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Ancient Skies by oino sakai, illustrated by andrea gradidge
Ancient Skies is oino sakai's collection of scifaiku, tanka, SFonnets, joined scifaiku, stellarenga, kanshi, and haibun by The Master of More With Less. sakai's sharp and gentle voice flows throughout these syllables and words and phrases, conjuring stark yet complex images sure to guide you when your mind is wandering. sakai's long-time collaborator, ushi [Andrea Gradidge] provides the artistic counterpoint to sakai's imagery with her illustrations and cover art. This collection is a must, even if you think you don't like scifaiku.
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Angelflesh by Christina Sng
A collection of poems by Singapore's outstanding fantasy/horror poet Christina Sng is now bound together with illustrations from the fertile and creative mind of Teri Santitoro. You'll thrill and chill to such masterpieces as "Thorns" and "A Mosquito's Tale," and laugh and shiver at the macabre "Li'l Grim Reaper." Sam's Dot Publishing is pleased and proud to present this first in a series of illustrated poetrybooks by some of the leading voices of our times.
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Aoife's Kiss is a magazine of fantasy, science fiction, horror, sword & sorcery, and slipstream, published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Aoife's Kiss publishes short stories, poems, illustrations, articles, and movie/book/chapbook reviews. Treat yourself to a subscription--you deserve it.
One Year Subscription
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Issue 31
stories
Theodora Fair: Claire Violet
D. W. Manning: Trounce and Solitaire
Kate MacLeod: Full Circle
Ken Goldman: There’s Something in Autumn Palms Lake
Marshall Payne: Jimmy French-Fries
Kristin Noone: The Glass Castle
Kimberly Colley: Tom and the Bench Warrant
Lawrence R. Dagstine: Jupiter’s Child
Jason Heller: The Saint of the Moon
Chris Ward: Castles Made of Sand
Curt Jeffreys: Signal to Noise
flash fiction
Geoffrey A. Landis: Stonehenge
Julie Mark Cohen: A Measure of Satisfaction
Lenora Farrington-Sarrouf: Breakup
poems
Vanessa Watters: and the blind shall paint the landscapes
Justin Bohardt: scifaiku
Jonathan C. Holeman: Anatomic Reboot
Hillary Bartholomew: Traces
Shelly Bryant: A Note on Her Pillow
William Beyer: scifaiku
Jaime Lee Moyer: Heroes
Stephen Jarrell Williams: Pick of the Flower
William Beyer: Death in Autumn
Michael Ceraolo: Pleasant Valley Sunday
Jenna Kelly: Through My Future Did I See
iANThe: On a Globe & Hanging Garden
Maggie Desmond-O’Brien: Sireni
Michael Ceraolo: Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n Roll
Jene Erick Beardsley: The River Lethe
features
Edward Cox Reviews: The Martian Women & Cloudburst by Tyree Campbell
Edward Cox Reviews: Improbable Jane by s.c. virtes
Carolyn Crow Reviews: Evergreen by Bruce Golden
Edward Cox Reviews: Heroes Fall by Dylan Brody
illustrations
Roberta Shepard: Cage of the Mind
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Issue 30
stories
Paul E. Holt: Nix Nix
Elana Gomel: Little Sister
S. Hutson Blount: Playmates
Bill Snodgrass: What A Man Must Do
Matthew Wuertz: fc01a9
Rachel V. Olivier: The Crow King
Tracy S. Morris: Constructs
Lawrence R. Dagstine: Identity Crisis
Christine Lucas: Bloodsworn
Michele Lee: Diener
Zdravka Evtimova: Choking On Air
flash fiction
Marc Colten: Out To Lunch
A. K. Sykora: Ditts Just Wanna Have Fun
poems
Rhiannon Morgan: Cressida’s Lament
Rhonda Parrish: scifaiku
Holly Day: Leptis Magma, Syria
Francesca Forrest: Roads To Water
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: The Sages of Planet Azivekeo Nine Respond to Queries from the Intergalactic Missionary Society
Joshua Gage: The New Bestiary
Justin Bohardt: scifaiku
Jaime Lee Moyer: Above The Noise
Ethan Brandt: Daydreams And Landscapes
John Nichols: Mr. Pettigrew
Nina Babon: I am a creature of the night
Ellie Biswell: The Norn
John Hayes: The Bigamist
Thom Olausson: Rose Of Sorrow
A. K. Sykora: Hubris
articles
Reviews by Scott Virtes: Star Trek vs Terminator Salvation [Lessons in Franchise Filmmaking]
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Issue 29
stories
Carol Hightshoe: The President's Meow
Luvia Swanson: Manito, the Mathematician's Son
Matthew Keville: Changeling
Michael John Grist: Killin Jack the Malakite
Selina Rosen: Better Fences
Matthew Johnson: The Ninth Part of Desire
Lawrence R. Dagstine: Before Measured Time
Melissa Mead: Changelings
Michael Swaim: Cosmosis
Mark Allan Gunnells: Dawn
Mercurio D. Rivera: Doubled
Jason Palmer: The Crisis Reversed
Lee Clark Zumpe: Three Coins and the Sword of Mingus
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Captain Marshmallow
poems
Elissa Malcohn: Frightening the Horses
Jason D. Wittman: Horror Haiku Drabble
Bruce Boston: Endless Summer
Marge B. Simon: The Soul Snatchers
Marge B. Simon: Painting Tomorrow Man
Karen L. Newman: Skyscraper
Shelly Bryant: Under Pressure
Neal Wilgus: Lost Echoes
Sarah Wagner: Crow Queen
s.c. virtes: the4 endgame sky
Angel Favazza: Mirror
Shelly Bryant: Colonizers
Viridian Girl: Dark Father
Shelly Bryant: Fortunes Told
illustrations
Lubov: Daybreak
Marge B. Simon: Silent Conversation
Garret Dechellis: The Convector
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Issue 28
stories
Rod Blair Brosig: Stairwell
Larry Hodges: Dragon Cuisine
Rebecca Nazar: The One Big Catch
Rachel V. Olivier: The Lullabye
Dale Phillips: Blades and Butchery
Ramon Rozas III: AI & the 40 Zombies
A. L. Waldron: A Scattered Star
Edward McDermott: A Conscious Act
Peggy Nuckles: Extinction
Marie Hodgkinson: The Fairy Ring
Bret Tallman: all out of forward
Corie Ralston: Heart of Darkness, Heart of Light
Christine Lajoie Golden: Have A Seat, Please
flash fiction
Alan Loewen: Dollmaker
poems
Robert Porter: Circe
Casey O’Malley: Need for Stone
Bruce Boston: Nocturnal Retrospective
Linda Ann Strang: Charity for Nightmares
Marge B. Simon: Armageddon: Of the Children
Loraine Campbell: Crunching
Lindsey Duncan: Shiny Stones
Christine Jeffcoat: Bonfire
Christine Jeffcoat: Cymru
Mari Ness: Ino
Jason L. Huskey: It Was Love, You Fool!
Nicholas Ozment: A Recurring Childhood Nightmare
illustrations
Marge B. Simon: Of the Children
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Issue 27
stories
Katherine Harbour: Alice’s Red King Dreaming
Stacy Cowley: The Library
Beth Hudson: Mastery
Pete Mesling: The Singular Talent of Nisqually Joe
Kyle Heger: The Path of Least Resistance
John Bruni: Virtuoso
Tim J. Groome: Kindling
Sarah Kelderman: Hexed
Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Return
Karen Osborne: Retirement
Nyki Blatchley: The Singer and the Song
Paul E. Holt: Blueflash fiction
Edward Cox: Basket Love
David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans: Are You Sirius?
Douglas Bruton: Her Eyes Still Green
Paul Abbamondi: Nonsense
poems
Marsheila Rockwell: Brunhilde’s Second Career
Bethany Condon: Misericordia: This Old Vampyre
Rone Wisten: Cobwebs
Faith Lorinda S.: Scarecrow
Debby Feo: The Acid Test
Amy R. Handler: War
Robert E. Porter: Not Wounds . . .
illustrations
Mitchell Davidson Bentley: Athanor [cover]
Brian Eldridge: The Queen Faces a Moral Dilemma
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Issue 26
stories
Brent Kellmer: Breaking Contact
Daniel C. Smith: Kosmonaut
Jessica Reisman: Uncle Lal and the Bowl of Life
Theodora Fair: The Dancer and the Gift
Dakota Alden: The Final Singularity
Erin Fanning: When the Whippoorwill Calls
Tara Kolden: While Thy Book Doth Live
Ramon Rozas: Camera Obscura
Pamela A. Lord: Sin Twister
Robert Orme: Replacing Someone
Krista Hutley: The Poison Game
David Tallerman: The Burden of Kings
Gary Madden: Status Quo
flash fiction
Maura McHugh: Homunculus
Tracie McBride: Flesh Pot
poems
Elizabeth Lee: The Straw Bride
Suzanne Sykora: The Last Machine
Gary Every: Planet Broccoli
Emmanuel Sigauke: Old Man Vabhunga
Jessica Paige Wick: The White Swarm
M. Teresa Blaylock: Dark Wanderer
Pearl Mary Wilshaw: Black
Joshua Gage: Tanka
Kendall Evans: Your Children Are Burning
N. C. Whitehead: Urania
Cathy Buburuz: Dismal Diary
Robert E. Porter: Songs of the Humpback
features
The Passing of a Poet: Pearl Mary Wilshaw
Don Norum: A Dead TV Guide
Syllogisms for Reading
illustrations
Mitchell Davidson Bentley: Alignment Two
Fredd Gorham: Steel Beast
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Issue 25
stories
Mel Hiers: Dead Chessie
Robert Gardner: Dark Lady
James McGowan: Sleep Talker
Bud Webster: Frog Level @ Frog Level
Zia Ahmed: The Traveler
J. A. Pollard: Turn-About
Megan Arkenberg: The Middle Floor
Angelo Niles: Amber Is Cold
Lawrence R. Dagstine: Human Transfer
Christina Amsden: Betrayal
Robert L. Slater: Regression Therapy
Ryan Bruner: Choice
poems
Phillip A. Ellis: The Unicorn of Unicorns
David E. Howerton: Doesn't Even Slow
Gary Every: Atlante's Castle
Cathy Buburuz: Perpetual Promises
Ami Kaye: Heart of a Dragon
Mac Warren Brown: The Big Laugh
Neal Wilgus: Variations on a Theme from Huxley
Marge B. Simon: A Stone in the Sand
David E. Howerton: scifaiku
Neal Wilgus: Nomansland
Rachel V. Olivier: Learning Alchemy
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: The Clone Ship Captain
Pearl Mary Wilshaw: Circumstance in Experience
Tracy Meleca: Bitten
James B. Livingston: In the End
Sheffield Reynolds: Lord Bosleigh's Guide to Anomalous Creatures: Werewolves
illustrations
Dan Skinner: Pirate Scout
Marge B. Simon: The Unicorn of Unicorns
David L. Transue: Perpetual Promises
Jason Hooten & Tyree Campbell: At the Walls of Troy
Marge B. Simon: A Stone in the Sand
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Issue 24
stories
Josh English: The Simple Life
Lee Clark Zumpe: Babel
David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans: Serial Salvage
Michael A. Pignatella: The Book of Sherman
Sheri Fresonke Harper: Knees
Matthew Keville: Killing Time
Howard Cincotta: Eat the Flow
P. E. Vogel: The Fox and the Wizard
JA Howe: A Tale that Tells Songs
Kajsa Wiberg: The Cali Roll
Paul Abbamondi: After Effects
Lawrence R. Dagstine: A Soul to the Stars
Ron Savage: That Tabloid Life
Gordon A. Graves: Witness
John Bowker: Apron Strings
poems
Dorine Ratulangie: 0559
Andrea Fakete: Fireworks
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: The Changeling's Song
Andrea Fakete: Outside
L. A. Story Houry: Secret Love
Jennifer Jerome: Telling
Linda Herring: When Things Go Wrong
Phillip A. Ellis: The Immortal
Terrie Leigh Relf & Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Sea Ball
Melissa Sihan Mütlu: Scarlet Walls
Kyle Heger: Message to a Guard Dog
L. N. Allen: Merwoman
Melissa Sihan Mütlu: Butterfly Forest
E. P. Fisher: Countdown Begins at Ten
Jennifer Crow: Forsaken
William R. Ford Jr.: Land of the Broken Cities, Land of the Nuclear Sun
Julie Shiel: Visions
Kathy Kubik: Android Blue
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Wizard's Betrayal
features
Heirs of the New Earth, by David Lee Summers, reviewed by Edward Cox
A Nice Girl Like You, by Tyree Campbell, reviewed by Edward Cox
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Issue 23
stories
Mary A. Turzillo: Milk
Donald S. Crankshaw: A Stranger in the Library
Gregory Georgiou: Multiverse Monkeyshines
Savannah Lee: House of Spies
Katie Maud Stephan: Daddy's Girl
Jason B. Sizemore: Milton, Christmas Fairy
Alison J. Littlewood: Bound Beaks and Broken Bones
Dottie Uhlman: The Plumber
Greg Fewer: Demon Eye
William Cromwell: M-Theory
Mary Robinette Kowal: Chrysalis
Anna Peerbolt: Retribution
Thomas A. Leveen: Tree Fort
Susan E. Curnow: The Hawk, the Hound, and the Lady Fair
poems
Jennifer Jerome: Pandora, opening
Bruce Boston: Father Vladimir
Kelli Dunlap: Shadows in a Bowl of Soup
cythera: In Innsmouth 2007
Terrie Leigh Relf: Searching for the Artist
JoSelle Vanderhooft: Ariadne's Lament
Richard H. Fay: Gothic Window
Cathy Buburuz: Secrets Burned to Ashes
irving: The Frequent Flicker Club, or Do Paranoids Dream of Electrocution?
John Tumlin: On the Wane
e. darcy trie: porch song
illustrations
Teresay Tunaley: Sky Creatures
Marge B. Simon: Mermaid
Jason Hooton & Tyree Campbell: At the Polar Toy Station
Alison J. Littlewood: Feathers
Richard H. Fay: Gothic Window
Marge B. Simon: On the Wane
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Issue 22
stories:
Laura Sanger Kelly: 416175
Sharon Maria Bidwell: Effigy In Garnet
David M. Fitzpatrick: Surrogate Father
H. Ann Dyess: Strays
Tyree Campbell: Nothing To Declare
Skadi meic Beorg: Long Man In Crimson
Lawrence R. Dagstine: Pets
Domyelle Rhyse: Into Stone
John McDonnell: Final Exam
Beth Langford: Klutzy Kathryne
Jonathan Moeller: Black King, Red Queen
Lawrence Barker: The Malevolent Music Of Dr. Dalton Phlogiston
Christine L. Golden: Second Hand Smoke
Tim Scott: Wheel Of Fortune
Kim McDougall: Mother Crone
poems:
Rachel Swirsky: A Genie's Sins
Neal Wilgus: Sijo
Modena DeBrosse: Rachel's Raven
Rich Magahiz: Your Color Palette
Caitlin M. Mattison: Silent Knight
Tracie McBride: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Mutant
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: The Basement Is My Home
Shelly Bryant: Herr Leibnitz
M. Frost: Temple, or Psyche
illustrations
Teresa Tunaley: Eggfield
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Issue 21
stories:
Deleted Scenes by Robert Reed [yes, that Robert Reed]
Tai Chi Rap Master by David Lee Summers
Universal Adaptor by Geoffrey Girard
Vesta by Rhona Westbrook
The Watching Dead by Eric Hermanson
It Came From Out Of The Air by Shelley Lesher
The Origin by F. Taylor
The Hat by Kyle Heger
Chrysalis by T. K. Thorne
The Pass by Grace Seybold
The Treestand by C. L. Rossman
Tails You Lose by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Homesick by Anthony W. Spivey
poetry by Karen R. Porter, Gwen Veazey, Kristine Ong Muslim, Linda Herring, Janie Hofmann, Guadeloupe Garcia McCall, Jaime Lee Moyer, Marge B. Simon, and Linda Woolven.
reviews by Cathy Buburuz
art by Amanda Veazey, F. Taylor, and Marge B. Simon
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Issue 20
stories
Edward McDermott: The Prize.
Stacy Taylor: I Remember.
Dan Manning: On Foot.
Samara Steele: A Litany To Blasphemy: Seventh Ring.
JA Howe: Bringing The Soil.
Tom Moran: Sirens.
Jason Sizemore: Flash Of Light.
Elizabeth Donald: Silent.
Sarah Kelderman: American Way.
H. F. Gibbard: Shopping Demons.
Lisa Shapter: Gilvaethwy.
