This time of year:\n
Always reminds me of a friend from my high school days. He held that, if “spooks” went “boo,” then “sperks” would go “ber.” So here we are at the first of the “ber” months, and here’s what the members of SFPA got up to during it.\n
Mike<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robert Frazier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Ten Indicators of Time Drift”, Asimov’s SF, Sept\/Oct 2025, https:\/\/asimovs.com\/current-issue\/table-of-contents\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sumiko Saulson<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “The Bones of My Poetry Crack,” StokerCon Souvenir Anthology<\/em>, Burial Day Books, June 2025, https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/236598978-stokercon-2025-souvenir-anthology<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 poems, “Monstrous,” \u201cGhost in my Heart,\u201d \u201cA Consumption of Cancer,\u201d and \u201cHeartbreaker,\u201d The Horror Zine Magazine Fall 2025, August 12, 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Horror-Zine-Magazine-Fall-2025\/dp\/B0FM8453H4\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “My Ghosts Have Dreams,” This Way Lies Madness: Beyond and Within<\/i>, Flame Tree Collections, October 14, 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/This-Lies-Madness-Beyond-Within\/dp\/180417906X<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “A Rise in Red,” Nightmerica: Corruptions of the American Dream<\/i>, Dragon’s Roost Press, July 4, 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nightmerica-Corruptions-American-Amanda-Worthington\/dp\/1956824685<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Canticle of the Cosmic Vampire,” Spacefunk!<\/i>, MVmedia LLC, January 25, 2025, https:\/\/www.mvmediaatl.com\/product-page\/spacefunk<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Heal Me With Your Purr,” Black Cat Tales: An Anthology of Black Cats<\/i>, Black Cat Publishing, June 2025, https:\/\/geni.us\/blackcattales<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michael H. Payne<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 poems, #1845 – 1849, Terebinth<\/i>, Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2025, http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/terebinth\/tbarchiv\/20250901.html, http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/terebinth\/tbarchiv\/20250908.html, http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/terebinth\/tbarchiv\/20250915.html, http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/terebinth\/tbarchiv\/20250922.html & http:\/\/pandora.xepher.net\/terebinth\/tbarchiv\/20250929.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robert Borski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cSea Log of the Quantum Steamship Navy,\u201d Dreams & Nightmares #131, https:\/\/dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com\/2025\/09\/091125.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cIvan \u2018Maket\u2019 Ivanovich,\u201d NewMyths 72, Fall 2025, https:\/\/sites.google.com\/newmyths.com\/newmyths-com-issue-72\/issue-72-stories\/ivan-maket-ivanovich<\/p>\n\n\n\n Juleigh Howard-Hobson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, non genre, \u201cAisle 4\u201d, \u201cAgaricus campestris\u201d TV-63<\/i>, McGee Pub, Sept 15 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FRZHG824<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems (speculative but not quite genre). \u201cMarlowe\u2019s Season\u201d, \u201cMarlowe\u2019s Toast\u201d & \u201cMarlowe\u2019s Shadow\u201d, Pulsebeat Poetry Issue 12, Sept 15 2025, https:\/\/pulsebeatpoetry.com\/pulsebeat-12\/juleigh-howard-hobson\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cWe Don\u2019t Know Who We Are\u201d, Baltimore Gothic, Sept 3 2025, https:\/\/www.baltimoregothic.com\/post\/we-don-t-know-who-we-are-by-juleigh-howard-hobson<\/p>\n\n\n\n prose poem \u201cWake\u201d, Bright Flash Literary Review, August 19 2025, https:\/\/brightflash1000.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems \u201cMalum Folium Germinabunt\u201d (reprint) and \u201cTo A New Werewolf\u201d, SKUMMEL, August 19 2025, https:\/\/skummel.net\/malum-folium-germinabunt-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, \u201cSustain Your Afterlife By Following Rules That Make No Sense (But You Have To Follow Them Anyway)\u201d, This Exquisite Topography,<\/i> Angry Gable Press, August 7, 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/This-Exquisite-Topology-collection-abstractions\/dp\/B0FCFQ6KFN\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem \u201cThe Snare\u201d, Gathered Here Today: An Open Casket of Art and Poetry<\/i>, Graveside Press, July 18, 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gathered-Here-Today-Casket-Poetry-ebook\/dp\/B0FJ5DG761\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, non genre, \u201cThings\u201d, \u201cLost Supper\u201d & \u201dThings Have a Way of Piling Up\u201d, Book XI: A Journal of Literary Philosophy, July 2025, https:\/\/www.bookxi.org\/issuexviii<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, \u201cbefore the flies we must become\u201d, \u201cwe maggots we (the