Showers turn to flowers this time of year, I’ve been told. So here’s a little of both with regard to what various members of the organization have been up to lately.
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David C. Kopaska-Merkel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 poems, “can’t talk my teen self,” “Cinderella,” “Ice Age wanes,” “Mom and Dad’s,” Synchronized Chaos, mid-April, 2023, synchchaos.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “signal drops,” Five Fleas, afternoon of April 13, 2023, https:\/\/fivefleas.blogspot.com\/2023\/04\/afternoon-of-april-13-2023.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, “Last Night in Dunwich” and “Night Fishing,” print, Weird House Magazine #2, April 2023, weirdhousepress.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lorraine Schein<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cZodiac Station, \u201d Michigan Quarterly\u2014SomaFlights #622, Spring 2023, https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2023\/03\/meet-our-contributors-issue-622-spring-2023\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cBeyondness,\u201d Penumbric Vol. 6 #6, April 2023, https:\/\/www.penumbric.com\/currentissue\/scheinBeyondness.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeff Oliver and Dan Verkys<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n collection, Infinite Black: Tales From The Abyss,<\/em> Feb 2023, https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jeff-oliver-and-dan-verkys\/infinite-black\/hardcover\/product-rpym66.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carina Bissett<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, online, \u201cBetween Scylla and Charybdis,\u201d The Future Fire, April 2023. http:\/\/futurefire.net\/2023.65\/fiction\/between.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robert Frazier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Searchin’ Every Which A-Way”, Analog Science Fiction, May\/June 2023, https:\/\/www.analogsf.com\/current-issue\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “A Caution: On Being One of the Invisibles” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May\/June 2023, https:\/\/www.asimovs.com\/current-issue\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Angela Acosta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, “Oraci\u00f3n para los antiguos viajeros de la Tierra”, “Matriarca”, “Las joyas de la V\u00eda L\u00e1ctea,” Azahares Literary Magazine, April 2023, https:\/\/uafs.edu\/academics\/colleges-and-schools\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/departments\/resources\/azahares.php<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Invertebrate Gazebo,” Apparition Literary Magazine, Issue 22, April 2023, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0C2JMHF6W<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Done Away with the Light-Years,” Frivolous Comma, April 2023, https:\/\/www.frivolouscomma.com\/fiction\/done-away-with-the-light-years\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michael H. Payne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, pages 1719 & 1721, Terebinth<\/em>, April 3 & 17, 2023, http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/terebinth\/tbarchiv\/20230403.html & http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/terebinth\/tbarchiv\/20230417.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mahaila Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Haze,” The Ekphrastic Challenge, The Ekphrastic Review, April 21, 2023 https:\/\/www.ekphrastic.net\/the-ekphrastic-challenges\/mufide-kadri-ekphrastic-writing-responses<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wendy Van Camp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 scifaiku series, “Cosmological Speed” & “Ode to James Webb”, The Starlight Scifaiku Review, Spring 2023, https:\/\/starshipsloane.com\/the-starlight-scifaiku-review-spring-2023-issue-3\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n editor, Anaheim Poetry Review, April 2023, https:\/\/anaheimpoetry.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n interview by David Leonhardt, “What is a poet laureate?”, April 2, 2023, https:\/\/thgmwriters.com\/blog\/poet-laureate-definition\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n presentation, “Proclamation for National Poetry Month”, April 4th, Anaheim City Council Chambers, https:\/\/anaheim.granicus.com\/player\/clip\/2971?view_id=2&redirect=true&h=6bc6e62350441e9a013d1d70f7dbf7de<\/p>\n\n\n\n presentation, \u201dEvery Word Matters: Using Poetry Concepts To Enrich Your Prose\u201d, April 8th, The Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies, https:\/\/iasfs.in\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n organizer, host, Anaheim Poetry Review Launch Party, April 11th, https:\/\/allevents.in\/mobile\/amp-event.php?event_id=200024350882709<\/p>\n\n\n\n panel, “Imaginative Verse: A Reading and Discussion of Speculative Poetry”, AnaCon, April 15, https:\/\/www.anaheim.net\/4743\/AnaCon<\/p>\n\n\n\n panels, “Form Poetry”, “Techniques and Tips for Online Readings”, “Fanfiction: Relevant, Valid, Good”, “Care and Feeding of the Editorial Brain & Body”, “Creating a Chapbook: How To”, Flights of Foundry, April 14-16, https:\/\/flights-of-foundry.