{"id":8980,"date":"2025-07-25T19:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/?page_id=8980"},"modified":"2025-12-11T01:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:57:38","slug":"starline-48-1-winter-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/starline\/starline-48-1-winter-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Star*Line 48.1 (Winter 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:85%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-14-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8554 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-14-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-14-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-14-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-14.png 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Cover<\/strong>: The Botanist, \u00a9 Dante Luiz<br><strong>Editor<\/strong>: Jean-Paul L. 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Wormholes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#choice\">Editor&#8217;s Choice Poems<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#first\">The E. coli Sudoku Team * Art Holcomb<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#second\">The Present * Ian Willey<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#third\">Our Blessed Technologies, Their Barbarous Technologies * Jenna Le<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#fourth\">Contravention * F. J. Bergmann<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#fifth\">Five Ways To Murder Your Mentor * Michael Victor Bowman<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#sixth\">The World Is Ending, but the Drive Thru Is Still Open on Broadway and Eighth * AJ Wentz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#toc\">Full Table of Contents<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ed\"><em>Wyrms &amp; Wormholes<\/em>: Farewell, My Friends. Sort of&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been a great honor to be at the helm of Star*Line and to read so much of your wonderful work, even if I had to send out rejections. I am in constant awe of the quality of the poetry from all of you speculative poets from around the world, and I treasure my time becoming so familiar with all of your voices. While I am leaving as editor, I am still going to be an active part of our community and am looking forward to reading your work in various journals, bumping into you at cons, and sharing the stage at readings. Thank you for trusting me with your art, I hope that I have done it justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also an honor to hand over the helm to our new editor John Reinhart. I\u2019m sure that you are familiar with his poetry and book reviews from past issues of Star*Line, and I know that he will do an excellent job with our journal. Please join me in welcoming him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to stay in touch, I can easily be found online through my bookstore Space Cowboy Books, and I welcome further communication. Your poetry has truly been an inspiration. Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<em>Jean-Paul L. Garnier,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Star*Line<\/em>&nbsp;Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"choice\">Editor&#8217;s Choice Poems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"first\">&#8220;The E. coli Sudoku Team,&#8221; by Art Holcomb<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, it was only a matter of time\u2014<br>students at the University of Tokyo<br>have trained those little stomach bacteria<br>to graduate from causing food poisoning<br>to solving Sudoku puzzles.<br>Bravo, science. Really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because what we truly needed<br>wasn\u2019t a cure for disease,<br>or a fix for a planet baking like bread in the oven,<br>but a microorganism<br>that could nail a 9&#215;9 grid<br>without breaking a sweat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe next, they\u2019ll teach fungi to do taxes,<br>train viruses to calculate the tip\u2014<br>so perhaps that half-eaten casserole<br>moldering in the fridge<br>can finally get my checkbook balanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point,<br>even the mold is probably smarter than I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we\u2014<br>we who invented the wheel,<br>the lightbulb,<br>the smartphone so we could argue online<br>about things we don\u2019t understand\u2014<br>we who once turned fire into progress<br>are now left with ever-declining attention spans<br>and the existential dread<br>of being outpaced by whatever\u2019s growing<br>in the bottom of the milk carton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps,<br>by next year,<br>we\u2019ll have yeast managing our calendars,<br>a side of E. coli tutoring our kids,<br>and I\u2019ll sit here, sipping my coffee,<br>waiting for the day<br>when the leftovers in the fridge<br>not only file my taxes,<br>but, ultimately,<br>probate my estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"second\">&#8220;The Present,&#8221; by Ian Wiley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since there are no days in space we wear watches that tell us not only the time but how old we are. That\u2019s how we know when to celebrate our birthdays, not that we do, having used up the cake mix centuries ago. But while clearing space slugs from the hull I had an accident, losing one hand and with it the watch. They gave me a new hand and a new watch but checking the age I saw I was ten years younger than I should be. I told the repair-bot but she just smiled and said happy birthday..