The
2009 Dwarf Stars Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and
Horror Short Poetry of 2008
Editors: Deborah P Kolodji and Stephen M. Wilson
Cover Art: Naia
Layout: Jon Stout
Publisher: Gromagon Press for the Science Fiction Poetry Association
Award Winners
Winner: "Fireflies" by Geoffrey A. Landis
2nd Place: "the leaf whisperer" by Elizabeth Barrette
3rd Place: "Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff" by Jane Yolen
Anthology Table of Contents
- Dark Flow • Francis W. Alexander • Abyss & Apex 28, 2008.
- "the will-o-the-wisp..." • Francis W. Alexander • Scifaikuest, August 2008, online.
- Return of the Zombie Teen Angst • Mike Allen • Asimov's Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 2008.
- "time machine rust" • Megan Arkenberg • Scifaikuest, Aug 2008, print.
- The Ghoul • Megan Arkenberg • Scifaikuest, Nov 2008, print.
- the leaf whisperer • Elizabeth Barrette • Doorways Magazine 5, 2008.
- "stars against the night ..." • Bruce Boston • SARM, 2008.
- Three Things • Lisa M. Bradley • Talebones, Winter 2008.
- Godmother • Anna Marie Catoir • Goblin Fruit, Spring 2008.
- "I felt your presence" • Margaret Chula • Ribbons, Winter 2008.
- Special ears • Toi Dericotte • Prairie Schooner, Fall 2008.
- Evolution • Peg Duthie • SciFi Fan 2, April 2008.
- "time lapse" • Margarita Engle • Scifaikuest, August 2008, online.
- Songs were washing up • Francesca Forrest • Cabinet des Fées: Scheherazade's Bequest 6, Sept. 2008.
- Mistress (1) • Todd Fredson • Blackbird 7.2, Fall 2008.
- "shot of whiskey" • Joshua Gage • SpaceWesterns.com, 2008.
- "stars invisible" • Joshua Gage • Mindflights, November 2008.
- The Tongue-Cut Sparrow's Song for the Woodsman's Wife • Jeannine Hall Gailey • Poemeleon, Summer 2008.
- The Lure of an Older Woman • Toni J. Gardner • Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, 6.2, 2008.
- "quantum mechanics" • James Gianforti • Star*Line 31.4, July/Aug 2008.
- "trying to imitate" • Sanford Goldstein • Simply Haiku, Winter 2008.
- Study/Violet • Leonard Gonatarek • Prick of the Spindle, Vol 2.3, Sept. 2008.
- "full moon" • John Grey • Scifaikuest, November 2008, print.
- "sailor's ear" • M. Kei • "The Sailor's Ear," Bolts of Silk 2/1/08.
- "the dead rise" • M. Kei • Slow Motion: The Log of a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, 2008.
- "moonless world" • Patricia Kelly • SciFi Fan 2, April 2008.
- "just as I" • Mariko Kitakubo (translated by Amelia Fielden) • Cicada Forest (Kadokawa Gakugei Shupan Ltd, 2008).
- "lest we stray" • Mariko Kitakubo (translated by Amelia Fielden) • Cicada Forest (Kadokawa Gakugei Shupan Ltd, 2008).
- "in spite of your absence ..." • Deborah P Kolodji • SARM, 2008.
- Fireflies • Geoffrey A. Landis • Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2008.
- "thin alpine air" • paul m • Acorn, Fall 2008.
- "winter plum branches" • paul m • Mariposa 19, Autumn/Winter 2008.
- Werepenguin • Joanne Merriam • Strange Horizons, March 10, 2008.
- "on the footpath" • Linda Papanicolaou • Ribbons, Autumn 2008.
- "falling stars" • Claudia Coutu Radmore • Eucalypt 5, 2008.
- There, where the universe begins • Terrie Leigh Relf • Astropoetica 6.2, Spring 2008.
- "one foot on Mars" • Karen A. Romanko • Scifaikuest, Feb 2008, print.
- "in the mouth" • Ann K. Schwader • Scifaikuest, November 2008, print.
- Sunset, Monument Valley, Utah • J.E. Stanley • Scifaikuest, November 2008, print.
- "dark moon" • Maria Steyn • Simply Haiku, Spring 2008.
- "from outer space" • George Swede • Ribbons, Winter 2008.
- "strange voices" • Dietmar Tauchner • Frogpond 21.1, 2008.
- Refugee • Paul Kareem Tayyer • Pearl 39, Fall/Winter 2008.
- "closer to the moongate" • Linda Jeannette Ward • Hummingbird, September 2008.
- "wet sand" • Michael Dylan Welch • Scifaikuest, August 2008, online.
- In the Beginning or the End • N.C. Whitehead • Scifaikuest, May 2008, print.
- 2062 • Stephen M. Wilson • Star*Line, March/April 2008.
- The Ghost of Walter Benjamin Walks at Midnight • Charles Wright • Fiddlehead, Summer 2008.
- Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff • Jane Yolen • Asimov's Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 2008.
- "we all met ..." • Lee Clarke Zumpe • Scifaikuest, May 2008 print.