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n workshop, “Prompts to Poetry: A generative speculative poetry workshop”, April 14, Flights of Foundry, http:\/\/flights-of-foundry.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n S. T. Eleu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, non-genre, “Spectrum Note 2: #you\u2019reanation” & “Spectrum Note 24: #spectruminthespotlight”, New Feathers Anthology, https:\/\/www.newfeathersanthology.com\/spectrum-note-2-youreanation.html#\/ & https:\/\/www.newfeathersanthology.com\/spectrum-note-24-spectruminthespotlight.html#\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deborah L. Davitt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n chapbook, From Voyages Unending<\/em>, Aqueduct Press, Conversations Series, http:\/\/www.aqueductpress.com\/books\/978-1-61976-242-8.php<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeff Oliver and Dan Verkys<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n collection, Infinite Black: Tales From The Abyss, April, 6th 2023, https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/jeff-oliver-and-dan-verkys\/infinite-black\/paperback\/product-r5e9m6.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mary Soon Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “The Qilin Visits the Zoo,” Penumbric, Volume VI, Issue 6, April 2023, https:\/\/www.penumbric.com\/currentissue\/leeQilin.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carol Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n collection, The World Eats Love,<\/em> The Ravens Quoth Press, April 25, 2023, https:\/\/www.theravensquoth.press\/the-world-eats-love-by-carol-edwards\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lorraine Schein<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cA Ghostly Slice,\u201d Diet Milk, Spring\/Summer II, 2023, https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/s\/297cb43c60<\/p>\n\n\n\n James Dorr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, “Let’s All Go To The Movies,” “Last, Shoemaker Stick To,” and “Existential Vamp,” The Ryder, April\/May 2023, https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/270807383\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robin Wyatt Dunn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “don’t say what it is”, Dissident Voice, April 16, 2023, https:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2023\/04\/dont-say-what-it-is\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daniel Ausema<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Hands That Cannot Grasp,” Kaleidotripe, Spring 2023, https:\/\/kaleidotrope.net\/spring-2023\/hands-that-cannot-grasp-by-daniel-ausema\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n C. H. Lindsay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “The Frumious Jubjub,” Fantasy Magazine, April 2023, https:\/\/www.fantasy-magazine.com\/fm\/poetry\/the-frumious-jubjub\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mariel Herbert<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, genre, \u201cNursery Rhymes,\u201d The Ekphrastic Challenges, April 2023, https:\/\/www.ekphrastic.net\/the-ekphrastic-challenges<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 poems, genre, \u201cSijo,\u201d \u201dThree Haiku for Mad Scientists,\u201d [faerie knight], [final call], [partial thaw], [boundary crossing], [pruning], & [denied magics], Lothlorien Poetry Journal 20, Spring 2023, https:\/\/lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com\/2023\/02\/ten-sijo-haiku-senryu-poems-by-mariel.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, genre, [sharing], horror senryu journal, April 2023, https:\/\/horrorkujournal.blogspot.com\/2023\/04\/mariel-herbert.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 poems, non-genre, \u201cTen Haiku by…Mariel Herbert,\u201d first frost, Spring 2023, https:\/\/www.firstfrostpoetry.com\/marielherbert<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lauren McBride<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “I’ll Cry Later”, genre, Abyss & Apex, April 2023, https:\/\/www.abyssapexzine.com\/2023\/03\/ill-cry-later\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “leafless trees”, non-genre, Optical Evocation Art Show by Melinda Martin, Brunswick Library, Brunswick, GA, April 2023, https:\/\/moglibraries.org\/events\/featured-artist-melinda-martin<\/p>\n\n\n\n E.F. Schraeder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, “TransHuman,” “In the Absence of Human(kind),” “Welcome to the TransVerse”, Sinister Wisdom, vol 128: Trans\/Feminisms, Spring 2023, https:\/\/www.sinisterwisdom.org\/sw128<\/p>\n\n\n\n G. O. Clark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Three Hearts As One”, Asimov’s Science Fiction, May\/June 2023. www.asimov’s.