{"id":7596,"date":"2024-08-08T04:07:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specpo.wordpress.com\/?p=7596"},"modified":"2024-08-08T04:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:07:52","slug":"sfpa-july-2024-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/2024\/08\/08\/sfpa-july-2024-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"SFPA July 2024 Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Extruding an arm:<br><br>From the puddle into which I&#8217;ve melted, I click the submit button on this post outlining some of the activities SFPA&#8217;s members have performed during this most recent month of July.<br><br>Mike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brian U. Garrison<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 poems, print, &#8220;Artificial Regret,&#8221; &#8220;Unnaming of Parts,&#8221; and &#8220;Rustless metal shell,&#8221; <em>Giant Robot Poems,<\/em> Middle West Press, July 2024, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Giant-Robot-Poems-Mecha-Human-Culture-ebook\/dp\/B0D3JFHJZW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>N. Jed Todd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 poems, &#8220;Quantum Computing and the Colonel&#8221;, &#8220;Predictions&#8221; &amp; &#8220;DrillSergeantGPT&#8221;, <em>Giant Robot Poems,<\/em> Middle West Press, July 2024, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Giant-Robot-Poems-Mecha-Human-Culture-ebook\/dp\/B0D3JFHJZW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Julie Shiel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, &#8220;When The Stars Were Right&#8221;, <em>Necronomi-Romcon: Light Edition<\/em>, June 2024, https:\/\/amzn.to\/4bplzls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sumiko Saulson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>collection, <em>Melancholia: A Book of Dark Poetry<\/em>, Bludgeoned Girls Press, June 14, 2024, https:\/\/sumikosaulson.com\/2024\/07\/06\/melancholia-is-out\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David C. Kopaska-Merkel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, print, &#8220;RU438 Writes a Poem,&#8221; <em>Giant Robot Poems,<\/em> Middle West Press, July 2024, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Giant-Robot-Poems-Mecha-Human-Culture-ebook\/dp\/B0D3JFHJZW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 poems, &#8220;Some Thoughts On the Altair Question,&#8221; &#8220;Sharp Encounter,&#8221; &#8220;Them,&#8221; and &#8220;Mollusca,&#8221; <em>The Drabbun Anthology 2.0,<\/em> 2024, Hiraeth Publishing,https:\/\/www.hiraethsffh.com\/product-page\/drabbun-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ann K. Schwader and David C. Kopaska-Merkel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, print, &#8220;cold case,&#8221; Focus 78, summer 2024, https:\/\/www.bsfa.co.uk\/focus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael H. Payne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, &#8220;Late for Sunday Dinner,&#8221; <em>Giant Robot Poems,<\/em> Middle West Press, July 2024, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Giant-Robot-Poems-Mecha-Human-Culture-ebook\/dp\/B0D3JFHJZW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 poems, #28-41, <em>Crown Moldering,<\/em> Daily Grind, July 2024, http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/daily\/mold01.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 poems, #1784-1788, Terebinth, July 2024, http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/terebinth\/tbarchiv\/index.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kimberly Kuchar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>rengay, &#8220;Sins of the Father,&#8221; winning poem in the 2023 Otoroshi Rengay Contest, Otoroshi Journal, Volume 3, lssue 2, Autumn\/Winter 2023\/2024, April 2024, https:\/\/otoroshijournal.wixsite.com\/home\/issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 poems, spec, &#8220;Colony Xaxbara 4,&#8221; &#8220;Just Yesterday,&#8221; &#8220;Dust,&#8221; and &#8220;What the Heavens Hide,&#8221; The Space Cadet Science Fiction Review, Issue 2, Summer 2024, June 2024, https:\/\/starshipsloane.com\/the-space-cadet-science-fiction-review-2\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 poems, spec, &#8220;Lily&#8221; and &#8220;Home,&#8221; Deadnought SF, Issue 2, Summer 2024, July 2024, https:\/\/starshipsloane.com\/dreadnought-sf-summer-2024-issue-2\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, &#8220;Flimflam,&#8221; Dadakuku, January, 8, 2024, https:\/\/dadakuku.com\/2024\/01\/08\/flimflam\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>senryu, spec, &#8220;sorting hat,&#8221; <em>Cutting Letters: English Interpretations of the 20 Traditional Japanese Kireji,<\/em> May 2024, https:\/\/a.co\/d\/iYFWFbr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Angela Acosta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 poems, &#8220;Living Lithop&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Enter, Reverberating Nostalgia,&#8221; Vita and the Woolf #2, https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/elinora-westfall\/the-pride-issue-vita-and-the-woolf-literary-and-arts-journal\/paperback\/product-v89q575.html?page=1&amp;pageSize=4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 poems, &#8220;Martian Anthropology&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Rejected Launch,&#8221; The