Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• iv • Introduction: The Short of It • essay by Deborah P. Kolodji
• 1 • "abandoned colony roof" • (2017) • poem by Joshua Gage
• 1 • "absolute zero" • (2017) • poem by Susan Burch
• 1 • "after last year" • (2017) • poem by Ann K. Schwader
• 1 • "alien" • (2017) • poem by Susan Burch (variant of "alien restructuring-")
• 2 • Alien Dowry • (2017) • poem by Robert Borski
• 2 • Beauty, Sleeping • (2017) • poem by Marsheila Rockwell
• 3 • Betsy Ross • (2017) • poem by F. J. Bergmann
• 3 • "bloody spindle" • (2017) • poem by Christina Sng
• 3 • Carbon Footprint • (2017) • poem by Ann K. Schwader
• 4 • Chiasmus • (2017) • poem by Deborah L. Davitt
• 4 • The Colors of Time • (2017) • poem by Deborah L. Davitt
• 4 • "depleted plutonium" • (2017) • poem by Alan Summers
• 4 • "doomsday clock" • (2017) • poem by DL Mattila
• 5 • "down to earth" • (2017) • poem by C. R. Harper
• 5 • "everything" • (2017) • poem by Joan Prefontaine
• 5 • "first time away from snow" • (2017) • poem by Billy Antonio
• 5 • "footprint in red dust" • (2017) • poem by Frank Coffman
• 6 • For in that Sleep, What Nightmares... • (2017) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 6 • "fresh back from weeks in space" • (2017) • poem by Lisa Timpf
• 6 • Full Moon Forecast • (2017) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 7 • "ger-" • (2017) • poem by C. R. Harper
• 7 • Ghoul Cloud • (2017) • poem by John C. Mannone
• 7 • "graveyard" • (2017) • poem by Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
• 8 • The Green • (2017) • poem by Kath Abela Wilson
• 8 • "ICU" • (2017) • poem by Billy Antonio
• 9 • If it will help you think of me as Sappho • (2017) • poem by Sonya Taaffe
• 9 • If Only a Werewolf • (2017) • poem by Minadora Macheret
• 10 • If She Knew She Was a Ghost • (2017) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 10 • "instead of a halo" • (2017) • poem by Julie Bloss Kelsey
• 11 • keeping company • (2017) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 11 • Lace at the Throat • (2017) • poem by Holly Lyn Walrath [as by Holly Walrath]
• 12 • The Little Laser Girl • (2017) • poem by Lorraine Schein
• 12 • "loose ends" • (2017) • poem by Deborah P. Kolodji
• 13 • Lo Shu's Magic Square • (2017) • poem by Deborah L. Davitt
• 14 • "lunar graveyard" • (2017) • poem by William Shaw
• 14 • Marbles • (2017) • poem by John C. Mannone
• 14 • "Monday morning" • (2017) • poem by Gregory Longenecker
• 15 • "multiverse theory" • (2017) • poem by Christina Sng
• 15 • "maybe there are" • (2017) • poem by Maria Kelly [as by M. X. Kelly]
• 15 • "nightcap" • poem by Joshua Gage (variant of "nightcap her smile widens" 2017)
• 15 • "old red barn--" • (2017) • poem by Mark E. Brager
• 15 • "the odds" • (2017) • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 16 • "only hours out" • (2017) • poem by F. J. Bergmann
• 16 • "orbiting Neptune" • (2017) • poem by Joshua Gage
• 16 • "painting fences" • (2017) • poem by Alan Summers
• 16 • "red planet--" • (2017) • poem by Sam Bateman
• 17 • Rock, Paper, Scissors (Human vs. Robot Finals) • (2017) • poem by Robert Borski
• 17 • "ruby sky" • (2017) • poem by Christina Sng
• 17 • "Saturn's rings" • (2017) • poem by Marietta McGregor
• 17 • "scent of blackened" • (2017) • poem by Greer Woodward
• 18 • "seconds before" • (2017) • poem by Christina Sng
• 18 • Separation Anxiety • (2017) • poem by Shannon Connor Winward
• 18 • "silent jump" • (2017) • poem by Tom Sacramona
• 18 • Space Efficient • (2017) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 19 • "time snake" • (2017) • poem by Nancy Ellis Taylor [as by N. E. Taylor]
• 19 • "time travel dining" • (2017) • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 19 • Time Travel No 7 • (2017) • poem by Soren James
• 19 • "to save space" • (2017) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 20 • Vampire Fortuneteller • (2017) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 20 • "what if the ferryman" • (2017) • poem by Helen Buckingham
• 20 • "year end" • (2017) • poem by paul m.
• 20 • "zombie chic" • (2017) • poem by Helen Buckingham