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"third\">&#8220;Our Blessed Technologies, Their Barbarous Technologies,&#8221; by Jenna Le<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a planet where the women<br>prevent unwanted births<br>by going to consult a wizard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He casts a spell upon their wombs<br>brandishing an instrument<br>reforged from melted coins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spell inflicts a pain<br>that far exceeds all other pain<br>they\u2019ve ever known<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and sometimes it drags on<br>for a draconian length of time<br>as the spell\u2019s tendrils often fail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to penetrate the womb\u2019s full depth<br>and must be knuckled into place<br>all while the women hiss and grit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No anesthesia\u2019s given<br>The wizard tells the women pain is rare<br>and complications too are rare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>although at times<br>the tendrils of the spell escape the womb<br>and plant long barbs in nearby organs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fourth\">&#8220;Contravention,&#8221; by F.J. Bergmann<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Though his contract specifically<br>forbade drugs and alcohol, most of<br>the night before was a blur. The band<br>had been really bad\u2014then nothing.<br>But if he couldn\u2019t recall using,<br>he could simply deny it with<br>a clear conscience. He inserted<br>the saline drip to detox residuals.<br>Obviously, he\u2019d had a good time;<br>he hoped it had been worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aliens from Gliese 83c loved<br>the taste of human flesh. They were<br>too civilized to kill sentient beings,<br>but alternatives were always possible:<br>hospitals and outpatient surgeries<br>did a brisk business in trimmings,<br>and brokers were able to negotiate<br>substantial annuities in exchange<br>for regular harvest of organs<br>that could regenerate\u2014like livers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019d put him to sleep every<br>three months, and he\u2019d wake up<br>five pounds lighter, with a newly<br>sutured incision. Very neat. Just<br>like a goose, except geese didn\u2019t<br>survive being made into foie gras.<br>Hazily, he wondered if Gliesans<br>had livers, and what&nbsp;<em>they<\/em>&nbsp;would<br>taste like. Maybe next time<br>he\u2019d propose a trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fifth\">&#8220;Five Ways to Murder Your Mentor&#8221; by Michael Victor Bowman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I just killed him for the second time, today.<br>I murdered him tomorrow, then rewrote my poem.<br>But today he rejected it, again.<br>\u2019Weak metaphor, end rhyme with no meter. Clich\u00e9!\u2019<br>So now I have to start again.<br>I scribble angry words and with a fist<br>of crumpled paper, dial my destination:<br>yesterday. Evening, perhaps?<br>He may be more generous after dinner;<br>less critical, his faculties softened by wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow I strangled him, screaming \u2019Clich\u00e9?\u2019<br>into his face as I pushed my thumbs into his throat.<br>Today, I silently slashed his carotid with a kitchen knife,<br>showered in his blood, then had to shower<br>before leaving. Any evidence travels back.<br>I have left my perfect crimes in the future.<br>(What was it he said about my tenses?)<br>As for yesterday \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dash off a fresh draft. No time for this!<br>I need to choose my next implement. A screwdriver,<br>perhaps? Nice small hole, much less blood spatter.<br>I arrive at the appointed hour. He gives his verdict:<br>\u2019Repetitive navel gazing. Needs a narrative arc.\u2019<br>My hand arcs upwards, his eyes roll back,<br>the tool\u2019s shaft pinning his spiteful tongue<br>like a dead butterfly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OK, let\u2019s try the day before yesterday.<br>Tuesday. He had a book signing.<br>Maybe he\u2019ll be nicer in public,<br>with witnesses. \u2019Oh, shut up!\u2019 I yell at the panicking onlookers,<br>clutching their (suddenly more valuable) signed copies.<br>Don\u2019t they understand? It takes a long time<br>to beat a man to death with his own hardback novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right, Monday! I tear the flyleaf out of the murder weapon<br>and hover his expensive signing pen over the blank page.<br>Inspiration strikes as the blue lights flash across the walls,<br>but I am gone before the tazer strikes.<br>He fingers the torn page curiously before he reads.<br>\u2019Hmm, you have a good core idea. With a second draft,<br>this will be stronger.\u2019 I smile. He\u2019s right, of course.<br>I knew I could trust his judgement.<br>\u2019But it\u2019s too long and very repetitive. The same idea<br>worked over and over and over, again \u2026\u2019<br>I choose my next implement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sixth\">&#8220;The World Is Ending, but the Drive Thru Is Still Open on Broadway and Eighth&#8221; by AJ Wentz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>coiled around the purple building<br>like a restless wyrm, the line is full<br>of restless drivers. this drive thru is<br>the last and only reliable restaurant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>no one understands why you can still<br>get a cheeseburger when supply chains<br>have been broken. there is no explanation<br>as to how the neon lights are lit when<br>the rest of the city has lost power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my apocalypses are no longer my own.