Number Fifty, Summer 2024, https:\/\/thenumberfivezero.wordpress.com\/2024\/07\/02\/109\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 poems, &#8220;We Leapt,&#8221; &#8220;Qualifications&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Hush,&#8221; ionosphere Vol 1, Issue 2, Amplicon Press, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DB1L663P<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mahaila Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, \u201cI vowed to be of service to other beings,\u201d untethered magazine vol. 15, June 2024, https:\/\/alwaysuntethered.com\/buy-a-copy\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roger Dutcher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, &#8220;Let&#8217;s Pretend It&#8217;s a Bird&#8221;, New Myths, Vol. 18, Issue 67, Summer 2024, https:\/\/sites.google.com\/newmyths.com\/newmythscomissue67b\/issue-67-stories\/lets-pretend-its-a-bird<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pixie Bruner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 speculative poems, \u201cHere Is- (Spark), \u201cOnce We Mermaids\u201d, \u201cCoffee in Hell\u201d, and \u201cLate Night Observations\u201d, Sirens Call Summer #66, July 2024, http:\/\/www.sirenscallpublications.com\/pdfs\/SirensCallEZine_Summer2024.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem (reprint), \u201cThe Body As Haunted\u201d, miniMAG #108, https:\/\/minimag.press\/gallery\/miniMAG%20Issue108.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pixie Bruner &amp; Amabilis O\u2019Hara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, \u201cAural Fixation\u201d, <em>Extrasensory Overload: an Anthology of speculative excess,<\/em> Angry Gable Press, July 2024, https:\/\/a.co\/d\/8ScdEbD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colleen Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 poems, reprint, &#8220;Techno Demon,&#8221; &#8220;Thermoplastic,&#8221; and &#8220;Future Visions,&#8221; Giant Robot Poems, Jul. 2024, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Giant-Robot-Poems-Mecha-Human-Culture-ebook\/dp\/B0D3JFHJZW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katherine Quevedo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, &#8220;Ghosted by Pac-Man,&#8221; Sidequest, July 15, 2024, https:\/\/sidequest.zone\/2024\/07\/15\/game-enjambment-ghosted-by-pac-man\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, &#8220;Rhapsody in Sage,&#8221; <em>Extrasensory Overload: an anthology of speculative excess,<\/em> Angry Gables Press, July 31, 2024, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Extrasensory-Overload-anthology-speculative-excess-ebook\/dp\/B0D9YXKBRL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard Magahiz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, genre, &#8220;The War Monument,&#8221; Bewildering Stories Issue 1051, http:\/\/www.bewilderingstories.com\/issue1051\/war_monument.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>poem, non-genre, &#8220;I stopped in Sturgis,&#8221; dadakuku, 10 July 2024, https:\/\/dadakuku.com\/2024\/07\/10\/i-stopped-in-sturgis\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 poems, genre, &#8220;ninety foot tulip&#8221;, &#8220;just 2% pregnant&#8221;, &#8220;everything those souls&#8221;, and &#8220;some rotting turnip,&#8221; Five Fleas, 19 July 2024, https:\/\/fivefleas.blogspot.com\/2024\/07\/afternoon-of-july-19-2024.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LindaAnn LoSchiavo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>interview about &#8220;Always Haunted: Hallowe&#8217;en Poems&#8221; by Rebecca Linam, July 14, 2024, http:\/\/rebeccalinam.com\/the-writing-cat-blog\/2024\/7\/14\/lindaann-loschiavos-always-haunted-halloween-poems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>interview, posted by Bertram A. Mullin, <em>42 Stories Anthology,<\/em> July 25, 2024, https:\/\/bamwrites.blogspot.com\/2024\/07\/42-stories-anthology-presents-lindaann.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>book spotlight, &#8220;Always Haunted: Hallowe&#8217;en Poems&#8221;, posted by Nina D&#8217;Arcangela, July 16, 2024, https:\/\/spreadingthewritersword.com\/2024\/07\/16\/read-always-haunted-halloween-poems-by-lindaann-loschiavo-free-on-netgallery-mae_westside-newrelease-halloween-poems-poetry-book-booktour\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>review by Sally Major, &#8220;Always Haunted: Hallowe&#8217;en Poems,&#8221; The Chrysalis BREW Project, on July 23, 2024, https:\/\/thechrysalisbrewproject.com\/2024\/07\/23\/book-review-always-haunted-halloween-poems-by-lindaann-loschiavo\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 reviews of &#8220;Always Haunted: Hallowe&#8217;en Poems,&#8221; GoodReads, July 2024, https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/6662001352, https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/6692857954 &amp;&nbsp; https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/6716491401<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 poems, non-genre, \u201cMy Neighbor in Her Garden\u201d and \u201cThe Kiss on My Bucket List\u201d, <em>Tiny Moments Vol. IV,<\/em> July 3, 2024, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tiny-Moments-Vol-David-Pring-Mill\/dp\/B0D8RD4W55\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 poems, non-genre, (1.) 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