Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 1 • Absolution • poem by Ken Poyner
• 2 • Noah (i) • poem by Ken Poyner
• 4 • The Belief in Progress • poem by Ken Poyner
• 6 • Report and Summary on the Cause and Result of the First Use of Tactical Nukes • poem by Ken Poyner
• 7 • The 1938 Hurricane • poem by Ken Poyner
• 8 • Making Love on Vacation in Hawaii • poem by Ken Poyner
• 9 • Oz • poem by Ken Poyner
• 10 • The Atlantean Catastrophe • poem by Ken Poyner
• 12 • The Fox • poem by Ken Poyner
• 14 • The Misunderstanding • (2020) • poem by Ken Poyner
• 16 • The Paraplegic • poem by Ken Poyner
• 18 • The Origin of Species • poem by Ken Poyner
• 20 • Absolute Morality • poem by Ken Poyner
• 21 • Geometric Design • poem by Ken Poyner
• 24 • Kansas • poem by Ken Poyner
• 25 • Sacrificing the Virgin • poem by Ken Poyner
• 27 • Salvaging the Arts in a Medium-Sized Community • poem by Ken Poyner
• 28 • In the Land of the Giants • poem by Ken Poyner
• 29 • Garanu • poem by Ken Poyner
• 30 • Cats and Six Lanes • poem by Ken Poyner
• 32 • The Horrible Praise • poem by Ken Poyner
• 34 • The Creation of Eve • poem by Ken Poyner
• 35 • The Interstellar Astronaut Radios a Dead Earth • (1987) • poem by Ken Poyner
• 37 • The Man Who Loved to Murder Small Dogs • poem by Ken Poyner
• 38 • The Patriot • poem by Ken Poyner
• 39 • Kepler's Discovery of Elliptical Orbit • poem by Ken Poyner
• 40 • Self-Taught • poem by Ken Poyner
• 42 • The Pleasant Country • poem by Ken Poyner
• 43 • The Presumption • poem by Ken Poyner
• 44 • The First Murder of Ponce de Leon • poem by Ken Poyner
• 45 • Winning the Lottery • poem by Ken Poyner
• 47 • Defiance • poem by Ken Poyner
• 48 • Burning Hostages in the Church • poem by Ken Poyner
• 49 • Coming of Age • poem by Ken Poyner
• 50 • The Acolyte • (2013) • short story by Ken Poyner
• 52 • Machine Intelligence • poem by Ken Poyner
• 53 • The Last Maniacal Stand of the Theoretical Physicists • poem by Ken Poyner
• 55 • The Surrender • poem by Ken Poyner
• 56 • The End of the Munchkins • poem by Ken Poyner
• 58 • The Conservative Sweep of 1980 • poem by Ken Poyner
• 60 • The Witch Trial • poem by Ken Poyner
• 62 • The Place in the Desert Where Last Year the Horses Were Eaten • poem by Ken Poyner
• 63 • The Game Fights Back • poem by Ken Poyner
• 64 • The Destruction of the Half Angels • poem by Ken Poyner
• 66 • Realization • poem by Ken Poyner
• 67 • The Hands of an Angry God • poem by Ken Poyner
• 68 • The Carnival • poem by Ken Poyner
• 69 • The Maintenance of the Giant • poem by Ken Poyner
• 71 • Political Independents • poem by Ken Poyner
• 73 • Theologica Magnifica • poem by Ken Poyner
• 74 • The Changeling • poem by Ken Poyner
• 76 • Victory Celebration • poem by Ken Poyner
• 77 • The Probablist • poem by Ken Poyner
• 78 • Learning the Survival Strategy • poem by Ken Poyner
• 79 • The Divinity Student • poem by Ken Poyner
• 81 • Public Execution • (2018) • poem by Ken Poyner
• 83 • Making the Mistake • poem by Ken Poyner
• 84 • The Repatriated Physicist • poem by Ken Poyner
• 86 • Coming to Reason • poem by Ken Poyner
• 87 • The Nature of Hope • poem by Ken Poyner
• 89 • Responsibility • poem by Ken Poyner
• 91 • The Saint Cutting Her Finger • poem by Ken Poyner
• 92 • Moral Selection • poem by Ken Poyner
• 93 • The Interface • poem by Ken Poyner
• 94 • Grandfather • poem by Ken Poyner
• 95 • Frankenstein • poem by Ken Poyner
• 96 • The Covenant • poem by Ken Poyner
• 98 • The Supplicant • poem by Ken Poyner
• 100 • Coming to the Truth of Snow White • poem by Ken Poyner
• 101 • The Happiness • poem by Ken Poyner
• 103 • At the Proper Time • poem by Ken Poyner
• 104 • Family Reunion • poem by Ken Poyner
• 105 • 1930: Subsistence • poem by Ken Poyner
• 106 • Initiative • poem by Ken Poyner
• 108 • Occupation • poem by Ken Poyner
• 109 • The Challenge • poem by Ken Poyner
• 111 • Ultimate Responsibility • poem by Ken Poyner
• 112 • The Small Gods • poem by Ken Poyner
• 114 • The Last Day • (1985) • poem by Ken Poyner
• 116 • The Messiah • poem by Ken Poyner
• 118 • Ethics • poem by Ken Poyner
• 119 • Seamstress • poem by Ken Poyner
• 120 • Beauty and the Beast • poem by Ken Poyner
• 121 • Jealousy • poem by Ken Poyner
• 122 • The Elitist • poem by Ken Poyner
• 124 • The Rapture • poem by Ken Poyner
• 126 • Full Moon • poem by Ken Poyner
• 127 • Liberation • poem by Ken Poyner
• 128 • Evolution • (2015) • poem by Ken Poyner
• 129 • The Last Dinosaur • poem by Ken Poyner
• 131 • The Gift • poem by Ken Poyner
• 132 • The Love Affair • poem by Ken Poyner
• 134 • Control • poem by Ken Poyner
• 135 • Self-Respect • poem by Ken Poyner