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John W. Sexton

Birth place: London, England, UK

65 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
1998 21 Short Fiction Mr. Thistles Albedo One, #16
2001 18 Short Fiction On a Planet Similar to Ours, the Virgin Mary Says No Albedo One, #23
May 2006 53 Review Vortex Albedo One, #31
May 2011 |6 Poem "telepathy ..." Eye to the Telescope, May 2011
May 2011 |5 Poem "through their smoky bodies" Eye to the Telescope, May 2011
October 2012 |14 Poem The Zed in Beelzebub Eye to the Telescope, October 2012
2013 5 Essay Burning Questions Albedo One, #43
April 2013 11 Poem Moon Jim Skinhead Star*Line, April 2013
May 2013 9 Poem Un Dreams & Nightmares, May 2013
August 2013 Poem All That Her Mother Left Her Strange Horizons, 12 August 2013
October 2013 39 Poem The Man Made of Glass Star*Line, Autumn 2013
November 2013 Poem Cat Tales to Terrify, No. 96
November 2013 Poem The Mermaid's Last Breath Tales to Terrify, No. 96
2014 27 Poem Dark Can Be Light Focus, #63
January 2014 20 Poem Arrival Deferred for the Ancient Voyagers Star*Line, Winter 2014
April 2014 37 Poem In the City of Steam Star*Line, Spring 2014
July 2014 24 Poem Inside the Bone Whale Star*Line, Summer 2014
October 2014 25 Poem Operating Instructions for Mother's Wardrobe Star*Line, Fall 2014
October 2014 |7 Poem Spacetime in Daylight Eye to the Telescope, October 2014
March 2015 Poem Four Strange Horizons, 2 March 2015
March 2015 5 Poem Glimmer of Glimmer Tigershark Magazine, Spring 2015
March 2015 36 Poem Lady of the Darkest Tigershark Magazine, Spring 2015
March 2015 |9 Poem Princess of the Hedgerow Mirror Dance, Spring 2015
April 2015 |1 Poem Not the Owl Polu Texni, April 13, 2015
April 2015 5 Poem The Isn't Bus Star*Line, Spring 2015
June 2015 Poem Interview Apex Magazine, June 2015
June 2015 12 Poem John Betjeman Stops on the Moon Tigershark Magazine, Summer 2015
December 2015 10 Poem Tether Tigershark Magazine, Winter 2015
2016 Poem The Bird Prince Faerie Magazine, Summer 2016
March 2016 |1 Poem The Maidens of Woodlice Polu Texni, March 28, 2016
April 2016 34|34.4 Poem "the moment of change" Star*Line, Spring 2016
April 2016 |5 Poem Seeming Space Silver Blade, Spring 2016
April 2016 |13 Poem The Wheredrobe Liminality, Spring 2016
May 2016 |7 Poem The Giftie Mithila Review, May 2016
June 2016 |7 Poem Entered in the Ledger of Night Mirror Dance, Summer 2016
June 2016 |18 Poem Sister Owl Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice 2016
July 2016 Poem One Last Time Grievous Angel, July 01, 2016
July 2016 21|21.2 Poem Spreading Ink Star*Line, Summer 2016
September 2016 10 Poem Ta Da! Dreams and Nightmares, September 2016
September 2016 |2 Poem Your Next Journey of Eight Stops Mirror Dance, Autumn 2016
October 2016 |22 Poem Bright Matter Eye to the Telescope, October 2016
November 2016 |1 Poem Stuff We Did with Dad Polu Texni, November 7, 2016
December 2016 |3 Short Fiction Aisling and the Whalecat Mirror Dance, Winter 2016
December 2016 |17 Poem Sappho and the Woman of Starlight Eternal Haunted Summer, Winter Solstice 2016
January 2017 43 Poem The Boy of Sparrows and Silver Star*Line, Winter 2017
March 2017 |8 Poem The Allotment Above the City Mirror Dance, Spring 2017
April 2017 30 Poem The Origin of the Heavens Is in the Heavens Star*Line, Spring 2017
April 2017 43 Poem The Talking River Star*Line, Spring 2017
July 2017 14|14.3 Poem Report Star*Line, Summer 2017
September 2017 |14 Poem The Wallpaper Door NewMyths.Com, September 2017
October 2017 11 Poem Prince Ichor's Bouncy Castle Star*Line, Fall 2017
October 2017 |10 Poem The Mouse Mirror Dance, Autumn 2017
November 2017 79 Poem Down at the Goblin Boutique The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2017
January 2018 3 Short Fiction Crown of This and Crown of That Speculative 66, Issue 15
January 2018 Poem Gone to the House of Sound Abyss & Apex, 1st Quarter 2018
March 2018 |13 Poem Crown of Blood Silver Blade, Winter 2018
March 2018 |6 Poem Lady of Lullaby Mirror Dance, Spring 2018
April 2018 31|31.2 Poem Lost in the House of Hair Star*Line, Spring 2018
June 2018 Poem Fatima & the Circus of Doctor Now Grievous Angel, June 13, 2018
June 2018 |4 Poem The Constant Stranger Mirror Dance, Summer 2018
September 2018 |7 Short Fiction The Last Garden Mirror Dance, Autumn 2018
April 2019 |1 Poem Bright Record Polu Texni, April 8, 2019
April 2020 |10 Short Fiction The Storeroom of Grief Mirror Dance, Spring 2020
January 2021 7 Poem darwin cyclone Dreams & Nightmares, January 2021
May 2023 |8 Poem The Kite Mirror Dance, Spring 2023

4 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
2005 Collection Vortex John W. Sexton
2013 Collection The Offspring of the Moon John W. Sexton
2019 Collection Inverted Night John W. Sexton
2020 Collection Visions at Templeglantine John W. Sexton

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2012 Dwarf Stars Award Best Poem "anorexic girl" Nominee
2012 Rhysling Award Short Poem slit sea cucumber Nominee
2014 Elgin Award Book The Offspring of the Moon Nominee
2015 Elgin Award Book The Offspring of the Moon Nominee
2017 Rhysling Award Short Poem The Bird Prince Nominee
2017 Rhysling Award Short Poem Sappho and the Woman of Starlight Nominee
2018 Rhysling Award Short Poem The Talking River Nominee
2020 Elgin Award Chapbook Inverted Night Nominee
2020 Rhysling Award Long Poem Bright Record Nominee
2021 Elgin Award Chapbook Inverted Night Nominee
2022 Elgin Award Chapbook Visions at Templeglantine Finalist

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