maggot\u2019s prayer)\u201d & \u201c In Decay\u201d, Memento Mori Ink MORSUS VITAE Issue 7, June 2025, https:\/\/www.mementomoriinkmag.com\/mvpresent<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ken Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, \u201cThe Alleged Suicide Attempt,\u201d \u201cBritten\u2019s Saint Nicolas at the Fox Theater,\u201d & \u201cStanford, Kentucky, May 30, 1863,\u201d Three Panels, Issue 5: Honey & Ash, https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAGzxA338As\/BW3346mBMe97W3xLwt8exg\/edit<\/p>\n\n\n\n Angela Acosta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, non-genre, “Fluency,” The Font: A Literary Journal for Language Teachers vol. 2, 2025, https:\/\/thefontjournal.com\/fluency\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, “Smiling at Wisteria” and “Proxima Centauri Word Problem #7,” Voices & Visions Spring\/Summer 2025, https:\/\/voicesandvisionsjournal.wordpress.com\/spring-summer-2025-starstruck<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leticia Toraci<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, “Otherworldly Dragon” and “Nymphs,” Carmina, Sept 2025, http:\/\/carminamagazine.com\/otherworldly-dragon.html & http:\/\/carminamagazine.com\/nymphs.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n M. Frost<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Pterosaur,” Strange Horizons, Sept 22 2025, http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/wordpress\/poetry\/pterosaur\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n LindaAnn LoSchiavo<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n award for Always Haunted: Hallowe’en Poems<\/em>, September 10, 2025, The World’s Best Magazine, Sept 9, 2025, https:\/\/theworldsbestmagazine.com\/2025\/09\/09\/new-winners-of-the-worlds-best-awards-2025-honoring-visionaries-innovators-and-changemakers\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n review by One Tribune of Apprenticed to the Night<\/em>, September 2, 2025, https:\/\/onetribune.one\/2025\/09\/02\/apprenticed-to-the-night-by-lindaann-loschiavo-2\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n reviewed by Mary Soon Lee of Vampire Ventures<\/em>, GoodReads, September 8, 2025, https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/7900285697<\/p>\n\n\n\n essay, “Poetry and Publicity: Crafting News Pegs to Boost Marketing Momentum,” Beyond Craft, Sep 06, 2025, https:\/\/beyondcraft.substack.com\/p\/poetry-and-publicity-crafting-news<\/p>\n\n\n\n reading by Alex Goleman, “Poltergeists on President Street,” Episode 162, Campfire Tales #6, The Lunatics Radio Hour [at the 32:00 minute mark], September 16, 2025, https:\/\/www.lunaticsproject.com\/episodes\/episode\/7dd46366\/campfire-tales-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n reading, “Strong Women, Strange Worlds Quick Reads,” September 18, 2025, https:\/\/strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebly.com\/september-18-2025-handout.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n feature on Cancer Courts My Mother<\/em>, Fine Lines Journal, Vol. 34, Issue 3, Autumn 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FSL556YV<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, non-genre, “Denying the Diagnosis,” Scribeworth Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 2025, https:\/\/www.scribeworth.com\/magazine?pgid=me988qks-634ed595-770e-449c-920e-a7e433049f0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, \u201cSomething Changed Capital Steez\u201d and \u201cDeath Waited Like a Stage Door Johnny,\u201d Dominique Literary, July 28, 2025, https:\/\/dominiquelitmag.org\/2025\/07\/28\/something-changed-capital-steez\/ and https:\/\/dominiquelitmag.org\/2025\/07\/28\/death-waited-like-a-stage-door-johnny\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, non-genre, “Arrival,” The Writer’s Journal: Door, September 5, 2025, https:\/\/writers-journal.com\/publications<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, “Pallas Athena Becomes Mentor” and “Pomegranate,” Carmina, September 2025, http:\/\/carminamagazine.com\/pallas-athena-mentor-lindaann-loschiavo.html and http:\/\/carminamagazine.com\/pomegranate-lindaann-loschiavo.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, non-genre, \u201cNight Requires No Applause\u201d, Stars<\/em>, Verseve Publishing, September 29, 2025, https:\/\/verseve.gabriellev.art\/stars-anthology-2025-is-out-now<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brian U. Garrison<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Holiday Offerings,” Kozy Krampus, Underland Press, September 2025, https:\/\/www.underlandpress.com\/kozy-krampus<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wendy Van Camp<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 panels, \u201cStarlit Scribes: Speculative Voices, Timeless Themes\u201d and \u201cTiny Poems, Infinite Worlds: The Dwarf Star Awards\u201d, Eaglecon, September 23rd, https:\/\/www.eagleconla.com\/schedule<\/p>\n\n\n\n interview, “#17 The Ins and Outs of Speculative Poetry\u201d, The Write Atmosphere Podcast, September 11th, https:\/\/youtu.be\/YYIkcxqnS-E<\/p>\n\n\n\n essay, \u201cAfter Publish: How to Give Your Book a Second Life\u201d, Indie Author Magazine, September Issue, https:\/\/indieauthormagazine.com\/after-publish-how-to-give-your-book-a-second-life\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, “Persephone\u201d & “Science Fiction Books\u201d, Verse-Virtual Journal, September Issue, https:\/\/www.verse-virtual.org\/2025\/September\/van-camp-wendy-2025-september.