Heide P. Boyden: The Beckoning
Merrie Haskell: Huntswoman
Melissa Mead: That Time Of Month
poems
Leah Bobet: The Delicate Nature Of Poisons
Kristine Ong Muslim: Astray
Joel Lamore: Song Of The Sea
William Meyer: Some Wildflowers For Rachel Corrie
Modena E. DeBrosse: Visitor From Terra
Linda Herring: Angry Knives
Christopher P. Campbell: Bicameral
Stephen D. Rogers: Seeds
Laura E. Bontrager: a new haunting
Lee Clark Zumpe: Ring Of Toadstools
Shari O'Brien: A Tango For A Dinghy
illustrations
Anselmo Alliegro: Cylinder World
Tom Moran: Sirens
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Issue 19
stories
Melissa Marr: The Nostalgist
Cat Rambo: The Bear
M. Cid D'Angelo: The Light
Adam Banks: The Consciousness Algorithm
Peter Hynes: Quartet
Christina Crooks: Cold Comfort
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: The Crystalline Pool
Jeff Racho: Nadezhda Nevsky
poems
Kayley Thomas: Sleeping Beauty
Ned Pendergast: homesick
Bobbi Sinha-Morey: White Lily Fairy
Marina Lee Sable: Gargoyles
Jaime Lee Moyer: When They Sailed To Avenlee
Julie Shiel: The Second Wake
Shari O'Brien: Old Wives' Tales
Corrine De Winter: Dream Of Cities
Raymond J. Repass: The Grave Upon The Hill
Jennifer Crow: Broken Moon
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Advice For Modern Demon Lovers
Cathy Buburuz: Volcanoes Of The Heart
Bruce Boston: When Time Is Egg
illustrations
Bill Wright: Alpha Centauri 3
David L. Transue: Volcanoes
Bruce Boston: When Time Is Egg
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Issue 18
stories
Marge B. Simon: Motel Of Many Rooms.
Yvonne Pronovost: What's Left Behind.
Sharon Bell Buchbinder: Golf Widow.
D. M. Recktenwalt: Long Live The King.
Tyree Campbell: Larvae.
Matt Casey: Angel.
William Baxter: Night Glow.
Dale Dobson: Delicacy.
Richard S. Levine: My Life's A Dream.
Sean Eret: Auspices.
poems
Linda Herring: A Common Occurrence
K. S. Hardy: Alien Lights
Cathy Buburuz: Calamity's Cage
Corrine De Winter: It Was In The Time Of War
Samantha Henderson: Prey
Julie Shiel: The Mummy's Wait
Pearl Mary Wilshaw: Circumstance In Experience
Cathy Buburuz: Dark Vicar
Bruce Boston: The Poetry Of Science Fiction
articles
L. K. Clark: Food!
illustrations
Marge B. Simon: The Magus
Marge B. Simon: A Motel Of Many Rooms
David L. Transue: Dark Vicar
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Issue 17
stories
Sarah Kelderman: Abstinence.
Matthew Bey: Boules And Beasties.
Stephen Bacon: The Motive.
Jennifer Crow: Points Of Departure.
Lida Broadhurst: Maxee.
J Alan Erwine: The Mind Of The Cat.
Cathy Buburuz: Death In Taketown.
Jude Chao: Wolf Mountain.
David Wright: Tower To Heaven.
Tyree Campbell: Gloria.
poems
Jennifer Jerome: Scheherezade's Tale
Bruce Boston: Asteroid People
Rone Wisten: Beyond
Jane Gwaltney: Bloody Fingertips
Rebecca Deatsman: unlovely
L. A. Story Houry: Tears For The Lady
Karen L. Newman: The Great Rain
Marge B. Simon: Alien Affairs
Marina Lee Sable: Phantom Travelers
articles
Daniel C Smith reviews SERENITY
Jim Lee reviews The Lovecraft Chronicles
illustrations
Joleen Flasher: Dryad
Tony Flowers: The Gods Themselves
Jane Gwaltney: Until Proven Guilty
Marge B. Simon: Alien Affairs
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Issue 16
stories
Ramon Rozas III: Incident At Eridani.
Edwin Selph: Partial.
Paul Woodlin: The Day The Sun Failed To Rise.
Michael A. Pignatella: Footprints In The Snow.
Heather Albano: The Guardian.
poems
Cathy Buburuz: Craving The City
Ed Lynskey: Photo Booths On The Moon
Shari O'Brien: Evacuees
Julie Shiel: Sadhu
Tom Galusha: One Thousand Years To Reach The Stars
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Narcissus Regrets
Stephen D. Rogers: Report Follows
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Winter Madness
Deborah J. Kolodji: Near The Pine Beetles
illustrations
Marge B. Simon: Not Of Her Own
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Issue 15
Larence Barker, Ed Lynskey, Megan Messinger, T. Bilgen, Tyree Campbell, Jay Lake, Terrie Czechowski, Nancy Bennett, Keith W. Sikora, Bruce Boston, Daniel C. Smith, Julie Shiel, Leah Bobet, Eric Marin, Mike Allen, Marge B. Simon, Michael Lohr, and Carlos Queen.
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Issue 14
Meredith Angwin, Corey Kellgren, Tim C. Taylor, Tony Pi, Harrison Howe, Terry Jackman, J. A. Coppinger, Laura J. Underwood, L. L. Soares, Karen L. Newman, Greg Beatty, Marge B. Simon.
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Issue 13
Fourth Anniversary issue, and the biggest yet, featuring Tyree Campbell, Beth Hudson, Lee Clark Zumpe, Anne-Marie Adams, Christine Amsden, Margaret B. Davidson, David McGillveray, J. R. Murdock, D. M. Recktenwalt, Melissa Marr, Tamara Wilhite, Terrie Leigh Relf, t.santitoro, Karen A. Romanko, Marge B. Simon, Laura Givens, J Alan Erwine, and L. A. Story Houry.
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Issue 12
Bruce Boston, Ed Cox, Tamara Wilhite, Sarah Kelderman, Mark Rigney, Eric Hermanson, Lawrence Barker, Ken Goldman, Francis W. Alexander, Lee Clark Zumpe, Terrie Leigh Relf, Julie Shiel, James S. Dorr, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Leah Bobet, Marge B. Simon, Jane Gwaltney, Marcia A. Borell, Keith W. Sikora.
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Issue 11
François DeVoto, Robert Rhodes, Bryn Sparks, Keith P. Graham, Sara Joan Berniker, Tyree Campbell, Cathy Buburuz, Leah Bobet, Karen L. Newman, Stephen D. Rogers, Bruce Boston, Terrie Leigh Relf, Puloma Banerjee, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Wesley Lambert, Jennifer Jerome.
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Issue 10
David Walton, Bruce Boston, Barry Hollander, Teresa Howard, Rebcca Shelley, Ed Lynskey, Kevin Dole 2, Keith Sikora Andy Miller, Christina Sng, Marge Simon, Erin Donahoe, Mike Allen, L.A. Story Houry, Karen Porter, Jennifer Jerome, Cathy Buburuz, Harrison Howe, Andree Gendron, 7ARS, Tina Connolly, Kelley Adey
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Issue 9
John Bushore, Tamara Wilhite, Michael A. Pignatella, Shawn B. Thompson, J Alan Erwine, Sarah R. Little, LB Sedlacek, Marina Lee Sable, Julie Shiel, Mike Allen, and many more.
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Issue 8
Mark Mellon, Robert Neilson, Tim Myers, Erin Donahoe, Nancy Bennett, L. A. Story Houry, Cathy Buburuz, Keith W. Sikora, Terrie Leigh Relf, The Zumpes, and many more.
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Issue 7
Darcie DeAngelo, J Alan Erwine, Tyree Campbell, Barry Hollander, Beverly B. O'Neill, Karen A. Romanko, Nancy Ellis Taylor, Marge B. Simon, and many others.
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Issue 6
R. D. Robbins, Beverly B. O'Neill, C. A. Casey, Michael R. Colangelo, Marge Simon, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Erin Donahoe, and many others.
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Issue 5
David Kopaska-Merkel, Lawrence Barker, Lisa M. Bradley, Leah Bobet, Angeline Hawkes-Craig, and many others.
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Issue 4
Joe Vadalma, Susanne S. Brydenbaugh, Tink Lecuyer, Barry Hollander, Valerie Frankel, Erin Donahoe, and many others.
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Issue 3
Derek Paterson, Jay Lake, Marge Simon, Tyree Campbell, Beverly B. O'Neill, and many others.
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Issue 2
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Issue 1
This issue features: David Shtogryn, Megan Powell, Sarah Guidry, Bruce Boston, Christina Sng, and many others.
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Appalling Limericks
This illustrated chapbook features appalling work by Gail Wickman, Leslie Carmichael, Jessica Elizabeth, Tero Laaksonen, A. R. McRae, Jason Wittman, Greg Beatty, Greg Schwartz, and Marge Simon, and many more. Actually, the work is great...just appalling. Indelicately illustrated by 7ARS and edited by the limerick triumvirate of Scott Virtes, Edward Cox, and Karen L. Newman, Appalling Limericks is a fun read any time of the year.
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As the Crow Flies by Lorraine Brown
Sara's empathy with animals takes its cue from Francis of Assisi, but her husband Isaiah regards her as backward and in need of guidance--administered physically as often as necessary. Sara is a good witch with a good heart, and willing to tolerate Evil. But how much can she take?
Lorraine Brown's "As The Crow Flies" is a battle between the mundane and the arcane. Evil has the advantage of weapons and physical strength. But Sara has lots of little friends . . .
This story chapbook includes illustrations by Marge Simon.
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Ascendant by H. David Blalock
Welcome back to Atlantis!
In the time before the sinking of Atlantis, the government of the southernmost island, Adylonis, is fractured among eight great Houses. Each is a sovereign entity jealous of its power and eager to exercise its ambitions over the rest of the island. However, the greatest city, Moorkai, is ruled by a neutral faction called the University, and the Atlantean Emperor’s presence on the island, represented by the priestly order of the Tialsar, maintains the balance of power through esoteric and political manuevering.
House Thran, in exile on the mainland for centuries for its support of the non-human races the Kel and Telmet, returns to claim its own after Andalarn Thran, Jarl (or ruler) of the House, appeals personally to the Emperor. The Tialsar, who had been in control of House Thran’s resources and secular position, are displaced and resent Andalarn’s return.
House Suum, blood enemy of House Thran even before the exile, is even more resentful of its return, as the two Houses are traditional opponents in the struggle for the Ascendancy, a title conferred only by the University on the pre-eminent House that equates to King of Adylonis.
So let the fur [and scales and skin] fly!
Oh, and did I mention there's a Wyrm in it the size of Wyoming?
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Barrow by Bryan Thao Worra
Yes, another poetry collection, published in perfect bound, trade paperback format, and another must-have and must-read. We'll push directly to the endorsements. Try this one:
“A cross between Rilke and Pink Floyd, genetically enhanced with scenes from Forbidden Planet, left to grow in a beaker, using steaming pho as its nutrient base. Barrow comes to life and crawls across the laboratory floor, stands up on multiple legs, and challenges the universe. This is more than pretty words, more than one man’s trip around the world, more than his considerable talent. Barrow asks questions we are afraid to ask when we’re sober, and reveals answers we have hidden away. This is a testament.”
—Britt Fleming, editor of Northography
Sounds good? Guess what: Barrow's even better than that.
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The Battle for Newhome by Terry Hickman
The Battle For Newhome is a tale of heroism and conflict on a world inhabited by murderous creatures called slitters, whose very name says it all. This science fiction novella introduces the reader to Feren, the heroine of a terrible battle at Crippled Guard who must now find a way to forge an alliance between the human colonists and the slitters. Illustrations by Faith Taylor.
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Beast by Erin Donahoe
Beast is an illustrated collection of poetry that derives some of its themes
and sensuality from the Japanese tales of the fox-woman. Its eroticism is
both haunting and intense, its language both folkloric and intimate. And its
imagery and vision is beyond the scope of anything you have ever read
before. You owe it to yourself to buy this chapbook...and to read it in
candlelight, with a glass of wine and with a...close friend.
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Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse by Joel Arnold
Got your nightlight on?
A man journeys with a pregnant stranger, while unseen aliens deal out punishment from above.
A phone call in the middle of the night reminds someone of a chilling mission.
A priest’s skin oozes a healing elixir.
Are your blankets pulled up tight?
A self-absorbed husband monitors the end of his existence over the Internet.
A teenager digs through a deep crust of waste and bone to win his freedom.
A school field trip reveals a disturbing method for protecting our children.
Are all your doors locked?
If so, then perhaps you’re ready for Joel Arnold’s Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse.
“Joel Arnold is the real deal. He elicits a subtle element of terror and justice through his writing, delivered without a heavy hand. His exceptional imagery effects readers in a way that leaves them chilled and disturbed; causing the kind of behavior that will have friends asking "what's bothering you," for days afterwards.” D.L. Russell, editor of Strange, Weird & Wonderful Magazine.
TOC:
Shiners
Mr. Blue
Padre Sapo
Narcissus in Links
Branding Day
Night of the Cold Caller
Burrow
Harvey's Favorite Color
Working Class Hero Worship
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Beyond Centauri is a magazine of fantasy, science fiction, and ewww-gross for younger readers [for readers of all ages], published quarterly on the 1st day of January, April, July, and October. Beyond Centauri publishes short stories, poems, illustrations, puzzles, articles, and movie reviews. Treat the younger readers in your family to a subscription...they deserve it.
One Year Subscription
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Issue 27
stories
John Bushore: Two Bits
James Hartley: My Girlfriend Wanda
Erin Fanning: The Snow Brave
Gilda A. Herrera: The Missing Ingredient
Mark Lawrence: USS Endurance
Teresa Howard: Putting on the Blue
Scott W. Baker: Brother Goo
flash fiction
Kenneth Cross: The Most Elemental
Rick Borger: The Guided Tour
S. Alan Fox: Star-Crossed Lovers
Daniel P. Florence: Treasures
poems
Saoirse MacBerry: Adventure As A Human
Robert E. Porter: The Fit
Todd Hanks: Cyborg
Gary Every: The Vine God
Thom Olausson: scifaiku
Keith Sikora: Pangolanth
K. S. Hardy: Fairy Dreams
Anna Sykora: The Spider and the Fly
Thom Olausson: scifaiku
Ryan Gibbs: scifaiku
John Grey: Regarding the Tourist Trade
Daniel J Fitzgerald: On Mars Being Close to Earth
Peter Layton: Call It Crane Valley
Richard Pitaniello: A Sonnet to the Flatwoods Monster
Shelly Bryant: The Moon’s Affections
K. S. Hardy: Peep
Francis W. Alexander: scifaiku
features
Tyree Campbell: Pyra and the Tektites [Part 2]
Visiting Earth with Sylvan Bree Baker
illustrations
Alicia Anspaugh: Arachnovalentine
7ARS: Pyra
Tanisha Mykia Adams: Rhien
Marge Simon: Troll
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Issue 26
Lately we've been publishing some younger writers in Beyond Centauri. This issue features several of them, including Sylvan Bree Baker ["Vidos Ghost"], Emma Brady ["A Piece of the Wind"], and Meghan Frank ["don't blame me"]. It's encouraging to find such good writers among the next generation.
Also featured this issue is another installment of the Rusty the Robot holiday adventures, this one having to do with broccoli [Eeew!]. MonkeyJohn has another Space Monkey tale about ice cream. And the serial space adventure Pyra and the Tektites begins in print.
stories
Emma Brady: A Piece of the Wind
Sylvan Bree Baker & Betsy Nichols: Vidos Ghost
Lorie Calkins: Big Foot and the Dragon
Dominic Stabile: The Badmoon Belt
Donna Fujimoto: Halcyon Hypocrisy
A. M. Arruin: The Reluctant Doomi
Angie Beaudet: Spooker Coaster
flash fiction
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: The New Moon
poems
Saoirse MacBerry: The Elements and Balance
Shawn Matthew Hannigan: [After] The Harvest Day
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Giants on the Beach
Robert E. Porter: For Children Seen and Unseen
Debby Feo: Reaching an Alien
James B. Livingston: Mirror Image
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: King of the Skies
Gary Every: White Sands Bride
Meghan Frank: don’t blame me
Raymond HV Gallucci: Make Haste
features
Tyree Campbell: Pyra and the Tektites [Part 1]
David T. Duncan: The Wendigo
Space Monkeys Adventure by MonkeyJohn: Ice Cream Happens
Sherry Decker & Michael McCarty: Rusty the Robot’s Holiday Adventures – Thanksgiving: Beware the Broccoli Creature
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Issue 25
Stories
Lenora Rain-Lee Good: A House Dying
Jeffrey Crawford: Shadow Puppets
B. J. Blanks: A Bird Too Bizarre
Gilda A. Herrera: Building an Encounter
Rachel V. Olivier: The Spider and the Crow
Teresa S. Rich: Shaking Hands
Simon Fill: Sanctuary
Mark Lawrence: Athenae
Ann Wilkes: For Chance To Dream
Flash fiction
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Better Ted Than Dead
K. C. Shaw: Shortcut, with Traps
Poems
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Bad Mix
John Neumeister: The Lonely Robot
Marc Warren Brown: Sunbath
Debby Feo: Data Streams
Debby Feo: Heaven’s Library
G. O. Clark: White Shift
Brienne Adams: The Boy Who Plays The Wooden Flute
Jimi J. Jemel: Arcanum
Sara Bickley: Redder Soil, Greener Grass
Todd Hanks: Cyborg
Features
Visiting Earth with Sylvan Bree Baker
SpaceMonkey Adventure by MonkeyJohn: A Bumpy Ride
Sherry Decker & Michael McCarty: Rusty the Robot’s Holiday Adventures - Independence Day: Built on the Fourth of July
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Issue 24
stories
Simon Petrie: Irritant
Kendra Sims: The Bookwyrm’s Domain
Fred Warren: Our Lady of Chagrin
Richard S. Levine: Cosmic Consequences
Judith Boyer: Purple Irises
Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz: My Mother Has Gills
K. S. Hardy: The Drunken Mouse
Justin Daly: Dragon Slayer
flash fiction
Dan Crawford: At the Top of Their Garden
Rachel V. Olivier: Slow and Steady Wins the Race . . .