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “I Am Providence”, Lovecraftiana (GB), Vol. 8, No. 1, April 25, 2023, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lovecraftiana-Vol-Issue-Walpurgisnacht-2023\/dp\/B0C2SRHCH6\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shelly Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Penelope Learns to Weave a Double Helix,” 34 Orchard, Issue 7, Spring 2023, https:\/\/34orchard.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/04\/34-orchard-issue-7-spring-2023-1.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “A Gardener’s Guide to Grief,” Thanatos Review, Issue 2, Spring 2023, https:\/\/www.thanatosreview.com\/items-1\/a-gardener’s-guide-to-grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robin Rose Graves<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Robot & other poems,” The Starlight SciFaiku Review, Spring 2023, https:\/\/starshipsloane.com\/the-starlight-scifaiku-review-spring-2023-issue-3\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Colleen Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cFirst Day of Spring,\u201d Songs of Eretz Spring: Growth, Apr. 2023, http:\/\/www.songsoferetz.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cThe Wronged,\u201d Penumbric Vol. VI #6, Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.penumbric.com\/currentissue\/andersonWronged.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cDweller of the Deep,\u201d Weird House #2, Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.weirdhousepress.com\/product\/weird-house-magazine-2\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n interview, Exercise Your Writes: Season 2 Episode 13: \u201cColleen Anderson, Presidential Poet,\u201d Apr. 2023, https:\/\/angelaysmith.com\/2023\/04\/colleen-anderson-presidential-poet\/ and https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JwfPjagYTDk&list=PL49DVVY0PV1TM0bvvcq5Ot5N8xdlkiyJs&index=2<\/p>\n\n\n\n interview, Into the Looking Glass 2.1: Speculative Poetry from Both Sides of the Editor\u2019s Desk, Apr. 2023, https:\/\/podbay.fm\/p\/into-the-looking-glass-exploring-the-magic-behind-speculative-poetry\/e\/1680035455<\/p>\n\n\n\n interview, Exercise your Writes, \u201cSFPA Award and Collection,\u201d Apr. 12, 2023, https:\/\/angelaysmith.com\/2023\/04\/sfpa-creates-new-presidents-award\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tim Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Restraints,” \u014crongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2022, International Institute of Modern Letters, April 2023, https:\/\/www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz\/2022-contents\/tim-jones\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Catherine Rockwood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “To the Witch of Edmonton, Her Familiar’s Love,” Coffin Bell Journal 6.2, April 2023, https:\/\/coffinbell.com\/to-the-witch-of-edmonton-her-familiars-love\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “The Surgeon of a Whaler,” Bad Lilies issue 13, April 2023, https:\/\/www.badlilies.uk\/catherine-rockwood<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jean-Paul L. Garnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, “The Telepathy Machine” & “The Answering Machine”, Altered Reality Magazine, Spring 2023, https:\/\/www.alteredrealitymag.com\/the-telepathy-machine\/ & https:\/\/www.alteredrealitymag.com\/the-answering-machine-by-jean-paul-l-garnier\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Noah Berlatsky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, \u201cShort Poem with ChatGPT\u201d, \u201cPhilosophy,\u201d dadakuku, April 2023, https:\/\/dadakuku.com\/category\/noah-berlatsky\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cThe 1945 Project,\u201d New Feathers Anthology, April 2023, https:\/\/www.newfeathersanthology.com\/the-1945-project.html#\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11 poems, \u201cThe algorithm,\u201d \u201cAll day,\u201d \u201cAt last,\u201d \u201cDragons,\u201d \u201cEverything Is Better,\u201d \u201cInsomnia,\u201d \u201cPast Midnight,\u201d \u201cThe movie ends,\u201d \u201cThere was a time,\u201d \u201cThe tree shadow,\u201d \u201cWhen you are a cat,\u201d Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry), April 2023. https:\/\/fivefleas.blogspot.com\/2023\/04\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cThe DaVinci Code, Cracked,\u201d Oddball Magazine, April 2023, https:\/\/oddballmagazine.com\/poem-by-noah-berlatsky\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 poems, \u201cHave You Listened, Truly Listened?\u201d \u201cTiny House,\u201d \u201cTo the Twilight of Freedom\u201d and \u201cWhat Was Your Face Before Your Mother Was Born?\u201d Synchronized Chaos, April 2023, https:\/\/synchchaos.com\/poetry-from-noah-berlatsky-2\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard Magahiz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, genre, “when the gotchaberries bloom again,” dadakuku, https:\/\/dadakuku.com\/2023\/04\/02\/when-the-gotchaberries-bloom-again\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 poems, genre, “[Century 31], “[triangles for lunch]”,”[curtsies to Dalmatia]”, and “[egoless at last],” Five Fleas, https:\/\/fivefleas.blogspot.com\/2023\/04\/morning-of-april-3-2023.