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Cover of The 2015 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Poetry of 2014

The 2015 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Poetry of 2014

Rich Ristow

First published 2015
Series Rhysling Poetry Awards Anthology
Publisher SFPA
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Bob Freeman
Pages xiii+158
Price $13.95
ISBN 9781885093806

Poems nominated in the Short Poem category are on pages 1-41, nominees in the Long Poem category are on pages 42-153. For her short nominee Mary A. Turzillo used her middle initial, for her long collaborative nominee she did not.

Page Title Author(s) Type
2 The Delusions of Trees David Barber Poem
3 Pauli Neutrino Telescope, Antartica, July 14th, 2033 David Barber Poem
5 Maybe Waldo Had Syphilis Matt Betts Poem
8 Dragon to Centauri Beth Cato Poem
9 A Work in Progress G. O. Clark Poem
11 Keziah (Nahab) Mason Cardinal Cox Poem
14 A Universe Timons Esaias Poem
16 Elephants in the Alley Terry A. Garey Poem
17 It's a Universal Picture Gwynne Garfinkle Poem
18 Field Notes Lola Haskins Poem
20 After "Dark Matter" Herb Kauderer Poem
21 After "Signs You're in Trouble" Herb Kauderer Poem
23 Dualities Rose Lemberg Poem
24 Landwork Rose Lemberg Poem
25 Cinderella Breast Sandra J. Lindow Poem
26 "daydreaming" Lauren McBride Poem
27 Common Language Elizabeth R. McClellan Poem
28 The Time of Last Scattering Lynette Mejía Poem
31 At the Dark Matter Zoo Simon Petrie Poem
34 The Rat Queen Noel Sloboda Poem
35 Revelation Robin Spriggs Poem
40 Eventually, You Become Immune Stephanie M. Wytovich Poem
41 Remembering Jean-Paul Sartre Jeffrey Zable Poem
42 Nothing Writes to Disk Kythryne Aisling Poem
44 Dearly Beloved Mike Allen Poem
46 Six Things the Owl Said Megan Arkenberg Poem
49 100 Reasons to Have Sex with an Alien F. J. Bergmann Poem
51 Sea Monster Objects to Term 'kaiju' Robert Borski Poem
53 Death of the Crossing Guard Bruce Boston Poem
54 Una Canción de Keys Lisa M. Bradley Poem
62 Rule 44 Robert Payne Cabeen Poem
69 The Perfect Library David Clink Poem
71 And I'll Dance with You Yet, My Darling C. S. E. Cooney Poem
73 Drawn to Marvel Bryan D. Dietrich Poem
75 Spelling "For Worse" Peg Duthie Poem
76 Star Song Kendall Evans Poem
78 House of Jaguar Serena Fusek Poem
83 Row Your Boat Ashore Adele Gardner Poem
86 Hollow Beats the Night Delbert R. Gardner Poem
92 The Alchemy Neile Graham Poem
93 Roman Shade April Grant Poem
100 Mining Planet John Grey Poem
102 Saline to Atlantis Herb Kauderer Poem
104 Words Not Red Herb Kauderer Poem
105 Said Rapunzel to the Wolf Sally Rosen Kindred Poem
108 Encounter While Waiting for Transport David C. Kopaska-Merkel & W. Gregory Stewart Poem
112 Numbers Mary Soon Lee Poem
113 The Matter of the Horses Mary Soon Lee Poem
116 The Virgin and the Unicorn Mary Soon Lee Poem
117 Braiding Sandi Leibowitz Poem
119 The Santa Claus Triptych Sandra J. Lindow Poem
121 Butterfly Effect John C. Mannone Poem
126 The Man Who Saw the World Alessandro Manzetti Poem
128 A Summoning of Monsters Jack Hollis Marr Poem
130 Concerning the Curious Burial Customs of the Witches of Megaira Elizabeth R. McClellan Poem
135 Demands Mari Ness Poem
139 The Memory-Thief Adrienne J. Odasso & Dominik Parisien Poem
140 Ode to Yon Gliesan Orbs, or No? Terrie Leigh Relf Poem
142 The Swooning Mark Rich Poem
146 Principles of Entropy Shelagh Rowan-Legg Poem
148 Eolian Conscienta Mary Turzillo & Marge Simon Poem
150 Let the Fire Decide Sarah Wright Poem
151 Conservation of Energy Alvaro Zinos-Amaro Poem
154 Rhysling Award Winners 1978-2014 uncredited Essay
10|10.1 Short Forms David Clink Poem
10|10.2 After hours in the op shop P. S. Cottier Poem
12|12.1 Neuroanatomy Practical Tim Craven Poem
12|12.2 I Imagine My Mother's Death Bryan D. Dietrich Poem
13|13.1 Stephen Hawking Bryan D. Dietrich Poem
13|13.2 Beware of the Dog James S. Dorr Poem
15|15.1 The Peal Divers Francesca Forrest Poem
15|15.2 Extinction Joshua Gage Poem
19|19.1 Before You Were a Vampire irving Poem
19|19.2 After the Changeling Incantation John Philip Johnson Poem
1|1.1 Worlds Apart Mary Alexandra Agner Poem
1|1.2 Main Sequence Saira Ali Poem
22|22.1 Heere ther be Gods David C. Kopaska-Merkel Poem
22|22.2 Attic Dust Sandi Leibowitz Poem
29|29.1 Marvel Word Problems P. Andrew Miller Poem
29|29.2 Odyssey Kim L. Neidigh Poem
30|30.1 Queen of Cups Adrienne J. Odasso Poem
30|30.2 Morning Sickness Aimee Ogden Poem
32|32.1 The Devil Riding Your Back Gabby Reed Poem
32|32.2 Dark Energized Ann K. Schwader Poem
33|33.1 Leap Grace Seybold Poem
33|33.2 Shutdown Marge Simon Poem
36|36.1 Intimate Universes Jason Sturner Poem
36|36.2 A Bulgakov Headache Sonya Taaffe Poem
36|36.3 You Are Here/Was: Blue Line to Memorial Park Bogi Takács Poem
38|38.1 Sonnet 65,000,000 BC Mary A. Turzillo Poem
38|38.2 Dark Matter, Dark Mind Peter C. Venable Poem
38|38.3 The Old Time Traveler's Song William John Watkins Poem
39|39.1 "Cthulhu partners" Greer Woodward Poem
39|39.2 Dare I Keep the Body Stephanie M. Wytovich Poem
4|4.1 Lost F. J. Bergmann Poem
4|4.2 Science Fiction (with apologies to Marianne Moore's "Poetry") Ruth Berman Poem
6|6.1 The Cuckoo's Bride Robert Borski Poem
6|6.2 Septuagenarian Flashback Bruce Boston Poem
7|7.1 there are signs of Faerie everywhere G. Sutton Breiding Poem
7|7.2 Stalking a Wizard Michael Canfield Poem
ix Editor's Note (The 2015 Rhysling Anthology) Rich Ristow Essay
x About the Rhysling Awards uncredited Essay