Neal Wilgus: The Street
Lee Gimenez: Proxima Centauri
poems
Bobby Biffel: Home
Neal Wilgus: Lunar Tunes
Janie Hofmann: The Last Android
Kevin Leal: Warlock
John Grey: There Will Be No R&R This Trip
Debby Feo: Space Cat
Kevin Leal: Warlock
Rick Hall: Walking Ladders
Brienne Adams: A Single Lily Rose
Joanie Saltzman: Enchanted
Natalie Williams: Mirror
Joanie Saltzman: Forever
Michael Ceraolo: School’s Out
Corin Tentchoff: The Most Amazingly Stupendously Epic Sea Battle Ever
Corin Tentchoff: A Dragon’s Dinner
E. P. Fisher: Engines of the Age
Debby Feo: Cell Phones Don’t Work Out Here
John Grey: On the Planet with 600 Moons
Cathy Buburuz: Elfarians
features
Sherry Decker & Michael McCarty: Rusty the Robot’s Holiday Adventures - Easter: Legend of the Robot Rabbit
Visiting Earth with Sylvan Bree Baker
SpaceMonkey Adventure by MonkeyJohn: Until Then, Not Yet
illustrations
Mitchell Davidson Bentley: Awaiting Launch
Jason Hooton: Robot Rabbit
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Issue 23
stories
Danielle Emond: For Want of a Butler
Christopher Kastensmidt: Kroop and the Master of Games
Barbara Donnelly Lane: The Alien Heist
Kurt Kirchmeier: Soul-Tipping
Sheri Fresonke Harper: Zoo You
Brian Maddock: The Picture Box
Judith Kelvin Miller: A Planet Called Cheese
Mary E. Lowd: The Parable of Two Queens
Susan Hanniford Crowley: She Came To Sing
Faith Van Horne: Kairos
poems
William R. Ford Jr: The Blue Dwarf's Waning Day
Todd Hanks: Poseidon
Guy Belleranti: Cerberus Laments
Sylvan Bree Baker: Fairy Rings
Greg Schwartz: Ku
Marie Speegle: A Diet for Centaurians
Karen L. Newman: Ice Pixies
John Neumeister: Angry Natives
Debby Feo: Wind Scatter
K. S. Hardy: Robot Envy
Karen Kelsay: Drawn by a Picture
K. S. Hardy: Snow White's Dilemma
Debby Feo: Field Research
Greg Schwartz: Ku
Nick Rech: Vagueness
Penelope Cottier: All Spun Out
Greg Schwartz: Ku
G. O. Clark: Rocket Boy
features
SpaceMonkey Adventure by MonkeyJohn: Ubetcha, We Have A Problem
Larry A. Kayser: Just Imagine
Sherry Decker & Michael McCarty: Rusty the Robot's Holiday Adventures:
Do Robot Hearts Pump Love Or Oil?
Lenora Rain-Lee Good: Excerpt from "My Life As Brother Rat"
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Issue 22
stories
Ty Johnston: A Dragon’s Tale
John M. Lance: Henry and the Time Machine
Arianrhod Darkwing: Manga My Dreams
B. M. Riley: Chim The Chimney Creep
Doug Goodman: Slaying Dragons
LuviaJane Swanson: The Girl Who Lost Her Magic
Ellen Kuhfeld: Cycles of Violence
Kathryn B. Hull: A Friend Can Be Anyplace
Mark Lawrence: The Trouble With Muses
Ardyth DeBruyn: Dragon!
Debby Feo: Not Too Crazy About Flying
poems
K. S. Hardy: The Judgment Bell
John Neumeister: The Dinosaur’s Ghost
Terrie Leigh Relf: And so we set sail for Alpha Centauri
Eric Obame: The Day After
Sheila B. Roark: Alone in a Strange World
K. S. Hardy: The Darkness Unending
Patricia Prine: Creatures of the Night
John Neumeister: The Best Toy
K. S. Hardy: The Vampire’s Whisper
K. S. Hardy: The Snow Fairies
Joshua Gage: Tanka
K. S. Hardy: A Race of Giants
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Oh, the Horror!
illustrations
cover Melissa Gay: Sky Maul
Jason Hooten: Headless Dude
B. M. Riley: Chim Illustrations
features
Edward Cox reviews: First Duty by Marva Dasef
MonkeyJohn: I Scream You Scream – A SpaceMonkeys Adventure
Pearl Hoffman: Freedom [a one-act play for birds]
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Issue 21
stories
Lawrence R. Dagstine: I Want My Alien Back
David Castlewitz: First History
Meghan Burris: Aura: First Lady of Falgadorn
Kimberly Solis: An Interesting Face
Jennifer Sparlin: Spare Parts
Daniel C. Smith: The Minotaur
Peter Frohn: More Than Time
Elizabeth Kuelbs: Lark's Flight
Laura Popp: In the Shadow Realm
Pamela Love: Warning on Whistlers' Beach
T. S. Miller: An Infinite Deal of Nothing
Kim Sheard: New Territory
Elyse Salpeter: We're Here!
James Hartley: Tilt!
Gregory Bastianelli: Two of a Kind
Jennifer Dawson: Not Quite As It Seems
Lee Malis: Penny Wants a Home
Kate Runnels: Shroud of a Suburban Gnome
Daniel C. Smith: Deliverance
poems
K. S. Hardy: The Witching Hour
Sharon Fotta Anderson: Frosties
Gabrielle Deede: Annie's Elegy
K. S. Hardy: The End of the Night
K. S. Hardy: The Tombstone
N. C. Whitehead: Cosmic Amusement
Terrie Leigh Relf: Are You My Satellite?
Karen L. Newman: Garden Gnomes
Terrie Leigh Relf: Attempting to Paste Together a Self-Portrait While Not in Geosynchronous Orbit
Kendall Evans: On Lunar Shores
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: So Many Questions
K. S. Hardy: Mapping the Moon
K. S. Hardy: Siren Ship
features
Charlotte E. Bennardo: Space Garbage
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Issue 20
stories
Dominic Stabile: The Annelids
Kate McLeod: Trifle
Abigail Hilton: Blood of the Dawn
Kelly Madden: Carrie's Coins
Thomas Lee Joseph Smith: The Girl Who Loved Dinosaurs
Kurt Kirchmeier: How Sheldon Helped the Silver Mouth Save the Universe
Dakota Alden: Beauty of the Forest
Calie Voorhis: In Between the Fairy Tales
Peter Frohn: EVA and ADM Fourteen
William Meikle: The Last Day of Summer
Mark L. Pearson: The Infinite Piggy Bank
Adam Banks: Aisle Guy
Louis J. Pulda: Counterparts
Kevin McNamee: It Will Never Work
Skadi meic Beorh: Pup and the Winter Solstice Shoes
T. G. McKenna: For Corrine: A Cautionary Tale
John Bushore: Pandemic
poems
John Neumeister: Don't Let the Monsters In!
Hillary H. Carlson: Eternal Walk
c. m. mattison: Raven-Fall
Patricia Prine: The Visitor
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: The Salesman, and Grandmaster Championships, 2203
Tonya Osborne: The Face in the Mirror
Mark Morgan Jr.: After Armageddon
features
The Marcie Lynn Tentchoff Page
Tears of the New Girl
Shelter
The Apprentice's Fib
The Real Reason Ogres Died Out
Fearsome
Introducing Our Writers
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Issue 19
stories
Larry Hodges: Counting Sheep.
Catherine Edmunds: Crossing the Vacuum.
Michael Mathews: The Tchotchke Witch.
Skadi meic Beorh: Always After Thieves Watch.
Angela N. Hunt: Lady of Tigers.
David Hopewell: How Pascal Fared in the Land of Terra Nova.
Terry Hayman: A Time of Leaving.
Robert Eggleton: Lionel.
Domyelle Rhyse: In the Blood.
G. W. Thomas: Five Second Decision.
Rachel DuChene: Stolen.
Bryan Bullock: Star Folder.
poetry
Terrie Leigh Relf: Why the Aliens Really Came to Earth
Karen L. Newman: The Demise of the Snow Queen
Robert E. Porter: Tiny Turtleneck
Terrie Leigh Relf: A Rubric for Vampires
Greer Woodward: Far from Home
Terrie Leigh Relf: You thought you were safe
Daniel C. Smith: Requiem for the Titans
Cathy Buburuz: Jumpin' Jack Flash
Todd Hanks: The Computer Rainforest
J. Bruce Fuller: scifaiku
John Neumeister: Night of the Mummy
Pearl Mary Wilshaw: Space-Age Omen
William R. Ford Jr: Olympus Mons
Richard Lighthouse: the intangibles factory
Todd Hanks: Space Verse
Lucy A. Snyder: The Evil Overlord's Lament
John Grey: Fantasy World
illustrations
Mitchell Davidson Bentley: Game Over
Cathy Buburuz: Buns on a Horse
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Issue 18
stories
Heather Pine: Muddy Potions
T. S. Miller: Sir Berenger of the Long Toe
Pearl Hoffman: The Spider and the Fly
Heather Cuthbertson: Frost Your Face: A Spider's Boutique
Bettina L. Chen: A Matter of Honor
Jennifer Sparlin: Hideaway Island
Barton Paul Levenson: The Rescue
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Death has a nice cup of tea
Keesa Renee DuPre: Circe's Curse
Alan Loewen: Night Mares
Tamara Wilhite: Indirect Interference
poetry
Caitlin Crowley: A Dragon's Blessing
Alexandra Cave: The Mirror
K. S. Hardy: The Door To Never
Debby Feo: Falling In Love
K. S. Hardy: The Earth Remembers
Kyle Heger: Kite
Angela Drayer: Iranon
Stephen D. Rogers: Over and Out
Amy M. Smith: The End of Magic
Daniel C. Smith: The Stars Give Witness
Drew Morse: The Ballad of Buzz Bawer
Gary Every: Poyang
Susan Abel Sullivan: Witch Place?
D. "domynoe" Loeb: Dragon Dreams
Sarah Stasik: The Chronicles of Ami-Mega-Don-Robot-a-Mon
illustrations
Teresa Tunaley: Attack Is On
Carl Palmer: Wanted
Lee Ann Vick: Tiddy Trulow
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Issue 17
stories
Carol Hightshoe: Life In The Shadows.
Elizabeth Kuelbs: Rancho Serpiente.
Steven Shields: Equus Illuminatus.
Rick Novy: Little Dark Nebula.
Rick Novy: State Secrets.
Barbara Donnelly Lane: The Fisherman’s Daughter.
Kurt Kirchmeier: A Charcoal Exchange.
Neil Patrick O‘Donnell: Master‘s Calling.
Andrew Nicholle: Trilo-Bites.
John Kuhn: That Planet.
features
The Jennifer Schwabach Page
poems
Debby Feo: The Tale Of The Tail
Ryan Krafnick: Into The Sky
Bruce Boston: Can People
G. O. Clark: Delicate Balance
Reanna Novy: Fade Away
Sarah Wagner: Amphitrite
Stephen D. Rogers: Amateur Astronomer
Daniel C. Smith: In Peace They Came
Drew Morse: Outbound Spacelanes
John Neumeister: Fighting Mad
Sharon Irwin: Tarquin The Monkey
L. N. Allen: Mannequin
articles
Mary Cook: Fairy Conservation
illustrations
Mitchell Davidson Bentley: Arctic Outpost
Gary Thomas: Demon
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Issue 16
stories:
Holly Dyess: Lady Debra
Vera Searles: The Golden Needle
C. A. Casey: The Dragon With One Nostril
Daniel Arenson: Bluebell And The Giant
Rhona Westbrook: The Perfectionist And the Llama
J Alan Erwine: The Twin Sorceresses
Valerie Hunter: Thekla The Dragonkeeper
Jennifer Sparlin: Lacey Likes The Dentist
Carl Palmer: Calling All Cars
poems:
Karen R. Porter: Why Dragons Make Lousy Pets
Karen L. Newman: Genetic Erector Set
John Grey: City Under Ice
Terrie Leigh Relf: There
Robin Mayhall: February
Debby Feo: The Decision
M. Frost: From The Model 8 Polysomnograph
Abby Brennan: Tell Me
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: One Night When The Moon Was High
Robert E. Porter: Bouncing
Robin Mayhall: March
K. S. Hardy: Iron Mountain
Shari O'Brien: Amnesia
David R. Plowman: The Road Less Traveled By
Kurt MacPhearson & Rick Yennik: Measure
Daniel C. Smith: Monday, Monday
Daniel Fitzgerald: Ceiling Stars
Tisha Perkins: Lily
E. N. De Choudens: scifaiku
art:
Marge Simon: Mother And Child [cover]
Sarah Zama: Mano Nella Mano [back cover]
Michael Jessen: Genetic Erector Set
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Issue 15
stories
Stefine K. Pitzer: The Real Ending.
Teresa S. Rich: Nothin' At All.
Allyson Bird: My True Chillingham Castle Ghost Story.
John M. Lance: The Bravest Of Them All.
John Stephen Walsh: Bone Shoes.
Pearl Hoffman: The Moo-Juice Blues.
Francis D. Homer: A Conversation With Death.
Kurt Kirchmeier: A Sensory Connection.
Ryan Bruner: The Dreammaker.
Sarah Zama: Witches.
poems
Amy M. Smith: Chimera
Michael Merriam: Where The Leftovers Go
K. S. Hardy: The Tooth Fairy's Castle
Karen A. Romanko: Dragon's Breath
K. S. Hardy: Mourning Sun
Shari O'Brien: Blue Alligators In The Alps
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: That Time Again
Bobbi Sinha-Morey: Lake Forest Dryad
J. Bruce Fuller: scifaiku
Cathy Buburuz: Snow Lady
Wesley Lambert: If Lightning Crackled Through Our Veins
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Trailing
Lisa M. Bradley: Noah's Ark 2.0
Terrie Leigh Relf: Which Way To The Clockmaker's Shop?
illustrations
Anselmo Alliegro: Neptune City
Tom Moran: Dryad
Teresa Tunaley: Gordy With Unicorn
articles
Phil Parratore: Candy Bugs You Can Eat
Karen A. Romanko: P.A.
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Issue 14
stories
Samantha Henderson: The Mandarin's New Tea.
Troy Seate & Sandra Kregar: My Pretty Painted Pony.
Todd Outcalt: The Cup Of Elijah.
Greg Beatty: Bedtime Story.
Karen Petrov: Anger.
Jenny Schwartz: Dodo Dobbins' Gift.
Paul Horwinski: Dreams Come True.
Elizabeth Delaney: He Answered By Fire.
poems
Ann Peters: The Haunted Alphabet
Ann Doro: Painting Of A Martian
Lisa M. Bradley: To Each My Own
Tom Galusha: What Happy Ending?
