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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hahaku edited by Teri Santitoro
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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
$15.00 + S&H
Mortician's Tea by G.O. Clark
Mortician's Tea, published as a trade paperback, is a savory blend of moods, magic, and mischief. Each bag is specially steeped in folklore, science, and pathos, from Dracula's to-do list to self-improvement for the dead, to strange goings-on at the local mall. Mortician's Tea is best served with toast, marmalade, and a little slice of life. Come get some . . . but sip carefully. Some contents may be hotter than expected.
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The Mouths That Remain by Gavin Salisbury
"The Mouths That Remain is Gavin Salisbury's major collection of speculative poetry. His work is cutting-edge incisive, and always travels "the view not taken." Think David Kopaska-Merkel with an English accent. It's for those who don't want to eat the whole box of chocolate, but could stand the maple creams and one or two of the nougats."
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My Friend, The Poet by Terrie Leigh Relf
The collection focuses on poetry about and/or inspired by people she knows or think she knows or who know her. The collection is so extensive that even you--yes, YOU--may be in there somewhere. Consider, for example, some of the titles in this collection:
My friend, the storm maker
My friend, who writes in her dreams
My friend who’s not from earth
My friend, the literary genius who wants to do me in the back of his Jeep Cherokee
My friend who turns blue when she sees pyramids
As Relf writes: "Are these people real? Did this stuff really happen? I’ve heard it said that some things are just too weird to have been made up, other events are just too mundane to have been made up, and the rest, well, it’s “just” poetry, and so it may be all purely invention."
Or not.
So come find out who's who in the life of this off-beat free spirit.
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A Nameless Place by Joanne Morcom
This hauntingly beautiful and spookily poignant collection of scifaiku, tanka, and haibun by one of the masters of the subgenre is now available from Sam's Dot Publishing. It's a great read for evenings this winter. Just grab a bottle of white wine and sit close to the hearth.
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Oddities by Aurelio Rico Lopez III and Kristine Ong Muslim
Oddities is a poetry chapbook for younger readers featuring a collection of the strange and the unusual that is sure to evoke smiles and thought. Ms Muslim is a James Award winner, and Mr Lopez is a James nominee...and together they have assembled some reading that is literally and figuratively out of this world.
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Ossuary a poetry collection by JoSelle Vanderhooft, based on art by Erzebet YellowBoy
Ossuary is a poetic tribute to the bone panels, bone scrolls and other art of artist, writer and publisher Erzebet YellowBoy. The twenty-four poems in the collection center upon the themes of decay and transformation in much the same way YellowBoy's work does. Some draw upon world myth and fairy tale, from the dismembering of Osiris in "Osiris, Seed-Scattered" to the schemes of the Greek Fates in "The Moriae's Tools" to numerous permutations of "Sleeping Beauty," YellowBoy's favorite fairy tale which follow the heroine's descent through dreams and her numerous transformations in body, mind and soul.
Additionally Ossuary seeks to explore the natural world from which the artist draws inspiration – the season's cycles, nature's mystery and, of course, the inevitability of death and the transforming process of decay. In Ossuary, the reader will find such things as the wizened beauty of an old woman tending her garden, descents through the grave's loamy underworld, and the phoenix-like bursting of a bush into flame.
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On The Other Side of the Eye by Bryan Thao Worra
This is a collection of speculative poetry. Here's a glimpse of it, taken from the review by Edward Cox: ". . . the jewel of part II is 'Five Fragments,' which also forms the collection’s longest poem. Set at a war exhibition, this piece suggests that our reason for solving problems is so we can create room to make the same mistakes again. History is selective in the minds of humans, and like fads, we chose to scrutinise single instances when history is an ocean filled with identical droplets. Teaching and schooling amount to nothing when the execution of war becomes as fast and fleeting as the next computer upgrade. The world has become almost question-less, lost within its own apathy, and Worra makes us wonder where we go from here."