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, genre, “Sarafina’s sparklicious adventure,” Bewildering Stories 992, http:\/\/www.bewilderingstories.com\/issue992\/sarafina.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, genre, “Finger guns salute,” “On your equipment,” and “Your color palette, 2011,” Chrome Baby, Bairn 121, https:\/\/robindunn.com\/bairn121.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, genre, “[true true true],” and “[stacks of stolen kisses],” Five Fleas, https:\/\/fivefleas.blogspot.com\/2023\/04\/evening-of-april-22-2023.html <\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 poems, genre, “Rations rejected by angels,” “The sport of technocrats,” “London forgives the flaws in the telling,” “The mirror-backed cabinet in oak,” “A visit to Wernicke’s ineffable land,” “Location, location, location,” and “Cendrillon la belle,” otoliths, https:\/\/the-otolith.blogspot.com\/2023\/03\/richard-magahiz.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dennis Maulsby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem “Warped and Cracked,” The Briar Cliff Review Volume 35, Spring 2023, https:\/\/www.bcreview.org\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “The Mercenary,” Space & Time Issue 142, Winter 2022, https:\/\/spaceandtime.net\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n H. Russell Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 senryu, The Starlight SciFaiku Review, Starship Sloane Publishing, Spring 2023 (issue #3), https:\/\/starshipsloane.com\/the-starlight-scifaiku-review-spring-2023-issue-3\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lori R. Lopez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, genre, \u201cCatastrophe\u201d, Aphelion Webzine, April 2023, http:\/\/www.aphelion-webzine.com\/poetry\/2023\/04\/Catastrophe.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 poems, genre, \u201cDungeon Key\u201d, \u201cAlebrije\u201d, \u201cI Called Him Monster\u201d, \u201cFrogs are croaking\u201d, \u201cThe Ferry Queen\u201d, The Sirens Call, Issue 61, Spring 2023, http:\/\/www.sirenscallpublications.com\/pdfs\/SirensCallEZine_Spring2023.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n Akua Lezli Hope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, non spec, “Clean Plates”, Last Leaves Magazine Issue 6: Hunger, https:\/\/www.lastleavesmag.com\/last-leaves-issues Spring Issue free download<\/p>\n\n\n\n solo reading and 4 panels, “Form Poetry” with Wendy Van Camp and Maria Picone, “Creating a Chapbook: How To” with Angela Acosta, Wendy Van Camp and Andrew Najberg, “Speculative Poetry: The oldest genre you’ve never heard of” with Cislyn Smith and Ewen Ma, and “Creating For an Audience vs. Making Just For You” with Thiago Ambr\u00f3sio Lage, Suzanne Walker, and Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Flights of Foundry, April 14-16, 2023, https:\/\/flights-of-foundry.org\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n host, Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading with Tammy D. Walker, May 21, 2023 7 to 8 pm EDT, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/specpo<\/p>\n\n\n\n LindaAnn LoSchiavo and David Davies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 reviews for Messengers of the Macabre: Hallowe’en Poems<\/em>, Todd Sullivan in Samjoko Magazine, April 2, 2023, https:\/\/www.samjokomagazine.com\/book-reviews\/messengersofthemacabre-bookreview and Herb Kauderer in Star*Line, Issue 46.2, Spring 2023, https:\/\/www.sfpoetry.com\/starline.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n collection, Apprenticed to the Night,<\/em> UniVerse Press, April 27, 2023, https:\/\/universepress.net\/product\/apprenticed-to-the-night\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n review for Apprenticed to the Night<\/em> by Andrea Walker in Panopolyzine, April 2023, https:\/\/panoplyzine.com\/2023\/04\/21\/review-of-apprenticed-to-the-night-by-lindaann-loschiavo\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n interview by Tammy Walker for InterStellar Flight Press, April 2023, https:\/\/medium.com\/interstellar-flight-press\/caught-between-two-worlds-family-far-away-places-and-formal-poetry-270426062797<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Ghost Dance,” Roi Faineant, Hips 36, Spring 2023, https:\/\/roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com\/rf-arc-hive\/post\/ghost-dance-by-lindaann-loschiavo<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Don\u2019t Monetize Those Poltergeists”, Timber Ghost Press, March 14, 2023, https:\/\/www.timberghostpress.com\/blog\/dont-monetize-those-poltergeists-by-lindaann-loschiavo<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, “The Grim Reaper Arrived Too Early” and “My Mother’s Ghost Dancing”, The Creativity Webzine, Issue # 150, “Visitors from Other Worlds,” April 2, 2023, https:\/\/moultoniancreativity.weebly.