Ann Doro: The Dragon's Dinner
Shari O'Brien: Lady Liberty
Guy Belleranti: Noisy Sleeper
Deborah P. Kolodji: Adrastea Sneezes
Lisa M. Bradley: SuperKid Reconsiders
Amy M. Smith: The Mirror's Curse
K. S. Hardy: Ghost Haiku
Cathy Buburuz: Feathers Of Love
Carol Hightshoe: Attack Of The Anchovies
Geoff Jackson: A Fairy Tale
Edward P. Fisher: Night Watch
Sheila B. Roark: The Piece Of Silver
Jennifer Schwabach: LaShonda Dreams
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Laetoli
Karen L. Newman: Fall Fairies
Eric Obame: The Boy Who Could Fly
Daniel C. Smith: Astrophysical Graffiti
K. S. Hardy: The New Star
Stephen D. Rogers: Periodic Maintenance
Terrie Leigh Relf: Why I don't want to ride in that time machine
Cathy Buburuz: The Truth About Dreams
illustrations
Bruce Boston: Space Fabric 3
Cathy Buburuz: Skull
Bruce Boston: Dressed For Dinner
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Issue 13
This is the 4th Anniversary Issue
stories:
Radley's Comet, by Todd Outcault
Trance, by Emma Ryle
The Library of Etria, by Josaeph DeRepentigny
Rules, by David Taub
Buckets of Courage, by Fran Wolber
Troll Music, by Judy Camplin
Jenny's Magic, by Michael Merriam
Disturbing Yellow, by Teresa S. Rich
March 1st, by Kurt D. Kirchmeier
Ping, by DLM Clarke
The Wizard's Study, by Christopher Kastensmidt
poems:
Universal, by John Grey
Aliens Have Landed, by Aurelio Rico Lopez III
The Sphinx and the Prince, by Heather J. Cuthbertson
Follow The Mustard, by Lisa M. Bradley
In The Dark, by Lillian Kopaska-Merkel
GMOh-no, by Lisa M. Bradley
Dragons, by Christopher Fog
The mad scientist's shopping list, by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
for the dogs, by s.c. virtes
The Star-Maker, by Kristine Ong Muslim
Here Be Monsters, by K. S. Hardy
My Shadow, by Desara Alvarez
The Thunder of the Clock, by Sheila B. Roark
Grim Tribute, by Pearl Mary Wilshaw
Our Other Brethren, by Shari O'Brien
Tulip Faeries, by Diana Cacy Hawkins
To Live As Legend, by Amy M. Smith
Scifaiku by Tom Galusha
articles:
Review of Narnia, by Tatiana Knox
Field Guide To Intergalactic Organisms, by Lee Clark Zumpe
cover art: The Stuff of Dreams, by Laura Givens
Tulip Fairies, by Ron Leming
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Issue 12
stories
Allie Ladage: The Friendly Velociraptor.
Carol Hightshoe: A Game Of Marbles.
John M. Lance: Dragon Busters.
Melissa Mead: The Blackbird Maiden.
David A. Olson: A Snake's Gift.
Christine Amsden: Ninth Life.
Allan Wallach: Ellen Magellan.
Pearl Hoffman: Imagination Has A Mind Of Its Own.
Edmund R. Schubert: Weird Omelets.
Melva I. Gifford: Simmer.
T. S. Miller: Relic Fever.
poems
Kristine Ong Muslim: What Happened After The War
Marge B. Simon: Android Sitter: Instructions
Karen L. Newman: The Handbell Choir
Jaime Lee Moyer: The Search For Intelligent Life
s. c. virtes: boundaries
Shari O'Brien: Birthplace
Shari O'Brien: But Nothing Lives Or Breathes Inside
Pearl Mary Wilshaw: Unexplained
Bobbi Sinha-Morey: Prism Of Light
features
Steven Cutts: Why Titan? Why Now?
Belinda Whitaker: To Catch A Shooting Star
Pages To Color, by 7ARS
illustrations
front cover: Jennifer Nilsson: Bubble Dragons
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Issue 11
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stories: Tyree Campbell: Sandbox, Matthew Haldeman: Seeds, Melissa Mead: Outfoxed, Wendy S. Delmater: Little Green Men, Greg Schwartz: A Dragon Displaced, Bruce Durham: Upstream, Russell Bittner: Allegory, Eric Joel Bresin: The Prank At Dragon Mountain, Adam Banks: The Job Interview
poems: Mikal Trimm: The Last Feast Of The Danaan Sidhe, Jennifer Schwabach: The Lesson, JA Howe: Six Degrees Of Separation From The Captain, Greg Braquet: Scarecrows, Greg Beatty: Time Capsule, Guy Belleranti: Beastly Band, Amy M. Smith: Seascape Fantasies, Shari O'Brien: Aliens, Puloma Banerjee: Fantasies, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Terror At The Cross Dimensional Tavern, Eric Marin: guard dog
features: Space-Monkeys Adventure: I Scream You Scream
Flash Fiction: Edward Cox: The Watch
Pages To Color, by 7ARS
illustrations: Anselmo Alliegro: Orbital Sunrise, Briannon Trimm: Dragon, Cathy Buburuz: Female
Issue 10
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John Bushore, Edward Cox, JA Howe, Greg Beatty, Daniel Sackinger, Chelsea Speegle, Jennifer Schwabach, John Borneman, Karen L. Newman, Stephen D. Rogers, Marsheila Rockwell, Guy Belleranti, 7ARS, Laura Givens, and Gisele LeBlanc.
Issue 9
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William Jones, David A. Olson, Dr. Steve Cutts, Lou Antonelli, Richard Jones, Peter Andrew Smith, MonkeyJohn, s.c. virtes, Mikal Trimm, Daniel C. Smith, Greg Beatty, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Eric Marin, Nina Munteanu, and 7ARS.
Issue 8
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Yvonne Pronovost, Lon Prater, Geoffrey Girard, Jennifer Schwabach, S. Yi, Adam Banks, Tom Pendergrass, Lisa Tate, Willow Katsumi Relf-Discartin, Ilona Hegedûs, Eric Marin, Terrie Leigh Relf & L. A. Story Houry, Andy Miller, Stephen D. Rogers, Wesley Lambert, Kristine Ong Muslim, Guy Belleranti, Greg Beatty, MonkeyJohn, Marcia A. Borell, and Teresa Tunaley.
Issue 7
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Fiona McLaren, Stephen D. Rogers, Terrie Leigh Relf, Wesley Lambert, Eric Marin, Robert Bartlett, William Jones, Valerie Frankel, Laurie Tom, Brad Smith, Dorothy Imm, Cathy Buburuz, Teresa Tunaley, Mikal Trimm, Guy Belleranti, Karen A. Romanko, Anastasia Andersen, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Willow Katsumi Relf-Descartin, Karen L. Newman, Bric Barnes, Lee Clark Zumpe, MonkeyJohn, 7ARS, and Tracey Potter Zumpe.
Issue 6
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S. Yi, Richard Gawel, Ed Schubert, Terrie Leigh Relf, Mark Yohalem, William Jones, Stephen D. Rogers, John Bushore, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Mikal Trimm, Cythera, Andy Miller, Cathy Buburuz, Puloma Banerjee, Bruce Boston, Lisa M. Bradley, Greg Beatty, Lee Clark Zumpe, MonkeyJohn, Nina Munteanu, 7ARS, Tracey Potter Zumpe
Issue 5
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John Bushore, C. A. Casey, Greg Beatty, K J Kabza, E. K. Rivera, Melissa Mead, Andy Miller, Anastasia Andersen, Guy Belleranti, Karen R. Porter, Mikal Trimm, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Stephen D. Rogers, Christina Sng, Lee Clark Zumpe, MonkeyJohn, 7ARS, Erin Donahoe, Teresa Tunaley
Issue 4
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Issue 3
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Issue 2
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Issue 1
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Blood Journey by Henry Lewis Sanders & Terrie Leigh Relf
Blood Journey is an intricately constructed tale of love and revenge among the undead. The beheading of the evil Baroness Andora by Count Vasilie sets off a chain of events among the followers of the Church of the Dark Mother that threatens to destroy the vampire community. Relf and Sanders follow the trail of blood and darkness that began long ago and far away as they weave an erotic path through the exotic nights of London, Athens, and Seattle. Blood Journey has enough sex, blood, lust, and mayhem to slake the thirst of even the most avid readers of the Dark Side.
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Blood Sampler: Subtle Sips & Spicy Shots by David Lee Summers and Lee Clark Zumpe
Two of the finest minds in the genres have amalgamated their imaginations to come up with some of the rockinest and rollinest vampire flash fiction this side of Bucharest. David Lee ["Yes, we have no sferatu"] Summers, of Tales of the Talisman and Heirs of the New Earth fame, and Lee Clark ["So that's Buffy"] Zumpe, mild-mannered reporter for a daily metro-Floridian newspaper, take you on a journey through the short stuff. With detailed illustrations by Caroline O'Neal, who also did the cover art, Blood Sampler is a must-read even if you don't care for the suckers.
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Blood Verse by Derek Clendening, illustrated by Marcia A. Borell
In Early and Late Romantic Writing Classes at Brock University, Derek Clendening hit upon the idea of combining poetic concepts—what is a poet, what does he do, and how does he see more clearly than others—with vampires and vampirism. Coming to regard the vampire as a creative being, he envisioned new possibilities for the literary vampire.
Within these pages are poetic works that will take you beyond the stereotypes of the media—the movies, the novels, the nosferatu. Come turn these pages and see how the undead do it.
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Bondage{Sam's Dot Publishing}
With seven original tales and eleven all-new poems, including at least one that is sure to be banned in Orlando, Anaheim, and Paris, and illustrated by Marge B. Simon and Marcia A. Borell, BONDAGE: Tales Of Obsession will take you to worlds of the unanticipated, the compulsive, and the perverse, both in this Universe and in your mind. Housed inside a cover designed in the classic sense by Bruce Boston, this trade paperback is sure to be talked about for decades to come.
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The Book of Styx by eddy styx by C. M. Mattison
The Book of Styx is new wave avant-garde poetry that intersects the realities of two worlds: ours, and the Other. The things we dare not think and do, Eddy Styx [the alter ego of C. M. Mattison] revels in. The poetry is a novel way of exposing our human foibles so that we might wallow in them. After all, we can do what we want in the Other, because it's not really real . . . is it?
Styx/Mattison's poetry has been likened to that of an evil Kendall Evans. Come find out why.
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The Book of Tentacles edited by Scott Virtes and Edward Cox
It's been over a year in the making, but finally The Book of Tentacles is reaching out for us from the depths of the minds of various writers. It's a perfect bound trade paperback, and if it has something to do with tentacles, it's in here: science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Yes, there are Cthulhu stories. Yes, there's interspecies romance [between writer and squid, for one]. Yes, there are suckers, graspers, vermicelli, carapaces, and strange adventures on land and in water. Come see what Scott Virtes and Edward Cox have assembled for your reading enjoyment.
INTRO by Scott Virtes
"A Lady’s Quick Reference Note on the Tentacle" – Miss Camille Alexa
"Call of the Bailiff" – Matthew Bey
"Professor Hilliard’s Electric Lantern" – Robert J. Santa
"Lab Assistant" – Marge Simon
"A Quiet Neighborhood" – Laura J. Underwood
"In the Octopus’s Garden" – James S. Dorr
"Drosera" – Joshua Gage
"The Temple of Squoad" – Steve Goble
"A Ferrylouper at Stenness" – Christopher M. Cevasco
"Cascade" – Cathy Buburuz
"Hideki and the Giant Squid" – Mark Lee Pearson
"Mishmash: From the Case File of DragonEye, PI" – Karina Fabian
INTERLUDE: Weird Art by Scott Virtes
"Long and black in the middle of the night" – Sharon Bray.
"Low Life" – Clinton Lawrence
"P6 is Burning" – Scott Virtes
"Slightly Pudgy Writer Seeks Foreign Entanglement" – Tyree Campbell
"What Did She Know of Love" – Terrie Leigh Relf
"Taking Root" – Rob Brooks
"Sucker Punch" – Mark Onspaugh
"The Little Sea Maid" – Kendall Evans & Stephen M. Wilson
"One Big Drinker" – Billy Wong
"To See" – Jim Ehmann
"Mr Octopus Hands" – Brian Rosenburger
"Dead Wait" – Carl Hose
"Jar of Peaches" – Terry Hickman
"The Mantle of Power" – Matt Betts
"Blood Amber" – Keyan Bowes
"Ink and Shadows" – Kali Black
"Azure Doom" – William Blake Vogel III
"The Anemone Garden" – David C. Kopaska-Merkel
"The Signal" – Aurelio Rico Lopez III
OUTRO by Edward Cox
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Brain Reactor Transmissions by Charles Lucien
Brain Reactor Transmissions is a heady collection of haibun, scifaiku, and tanka by one of the master scifaijin. This chapbook will take you into the deepest of deep ends and bring you back again...maybe. With illustrations by 7ARS, BRT is an intricate and thrilling read.
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Celeraine by David McGillveray
Celeraine, published in trade paperback format by Sam's Dot Publishing, consists of three interplanetary science fiction stories by British author David McGillveray. Each story presents a specific problem that humanity might expect to encounter as it moves among the stars one day.
In "The Grieving," the Kellie colony has failed and the Whaskera are dead. Lammas must find out why, and why the woman he loved has been lost in space and time.
In "Celeraine," people get the governments they deserve, but the Somnambulist, a repository of Earth history, can give the Azou Home so much more. But if they don't want it, will Earth force it on them?
In "Ryme's Garden," an alien life form takes over the vegetation, and the birds have not returned. It's time to get out the half-track lawndogs. But is Ryme ready for the changes?
CELERAINE is an E-ride into three interplanetary worlds you won't forget.
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Champagne Shivers is a fine collection of horror stories, poems, and illustrations.
2010 Issue
Sinster Stories
Puppeteer by Robert J. Santa
Silvertip by Pete Mesling
So Cold My Blood Freezes by Therese Arkenberg
Lullaby, Little Monster by Aaron Polson
The Station by Vicki Freeman
The Delvinico Triplet by Cathy Buburuz
Jesus God in Heaven by Cathy Buburuz
The Depredators’ Club by Deborah Walker
The Six of Swords by Mark Anthony Crittenden
Flashes of the Fantastic
Vitiable Consummation by Ronda Scheerer
Juncture by Lucien E. G. Spelman
The Fugue by Michael R. Fosburg
Water's Edge by Brian Rosenberger
The Psychic by Brian Rosenberger
A Doll of a Husband by Greg Schwartz
The Patience of Adam by Pete Mesling
Poetic Potions
From Time To Time by Keith Sikora
A Celestial Light by Keith Sikora
Voodoo Dream by Keith Sikora
Merger by Keith Sikora
A Trojan House by Joe Nazare
Black Sails by Brian Rosenberger
The Last Halloween by Brian Rosenberger
Death-Haunted by Vonnie Winslow Crist
The Never Theres by Justin Bohardt
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2009 Issue
Champagne Shivers is a perfect-bound 8 1/2 by 11 magazine containing 76 pages of exquisite horror stories and some flashfic and poetry. Sam's Dot regards this publication as the Dom Perignon of horror.
Sinister Stories
A Pound of Flesh by Pete Mesling
The Interview by Pete Mesling
Captive Audience by Mark Leslie
One of Us by Mark Anthony Crittenden
Jared's Gift by Mark Anthony Crittenden
The Shock Value of Bad Magic by Mark Anthony Crittenden
Me and My Shadow by A. J. Kirby
Harvest Moon by Ken Goldman
The Digger by Chaz Siu and Steve Drago
Those Awkward Phases by William H. Wandless
The Crossing by William H. Wandless
Flashes of the Fantastic
The Boy Memorial by Kevin L. Donihe
Hit Single by Cathy Buburuz
Last Kiss by William Blake Vogel III
In the Valley of Sweet Sorrows by Michael Kelly
For Joel by Noah Copley
Poetic Potions
Memorial Day's Next Wave by Jane Gwaltney
Vicissitude by Ronda Scheerer
Deoxyribonucleic Acid by R. J. Michaelz
Old Bones Tell Stories by Ray Buchanan
Death is a Dance by Cathy Buburuz
Something by David Lynch by John Hayes
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2008 Issue
Sinister Stories
The Truth About Irises by Pete Mesling
Crash Test by Ken Goldman
Replacing Mr. Pendleton by Davin Ireland
The Killer Without Blood-Stained Hands by Frank Roger
Dreidel's Prize by Drew Arrants
Sinister Skies by Lee Clark Zumpe
Mr. Sobel and the Flowers of October by David Hopewell
Flashes of the Fantastic
Wanting Moore by Rebecca Nazar
The Tidal Dress by Matthew Lee Bain
Of Yesterday And Forever by William Blake Vogel III
On the Surface by David Buchan
The Road Through Hell by David Cairns
King and Queen of the Desert by Brian Beatty
The Wrong Son by Greg Schwartz
Poetic Potions
The Forsaken by Calvin Becker
The Accursed Castle by Richard H. Fay
Things in the Swamp by Richard H. Fay
Salty Grave by William Blake Vogel III
With Wings Raised by Jane Gwaltney
Grimm’s Tales by Brian Rosenberger
Pumpkin Glut by Richard Pitaniello
The Little Entomologist by Roxanne Hoffman
Without Stopping by Marsheila Rockwell
The Root of it All by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
Deadbeat Dad by Greg Schwartz
Crude Epitaph by William Blake Vogel III
Halfway Home by G. O. Clark
At The Wake by G. O. Clark
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2007 Issue
The Wine List
Cover Artist
Christina Cartwright
Illustrators
Tom Moran
Sandro Castelli
t.santitoro
Sinister Stories
When Death Gives You Lemons by Tyree Campbell
Pleasing Aunt Em by M. Wilkinson
Legend of Falling Rock by Carl Hose
So Shall Ye Reap by E. J. Hayes
Rabbit Eyes by Barry Hollander
Nothing but the Truth by John M. Floyd
Eyes of the Black Bayou by Cathy Buburuz
Beyond Ledra by Cathy Buburuz
Hansel, Gretel and the Sugar-Coated Diet by Mark Smith
Flashes of the Fantastic
Gray by Tom Moran
Firefall by William Blake Vogel III
Change Is Inevitable by Lane Adamson
The Whiskies by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
The Figurine by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
The Apostate's Creed [for horror writers] by Tyree Campbell
Poetic Potions
Unwind Sidewinder by William Blake Vogel III
Cosmic Black by William Blake Vogel III
Blood Letters, Wed by Jane Gwaltney
Red Rattler Church by Eric Marin
Silenced Night by Lane Adamson
Transformation by Lane Adamson
Gruesome Goodies
Champagne Shivers Crypt-o-gram by Randy Nakoneshny
Champagne Shivers Shock Line by Randy Nakoneshny & Cindy Nakoneshny
Horrorscopes & Crypt-o-gram Solutions by Randy Nakoneshny
Demented Nursery Rhymes
Illustration by Tom Moran
The Pie Trial by Gerard Brennan
The Not-So-Itsy Spider by Terrie Leigh Relf
Baby’s First Garden of Doom by J. H. Hobson and M. N. Hobson
Doctor Fell Revisited by Charles S. Fallis
Extrapolated Pins by Charles S. Fallis
Burning Mad by Karen L. Newman
The Mother Guts Collection by Lane Adamson
Skid Row Ho by Tao Rae Tasmaine
Oh No Scarecrow by Carl Hose
Heads, We Win by s.c.virtes
Mary Driver by s.c.virtes
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly by Randy Nakonehsny
Little Miss Muffet by Bob Lock
A Demented Trilogy Author Unknown
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Issue 2
Ron Leming, Christine Cartwright, Tom Moran, G.O. Clark, Lee Clark Zumpe, William Blake Vogel III, Randy Nakoneshny, Jack Kincaid, John Weagly, Rob McClure Smith, Eric Marin, and John M. Floyd.
