The
2012 Dwarf Stars Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and
Horror Short Poetry of 2011
Editors: Geoffrey A. Landis & Joshua Gage
Cover Art: Once Beyond a Time by overseer.deviantart.com
Layout: F.J. Bergmann
Publisher: Science Fiction Poetry Association
Award Winners
Winner: “Blue Rose Buddha” • Marge Simon • The Mad Hattery (Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2011)
2nd Place: “Closure” • Greer Woodward • Illumen Autumn 2011
3rd Place: “Snowflake galaxies” • G.O. Clark • microcosms October 9, 2011
Anthology Table of Contents
- “Adrift in the spacecraft”—Michael Arnzen, microcosms
- The albedo of angels”—Robert Borski, microcosms
- Alien Life—Pat Tompkins, Spaceports & Spidersilk, March 2011
- All folk have legends of her—David Kopaska-Merkel, Scifaikuest, May 2011
- “amidst the black churning …”—Jim Kacian, Roadrunner
- “anorexic girl”—John W. Sexton, Notes From The Gean, Vol. 3, No. 2, Sept. 2011
- Before Science Stepped In—Rod Usher, Eye to the Telescope, August 2011
- Blue Rose Buddha—Marge Simon, The Mad Hattery (Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2011)
- California Vamp—James S. Dorr, Vampires: A Retrospective (Sam’s Dot, 2011)
- Closure—Greer Woodward, Illumen, Autumn 2011
- “coal-dark tombstone”—George Swede, Roadrunner
- Containers—F.J. Bergmann, The Binnacle 2011
- Elemental—Cheryl Stiles, Goblin Fruit
- “Endlessly bitching when birds”—Aurelio Rico Lopez III, microcosms
- Eulogy—Alexandra Seidel, inkscrawl, Issue 2, Sept. 2011
- “first kiss”—Albert Schlaht, Scifaikuest
- Graffiti—Sonya Taaffe, Stone Telling 5, Sept. 2011
- “Graveside spell spoken”—Marsheila Rockwell, Halloween
Haiku (Popcorn Press,
2011) - “Hallow’s Eve”—Greg Schwartz, Tales of the Talisman, Vol. 7, issue 2
- ‘Grey-eyed’—Emily Jiang, Goblin Fruit, Spring 2011
- Harvest—S. Brackett Robertson, Goblin Fruit, Fall 2011
- The Lives of The Stars—Meg Smith, Astropoetica
- “lunar base 5”—semi (Terrie Leigh Relf), Scifaikuest, Feb. 2011
- Macrocosmic Propagation —J.E. Stanley, Star*Line 34.4
- The Magic Walnut—Sofía Rhei (Lawrence Schimel tr.), Mythic Delirium 25
- Matinee Motel—Hollywood: Two Humans—dan smith, Sein und Werden 4-9-11
- “the more space”—Ann K. Schwader, Eye to the Telescope, Issue 1
- Necropsy—John R. Platt, Space & Time, Issue 115, Fall 2011
- “nearly Mars:—LeRoy Gorman, Scifaikuest
- “new colony”—Randy Brooks, Scifaikuest
- “night sky”—Dietmar Tauchner, Heron’s Nest, Vol. XIII, No. 4
- “particles decaying …”—Melissa Allen, Roadrunner
- “the perfect evening”—Julie Bloss Kelsey, Scifaikuest
- Protocol—F. J. Bergmann, Space & Time, Issue 115, Fall 2011
- Robespierre Had The Greenest Eyes—dan smith, Paper Crow, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2011
- The Robot Scientist’s Daughter [Polonium-210]—Jeannine Hall Gailey, The Journal, Spring/Summer 2011
- Rules for Playing Hide-and-Seek in a Cornfield—Jamie
Wasserman, Niteblade,
March 2011 - S E T I—LeRoy Gorman, Scifaikuest, Feb. 2011 online
- Snowflake galaxies—G. O. Clark, microcosms
- Song of the Machines—Anna Sykora, Star*Line 34.2
- Star Ghazal—Holly Jensen, The Ghazal Page: Astronomy Challenge
- Surreal Wish List—Bruce Boston, inkscrawl, Issue 1, June 2011
- Taking the Auspices—Sonya Taaffe, inkscrawl, Issue 2, Sept. 2011
- 10 things to know about staplers—Carolyn Clink, Star*Line 34.1, Jan.–Mar. 2011
- TiME to Go—Elizabeth Barrette, The Wordsmith’s Forge, 15 May 2011
- “The unborn gods stir …”—Kristine Ong Muslim, microcosms
- Unland, Unlife—Mike & Anita Allen, inkscrawl, Issue 1, June 2011
- Vanity—Juan Perez, Star*Line 34.1
- Voyages of the H.M.S. Whitechapel—Robert Borski, The Pedestal Magazine 64
- “wedding night”—Victor Piñeiro, Scifaikuest
- What Ray Told Me—Jenny Rossi, Strange Horizons 2 May 2011
- The World’s Scriptures—Gene Doty, Lynx XXVI, 3, October 2011