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Osteoporoses by Kevin L. Donihe
Thirteen poems by the master of short horror poetry, Kevin L. Donihe, including six which have never emerged from the crypt until now. Donihe, who edits the biannual Bare Bone anthology, takes a perverse delight in creating images that are not all they seem. This collection is chillingly illustrated by Marcia Borell, Teri Santitoro, and Courtenay Pogue.
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Passion Fruit and other Loops by L. A. Story Houry
Fantasy poetry that runs the gamut of emotions, from a candlelit dinner at the edge of the universe to a declaration of emotional independence. Story Houry plays pinball with passions and sometimes hits "tilt," but she always strikes a chord of longing...and of hope. Delicately illustrated by Marcia Borell, Michael Connolly, and Courtenay Pogue.
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The Phantom World by Gary William Crawford
The Phantom World takes you on a poetic odyssey, and you will easily recognize some of the waypoints. There is a price to be paid for this journey, but Crawford makes you realize that it may be more than some are willing to pay. Without that payment, can you reach your destination? Come visit The Phantom World and find out . . . if you dare.
The Phantom World is illustrated by Marge B. Simon, with a cover design by Scott Virtes.
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The Poet's Workshop - and Beyond by Terrie Leigh Relf, M.A.
Terrie Leigh Relf, M.A., distills years of teaching and writing experience into a coherent yet entertainingly off-beat presentation of how to compose speculative poetry, what to do with it once you have composed it, and how to keep it from decomposing. Each section, from "Ordering Chaos" [with a side of Catastrophe, please, and hold the olives] to "The Kung Fu of Writing," from "Plotting with Playdough" to Unzipping a Rengay, is high on specifics and often includes anecdotal encouragement and examples that drive home the precise point she is making. This handbook contains everything you ever wanted to know about composing poetry, but were afraid to ask.
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Psychoentropy by Julie Shiel
Shiel's writing is composed of fragments of the soul, inspired by experiences or feelings. This collection covers a range of dark emotion and aberrant thought. Collected, they create a cohesive picture of erosion and disorder. They tell a story. Psychoentropy, Shiel's second collection, is illustrated by Marcia Borell and 7ARS.
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Raven's Runes by Karen A. Romanko
Raven's Runes is an illustrated collection of speculative poetry that derives some of its themes and visions from the mythic and female archetypes in haunting and intense language and imagery. From the abyss of steerage travel for the indigent to the heroic Phoenix poems, this collection takes the reader through the mind of one of the finest contemporary poets. Raven's Runes is boldly and tenderly illustrated by 7ARS and Sandy DeLuca.
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To read Shannon Riley's review of "Raven's Runes," click here:
http://www.geocities.com/southernroseprods/ravens_runes_review
The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook by Suzette Haden Elgin
Suzette Haden Elgin, the famous genre writer who founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association in 1978, has combined all of her experience and expertise in composing genre and science fiction poetry into one readable, manageable, and inexpensive handbook for anyone who aspires to write poetry in the genres. Within these pages you'll find chapters on the look, sound, and grammar of poetry, plus guidance for selling and promoting your work. The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook belongs on your desk right beside "The Elements Of Style."
". . . combines linguistic expertise with a poet's sensibility . . . anyone who aspires to writing fantastic poetry should read this handbook carefully." ~ Joe Haldeman.
" . . . belongs in the library of every working writer, poet or not." ~ Michael Bishop.
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Scifaistew by Teri Santitoro
Scifaistew is a collection of scifaiku and tanka and haibun by Teri Santitoro, editor of Scifaikuest. Here's what Tyree Campbell had to say about it: " . . . I've read it, several times. It's that kind of collection. I'm . . . astonished at how good it is. A haibun titled "The Tin Man's Ax" is worth the price of admission alone. If you buy only one collection of scifaiku a year, this is the one for 2007. Seriously."