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Issue 1
Kurt Newton, Keith Sikora, Steve Vernon, W. B. Vogel, Cathy Buburuz, Gerard Brennan, Paul Finch, J. R. Salling, Ken Goldman, B. A. Booher, Eric Marin, Chris Cox and Adrienne Jones, Noel Bebee, Charles S. Fallis, Marcia A. Borell.
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Charlotte Cauldron and the Prince of Nevermore by John M. Lance
What if you were the hero of a book and your author was kidnapped? Who would you turn to for help?
Charlotte Cauldron loves reading about Prince Peter’s adventures and knows everything there is to know about the Prince and his friends, the sorceress Juno Vanderspell and Frizzleroot the will-o-wisp. So when the Prince’s arch nemesis, Spartan Arrow, escapes the confines of the page and kidnaps the author, Horatio Alkazar, the Prince asks Charlotte to help rescue him. Now all they need to do is get some pirates’ cooperation, outwit goblins, slip past a dragon, and find Spartan’s tower (which would be a lot easier to do if he didn’t keep moving it).
Oh, and then there’s the little matter of defeating Spartan himself…
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Christina's World by Marge B. Simon
Christina's World by Marge B. Simon is a themed sequence of speculative short stories inspired by Andrew Wyeth's painting of the same title. Here's what Mary Turzillo had to say about it:
“If you’re unfamiliar with the fiction of Marge Simon, you’re in for a treat with Christina’s World. And if you’re already a fan of her poetry and flash fiction, you’ll be delighted with this new experiment in narrative, where individual linked stories build to their own resolution, and yet form a brilliantly fulfilling story arc.
“Christina’s World recalls classic Bradbury and Murakami with a touch of Norman Rockwell’s homespun wisdom and Tim Burton’s weirdness thrown in; an unfurling of sweet homey narrative, dreamlike yet compellingly realistic in intensity.
“And her illustrations are much more than frosting on the cake. This book is a gem you’ll read and reread.”
~ Mary Turzillo, Your Cat & Other Space Aliens
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Cloudburst by Tyree Campbell
In the future the Earth is warmer, and the oceans have all but dried up. In small settlements on the ocean floor, the remnants of humanity survive— traders and raiders. The few remaining books feed the campfires. Monstrous lungfish inhabit the salt marshes and snare the unwary. Saltstorms across the salt flats destroy everything in their paths. Social divisions remain intact— men hunt and steal, women breed and struggle to preserve what little knowledge remains— and act as translators for the traders.
The finest of the translators is Praise, a woman of the Scarpers. Centime, of the Dobers, is her student. If the Scarpers and Dobers unite, there will be no need for translators, and Praise will lose what little independence her abilities command. She would rather commit suicide and die free . . . but Centime has another idea: to return up to the land, and to the stars that had been humanity's destiny.
Thus begins an impossible journey, fighting the raging tribes and the fury of the elements . . . for the very Earth itself seems to oppose the two women and the little band they have gathered
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The Cold Ones by Elizabeth Donald
No, it has nothing to do with Miller Time. The Cold Ones is a novelette [perfect bound, trade paperback format] by Elizabeth Donald, and refers to [gasp!] zombies. It's not just very good, it's . . . well, here, read what James A. Moore had to say about it.
Elizabeth Donald's The Cold Ones stands out from the crowd. Zombie stories are easy. Good zombie stories are more challenging and great ones, well, those are damned hard to find. The good news is you don't have to look any further than The Cold Ones to find one of the greats. A damned fine read and highly recommended.
-- James A. Moore, author of Deeper and Blood Red
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Color Me Strange is a coloring book for dreamers of ages 6 to 80. It contains 30 illustrations by Marcia Borell, 7ARS, and Sandy DeLuca, and it will keep your dreamers busy this summer. It makes an ideal gift any time of year.
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Cover art by 7ARS
Cover art by Sandy Deluca
Cover art by Marcia Borell
Cover art by 7ARS
Cover art by Sandy Deluca
Cover art by Marcia Borell
Cover of Darkness
Cover Of Darkness is an assembly of short stories from the dark edge of urban fantasy. Tales involve mundane things, such as taking the bus home, to climbing a haunted tree, to watching a pas d'une under the stars . . . to a man who plays with spooky dolls. Lightly seasoned with poetry, this anthology is to be savored over time--read it all at once only if you dare!
stories:
Crickets by Gregory Bastianelli
Riding The 72 by Andrea Saavedra
Cracks by Kristine Ong Muslim
Unkindness by Kate England
Sometimes The Good Witch Sings To Me by L L Soares
Dance By The Light Of The Moon by Tyree Campbell
The Hanging Tree by Erick Lindman
Uncle Horace by Kate Flannery
Insanity In 7 Minutes by Daniel Gould
Karma by Chazley Dotson
Not You by Tamara Wilhite
Dream Well by Jeremiah Job Levine
Stealing From Prometheus by Edward Cox
poems:
Because Missionaries Put It There by Holly Day
Sunday Idyll by Phillip Ellis
Jealous Spirits by Cathy Buburuz
The Path Of Time by Angela Albee
State Mental Hospital by Ray Greenblatt
Before Dawn by Jason Souders
cover art: Universal Judgement by Marge B. Simon
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Cover of Darkness 2008 edited by Tyree Campbell
Cover of Darkness 2008 is a perfect bound magazine anthology featuring dark urban fantasy and horror, with cover art by Bruce Boston. The feature writer in this issue is Stoker Award winner Scott Nicholson [of "The Farm" and "They Hunger"], who contributed his "Beggar's Velvet." Other writers include Michael Merriam, L. Catherine Rollosson, Tyree Campbell, Cathy Buburuz, David Kopaska-Merkel, Pam Clements, and many more! Helpful hint: read this publication with all the lights on.
stories
Scott Nicholson: Beggar's Velvet
Tyree Campbell: Crotalus
L. Catherine Rollosson: The Chestnut Tree
Kurt Bachard: Resurrection Insurrection
Michael Merriam: Shades of Light and Foam
J. J. Steinfeld: Streets Are Not Always For Walking
Alison Winfree: Plucked from the Cloak of Satan
John W. Oliver: Better Dead Than Never
Rebecca Young Winslow: The Ghost in the Bathtub
Argentina Marcuteanu: Infusion of Justice
Ferrel D. Moore: Haints
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: The Scream
Greta Sloane: Fires of Hazelbury
poems
Pam Clements: Two Spells
Terrie Leigh Relf: An Alien Abandoned on Earth Laments Her Fate
Cathy Buburuz: The Angel of Death
Cathy Buburuz: After the Suicide
Temporarily sold out
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Cover of Darkness May 2009 edited by Tyree Campbell
stories
Gail Gray: Fire in Mica
Elizabeth Donald: Weathergirl
Philip S. Meckley: Drained
David Wright: Murder on the Martian Express
Jennifer Crow: Bones of Contention
Jason D. Wittman: The Horror in Celluloid
S. Alan Fox: Technology Bites
Dev Jarrett: Fallen Angel
Cathy Buburuz: Tin Lizzie
Ferrel D. Moore: Counter Creatures
Angeline Hawkes: The Ananias Syndrome
S. L. Bickley: The Cavern of the Yeth Mai
Sam S. Kepfield: Harvest Moon
Val D. Conder: There's Hope
poems
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Ghost Lakes
Thor Gunnells: Lying Beneath
s.c. virtes: dream engine
Natalie Williams: Whore in a Crypt
Shelly Bryant: Night Falls
Thor Gunnells: A Son's Wish
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Stone, Blood, and Mortar
illustrations for "Tin Lizzie" by Rafal Hrynkiewicz
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Cover of Darkness November 2009 edited by Tyree Campbell
Cover of Darkness is a digest of dark urban fantasy and horror stories, interspersed with poems here and there. You won't find a lot of intestines, gall bladders, blood buckets, or pineal glands, just good dark spooky stuff. Come get a copy.
stories:
Linda L. Donahue: The Bone Church
Ferrel D. Moore: Ricci's Last Night
Michelle D. Sonnier: Gathering Luck
Tyree Campbell: Generation Gap
Julie Serroul: Letters to Mom
Cathy Buburuz: Trailer Trash in Cinderella's Palace
Lawrence R. Dagstine: Zombie Mountain
David R. Sullivan: The Pharaoh Witch
poems:
Hillary Bartholomew: Trees Walk In The Rain
Holly Day: New Growth
Jene Erick Beardsley: Things That Go Bump In The Night
Thomas P. Feeny: Ounce of Prevention
Miguel de Leon: Dark Song
Hillary Bartholomew: All Hallows Eve
Stephen J. Williams: Priscilla
Vanessa Watters: The Puritan
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The Curse of Blackhawk Bay by Erin Fanning
Around Lake Trillium strange events occur. Children disappear, ghosts appear, and a man bursts into flames. The lake itself is inhabited by something vast and dark. With each event there appears a crow--but what does it want? Who will be next to confront the secret of the lake and of Blackhawk Bay?
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Cyborg Chimera by Shelly Bryant
This is Shelly Bryant's first poetry collection, in perfect bound trade paperback digest format, and here's what Sun Li, Professor of Literature in Shanghai, China, had to say about it:
Do we or do we not have free will? That is the question this collection is centering around. Whether one is a believer in God’s creation or in natural evolution, and humans as the created or the evolved, physically bound by time and space, the question is the same: Are we mentally free from what has happened, is happening, and will happen? With a cool, ironic, detached tone, the poems probe into the topics of human institutionalization, programmed robots, and creatures blending the best and worst sides of nature. It is the interaction between the three, as in much of science fiction, that touches the soul of the reader and stays.
~ Sun Li, Professor of Literature, Shanghai
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Dark God Descending by Tony-Paul de Vissage
James Tucker Upchurch is a graduate student, studying the past but living very much in the present. Semris is a demon, the son of a god, and his life has been the same for millennia.
For five thousand years, the displaced Dark Lords of Hell have maintained a peaceful and bloodless reign over the Mayan city of Nikte-Uaxac. In the outside world, while civilizations rise and fall, the winged demons and their subjects remain untouched, until Twenty-first Century strangers appear and steal their most precious possession--the Emperor himself.
Tuck never expected to lose his girl to a demon or get near-immortality in exchange and Semris never thought he'd experience mortal love, but when the two meet, not only their own lives but those of their friends and families will also be changed, as well as the world in which Semris dwells.
"...a new source for vampire lore which previously has been untapped. The story of a demon's introduction to the Modern World and his evolution is entertaining as well as thought-provoking...and demands a sequel."
Linda Nightingale, author of Black Swan
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Dark Nebulae by John J. Dunphy
Dark Nebulae is a collection of haibun [stories punctuated with a three-line poem], published in trade paperback format.
Enter the realm of John J. Dunphy. There's the Babe in Black, a Goth chick who always wears a tight, black leather top and pants as well as shiny black boots. A new species of primate in an interstellar garbage dump--on Earth. A Welsh sin eater. A world at the bottom of the ocean of another Universe. A bridge with its name misspelled--maybe.
All these places and people, and much more await you within these covers. Be prepared to laugh, cry, smile, and tremble. Be prepared to stay awhile.
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Darkness, Darkness by Jane Gwaltney
They say you are what you eat. What if you are also what you read? And what if the one you love is a dead ringer for the author?
Jane Gwaltney’s novella takes you into a maelstrom of madness where, just as the singer becomes the song, so too does the writer become the story . . . and the story of madness becomes the writer. Heavy with the flavor of Poe, this tale is a must-read on a dark night.
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The DeadWalk by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime
Classic sword & sorcery that will keep you turning pages until the wee hours of the morning. The protagonist, Riordan, has two missions in life: find the mythical Sword of Zal-Azaar, and use it to remove Prince Rau's what's-is [she doesn't like him, or the horse he rode in on]. Riordan is not quite a chick in chain mail--she has compassion and sensitivity, and courage . . . she's a whole character, and Bedwell-Grime's depiction of her makes us wish that truth was at least the equal to fiction.
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Death Metal by Armand Rosamilia
Death Metal is a dark fantasy/horror novella published in trade paperback format.
No one had ever connected Daniel as the brains behind seven brutal concept albums about Satanism and the dark figure Natas, but when a teenager quotes lyrics from his literary work, Daniel fears his 10-year old daughter, Missy, is in trouble. His fears are founded when she is kidnapped. The kidnappers want Daniel to complete the last three albums for his former band--and return him to the demons he had tried to escape. Daniel can save her, but can he save himself?
"Rosamilia jams the E-major of dark crime in Death Metal. That scream you hear is the electric-soaked feedback of scorching prose." ~ Scott Nicholson, author of Scattered Ashes and multiple Stoker winner
Death Metal is a sharply written tale that starts quick and works its way to an edge-of-the seat ending you won't forget. It's one of those stories you just can't stop reading. Bravo! Or should I say Rock and Roll! ~ Laura J. Underwood, Author of The King's Wind and The Green Women
With Death Metal, Rosamilia keeps you anxious to turn each page, and leaves you wanting more. A spectacular read that will not disappoint. ~ C. S. Johnson, author of The Watching
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The Dice of God by Tyree Campbell
Tanner is a wanted woman. She is running from her past as a sex slave. . . She is running from herself.
When Tanner arrives at the backwater world of Cullen’s Lode, she wonders if her troubled journey is finally at an end. Cullen’s Lode might just be the place where she can start her life anew, a place that she might finally call home. But Tanner is different. Part human, part Motic, she stands out. There are skeletons in her closet, ghosts that never cease haunting her resolve.
For Tanner’s flight to truly end she must face the men who would bind her again to slavery for their own twisted pleasures, and rescue the girl who has been taken hostage to compel her cooperation. Only by confronting her past can Tanner save her sanity . . . and the lives of those who are brave enough to become her friends.
“. . . At heart The Dice of God is an adventure story. There are characters to love or loathe, locations that spark the imagination, and action and twists that will keep you turning pages. But as with any good science fiction, it is the groundwork that makes this book entertaining. Without proper character building, setting or smooth divulgence of information, any action and adventure can appear superfluous. But Campbell lays down the law well, and when The Dice of God takes off, readers please ensure the barrier is down and their arms are kept inside the car.” Edward Cox, MA, University of Luton, Author of The Relic Guild and Walking Like Morpheus.
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Disturbed by Julie Shiel
If you like your poetry dark and incisive...if Psycho is your favorite movie, then "Disturbed" is for you. This collection of poetry gives a whole new meaning to "cutting edge." It is a rage against the darkness and pain of this world: of shattered relationships, of love and revenge, of the unbearable which must be borne. Julie Shiel is an E-ride through the Dark House in the carnival. Lavishly illustrated by Teri Santitoro and Janis Marshall.
