf
3 poems, "Erehwon," "When the Werewolves Revolt," and "Revenge of the Dearg Due", Altered Reality, May 29, 2025, https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/erehwon-by-lindaann-loschiavo/, https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/when-the-werewolves-revolt-by-lindaann-loschiavo/ & https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/revenge-of-the-dearg-due-by-lindaann-loschiavo/
3 poems, "Pomegranate", "Embodiment" and "A Ghost Revisits a Tattoo Parlor", The Stray Branch #35, vol. 32, Spring/Summer 2025, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB515QG1/
3 poems, "Tuesdays with the Ghost", "Forgive Me, Too - Lupe Velez" and "Golden Shovel: Be More Chill, Ned Vizzini", Anxiety and Depression, Poetry for Mental Health, June 11, 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Anxiety-Depression-collection-interviews-depression/dp/B0FCXQ5K2S/
2 poems, "Golden Shovel: Death Confession" and "Cyber-Toothed," Suburban Witchcraft #9, June 15, 2025 https://suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue9
poem, "Golden Shovel: Death Confession", Morsus Vitae 2, June 20, 2025, https://www.mementomoriinkmag.com/uploads/b/7f3ad400-4822-11ee-a03b-55b58ca84585/c8fbcd30-ed95-11ef-a77b-ed8604b7abce.pdf
poem, "Top Banana", Meat For Tea Magazine: Jerky Issue, June 22, 2025, https://meatfortea.com/buy.htm
5 poems, "A Vampire Joins the Playboy Club", "Living in Death", "Blood Lust", "Vampires in Training" and "At the Hangman’s Tree", Soul Chaser, Dragon Soul Press, June 23, 2025, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FBJMWFD8?tag=books2read02-20
A J Dalton:
poem, “The Mechanics of Mortal Maintenance”, AntipodeanSF, 15 June 2025, https://2nvr.org.au/playlist/bobbievale-june-15-2025/
article with poem, “Arthur C. Clarke’s Science Fiction Started with His Poetry”, Sci Phi Journal, June 2025, https://www.sciphijournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SPJ-2025-02.pdf
poem, “Perfected”, Uppagus, #68, https://uppagus.com/poems/dalton-perfected/
Angela Acosta
poem, "If Solar Sails Carried Creature Comforts," Worlds of Possibility, June 2025, https://www.juliarios.com/introducing-the-june-2025-issue-of-worlds-of-possibility/?ref=omg-julia-newsletter
Ken Anderson
poem, “The Water Boy’s Repertoire,” Queerlings #9, June 2025, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gR1k6R4lZFKwkWgthlqKfuZ8EYtQLBfh/view?pli=1
Mary Soon Lee
reading, Confluence, Pittsburgh, PA, July 26th 2025, https://confluence-sff.org/
poem, "Alien Chrysanthemum," Penumbric Volume IX Issue 1, June 2025, https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/leeAlien.html
poem, mainstream, "What the Osprey Didn't Do," Uppagus #68, June 2025, https://uppagus.com/poems/soon-lee-osprey/
S. T. Eleu
poem, "Falling Asleep," Five Fleas, March 31 2025, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2025/03/afternoon-of-march-31-2025.html
Brian U. Garrison
poem, "Toes in the Grass," Dreams & Nightmares #130, May 2025, https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/06/062025b.html
2 poems, non-spec, "Disunited States" & "Old White Guy is Calm as the World Burns," Antifa Lit Journal Vol. 1, May 31 2025, https://www.notapipepublishing.com/antifa-lit-journal
poem, "Carry On," Cosmic Quest, Strange Quark Press, May 30 2025, https://www.strangequarkpress.org/carry-on-by-brian-garrison/
poem, "Séance at the Jukebox," Underland Arcana #12, June 12 2025, https://firebirdcreative.myshopify.com/products/underland-arcana-12
Richard Magahiz
chapbook, genre, The Reducing Flame, Space Cowboy Books, https://spacecowboybooks.bandcamp.com/merch/the-reducing-flame-chapbook
poem, genre, "The wards of the afterlife", Utopia Science Fiction, June 2025, https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/june-2025-issue
3 poems, genre, "[still chewing]," "[so those villagers]," and "[boron high altar]", Five Fleas, June 5, 2025, https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2025/06/afternoon-of-june-5-2025.html
poem, genre, "[steady, boy]", dadakuku, 15 June 2025, https://dadakuku.com/2025/06/15/dusted-in-pollen/
Akua Lezli Hope
poem, “Roanoke Prime”, Cosmic Quest, Strange Quark Press, June 2025, https://www.strangequarkpress.org/roanoke-prime-by-akua-lezli-hope/
chapbook, non genre, Our 50th for the Wiiliams College Class of 1975, ArtFarm Press, June 2025, https://www.amazon.com/OUR-50TH-Williams-College-Class/dp/0964787644/?
pre-release reading, Cosmic Quest, June 6, 2025
reading, host and participant with Miguel Mitchell, Jacqueline Johnson, Sherese Francis, and upfromsumdirt, "Juneteenth and The Black Fantastic," The Speculative Sundays Reading Series, June 15, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2pdchyT33k
Lisa Timpf
poem, spec, [stuck in the past], Scifaikuest May 2025 print, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/scifaikuest-may-2025
3 poems, spec, “Ladder,” “Spider Webs,” and “Winter Solstice Ceremony at St. Luke’s,” Sublimation 2.3: A Midsummer Day’s Nightmare, May/June 2025, https://islandofwakwak.com/2.3-a-midsummer-s-day-nightmare.html
poem, spec, “Last Stand at the Coffee Shop,” Solstitia Issue 3: Coffeeshop!AU, published June 2025, https://www.patreon.com/fictionfanspod/shop/solstitia-issue-3-1825862
poem, non-spec, “Tucking the Garden In at Night,” Still Points Arts Quarterly, Summer 2025, https://www.shantiarts.co/SPAQ/SPAQ58/files/timpf.pdf
review of Goalie by Ben von Jagow, non-spec, The Seaboard Review of Books, June 9, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/goalie-by-ben-von-jagow
review by James M. Fisher of Cats and Dogs in Space, The Seaboard Review of Books June 16, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/cats-and-dogs-in-space-by-lisa-timpf
review by Nina Munteanu of Cats and Dogs in Space, June 29, 2025, https://ninamunteanu.me/2025/06/29/cats-and-dogs-in-space/
Juleigh Howard-Hobson
poem, “A Song To Feed The Land” Eternal Haunted Summer, Solstice Issue, June 19, 2025, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summer-solstice-2025/a-song-to-feed-the-land/
poem (reprint), "What A Shame Spell”, Form in Formless Times, June 13, 2025, https://formalverse.com/2025/06/13/sonnet-juleigh-howard-hobson-what-a-shame-spell/
5 poems: “The Reading”, “Talking to the Depressed Ghost Who Haunts my Cellar About Self-Acceptance”, “Rest in Peace”, “A Sugar Spell to Keep Life Sweet”, and “If You Pay In Advance You Can Choose Where you Sit”. Alien Buddha Zine #75, May 29 2025, https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Buddha-Zine-7in5-standard/dp/B0F9PY36FC
Carol Edwards
poem, "We Should Talk About this Obsession (I)", Lit eZine Volume 8, June 2025, https://manicsylph.com/lit-ezine-vol-8-front-page-contents/
poem, "Northern California Coastline", Literature Today, June 2025, https://literaturetodayjournal.blogspot.com/