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n chapbook, The Planets Companion: an astropoetry chapbook<\/em>, Indigoskye Press, August 23rd, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FNKMXNJD<\/p>\n\n\n\n essay, “So You Want to Be on a Panel? Let\u2019s Talk About How to Get There\u201d, Ionisphere #47, August Edition, https:\/\/fanac.org\/fanzines\/Ionisphere\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n interview, \u201cEpisode #9: The Laureate\u201d, Authoress Cafe Podcast, August 7, http:\/\/www.authoresscafe.com\/?m=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n essay, \u201cFinding Your Voice Again: What a Writing Retreat Can Offer\u201d, Medium, August 3, https:\/\/medium.com\/@wvancamp\/finding-your-voice-again-fe14e78c4822<\/p>\n\n\n\n Katherine Quevedo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, reprint, “Ariadne Goes to Knitting Group,” The Ones Behind the Bookshelves<\/em>, September 7, 2025, https:\/\/theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com\/p\/six-word-story-a-knitting-group-war<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kenny A Chaffin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “The Schism,” ScribesMICRO #50, Sept 30 2025, https:\/\/www.fairfieldscribes.com\/issue-50.html\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dianthe West<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, “Some Shining Earth,” Fractured Reveries: A Storied Imaginarium Salon<\/i>, July 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Fractured-Reveries-Storied-Imaginarium-Salon-ebook\/dp\/B0FKPPNT7X<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silvatiicus Riddle<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, non-spec, “Black Sheep”, The Goblin’s Reliquary, September 2025, https:\/\/silvatiicus.substack.com\/p\/black-sheep<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard Magahiz<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 poems, genre, “See what they’ve made us do,” “Gravity wave rhapsody ,” “Ornithosuchus on the Dnieper ,” “Shirt ,” and “Our nova,” Medusa’s Kitchen: Against the Cold, September 7, 2025, https:\/\/medusaskitchen.blogspot.com\/2025\/09\/against-cold.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, genre, “[it was no contest],” “[each sporting],” and “[the thin line]”, Five Fleas, September 10, 2025, https:\/\/fivefleas.blogspot.com\/2025\/09\/afternoon-of-september-10-2025.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, genre, “Thursday, June 20 to Sunday, September 22” and “Body after body after body”, Sublimation vol. 2 #4: It’s Okay, I’ve Got a Backup, July\/August 2025, https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR2H1463<\/p>\n\n\n\n poem, genre, “[children’s ativan]”, dadakuku, 22 September 2025, https:\/\/dadakuku.com\/2025\/09\/22\/get-with-the-program\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, genre, “[Hepplewhite]” and “[lamasery]”, Smols, 23 September 2025, https:\/\/smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com\/2025\/09\/hepplewhite-inlay-element-126-richard.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lisa Timpf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 poems, spec, \u201cLaika,\u201d and \u201cAn HR Dilemma,\u201d Scifaikuest August 2025, print, https:\/\/www.hiraethsffh.com\/product-page\/scifaikuest-august-2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 poems, spec, \u201cIn the Name of Convenience,\u201d \u201cOne Down,\u201d and \u201cNo Need to Worry,\u201d Sublimation Volume 2, Issue 4: It\u2019s Okay, I\u2019ve Got a Backup, July\/August 2025, https:\/\/www.islandofwakwak.com\/sublimation-volume-2-2025.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n A J Dalton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n review by Mark Kirkbride of Dark Woods Rising<\/em>, Gothic Nature Journal, September 11, 2025, https:\/\/gothicnaturejournal.com\/review-dark-woods-rising\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03 poems, \u201cThe Lament of Hector\u201d, \u201cJupiter\u201d, and \u201cBaldur\u2019s Saga\u201d, Empyrean Literary Magazine #15, Autumn 2025, https:\/\/www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com\/dalton-the-lament-of-hector.html, https:\/\/www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com\/dalton-jupiter.html and https:\/\/www.empyreanliterarymagazine.com\/issues.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eugen Bacon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 prose poems, “Is This How You Pictured It?” and “All things are a price,” Live Encounters 16th Anniversary volume 2, November\/December 2025, https:\/\/liveencounters.net\/16th-anniversary-editions-2025\/eugen-bacon-is-this-how-you-pictured-it\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This time of year: Always reminds me of a friend from my high school days. 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