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The Dog at the Foot of the Bed by Tyree Campbell
Sixteen years ago the Shannen children were attacked and their home was destroyed. The oldest--twins Ovin and Siobhan--barely managed to whisk their siblings away to safety on a remote planet. Seeking revenge for the attack, Ovin became a hired assassin, while Siobhan entered corporate security service to bring about law and order--and to bring Ovin to justice.
Now someone is trying to kill the Shannens again. And another threat has surfaced: a terrible new weapon is cracking planets open like nuts and destroying them--a weapon that could be used on the Shannens' new home. Ovin has to find out who is behind these murderous projects, and stop them--but in order to find out who, he first has to discover why . . . and he's going to need Siobhan's help to do it.
But if he succeeds, he could lose his twin forever.
"Campbell's novel is a guessing game that will keep you wrong-footed until the very last page." - Edward Cox, [UK] Reviewer
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The Drabbler #1
The Drabbler #1 contains the very best entries from The First Between Kisses Drabble Contest, held from 1 April to 31 May 2004, and themed to "alien candle shop." Includes illustrations by 7ARS and Marcia Borell.
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The Drabbler #2
The theme of The Drabbler #2 is "alien brothel." This issue contains stories by various writers, and related in some way to alien brothels. The stories range from alien abduction for interesting purposes, to various rituals, to...well, what do you call it when the brothel comes alive and devours the patron? The Drabbler #2 is seductively and sensuously illustrated by 7ARS.
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The Drabbler #3
Drabbler #3 contains the best stories received for the Third Between Kisses Drabble Contest, which was themed to "Eve and no Adam: The Last Woman in the Universe." Naughtily illustrated by 7ARS, this apocalyptic anthology is a hotbed of passions, intrigue, and remote control.
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The Drabbler #4
Aliens and Forbidden Love. This issue is edited by L. A. Story Houry and illustrated by 7ARS.
Features: Gail Kavanagh, Cathy Buburuz, Terrie Leigh Relf, Melissa Mead, Gabriel Llanas, Amy M. Smith, Jason D. Wittman, Kevin James Miller, Ian Donnell Arbuckle, David A. Olson, Michael A. Kechula, Jennifer Schwabach, Kathleen Crow, and Greg Beatty.
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The Drabbler #5
Theme: The Three Moons. Edited by Terrie Relf and illustrated by 7ARS.
Features: Melissa Mead, Guy Koehler, Andra Marquardt, Amy M. Smith, David Olson, Michael A. Kechula, Karen L. Newman, Esther Schrader, Darryl Brooks, Shelley Lesher, and Greg Beatty.
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The Drabbler #6
Drabbler #6 is a combined issue, with stories themed to "Alien Employment Line" and "Alien Religious Practices." The stories are hilarious, pithy, poignant, and include a touch of wonder and carnations.
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The Drabbler #8
Theme: Alien Pet Care
Includes work by Amy M. Smith, Melissa Mead, Norman Riger, Kara Hartz, Sean Eret, Bill West, Diane Arrelle, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Rikk Flohr, Graeme S. Houston, Matt Harrah, Christine Poulsen, Trina Jacobs, JD Spencer, M. Frost, Mark Terence Chapman, John Parke Davis, and Grace Murray.
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The Drabbler #9
Edward Cox: The Unforeseen: Earth Receives A Letter Of Complaint After Historic Events During A Lunar Landing
J. Bruce Fuller: In Luna Atrum Pars
Jason D. Wittman: The Adventures Of Carol "Minnesota" Wilde On The Dark Side Of The Moon
Michael A. Kechula: Exploring The Dark Side Of The Moon
Terrie Leigh Relf: The Boortean Ambassador Prepares For Her First Visit To Haura
Michael Hunt: Human Waste
Dave Marquardt: The End
Jennifer Schwabach: Inevitable
Peter Andrew Smith: Moon Shot
Graeme S. Houston: Not Quite What Arthur Envisaged
Will Riley: Career Change
Willow Katsumi Relf-Discartin & Terrie Leigh Relf: Scavengers
N. C. Whitehead: Cocytus
Marva Dasef: Setting Foot On The Dark Side
Michael McCarty: The Sky People
K. A. Patterson: Cafe Luna Noire
Rikk Flohr: Forgotten Culture Thieves Of The Light And Dark
Cate Donoghue: The Price Of Progress
Chance W. Nolan: In A Dark Place
Dave Marquardt: Long-Winded
Trina Jacobs: Damn Travel Agent
Andra Marquardt: Heaven Or Hell?
Dave Marquardt: Birthday Party
Paul Sigurdson: Lunar Soul
Cathy Buburuz: The Woman In The Moon
Matt Harrah: Lovely This Time Of Year
William Meikle: Always On The Dark Side
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Drabbler 10
Haunted Spaceports
William J. Kerr Sr.: Alice Through the Wall
Peter Andrew Smith: A Matter of Perspective
Trina Jacobs: Anniversary
Ed Cox: Celestial Necromancer at Phantom V: Renton Orbits the Derelict Spaceport With His Beautiful Sidekick, Kayla
Rikk Flohr: Deja Doo and the Mystery of the Haunted Space Port
Cathy Buburuz: Unleashed
Marcie Tentchoff: River of Stars
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Shadows
Marcie Tentchoff: Timeless
N.C. Whitehead: Black Hole
Graeme S. Houston: The ghost that was annoying Harry the station-manager, and Dug the barman
Alex Moisi: Fix It!
Michael Hunt: Living Ghosts
Marge Simon: That Damned Smell
Michael Hunt: On a dark stellar highway, sweat beading my hair, coffee aroma permeating the air
Heather Kuehl: Pluto. . .A Ghostly Planet with a Million Possibilities
Melissa Mead: All in Good Time
Francis W. Alexander: So Far From Home at Spaceport Nine
William J. Kerr Sr.: Spaceport Gamma 3.
Gerri Leen: Dust to Dust
Gerri Leen: Over the Fold
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Making Contact
Elissa Malcohn: Identity Theft
Michael Hunt: Dude—Where’s My Shuttle?
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Drabbler 11
SETI received a broadcast, and this is what it said...
The Boy Who Cried: A Modern Fable by Francis W. Alexander
Coming to You Live—The Season Premier of Desperate Househusbands! by Willow Katsumi Relf-Discartin and Terrie Leigh Relf
Aliens Won't Spoil My Vacation! by Dan Manning
On the First, and Last, Signal from Space by Robert Brown
Andromeda Calling by William Kerr
Belly of the Beast by Gerald Rice
First Response? By Carol A. Cole
Let's Trade by Michael A. Kechula
Face Value by Diane Arrelle
"Houston, We Are the Problem" by Elissa Malcohn
Dahhhhhh! by Marcia A. Borell
Genocider with Wrozie by Michael Hunt
A Message from Space by Donna Amato
How Much for the Big Blue Marble by William J. Kerr Sr.
The Trouble with Unsolicited Messages by Richard H. Fay
Zarathustra's Radio by Michael Anthony
"RSVP" by Casey Fiesler
Miscommunication by Heather Kuehl
SETI Searches for New Funding by The Boortean Ambassador to Haura
Shipping and Handling by Diane Arrelle
Company Coming by Gerri Leen
Say again, Sagan? by Rebecca Nazar
SETI – Not Interested by Lee Barwood
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Drabbler 12
Extra-Terrestrials in FaceSpace
Terrie Leigh Relf: A Special Invitation-Only 5 Opportunity from Xenodate™, the Creators of Xenosynths™
E. Burns Wyand: My Alien Love Affair
Donna Amato: Something Different
Gerald Rice: Analon: The #1 Probah
William J. Kerr Sr: Chaos at "ETs On FaceSpace"
Curt Berry: Think Before You Jump
William J. Kerr Sr: Free Memberships at ETs on FaceSpace"
Elissa Malcohn: FTLM (Faster-Than-Light Messenger) Transcript
Iseult Murphy: She Came From Outer Space
Scott Berry: Ring Around The Planet
R. Scott McCoy: Best Dressed
Melissa Mead: Different POV
J. Hendriks: ET's Last Blog Entry On Spacebook
Ann O'Nimbus: You Think It Could Be The Photo?
Whitney Robertson: FaceSpace Miss Tell
Keith Graham: Dangerous Music
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Contacts
Catherine Trizzino: Lucy's Baby
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Drabbler 13 {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Theme: Alien Magic
Drabbler #13 is a perfect bound digest sized collection of flash fiction themed to Alien Magic. It features work by Melissa Mead, Brett Reynolds, Angel Zapata, Jacquelyne Drainville, J. J. Steinfeld, and many more!
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HUNGUR publishes vampire stories and poems, with emphasis on vampires and their activities on other worlds.
Illumen is a print magazine of speculative poetry co-edited by Tyree Campbell and Erin Donahoe. It is published biannually by Sam's Dot Publishing, on 1 April and 1 October, in chapbook format. It contains speculative poetry, illustrations, articles, and reviews.
If you’d prefer to make payment by check print up the easy to use pdf Order Form If you’re a small press publisher or author and you would like to have your work featured here,
please send an e-mail to information (at) genremall (dot) com. This is an automated e-mail, and you should get a response within 24 hours. There’s no charge for the placement of works on this site, although a commission will be taken on all sales, and it’s also important to note that you must have the works you’re selling in your possession, as you will be responsible for shipping them to the customers.
Drabbler Special Edition #1
Theme: Alien Sex Secrets: What Your Alien Lover Wants You To Do In Bed
Drabbles
Tyree Campbell: A Problem In Translation
Jeanne K. Svensson: How To Please Your Alien Lover: A Pocket Guide
John Hayes: Lamia's Love
Mike Stevens: The Forbidden
Glynn Barrass: Nina Demone
Dana L. Freck: Pillow Talk
Iseult Murphy: In a Galaxy far far away
Diane Arrelle: Secrets from a Blue Planet
Derek Osborne: Black Widow Planet
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt: The Xeno Sutra: Reversed Hydrozoan
Rob Brooks: Interview with a Victim
Edward Cox: Skin and Secrets
Gail Wickman: The Metamorphosis, Part 2
Georgia Wilde: Martian Mayhem
Peter Andrew Smith: The Joy of Misunderstandings
Brian Rosenberger: The Fruits of Passion
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Figure 38
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: About Last Night
Mike Stevens: Big Bang
Mike Stevens: Free Ride
Deborah Waller: A Resemblance to Love
Jeanne K. Svensson: Celestia, Getting What She Wants After Centuries of Flirtation
J. J. Steinfeld: An Unhappily Married Couple Watches an Old Sci-Fi Film on Late-Night TV
Mike Stevens: Oil Required
Harold Pumiceous: A Radiotelephonic Interconnection Between Two Aluionicbivalvoids™
The Boortean Ambassador to Haura: “I am so into you, babe”--and other signs Alien Men watch Primetime Television
The Boortean Ambassador to Haura: When you have sex with someone . . .
Features
Thora Reola: Beauty Secrets of Ionian Tentacle Dancers: Interview with Miara
Are You Ready To "Go Alien"? Take This Short Poll To Find Out Now!
It's Time To Get Your Alien On!
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Drabbler 14
This is the 14th installment, the best of the 14th contest, the theme for which was "When Genetic Experiments Go Bad." As always, the interpretation of the theme was left to the writers. Come see what they did. And check out the cover by Scott Virtes.
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Drabbler 15
The theme for Drabbler #15 is "Living on an Alien World." As always, our writers came up with some stuff not even Al Gore thought of. We're expecting our Nobel at any moment. Meanwhile, you can see what we're talking about by ordering a copy.
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Dragon Sight by Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz Chapbook
Boy loathes girl. Girl avoids dragon. Dragon loves boy. Dragon loathes girl. Girl loves boy. Boy loves dragon. Consider the possibilities . . . oh, and did I mention the curse? "Dragon Sight" is illustrated by 7ARS.
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The Dragon's Dictionary by Marge Simon and Mary Turzillo
It's just what it says it is. If you like dragons, if you like tongue-in-cheek, if you like endearing, flying reptiles who read the morning paper before torching the knight errant, and lavish and endearing illustrations, this dictionary is for you. It's just that simple. So is ordering a copy.
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Ecotastrophe edited by J Alan Erwine
ECOTASTROPHE is a collection of short stories and poetry that examines futures we could face if we continue to damage Earth’s ecology.
The oceans are dying and only desperate measures could save them in Jan Mortimer’s The Empty Ocean. Michelle Mellon’s Undiscovered Horizons questions whether we can truly find the answers out among the stars, or can we only hope to change the future by changing the past as Rebecca S.W. Bates postulates in Walking the River. Also featuring the works of JE Gurley, Bruce Boston, E. Catherine Tobler, Kristine Ong Muslim, and Adam Banks, among others, ECOTASTROPHE is a grim but illuminating view of several possible ecological futures for humanity.
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Eeku by Karen L. Newman
EEKU is a collection of dark and fantastic scifaiku by Karen L. Newman, illustrated by 7ARS and Sandy DeLuca. Come take a journey through minimalist poetry with maximalist imagery. EEKU is sure to chill you, thrill you, and leave you breathless with the desire for more.
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Egg of the Damned by April French Chapbook
In the land of Alish, murder is illegal but assassination is not. Tarn seeks the Philosopher's Egg in a fantasy murder mystery. Highly, highly recommended reading, this original novella skillfully blends fantasy, Gothic horror, and murder mystery a la Conan Doyle. Published in trade paperback format, Egg Of The Damned is illustrated by Marcia A. Borell.
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Encounters edited by Tyree Campbell
In here you'll meet some special people and special creatures. David, who watches the night sky for aliens, only to discover that they're already here. Lucy, who needs a friend and decides that a bear would be great . . . but there's a problem. Andy, who learns that some mannequins are more than what they seem. Isabella, a very unusual dragon. Terri, who's lost on another planet. And Joseph, who hasn't lost his mind . . . not exactly.
These six youngsters are just like you, no matter how old you are. They are curious, lonely, brave, lost, creative, adventurous . . . special. They have a lot in common with you--except, perhaps, for the dragon's scales. Come join them on the adventures of a lifetime.
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Esperance
A compendium of works by Jim Baker and by writers associated with him during his years at the helm. Including brief anecdotes and tributes, ESPERANCE re-introduces Jim Baker to the Universes at large. Come learn more about this gallant and irascible man whose dreams affected so many others.
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Europa by Gavin Salisbury
Europa is an epic poem, rich with metaphor and steeped in mythology, about the journey of civilization from "then" to "now" to the next step... Take an allegorical journey from the past into the future, and to the rebirth of humanity. Richly illustrated by 7ARS.
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Ewaipanoma by Mary Turzillo
Ellen Klages, Nebula award winner and author of The Green Glass Sea, says: "Mary Turzillo is a renaissance woman. Who else could pull off a tale of Elizabethan glory, forbidden love, and strange beings from beyond the stars! Prithee, reader! Take up this tale of forbidden love and alien visitors to the realm of the Virgin Queen. Thou shalt not put it down!"
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Fair Warning by Susan M. Sailors
There are problems in the future and in space, and you, dear human, will have to cope. What will you do when your memory bank is overdrawn? Who will win out when an assassin and the Grim Reaper compete for assignments? What happens when the insurance runs out that protects your psyche against bad dreams?
Where does an Earthling go to recover youth? What draws you back to the sea?
And what keeps you from running, screaming, out into the shrouded night.
Open this book and find out . . .
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Family Tradition by Dev Jarrett
Horror stays in the family . . . a trip by Wes and Amy to "meet the folks" includes some very spooky rural denizens who have been subscribing to a magazine for quite a few years, have unusual dietary requirements, and seem to be fond of deadly hijinx, especially at the expense of Wes, the prospective son-in-law. Soon enough wes discovers the truth about Amy's family . . . but is it already too late?
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Feeding the Crows by Jude-Marie Green
Stephanie discovers that the ancient woman who has been funding her Avian influenza research has been trying to commit suicide in order to be reunited with her dead lover. She cannot die until all the crows are dead— thus the research. But there is an alternative . . . if Stephanie will cooperate.
Immortality comes with a price. Stephanie can afford it . . . but does she have a choice?
Jude-Marie Green's Feeding The Crows takes you into a state of existence where death is only an option . . .
Illustrated by Megan Stringfellow
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First Duty by Marva Dasef
Nyra Hutchings, a young woman born into a life of servitude on a repressive factory planet, is desperate for a different life. When she's accepted into the Space Service Academy, run by the organization that enslaves her planet, she discovers the truth behind generations of rebellion. Now, she must decide what to believe, where her first duty lies, and fight for more than her life against impossible odds.
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Flashing the Dark by Bruce Boston
Flashing The Dark is a collection of 40 short-short stories by Bruce Boston. This trade paperback features five years of Boston stories, from "The Telltale Stomach" to "The Final Fragrance," with stops in between to find out why Charles Dickens got replicated and why you should never trust a Spargan. If you like superb fiction in bite-sized format for easy assimilation, this book is for you. Cover illustration by Marge B. Simon.