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Tuesdays with the Ghost”, Not Ghosts But Spirits volume 2<\/em>, Querencia Press, April 10, 2023, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1959118439<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anna Cates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n collection, Electric Cat City: A Poesy<\/em>, Red Moon Press, https:\/\/redmoonpress.com\/product\/electric-cat-city-a-poesy\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n haiku, Heron\u2019s Nest Vol XXV No 1, March 2023, https:\/\/theheronsnest.com\/March2023\/haiku-p24.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n haiku, World Haiku No. 19, 2023, https:\/\/www.cyberwit.net\/publications\/2082<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gretchen Rockwell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “I Go Looking for My Shadow Self\u2014Find Him,” Rogue Agent, Sundress Publications, April 2023, http:\/\/www.rogueagentjournal.com\/grockwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “I Hold a Gender Reveal Party for My Shadow Self,” ANMLY Magazine (“it’s a good day to be trans!” folio), ANMLY, April 2023, https:\/\/anmly.org\/ap36\/gretchen-rockwell\/ <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jay Sturner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n prose poem, “They Sing Me Along,” Space & Time Magazine #143, Spring\/Summer 2023, Yuriko Publishing https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NwxTIl<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ian Willey <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 prose poems, Otoliths, Issue 69, Southern Autumn, 2023, https:\/\/the-otolith.blogspot.com\/2023\/02\/ian-willey.html <\/p>\n\n\n\n prose poem, “The Writer,” Microfiction Monday Magazine, 183rd Edition (Monday April 24, 2023), https:\/\/microfictionmondaymagazine.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lisa Timpf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, non-genre, [\u201cOh, spare me the tails and top hat,\u201d], Saturday Evening Post Limerick Laughs, posted as a runner-up, https:\/\/www.saturdayeveningpost.com\/2023\/04\/january-february-2023-limerick-laughs-winner-and-runners-up\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lauren Scharhag<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Earth and Sky,” The Dope Fiend Daily, January 2023, https:\/\/thedopefienddaily.blogspot.com\/2023\/01\/earth-and-sky-by-lauren-scharhag.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Birdsong,” The Rye Whiskey Review, January 2023, https:\/\/ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com\/2023\/01\/birdsong-by-lauren-scharhag.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Home for Christmas,” Written Tales Magazine, January 2023, https:\/\/writtentales.substack.com\/p\/home-for-christmas<\/p>\n\n\n\n prose-poem, “The Two of Coins,” Decomp Journal, Issue 6: Refugee Futurities, https:\/\/decompjournal.com\/scharhag-the-two-of-coins<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Skinwalker,” Mitchell Pluto Artzine, https:\/\/mitchellpluto.com\/2023\/02\/27\/skinwalker-by-lauren-scharhag\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marisca Pichette<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “The Goblin Queene,” Kaleidotrope, Spring 2023 Issue, April 2023, https:\/\/kaleidotrope.net\/spring-2023\/the-goblin-queene-by-marisca-pichette\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Tug,” Seaside Gothic, Issue 6, April 2023, https:\/\/seasidegothic.com\/poetry\/tug\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Hat(ch)ed,” Dark Dead Things, Issue 1, March 2023, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dark-Dead-Things-Issue-One-ebook\/dp\/B0BYT7KYBF<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Ritual; burned,” Holding Patterns: An Anthology of Words on Ritual<\/em>, April 2023, https:\/\/www.goodprintedthings.com\/shop\/p\/holding-patterns<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Widow’s Walls,” Thanatos Review, Issue 2, April 2023, https:\/\/www.thanatosreview.com\/items-1\/widow’s-walls<\/p>\n\n\n\n RK Rugg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Birdwatching During the Pandemic” Tiny Wren Lit, Issue 4, April 2023, https:\/\/www.tinywrenlit.com\/issue-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “The Ancients We Are Told Made Great: Erasure poem from Isaac Newton’s ‘Preface to The Principia,’ May 8, 1686” Utopia Science Fiction Magazine April\/May 2023, https:\/\/www.utopiasciencefiction.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem chosen as an Asimov’s Readers’ Award Finalist, “I Recalled Old Earth Last Night in a Dream” Asimov’s Science Fiction, May\/June 2022, https:\/\/www.asimovs.com\/about-asimovs\/readers-award-finalists\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Showers turn to flowers this time of year, I’ve been told. So here’s a little of both with regard to what various members of the organization have been up to lately. Mike David C. 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