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Shocks by Aurelio Rico Lopez III
SHOCKS contains one hundred lashes from the Dark Side. It's a horrorku collection from ku-smith Aurelio Rico Lopez III, guaranteed to make you chill, shiver, and sizzle. Be sure to leave the light on. . .
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Shoggoths by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
This latest collection from the fertile dark nooks of the mind of David Kopaska-Merkel takes you on a journey chock-a-block with vivid imagery. A voyage to the moon becomes an amorous adventure with an alien. Decipher an ancient text and learn of our past...and our future. Bring a ghost back to life. And before you tend the marigolds, read "A Garden Adversus." Lavishly illustrated by Sandy DeLuca, with an introduction by Bruce Boston, "Shoggoths" may be Kopaska-Merkel's finest collection yet.
"...beautifully staged and embellished by artist Sandy DeLuca’s illustrations. Kopaska-Merkel spins gripping yarns with his verse, transporting the reader to the ends of the earth, to the surface of the moon, and to the distant stars...highly recommended. Shoggoths is a series of short, well-crafted journeys that will leave readers dreaming about forgotten cities, gazing pensively into the uncertain future, and eyeing the beguiling face of the silent moon." Lee Clark Zumpe, reviewer for Project Pulp
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Signs & Wonders by Jennifer Crow
Come hear tales of angels and monsters, witches and sorcerers, and kings who fell. Listen close to the memories of abandoned gods and the tragedies of old ghosts. Discover poems of magic and myth, of lovers and death, and future legends yet to be told. Come quest over the seas, across the lands and in the skies, for hidden stories both dazzling and bleak.
No tale truly ends, and no deed is without consequence. What is forgotten is never lost, and the greatest tales are bound in the questions never asked. Come find the answers; they are here, if you know where to look, scattered all around, in Signs and Wonders.
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Sometimes While Dreaming by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
In this collection of forty-eight poems (thirty-seven of them previously unpublished), Aurora Award winning poet, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff offers glimpses into different types and realms of dreams. Sometimes While Dreaming takes the reader into misty worlds of fantasy, and darker worlds of nightmare, lingering in our own waking world, but portraying it as changed and alien. The collection deals with different viewpoints, with people and creatures torn from their own realms of belief, transformed beyond their own imaginings, or simply trapped by law, spell, or inner emotion in situations outside of any human norm.
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Stellar Possibilities by John J. Dunphy
Stellar Possibilities is a collection of scifaiku and haibun by John J. Dunphy. The minimalist poetry ranges the realms of the possible and the improbable, in this Universe and others. Come take a journey into the unknown.
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Symphony Of The Universe by Deborah P. Kolodji, illustrated by 7ARS
Deborah P. Kolodji's first science fiction poetry chapbook takes you on an excursion around the known universe and beyond. Her work covers a wide range of topics, from why astronauts don't shave to serpents in the night sky, and all points between. Inspired by Holst's "The Planets," Symphony of the Universe is a lyrical read.
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Tarantula Stampede by Tom Galusha
The tarantulas of Tom Galusha cover one of the widest ranges of topics of any contemporary speculative poet. He has been influence by Poe and by Yeats, and by his own vision, which often focuses in on its theme from way beyond left field. His tarantulas treat of an artist who is trapped by a painting, of nightmares that are realer than real, of the little-known uses of a werewolf, and of the horrors we might inflict upon an alien intelligence to make it like us. Galusha's work, lavishly illustrated by Terry Galusha and 7ARS, ranges in size from the epic to scifaiku, with each word, each letter, carefully crafted to elicit responses from us that we do not even know we possess.
In Pamplona they run with the bulls. Come run awhile with Galusha's tarantulas . . .
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Touched by the Gods by Sandra J. Lindow
"Whether she is going to the post office, gardening, doing laundry or sewing for her daughter, there is a 'sanctification on the altar of daily life' in her activities."