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Following Seas by Beth Hudson
Noemie dresses as a cabin boy and secures a position aboard the Sea Crow in order to be with her lover, who does not recognize her in her disguise. Far along at sea, the ship is assaulted by storms and a monster from the deeps. Noemie acquired magic from a weatherwitch before she came aboard. But will it be enough to hold back the Great Storm? And what can she use to counter the sea monster? All hands on deck! Illustrated by 7ARS, this rollicking fantasy adventure is not for the faint-of-heart.
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Fresh Blood: Tales from the Speculative Graveyard by Lawrence Dagstine
Welcome to the mind of Lawrence Dagstine. With equal facility he can take you to an ice mine in the outer limits of the Solar System or into a camp for zombies, to a world where reptiles are the dominant species, and into the agonies of an unusual addiction. Come dive into this potpourri.
"Lawrence Dagstine has a wonderfully fertile imagination and he has crafted many wonderful, original stories." David Lee Summers, Editor, Tales of the Talisman and author, Heirs of the New Earth.
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Friends in Dark Places by John Bushore
When fourteen-year-old Brad Wilson's little sister, Becky, is abducted by a strange, white, ape-like creature, he's afraid to chase it into the darkness, even though he has a gun. She's never seen again and he must live with not only his guilt, but the cops think he did something to Becky and then covered it up with a bogus story.
Twenty-odd years later, he returns to his hometown for the funeral of his parents and another young girl goes missing. Brad again becomes a suspect, this time for a series of disappearances. Not to worry, he'll just prove his alibis and he'll be clear, right? Wrong.
His new ladyfriend and her eleven-year-old daughter are taken by a group of those same, strange beings. To save them, he'll have to go into the deepest darkness of all.
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The Ghost People by James Steimle
What really happened to the Neanderthals? Were they replaced and killed off by modern man? Or are they still living among us, hidden in remote lands?
James Steimle's tale, written as H. G. Wells might have approached it, takes you into a world where the past is the present, if we could only recognize it for what it is...a world whose denizens are lavishly illustrated by David L. Transue. Turn these pages, and tumble into a new reality of evolution.
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Goatherds & Gods by Lincoln Bruce, a.k.a. James Baker. (novel)
This is fantastical history story that follows a man from lowly goatherder to king. As was typical in most of the Baker novels, the protagonist is a man who starts with little, and ends up having it all...much like the life Baker led himself, although he may never have been aware of exactly how much he had.
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The Green Women by Laura J. Underwood
Green is the leitmotif of this land. The rivers run green and so does the bathwater. The women are green— they have strange teeth and no men. Their song is fearful. And Eithne and Conor have come to be among them. In the keep where they are staying, Eithne soon begins to catch glimmers of shadows, of something with teeth in the water. A wall appears out of nowhere. And the dame of the house, Mistress Greenwater, tells Eithne to "Lock and bar your door this night. Pray that your man sleeps heavy. Come morning, ride from this place. Forget what you have seen here and never come back."
Illustrated by Marcia Borell, The Green Women is a Celtic tale of dark magic that you won't want to miss.
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The Guardener's Tale by Bruce Boston
"Bruce Boston's tour de force, The Guardener's Tale, a dystopic novel in the flavor of Orwell and Huxley and Zamiatin.
It's a limited edition, numbered and signed by the author.
"Here's what Mary Turzillo, noted science fiction author, had to say about it: A gripping dystopia wickedly extrapolated from our own present. Boston brings to bear his narrative genius on this noir tale of a love triangle in a society gone mad, probing the way technology and science alter our reality. Transcending genre, A Guardener’s Tale combines suspense and breathtaking plot twists with macabre humor. Involving, compelling, a masterwork."
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Hahaku edited by Teri Santitoro {Sam's Dot Publishing}
HAHAKU is a collection of senryu, and senryu are amusing scifaiku, so yes, this is a blithe and light-spirited little chapbook guaranteed to bring a some dancing light into your life--maybe early in the morning, when you're parked on the Interstate during the morning commute. HAHAKU features works by more than 25 different poets, including Marge Simon, s.c. virtes, C. M. Mattison, Charlie "Caw" Miller, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Cathy Buburuz, and David Kopaska-Merkel, among others.
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The Handless Maiden and other Tales Twice Told by JoSelle Vanderhooft
These 28 poems by Bram Stoker Award-nominated poet JoSelle Vanderhooft explore, change and dissect several of the stories that have enthralled and inspired humans for centuries. Within these pages, a hungry Little Red Riding Hood stalks a callow young wolf. The frog prince meditates on the eternal battle of the sexes. Helen of Troy is unveiled as a museum exhibit. A heroic prince sacrifices himself to a dragon to appease his people, and a young girl sacrifices her hands to protect her beloved father from the Devil. Melancholy, triumphant, harrowing and sometimes darkly sexy, these twice-told tales honor the stories of the past by molding them into the stories of the future.
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Hellfire & Damnation by Connie Corcoran Wilson
Dante postulated nine circles of Hell. That was several centuries ago. We've come a long way since then. Where Dante wrote allegorically of politicians and religious leaders, Wilson creates rather more mundane characters and infuses them with some of the blackest secrets in the heart of humanity. From the Introduction by William F. Nolan [who wrote "Logan's Run" . . . you may recall the movie?] to the raw and bleak "An American Girl" in the 9th Circle, "Hellfire & Damnation" takes you on a tour you won't forget.
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Heroes Fall by Dylan Brody
Kelsey Darson falls from world to world doing what is needed of him in each new place. He meets a woman who tells him she is his lover, but he doesn't know this yet because they don't fall from world to world in the same order. He wonders why another man who falls from world to world keeps trying to kill him. He will find out in time that the strange man seeks revenge for a wrong not yet done by Kelsey, a wrong that Kelsey has done in revenge for an act the man does not yet know he is to carry out. Good, evil, love and vengeance play out in a complex, non-linear experience that reveals itself by the end to be elegant in its Moebius simplicity.
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Humpback IV by Mark Anthony Brennan (chapbook)
What happens when whales have the right to bear arms? When dogs and monkeys are injected with gene-splices for intelligence? Find out how a lawyer and the mother of all whales resolve their differences in this exciting tale by one of the genre's fine crafters of science fiction. Humpback IV is a whale of a tale, and swimmingly illustrated by Marcia Borell and 7ARS.
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Issue 9
Stories
Tyree Campbell: A More Permanent Hell
Lawrence R. Dagstine: Coffins for all Humanity
Scot Coon: Happy Pills and Candy Bars
William Marden: Touch of Crimson
Lawrence Barker: They Think We’re Helpless
Dev Jarrett: Perfect Predator
John H. Stevens: EATS
Donald Jacob Uitvlugt: Café Shambleau
Jared W. Vickery: Sand Cuts
J. Jay Waller: Sasha
Lawrence Buentello: Gideon’s Vampire
Allan Wise: A Meal Gone Wrong
Poems
Marge Baillif Simon: The Norwich Bond
Brian Rosenberger: Wings of Love
G. O. Clark: Walking Dead
Debby Feo: Blood Borne Pathogen
Terrie Leigh Relf: Color The Vampire
Tom Galusha: A Comedy of Scarers
Justin Bohardt: The Devolution
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Marge Baillif Simon: The Norwich Bond
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Issue 8
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Jennifer Rachel Baumer: Mist
Mike Stevens: The Exile—An Autobiography
Terrie Leigh Relf: Sisters of the Blood Moon
Dev Jarrett: Confederate Rose
Justin Bohardt: The Ark
David Bernstein: You are What You Eat
Veronica Anne Engler: The Last Vampire
Kurt Reichenbaugh: Wild Flower
James Hartley: Gralic
poems
Marge Simon: A Bad Sun Ban
Terrie Leigh Relf: The Star Chamber
Joshua Gage: Five Tankas
Marge Simon: Alien Communion
Guy Belleranti: Visitor
Stephen Jarrell Williams: Windswept
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Marge Simon: A Bad Sun Ban
Marge Simon: Alien Communion
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Terrie Leigh Relf: Review of Liquid Diet by Michael McCarty
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Issue 7
Stories
Tyree Campbell: Tree Hugger
Dev Jarrett: Arjuna Harvester
Wayne Faust: Nothing Lasts Forever
Jared W. Vickery: The Night Sputnik Spoke
Kurt Reichenbaugh: Black Nails
Poems
Marge Ballif Simon: Strange Fruit
Stephen M. Wilson: Through the Looking-Glass, Darkly
Robert Borski: Vampyre
Cathy Buburuz: Hunger
Richard H. Fay: Chupa-chupas
Aurelio Rico Lopez III: Movie Reviews
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Berry Picking
Richard H. Fay: Midnight Encounter on Merais Minor
Michael Keshigian: Final Temptation
Features
Seduced by Moonlight: An Interview with Laurell K. Hamilton, by Michael McCarty & Cristopher DeRose
Richard H. Fay: Vampiric UFOs
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Caroline O’Neal: Dryad Vampire
Marge Ballif Simon: Strange Fruit
Charles S. Fallis: Pale Moon Rising
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Issue 6
stories
David Lee Summers: Jiang Shi
Melinda Selmys: Lubyanka
Mark McLaughlin & Michael McCarty: Blood from a Stone
Dev Jarrett: Cicadian Rhythm
Val Cunningham: All of Paris
Scott Coon: Morbid Silence
poems
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Settlers
William Blake Vogel III: Grave of the Stars
Richard H. Fay: Demons of the Dark Nebula
Ann K. Schwader: Sanguine Taggers
Cathy Buburuz: Vampires of Venusia
Stephen M. Wilson: Goin' South
Robert Borski: Red Crux
John Grey: Your Date for This Evening
Miriam Jones: Warmth
illustrations
Caroline O'Neal: Love Eternal
Richard H. Fay: Demons of the Dark Nebula
Charles S. Fallis: Pale Moon Rising
features
Terrie Leigh Relf: An Interview with Michael McCarty
Richard H. Fay: Vampiric Creatures of Ancient Myth and Legend
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff reviews Edward Cox's Living Stone
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Issue 5
stories
Derek J. Goodman: The Heart That Doesn't Beat Still Bleeds.
Kelly Madden: Joy of Man's Desiring
Matt Staggs: The Penanggalan's Lullaby
Caroline Barnard-Smith: Alessandro's Legacy
Melissa Mead: Singer
Jason Andrew: Skin Dancer
Michael McNichols: Memories of Sky
Jay Magill: Bloodstone
poems
Scott E. Green: Werewolves of Luna
Eric Marin: it sucked to be them
Marge B. Simon: The Rite of Lupercalia
Cathy Buburuz: Unearthly Encounter at Waterfall Lake
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Star Gypsies
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: L5 Running
Anthony Bernstein: Blood Spills Through Time
Stephen M. Wilson: Goin' South
Richard H. Fay: The Iltrox
illustrations
front cover Teresa Tunaley: Captured
Marge B. Simon: The Rite of Lupercalia
Charles Fallis & Cathy Buburuz: The Woman in the Mirror
articles
Scott Vee: Unusual Vampire Lore
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Issue 4
stories:
Valleys of Darkness, Peaks of Light by Lawrence Barker
The Heart of the City Sandy DeLuca & Michael McCarty
Memory Chip Number 17 by Ben Wesling
Angels of Midnight Mark Allan Gunnells & Melissa Hatchell
Crypt Hound by Scott D. Coon
Forgetting How Not to Die By Mike Howard
The Way Home by Terrie Leigh Relf
poems:
Salacity in the Great White North by Cathy Buburuz
Anthropormorph, Sector V By Malcolm Deeley
Clay and the Skimmer by Stephen M. Wilson
Reflections by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
The Vampire's Ghost by John Hayes
illustrations:
Wolves by David Transue
Anthropomorph Sector V by Marge Simon
cover art by Marge Simon
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Issue 3
stories
Sandy DeLuca & Michael McCarty: Lucania.
Tyree Campbell: Virgin Blood.
John Bushore: Sexual Predator.
Lee Clark Zumpe: A Minor Revolution.
Chris Vannoy: Centi.
Jay Magill: And The Cradle Will Fall.
Lawrence Barker: Cyrus Fell's Blues.
Matthew Spence: Keeping The Faith.
poems
Marge Simon: Courtesan, 1747
David C. Kopaska-Merkel: Stone People
Karen A. Romanko: Btsatsu
Thomas CA Royle: A Tour of a Restaurant for Vampires
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: The Milk Maid
Berrien C. Henderson: Roses
Pam Clements: Forbidden Fruit
Lane Adamson: Impaled
Bruce Boston: A Devouring Vampire Goddess
illustrations
Marge Simon: Centi
Marge Simon: Courtesan
Scott Virtes: Cereal
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Issue 2
stories:
Consumption by s. c. virtes
The Vending Machine by Dan Kingston
Daughters Of Night by Heather Pagano
Silver Sage Sam by Cathy Buburuz
Take Me To Your Leader by Mark Allan Gunnells
The Hunted by Jay Magill
Blood In Madness Ran by Allyson Bird
poems:
Never Enough by Lee Clark Zumpe
When You Were Queen by Marge B. Simon
When The Forest Bleeds by Cathy Buburuz
Slept 'til 2 by Ben Wesling
Guarding Cross by s. c. virtes
Night-Walk With Canine Late Summer 2003 by Peter Roberts
Robovamp by Bruce Boston
article:
And The dead Move Fast by Edward Cox
art
Silver Sage Sam by David L. Transue
When You Were Queen by Marge B. Simon
Dark Lord Of Egypt by Marge B. Simon
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Issue 1
Derek J. Goodman, Mark Allan Gunnells, Barton Paul Levenson, Ben Wesling, Matthew Spence, David Probert, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Cathy Buburuz, Ben Wesling, Ann K. Schwader, Marge B. Simon, Karen A. Romanko, Derek Clendening, and 7ARS.
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I Feel So Schizophrenic, The Starship's Aft-Brain Said by Kendall Evans
". . . this little book is a concise answer to some fundamental questions, like who are we and who is with us and who isn't, and how do we tell the difference. I'm talking about the difference between tools and partners, which the use of AIs raises immediately. Who is trudging along the beach beside us and what is just tucked under our belt or in our backpack? Of course 'I feel so schizophrenic...' is also a quest within a quest, a thriller, and a lyrical tour of a complex and intriguing future in which questions about humanity take on new dimensions."
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I Don't Know What You're Having... by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
"I Don't Know What You're Having . . . " by David C. Kopaska-Merkel is a collection of some of his best previous poems, including Rhysling nominees and finalists, and some of his latest new work. Starkly illustrated by New England artist Sandy DeLuca, this chapbook will take you to dark and fantastic places you've never been...and might not let you go.
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The Ice Queen by Terrie Leigh Relf (chapbook)
The Ice Queen is an illustrated story in chapbook format. It is a science fiction/fantasy tale that takes the protagonist on a journey to determine what happened to a missing landing party on a frozen moon...and the discovery of a previously unknown life form on that moon. Lavishly illustrated by Teri Santitoro, Michael Connolly, and Marcia Borell. Contains some intimate language.
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Issue 11
The featured poet is Mary Alexandra Agner. Other poets in this issue include Todd Hanks, Dorine Ratulangie, Hillary Lyon, Karen R. Porter, Robert K. Gardner, Terrie Leigh Relf, John Alfred Taylor, and many more. Daniel C. Smith Interviews Deborah P. Kolodji. Cathy Buburuz reviews John Irvine's "Anonymous Appetites." Joshua Gage's article discusses Non-Narrative Poetry Forms and Techniques.
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Issue 10
This is the Spring 2009 Illumen. No price changes. The featured poet is Terrie Leigh Relf. For articles, Virtes takes a look at Blake's Book of Thel, and Marcie Lynn Tentchoff treats of Speculative Elements in Traditional Child Ballads. The creme de absinthe of the issue is Cathy Buburuz's "The Wrath of Dignity." This issue also includes work by Stephanie Green, LB Sedlacek, Bruce Boston, Carol Dorf, the inimitable s.c. virtes, Lucille Gang Shulklapper, and Viridian Girl, and many others. Take a chance. Try some poetry. It might bite, but it won't hurt . . . much.
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Issue 9
Featured Poet is Jennifer Crow. This issue also includes work by JoSelle Vanderhooft, Bruce Boston, Elizabeth Swados, Lyzette Wanzer, Matthew Lee Bain, Janie Hofmann, Robin Mayhall, Dorine Ratulangie, Peter Roberts, and many more. Plus two reviews by Edward Cox.
