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Small-town life
three blocks
in any direction
nothing but houses
three blocks
in any direction
nothing but houses
February 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Small-town life
three blocks
in any direction
nothing but houses
three blocks
in any direction
nothing but houses
memory flung wide
doorway to sun-drenched summers
long ago
doorway to sun-drenched summers
long ago
January 31, 2026 at 10:36 PM
memory flung wide
doorway to sun-drenched summers
long ago
doorway to sun-drenched summers
long ago
lunar vacation
the stars stare down
and don't twinkle
the stars stare down
and don't twinkle
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
lunar vacation
the stars stare down
and don't twinkle
the stars stare down
and don't twinkle
cooking
the last fresh broccoli
southern garden
the last fresh broccoli
southern garden
January 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM
cooking
the last fresh broccoli
southern garden
the last fresh broccoli
southern garden
www.theclergyletterproject.org/Resources/de... Where science and religion coexist
The Clergy Letter Project
www.theclergyletterproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:59 AM
www.theclergyletterproject.org/Resources/de... Where science and religion coexist
Winter in the South:
the ferns
think it's spring
cold front coming
the ferns
think it's spring
cold front coming
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Winter in the South:
the ferns
think it's spring
cold front coming
the ferns
think it's spring
cold front coming
spring on New Earth sea of green
January 19, 2026 at 6:11 PM
spring on New Earth sea of green
that little star
we used to call
it home
we used to call
it home
January 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
that little star
we used to call
it home
we used to call
it home
the oyster's chaw
spat all over the crowded
elevator
Sale to Asimov's SF magazine. Dreams and Nightmares 132 being proofed.
spat all over the crowded
elevator
Sale to Asimov's SF magazine. Dreams and Nightmares 132 being proofed.
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
the oyster's chaw
spat all over the crowded
elevator
Sale to Asimov's SF magazine. Dreams and Nightmares 132 being proofed.
spat all over the crowded
elevator
Sale to Asimov's SF magazine. Dreams and Nightmares 132 being proofed.
fool hunchback cut the power
just as the monster was explaining
unified field theory
just as the monster was explaining
unified field theory
January 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
fool hunchback cut the power
just as the monster was explaining
unified field theory
just as the monster was explaining
unified field theory
I have been reading Astounding/Analog magazines, not in chronological order, and I have gotten to 1953. The first publication of Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity, certainly one of his finest hard science fiction novels, was serialized beginning in April.
January 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I have been reading Astounding/Analog magazines, not in chronological order, and I have gotten to 1953. The first publication of Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity, certainly one of his finest hard science fiction novels, was serialized beginning in April.
Jan., Feb., & March 1953 ASTOUNDINGS & Sept-Oct '25 Asimov's. Unexpectedly good stories in all 4 zines. Esp. Ted Kozmatka's in Asimov's.
What did folks read in December that you loved?
For me, I read Mouse and Dragon, part of the Liaden Universe by Sharon Lee + Steve Miller. I like these characters so very much.
For me, I read Mouse and Dragon, part of the Liaden Universe by Sharon Lee + Steve Miller. I like these characters so very much.
December 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Jan., Feb., & March 1953 ASTOUNDINGS & Sept-Oct '25 Asimov's. Unexpectedly good stories in all 4 zines. Esp. Ted Kozmatka's in Asimov's.
Reposted
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
This year I received the lifetime service award of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Ass'n. I had no clue until the award trophy showed up in my mail, because that happened before anyone told me about the award officially or unofficially. Anyway, I think I got the award for doing my thing.
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This year I received the lifetime service award of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Ass'n. I had no clue until the award trophy showed up in my mail, because that happened before anyone told me about the award officially or unofficially. Anyway, I think I got the award for doing my thing.
too much
insulation or quilts
or global warming
insulation or quilts
or global warming
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
too much
insulation or quilts
or global warming
insulation or quilts
or global warming
the
sun
flowers
concentrate
starshine on any
thing that moves the rover's dead but
its alloy coating runs winking in the porous dirt
sun
flowers
concentrate
starshine on any
thing that moves the rover's dead but
its alloy coating runs winking in the porous dirt
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
the
sun
flowers
concentrate
starshine on any
thing that moves the rover's dead but
its alloy coating runs winking in the porous dirt
sun
flowers
concentrate
starshine on any
thing that moves the rover's dead but
its alloy coating runs winking in the porous dirt
we'd share Thanksgiving
with the natives who helped us
if any were left
with the natives who helped us
if any were left
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
we'd share Thanksgiving
with the natives who helped us
if any were left
with the natives who helped us
if any were left
wallpaper
streams out the window
sticks to the trees
streams out the window
sticks to the trees
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
wallpaper
streams out the window
sticks to the trees
streams out the window
sticks to the trees
Santa's workshop
double shifts required
elves organize
double shifts required
elves organize
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Santa's workshop
double shifts required
elves organize
double shifts required
elves organize
Yeah, STILL out of the hospital.
the empty feeder
sparrows scatter into
new wild spaces
the empty feeder
sparrows scatter into
new wild spaces
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yeah, STILL out of the hospital.
the empty feeder
sparrows scatter into
new wild spaces
the empty feeder
sparrows scatter into
new wild spaces
Remembering summer
solar shade
for the gator wallow
powers my fan
solar shade
for the gator wallow
powers my fan
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Remembering summer
solar shade
for the gator wallow
powers my fan
solar shade
for the gator wallow
powers my fan
The doctor from the future
waves his magic box
The patient jumps off the stretcher
I'm cured, I'm cured!
slow blinks from a thousand others
sinking slowly below the surface
doctor's busy saving humanity
in the future
wishes them all
the best of luck
waves his magic box
The patient jumps off the stretcher
I'm cured, I'm cured!
slow blinks from a thousand others
sinking slowly below the surface
doctor's busy saving humanity
in the future
wishes them all
the best of luck
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The doctor from the future
waves his magic box
The patient jumps off the stretcher
I'm cured, I'm cured!
slow blinks from a thousand others
sinking slowly below the surface
doctor's busy saving humanity
in the future
wishes them all
the best of luck
waves his magic box
The patient jumps off the stretcher
I'm cured, I'm cured!
slow blinks from a thousand others
sinking slowly below the surface
doctor's busy saving humanity
in the future
wishes them all
the best of luck
metal detector
finds nothing on planet three
microplastic
finds nothing on planet three
microplastic
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
metal detector
finds nothing on planet three
microplastic
finds nothing on planet three
microplastic
I haven't posted in weeks, cos I've been sick. At the moment, I'm out. Also, Dreams and Nightmares 131 has been mailed. I have a chapbook of speculative senryu out, Risk Assessment, from Island of Wak Wak Press: islandofwakwak.com. It will be eligible for the Elgin: sfpoetry.org/wp/elgin-awa...
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I haven't posted in weeks, cos I've been sick. At the moment, I'm out. Also, Dreams and Nightmares 131 has been mailed. I have a chapbook of speculative senryu out, Risk Assessment, from Island of Wak Wak Press: islandofwakwak.com. It will be eligible for the Elgin: sfpoetry.org/wp/elgin-awa...
I have a new chapbook of speculative senryu, Risk Assessment, out from Island of Wak Wak: www.islandofwakwak.com The site might not be updated to show it yet
Island of Wak-Wak
The homepage for Island of Wak-Wak, publisher of poetry books, gamebooks, and Sublimation Magazine.
www.islandofwakwak.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I have a new chapbook of speculative senryu, Risk Assessment, out from Island of Wak Wak: www.islandofwakwak.com The site might not be updated to show it yet