Roger Dutcher, The Magazine of Speculative Poetry
"You cannot stop the hands of time, but you can have them Xeroxed." If ever a poetry collection is to be called a "Must Read", it's this one. Read it often, keep it close.
Marge Simon, 2008 Stoker winner: Vectors: A Week in the Death of a Planet
"Lindow's pantheon, from Juno to Quetzalcoatl to Pokeman, may not be entirely beneficent, but under the aegis of such gods, this splendid poet dispenses tonics for the heart, medicine for the soul."
Mary Turzillo, Nebula Award Winner, and author of Ewaipanoma
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Toward Absolute Zero by Karen L. Newman
Karen Newman, editor of Illumen, has a degree in chemistry that has enabled her to concoct some explosive poetry. From one-night stands to breakfasts after Tiffany's, from little red churches to Titanic survivors, Newman lights the speculative fuse to our human and social foibles and rearranges our molecules.
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Twenty-One Novel Poems by Suzette Haden Elgin
Suzette Haden Elgin's Twenty-One Novel Poems is not your typical book of poems because.....
1. It's a book of science fiction (and science fiction fantasy) poems.
2. Every one of the twenty-one poems tells a story.
3. There's a "Reader's Guide" at the back of the book, with a commentary by Elgin about each poem, plus questions and topics for discussion.
4. The book will have a homepage at Elgin's website http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin, with additional materials.
5. It's interactive. For four of the poems, Internet addresses from Elgin's Live Journal blog are included -- where you can see the poem being written, with earlier drafts and with comments from her readers. And where you can join the discussion and post your own comments about the poems and the poem-making process.
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Unspeakable Limericks
Unspeakable Limericks runs the gamut from freaky to disgusting, and always a bit tongue in cheek, like all proper or improper limericks. Come view the talents of Bruce Boston, Shannon Riley, H. Ragueneau, Tyree Campbell, and many many more. Indelicately illustrated by 7ARS, this is one collection you won't want to miss.
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Up is Down by Mikal Trimm
Up Is Down, by Mikal Trimm, is an illustrated poetry chapbook intended for younger readers of all ages. It tells many tales of growing up with imagination. Mikal Trimm has captured those quirky, off-beat moments where things are not always what they seem, like the burglar who breaks into the home of the owner of a pet lion, and the mischief one can get into in 'Daddy's Study.' And what can happen at a Christmas play when you focus too much on what other people get. Up Is Down is illustrated by 7ARS and Marcia Borell
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Virgin of the Apocalypse by Corrine De Winter
Marge Simon says:
"DeWinter’s masterful verse awakens awe with every stroke. It was sheer pleasure to illustrate this marvelous collection. May your conscious wander freely through the treasures herein, and come away in wonderment recalling lines like these:
“I have only these hands
of pale comfort,
of wilderness and discretion,
of atom bombs and struggle,
of ecstasy and clay
to save you.”
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What's Under the Bed by MonkeyJohn
What kind of chores would you have to do if you lived in a castle with dragons and bats and unicorns? How can burping help save lives? Why does a dragon get lonely? What's the best part about a scary ride at the amusement park? All these questions and more are answered in "What's Under The Bed?" It's a collection of fantasy, science fiction, and verrrry mild horror poetry composed by two-time James Award winner MonkeyJohn [aka John Bushore] and illustrated by Teri Santitoro, Erin Donahoe, Sandy DeLuca, Marcia Borell, and Jennifer Cawthorne. It's for younger readers of ages 8 to 80. No bad language, no "adult" themes, just good fun...and a few things to think about.
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You Are Here by Gene Van Troyer
It's Gene Van Troyer's opus magnus. Do they still say opus magnus? Anyway, it's Gene's biggie. It's poetry, and it's off-beat. Gene belongs in the same crowd as Kendall Evans, s.c. virtes, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, and the guy who came up with Bloom County. This collection of poetry comes with illustrations by Marge Simon and . . . collages, I suppose you'd call them, by Gene himself, one of which is on the cover.
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