<br>personal heartbreaks replaced by the<br>end of the world, and my comfort food<br>has become the comfort food of the<br>nation, indivisible under the neon signs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the cashier takes one look at my face<br>and throws in another handful of sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toc\">Full Table of Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Departments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wyrms &amp; Wormholes *&nbsp;<em>Jean-Paul Garnier<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SFPA Announcements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>President\u2019s Message *&nbsp;<em>Colleen Anderson<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the Small Press *&nbsp;<em>Herb Kauderer, John Reinhart, Lisa Timpf<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stealth SF * \u201cThe Fault in Our Starts\u201d *&nbsp;<em>Denise Dumars<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SpecPo Publishing * Interview with Nicasio Andres Reed *&nbsp;<em>Jean-Paul Garnier<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Botanist<\/em>&nbsp;* Dante Luiz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Pyramid Protector<\/em>&nbsp;* Denny E. Marshall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Exploring Europa\u2019s Icy Ocean * Lauren McBride<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A big red one coughed * Richard Magahiz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[landslides] * D. A. Xiaolin Spires<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is He Really My Brother If He Died Before I Was Born? * Jason P. Burnham<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[arrested for crimes] * Richard E Schell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[after they carve our names] * Yuliia Vereta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[a child shattering] * Joshua St. Claire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flow * Roger Dutcher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seek the Strawberry Plant * Devan Barlow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Chaos * Arukoya Tamois<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spaceship schoolyard games * Kathryn Papadopoulos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or Just Another Hoax? * Sarah Cannavo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Time-Travelling Bystander * A J Dalton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[supernova] * Mariel Herbert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[The truth about our realities] * Yuliia Vereta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top Zombie Classic Rock Bands * Robert Frazier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just Outside of Chattanooga * Anna Madden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Halls of the Dread Ship * Garrett Carroll<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its boughs tangled in starlanes * Richard Magahiz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ahead * Roger Dutcher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Getting to know you less and less * Richard Magahiz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overheard at a Spacestation Bar * Lauren McBride<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cosmetic Cosmos * John H. Dromey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mimicry is Key * Jason P. Burnham<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The E. coli Sudoku Team * Art Holcomb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[a dodo a day] * LeRoy Gorman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Model X, 2075: Darling Companion * Elizabeth Fletcher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time to Stay Home * Lauren McBride<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>my life thus far (at two months old) * Julie Allyn Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That Scream in the Night * RK Rugg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[vampires, witches] * John Reinhart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life and Death on TerraX * H. V. Patterson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Futures of Grandeur * Spencer Keene<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pocket Black Hole * Casey Aimer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[feelings of insignificance] * Royal Baysinger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Feast for Dark Angels * Marge Simon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On A Spaceship * Bailey Thomas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[repurpose, reuse, renew] * Lauren McBride<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skull, knuckle * Nicholas Alti<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sol Three Must Be Saved * David C. Kopaska-Merkel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each Bite a Cleansing * Jenna Hanchey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lost in Time * DJ Tyrer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solar Eclipse * James Arthur Anderson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Present * Ian Willey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our Blessed Technologies, Their Barbarous Technologies * Jenna Le<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[Haunted house adapts to 21st century] * Alan Ira Gordon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sevenling (Tomorrow) * Caleb Edmondson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spectacles on the Local Asteroid Casino * M. Ray Vidrine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hardcore * Mary Soon Lee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time and Heat * Josh Pearce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Last Human Being * Alessio Zanelli<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pathology Report * M. Frost<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[age is just numbers] * Howard V. Hendrix<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Happier Ever After #2 * Mary Soon Lee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[great-great-Grandma] * David C. 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