October marks the one year anniversary of my science fiction and fantasy poetry and photography collection Imaginari!!! To celebrate I’m running a sale!

*paperbacks direct from me 15% off! https://through-kristinas-eyes.square.site/product/imaginari/7
*pay what you want on itch! https://jkwriting.itch.io/imaginari
*$2.99 on kindle https://a.co/d/bpFCz1y

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LitFest in the Dena
Saturday, May 3rd at 11:30am
Pasadena Presbyterian Church, South Hall
Pasadena, CA

VALUES IN THE VOID: poems on integrity in the speculative realm

Join the Starlit Scribes for a reading of speculative poetry.

Poets: Bree Wernicke, LK Indigo, Denise Dumars, Pedro Iniguez and Poet Laureate Emerita Wendy Van Camp.

#poetry #sfpoetry #scifaiku #haiku #poetrycommunity #poems #poetrylovers #poetsociety #SFFpoetry #sciencefiction #writerscommunity #writingcommunity

We're branching out into another new category in 2024/2025! Mahaila Smith's SEED BEETLE is a queer novelette-in-verse about a community resisting an exploiting robotics company, illustrated by Julia Louise Pereira, whose style will highlight Smith's tender & innovative verse! 🪲

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“Hands That Cannot Grasp” by Daniel Ausema

“The Goblin Queene” by Marisca Pichette

Always follow the recipe. Hayley Stone preps the chef’s table in her new poem “How to Prepare a Mermaid’s Voice for Serving.” #sff #poetry #sffpoetry

https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2023/how-to-prepare-a-mermaids-voice-for-serving-by-hayley-stone/

“How to Prepare a Mermaid’s Voice for Serving” by Hayley Stone

We’re all in this together. Let’s discover what happened “when Ruth invented the Empathy Pill,” in Gwynne Garfinkle’s new poem. #sff #poetry #sffpoetry

https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2023/when-ruth-invented-the-empathy-pill-by-gwynne-garfinkle/

“when Ruth invented the Empathy Pill” by Gwynne Garfinkle

Do you hear that strange buzzing? Discover a swarming hive of “Robobees” in Robert Borski’s new poem. #sff #poetry #sffpoetry

https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2023/robobees-by-robert-borski/

“Robobees” by Robert Borski

Jul/Aug was another great issue of F&SF,
with a special shoutout to #BethCato's poem
"When, as an Adult, You Choose to Again Believe in Magic." Wrecked me in three swift, beautiful stanzas.

Here's another lovely poem from Cato:

https://sites.google.com/newmyths.com/newmyths56-2021/issue-5657-stories/the-bookstore?pli=1im

#SFFPoetry

NewMyths.com # 56/57 - The Bookstore

The Bookstore Poem - by Beth Cato grief took my mind to dark places then my body as well as I walked one summer evening nearly blinded by tears, sweat, and regret when before me, a clapboard sign: BOOK SHOPPE OPEN COME ON IN! I didn't have money on me but I could no more resist a

Short read rec of the day!

A gorgeous Venusian villanelle by Deborah L Davitt

https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2022/09/in-the-valleys-of-venus/

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In the Valleys of Venus | Abyss & Apex

Abyss & Apex | Hugo-Nominated Magazine of Speculative Fiction