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Issue 8
poems
Erin Hoffman: The Flight of Alecto
Miriam Jones: Power
Terrie Leigh Relf: Callisto's Vow
F. J. Bergmann: Impressionism
Terrie Leigh Relf: Migraines
J. C. Runolfson: Curio
Patrick Scaffido: A Town in Sepia
Bruce Boston: Revenge of the Dead Wizard
James S. Dorr: É mile's Ghosts
Sandy Hiss: Purgatory
Lee Clark Zumpe: Imagine
Karen L. Newman: Fractal Patterns
Carol Parnell: Dear Robert Silverberg
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Sand Castles
Anthony Bernstein: Bruno's Judge
Kimberly Ann Creighton: Welcome to my world
Sara Jezik: Shard
Michael Lee Johnson: Face on a Bus
LB Sedlacek: Uncloaked
Melissa Lammers: Possession
Greg Schwartz: footprints in the snow
Pam Clements: Dream of Blue Cats
Sarah Stasik: Time Birthing
E. P. Fisher: Reptilian Stems the Chimera
Sandy Hiss: Guardian
s.c. virtes: final word
Tom O'Connor: Ms. Orange Socks
Richard H. Fay: scifaiku
Richard H. Fay: The Haunted Isle
Dorine Ratulangie: They Sing
T. R. Click: The Necromancer's Daughter
Donna Johnson: Speaking of Black Holes
Ronda Scheerer: the haunting
Andrew Adams: Do-Re-Mi
Juan Manuel Perez: God Love The Insane
Robert E. Porter: Arabesques
David Michael Wolach: Reply to Robert Chalmers, Author of The Conscious Mind
Terrie Leigh Relf: Don't Turn Around
featured poet: JoSelle Vanderhooft
Brother and Sister
Spindle-Curse
The Monster's Daughter
articles
Gary William Crawford: Some Observations on Gothic Poetry
Daniel C. Smith Reviews: Sometimes While Dreaming, by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
Scott Virtes: Remember the Ancient Mariner
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: Poetry and the Magic of the Sea
illustrations
Marge B. Simon: É mile's Ghosts
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Issue7
special feature
Tom Galusha: The People Who Had No History an illustrated haibun [with 7ARS]
poems
Jaime Lee Moyer: Gazebo
Eric Hermanson: Word on the Street
Ashley Crownover: Monument
Drew Morse: First Light of Mars
K. S. Hardy: Cold Stars
JoSelle Vanderhooft: Witch and Princess
L. N. Allen: Umber
Bruce Boston: Interrogation at City Gate
Jennifer Crow: Shattered
Eric Marin & Deborah P. Kolodji: A Cold Day in Hell
Danny Adams: The New Arrival's Examination
Mary Alexandra Agner: My Hero
Melissa Lammers: Saille
Amber May: Fresh Strawberries
Phillip A. Ellis: Green Fields
Bruce Boston: Tale of the Crone Goddess
Sarah Wagner: Warrior Queen
Roibeá rd Uí -neí ll: Lunar Walkabout
Daniel C. Smith: Wanderer
Terrie Leigh Relf: The world could very well end with a sigh
William R. Ford Jr: Haunted Pennsylvania Hill Top Meadow
Holly Day: Autumnal Hymn
Marge B. Simon: The Walnut Tree
Michael Ceraolo: Purple Haze
K. S. Hardy: The Dream of the Shadow
CP Campbell: Clear Blue Skies
irving: Echoes from Far Away
Gary Every: El Dorado
J. Bruce Fuller: scifaiku
Steven Shields: Revenant Song
Sharon Irwin: History
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff: The Song of the Dragon-Prowed Ships
Marge B. Simon: Time Ever After
Chella Courington: At the Maximum Security Prison for Men
Robert E. Porter: Port Of Call
Pearl Mary Wilshaw: Conceivably . . .
Shawn Vimislicky: A Dream for Comet Wine
Tisha Perkins: Mother Goose's Oldest Daughter Matures
K. M. Praschak: Forget the Hammer
Peter Roberts: Currents
articles
Fair Warning by Susan M. Sailors, reviewed by Edward Cox
On the Other Side of the Eye by Bryan Thao Worra, reviewed by Edward Cox
A Nameless Place by Joanne Morcom, reviewed by Deborah P. Kolodji
Ahasuerus on Mars by Steve Sneyd, reviewed by Edward Cox
illustrations
Marge B. Simon: Time Ever After
Marge B. Simon: The Walnut Tree
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Issue 6
Features Bao Phi, Holly Day, Amal El-Mohtar, L. A. Story, Burlee Vang, Corrine De Winter, Bryan Thao Worra, Joel Lamore, CP Campbell, Jaime Lee Moyer, Ariono'-jovan Labu', Bruce Boston & Roger Dutcher, David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans, Michael Merriam, Cythera, K. S. Hardy, Samy Yang, Karen R. Porter, Mary Cook, Tom Galusha, Mary Alexandra Agner, Malcolm Deeley, Ka Vang, Jim Hart, Linh Dinh, Karen A. Romanko & John Borneman, Linda Woolven, Onyx Sylver, Steve Sneyd, Danny Adams, M. Frost, James Weaver, Joel Lamore, Glenna Holloway, Deborah P. Kolodji, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Chamindika Wanduragala, and Marge B. Simon.
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Issue 5
Features Corrine De Winter, Chelsea Pitcher, Holly Day, Terrie Leigh Relf, A. M. Muffaz, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Marge B. Simon, Jennifer Crow, C.S. MacCath, K.S. Hardy, s.c. virtes, Deborah P. Kolodji, Bruce Boston, Kristine Ong Muslim, Daniel C. Smith, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Dorine Ratulangie, Ariono'-jovan Labu', Pearl Mary Wilshaw, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Laura E. Bontrager, John Borneman, Raven Drake, Alex Galper, Lee Clark Zumpe, Julie Shiel, Philip W. Perna, Michael Balletti, Ed Lynskey, Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel. Featured Poet: Marina Lee Sable.
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Issue 4
Features J.A. Howe, Elizabeth Lee, Terrie Leigh Relf, Tom Galusha, Eric Marin, Sandra Lindow, Jennifer Crow, Drew Morse, Linda Neuer, Stephen Kopel, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Jane Stuart, Marge B. Simon, Cythera, Bruce Boston, Jennifer Jerome, Cathy Buburuz, Jennifer Schwabach, AnnMarie Eldon, Ernestine Burnett, Mikal Trimm, Jon Hansen, Wesley Lambert, L.A. Story Houry, Karen L. Newman, Karen R. Porter, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff. Featured Poet: Jaime Lee Moyer.
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Issue 3
Features Terrie Leigh Relf, Susan Rae McElheran, Jessica Langer, Drew Morse, L. A. Story Houry, Bruce Boston, Jennifer Schwbach, Kendall Evans, Marge Simon, Amitava Dasgupta, Dave Ross, Mike Allen, G.O. Clark, Michael Lohr, Mikal Trimm, Lon Prater, Karen L. Newman, Greg Beatty, Jennifer Crow, Marsheila Rockwell, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, John Borneman, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Robert E. Porter, Jaime Lee Moyer, Pearl Mary Wilshaw, Peter Roberts, Karen A. Romanko, and Laura Givens
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Issue 2
Featured Poet: Marge Simon. Also includes: Cythera, John Borneman, Connie Bailey, Mike Allen, Kristine Ong Muslim, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Mikal Trimm, Stephen D. Rogers, Ralph Greco, David C. Kopaska-Merkel and Kendall Evans, Melissa Marr, Eric Marin, Wesley Lambert, L. A. Story Houry, Bruce Boston, April French, Andy Miller, Danny Adams, Lee Clark Zumpe, Craig Sernotti, Karen R. Porter, Greg Beatty, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Nancy Bennett, Carol Greenberg, Tyree Campbell, and Ree Young.
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Issue 1
Celia Coulter, Lida Broadhurst, Karen R. Porter, Marge B. Simon, Terrie Leigh Relf, Gail Kavanagh, James Dorr, Ian Watson and Mike Allen, Ken Goldman, Cathy Buburuz, Kurt Newton, Bruce Boston, L. A. Story Houry, Ilona Hegedûs, Bobbi Sinha-Morey, Donna Taylor Burgess, Lee Clark Zumpe, Kristine Ong Muslim, Silver Feather, Eric Marin, Julie Shiel, Ed Cox, Sonya Taaffe, Mikal Trimm, Featured Poet: David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Tyree Campbell, 7ARS
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Improbable Jane by s.c. virtes
Jane Doe Discovered
The Improbable Notebook of Jason V--
Cougar Village
illustrations by Marge Simon, David L. Transue, and s.c. virtes.
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In the Dark by Angela Albee
"In The Dark" takes you on a poetic odyssey into hell, both Here and in the Hereafter. In minimalist style it evokes images of fears, nightmares, and personal demons, all the way to the chilling denouement. Hauntingly illustrated by Sandy DeLuca and Alyce Hendrickson.
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In the Outposts of Beyond edited by Tyree Campbell
"In the Outposts of Beyond" is a trade paperback anthology of stories and poems centered around taverns, trading posts, and watering holes in the Universe. Assassins and refugees, corporate hierarchs and minions, ghosts and shadows, escort you through the fortunes and glories of the worlds of Beyond. Think Casablanca in Outer Space, complete with Ricks and Ilsas and Victors...and Peter Lorres.
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Insanity on Ice by Cathy Buburuz
The font of all dark places is the mind, which is able to conjure up images both familiar and surreal. Often our worst fear is something trivial: a spider, dangling from a ceiling thread while we sleep, and drawing ever closer . . . and tonight, will you lie awake, staring at your own ceiling, merely because of the after-image left you by these few words? That's what the poety of Cathy Buburuz will do for you. Insanity On Ice, by Cathy Buburuz, is illustrated by Marcia A. Borell.
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Inside The Blood Museum by Karen R. Porter
Karen R. Porter's "Inside The Blood Museum" is a poetic journey through darkness and danger, tickling your anxieties along the way. Illustrated by 7ARS and Marcia Borell, "Inside The Blood Museum" will satisfy your craving for dark fantasy while you explore regions of the imagination that you scarcely knew existed.
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Intrinsic Night by J. E. Stanley & Joshua Gage
Got Cinquains? No? Come visit two masters of this minimalist form. Stanley & Gage make the most powerful combination since . . . well, Stanley & Livingston. If you like minimalist poetry--and really, how could you not like it--this perfect bound trade paperback collection is a must.
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Jolts by Aurelio Rico Lopez III
Jolts is a collection of fifty original horrorku by internationally-known horrorjin Aurelio Rico Lopez III, and illustrated by Philippines artist Lette Teodosio.
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Jupiter's Eye by Terrie Leigh Relf
Jupiter's Eye is a collection of speculative poetry that takes the reader into the mind of the poet, from visions of other worlds and times to Bigfoot and the Sexy Camper. Illustrated both delicately and sensuously by 7ARS, Jupiter's Eye pulls the reader into the lair of the poet.
Only one copy left!
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Just Because: The Works of James Baker
James Bruce Baker was best known as the editor and publisher of ProMart Publishing, but he was more than that. Jim was also a poet, a novelist, a short story writer, and an opinionated essayist.
Just Because is a collection of his stories, poems, and essays put together as a tribute to a man who did so much for the small press, and so much for many small press writers, poets, and artists.
Jim dreamed of mankind going to space, and he dreamed of the human race improving itself and finally growing up. Here you will find just a sampling of his blueprint.
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Kella and the Dimensional Mirror by Gavin Salisbury
Kella is raised around a magic shop. She wants to know what happened to her parents, and she meets a few owls along the way. But the adventure begins when she meets her grandfather in the mirror.
Illustrated by 7ARS, Kella and the Dimensional Mirror is a rollicking fantasy adventure for the next generation of readers--and for this one, too.
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Kuanta
Kuanta is an audio CD of original scifaiku, tanka, haibun, and horrorku, assembled on 5 tracks [plus a byline track for the authors]. All tracks are read by professional voice actor Jeffrey Breslauer, with original background and incidental music by Carol Stein. Contributors include Teri Santitoro, Terrie Leigh Relf, Andrew J. Wilson, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Karen L. Newman, Daniel Ausema, Francis W. Alexander, Wesley Lambert, Jim Applegate, David Tabb, oino sakai, and Drew Morse, and others. Kuanta is perfect to listen to while you sleep, read, cook dinner, drive somewhere, or for background sounds.
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Legends of the Fallen Sky by Malcolm Deeley and Marge Simon
With sure strokes and a truthsayer’s muscular voice, Simon and Deeley literally paint a vibrant post-Armageddon future that feels epic in scope yet acute in emotional detail. A hundred stars for a singular vision. ~Robert Frazier, SFPA Grand Master Poet
Holding this epic structure together - as well as translating it to human scale-a series of section headings chronicle the meeting of the all but immortal albino woman Argus and the wanderer-artist Nomad. Their combined vision encompasses time as well as space, triumph and tragedy, joy and regret, filling this world with life. ~James S. Dorr, Darker Loves
You will be reminded of André Norton’s and C.L. Moore's sweeping and desolate landscapes, and of gods that linger in our subconscious mind from long ago. Deeley’s and Simon’s poetry and narratives are rivaled only by Simon’s lush color illustrations. ~Mary A. Turzillo, 2000 Nebula winner
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Like Birds in the Rain by Marge Simon
Michael Arnzen has this to say about Like Birds In The Rain: ". . . presents a stunning series of literary character studies and poetic flash fictions that are remarkably colorful, slyly cagy, and certainly one of a kind. From twists of dark irony to eruptions of spontaneous wonder, these slices of life cut to the marrow. Simon, a masterful visual artist, always brings a painter's eyes to her fiction and her poetry. In this outstanding new collection she dapples her brush across an emotional canvas to reveal an interior landscape unlike anything she has gifted us with before."
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Little Creatures by Michael McCarty [with special guests].
Here's what William F. Nolan, who wrote Logan's Run, has to say about McCarty:
"McCarty yowls. The wild man inside is given full rein, and off he goes on a bizarre trip of the imagination, all stops out, no limits, hell-for-leather. Check out “Giant Cockroaches From Outer Space” or “The Pet Exorcist Files,” or “Stephen King And The Pit Bull From Hell.” Not to overlook “Scrooge 3000,” which is almost as long as Mike’s introduction for it!
"I defy you to keep a straight face upon encountering Mike’s seven-foot dancing cockroaches, frustrated vampires, demon-possessed house pets, gator-guys and killer kittens. Not to forget “Bunny Boy,” the ill-at-ease, pink-rabbit-suited superhero – who can hop over tall buildings in a single bound (his floppy ears help break the fall)."
With Special Guests:
Linnea Quigley, Mark McLaughlin, Teri Jacobs, Sherry Decker, R.L. Fox, Scott Morschhauser, Cindy Hulting, Sandy DeLuca, Connie Corcoran Wilson & Terrie Leigh Relf.
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A Little Help From My Fiends by Michael McCarty & Guests
Michael McCarty – Bram Stoker Award Finalist, author of Dark Duets and Little Creatures, and co-author of All Things Dark and Hideous – returns with his fourth fiction collection. A Little Help From My Fiends features 20 short stories co-written with the help of McCarty's fiendish collaborators, who include Bram Stoker Award Winners Mark McLaughlin and Charlee Jacob, as well as Sherry Decker, Michael Louis Calvillo, Terrie Leigh Relf, and Sandy DeLuca, plus other guests. Lurking within these pages, you’ll find cannibal popstars, superheroes and werewolves, rock 'n' roll robots, sexy aliens, a henpecked vampire, a creeping horror with a taste for literature, and plenty of other wild and weird surprises.
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Living Stone by Edward Cox
When stones fall from the sky . . .
Old Herne is terrorising Forest Gate, and the London police are stumped. For three months his victims have been found dead at the church down Cernunnos Lane, their bodies brutalised beyond recognition. Leading the investigation is Oscar. He is yet to uncover one single clue that reveals the killer’s identity or his motives. He does, however, have the prestigious honour of being the only person to have seen Old Herne and lived . . . trouble is, Oscar can’t remember what he saw, and now he has been kicked off the case.
However, Oscar isn’t deterred. Dogged by nightmares and visions of shadowy monsters, he becomes obsessed in his pursuit of the killer and the truth behind his lost memories. But even he couldn’t guess that Old Herne’s origins hark back to the turn of the first millennium, and a legacy left by the man who dared to meddle with stones from the sky.
trade paperback
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Long Way Home by R. D. Robbins
On 31 May 2003 Richard D. Robbins, MD and writer, passed away after a tough bout with cancer. Some of his writing includes several post-apocalyptic stories of Coney Island and New York City, a poem about the social humiliations of a farting dragon, and a ne'er-do-well surgeon who is contracted to perform "enhancement" surgery on the Prince of the Peacock World. With the assistance of his wife Carrie, Sam's Dot Publishing has assembled a collection of the best of his works, and published it in a sort of magazine-chapbook format, with a sturdy stock cover bearing a Laura Givens artpiece, and on sturdy tan parchment paper. In addition to the works mentioned above, this collection contains science fiction stories, Old West doctor stories, coming-of-age stories, love stories [including one about an intern who becomes enamored of his practice cadaver][well, R.D. was always a bit quirky], and of course poetry.
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