| 8 |
Preface: Goodbye and Hello, as Always
|
Lyn C. A. Gardner
|
Essay
|
| 10 |
The Rhysling Awards
|
uncredited
|
Essay
|
| 16 |
The Lend
|
Erik Amundsen
|
Poem
|
| 20 |
Peter and Alice
|
G. O. Clark
|
Poem
|
| 22 |
Monkey See
|
James S. Dorr
|
Poem
|
| 24 |
Dark Matter
|
Timons Esaias
|
Poem
|
| 25 |
Dragon
|
Kendall Evans
|
Poem
|
| 27 |
In Translation
|
Lyn C. A. Gardner
|
Poem
|
| 28 |
Bridges
|
T. M. Göttl
|
Poem
|
| 29 |
The Bean-Sidhe Calls in Owl-Light
|
Neile Graham
|
Poem
|
| 31 |
Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm
|
Sandra Kasturi
|
Poem
|
| 32 |
Fembot
|
Roz Kaveney
|
Poem
|
| 36 |
The Library, After
|
Shira Lipkin
|
Poem
|
| 38 |
Thank God for Proust
|
Dawn McDuffie
|
Poem
|
| 40 |
Response to Poe's "Sonnet – To Science"
|
Scott Nickel
|
Poem
|
| 42 |
The Magic Walnut
|
Sofía Rhei
|
Poem
|
| 43 |
Ravel: An Etymology
|
Matthew Richards
|
Poem
|
| 45 |
Luna Satyricon
|
R. Paul Sardanas
&
Tisha Garcia
|
Poem
|
| 48 |
Visitors
|
Marge Simon
|
Poem
|
| 49 |
The Elusive Language of Purple Birds
|
Robin Spriggs
|
Poem
|
| 53 |
Moving to Enceladus
|
Mary Turzillo
|
Poem
|
| 55 |
A Greater Moon
|
Gerald Warfield
|
Poem
|
| 56 |
Escaping the Dawn
|
Jacqueline West
|
Poem
|
| 57 |
A Modest Suggestion
|
Neal Wilgus
|
Poem
|
| 59 |
Closure
|
Greer Woodward
|
Poem
|
| 60 |
The King of Cats, the Queen of Wolves
|
Mike Allen
&
Nicole Kornher-Stace
&
Sonya Taaffe
|
Poem
|
| 64 |
Desfixion
|
Erik Amundsen
|
Poem
|
| 68 |
The Curator Speaks in the Department of Dead Languages
|
Megan Arkenberg
|
Poem
|
| 70 |
The Cathedral of the Michaelangelines
|
Elizabeth Barrette
|
Poem
|
| 72 |
Welcomed Cast Outs
|
Dana Bell
|
Poem
|
| 74 |
Gavage
|
Robert Borski
|
Poem
|
| 75 |
Surreal Fortune
|
Bruce Boston
|
Poem
|
| 78 |
Letter from the Golden Age
|
G. Sutton Breiding
|
Poem
|
| 80 |
Terraforming Mars
|
Benjamin Cartwright
|
Poem
|
| 81 |
The 25-Cent Rocket: One-Quarter of the Way to the Stars
|
G. O. Clark
&
Kendall Evans
|
Poem
|
| 83 |
Postcards from Mars
|
C. S. E. Cooney
|
Poem
|
| 85 |
The Chant of the Black Cats
|
Lyn C. A. Gardner
|
Poem
|
| 86 |
The Witch Girl
|
Lyn C. A. Gardner
|
Poem
|
| 88 |
Summary: Kinetic vs. Potential
|
Albert Goldbarth
|
Poem
|
| 89 |
Wallpaper
|
April Grant
|
Poem
|
| 91 |
Wendy Darling Has Bad Dreams
|
Sally Rosen Kindred
|
Poem
|
| 93 |
In the Third Cycle
|
Rose Lemberg
|
Poem
|
| 97 |
The Changeling's Lament
|
Shira Lipkin
|
Poem
|
| 99 |
The Last Dragon Slayer
|
Elissa Malcohn
|
Poem
|
| 103 |
Beautiful Monster
|
Helen Marshall
|
Poem
|
| 118 |
The Walking Man Goes Looking for the Sons of John: Six Cantos
|
Elizabeth R. McClellan
|
Poem
|
| 122 |
Tender Aliens
|
Joanne Merriam
|
Poem
|
| 124 |
Snowmelt
|
Mari Ness
|
Poem
|
| 127 |
Ragnarok
|
Paul Park
|
Poem
|
| 134 |
Girl Hours
|
Sofia Samatar
|
Poem
|
| 137 |
A Masquerade in Four Voices
|
Alexandra Seidel
|
Poem
|
| 139 |
Guan Yin in the Garden
|
Nancy Sheng
|
Poem
|
| 141 |
Ahura Mazda
|
Michael Shorb
|
Poem
|
| 144 |
Speaking to the Hangman Is Not Permitted
|
J. E. Stanley
|
Poem
|
| 146 |
The Legend of the Emperor's Space Suit (A Tale of Consensus Reality)
|
Mary Turzillo
|
Poem
|
| 150 |
The Melancholy of Mechagirl
|
Catherynne M. Valente
|
Poem
|
| 154 |
The Secret of Being a Cowboy
|
Catherynne M. Valente
|
Poem
|
| 157 |
Blood, Snow, Birch and Underworld
|
JoSelle Vanderhooft
|
Poem
|
| 162 |
Initiation
|
Caitlin Meredith Walsh
|
Poem
|
| 164 |
The Soldier's Return
|
Kyla Lee Ward
|
Poem
|
| 166 |
All Souls' Day
|
Shannon Connor Winward
|
Poem
|
| 168 |
Ribbons of the Sun
|
Greer Woodward
|
Poem
|
| 169 |
Mood of Mind (I)—Tu Bi Hi Xa
|
Xanadu (Ofnguyenfame)
|
Poem
|
| 172 |
The Rhysling Award Winners: 1978-2011
|
uncredited
|
Essay
|
| 15|15.1 |
Venus to Her Terraformers
|
Mary Alexandra Agner
|
Poem
|
| 15|15.2 |
Young Miss Frankenstein Regrets
|
Camille Alexa
|
Poem
|
| 17|17.1 |
The Shipwright's Song
|
Elizabeth Barrette
|
Poem
|
| 17|17.2 |
Abel
|
Robert Borski
|
Poem
|
| 19|19.1 |
The Music of Robots
|
Bruce Boston
|
Poem
|
| 19|19.2 |
Response to Botticelli
|
Rich Boucher
|
Poem
|
| 21|21.1 |
Fingernails
|
P. S. Cottier
|
Poem
|
| 21|21.2 |
World's End
|
Becca De La Rosa
|
Poem
|
| 23|23.1 |
Folding Money
|
Denise Dumars
|
Poem
|
| 23|23.2 |
My Unicorn
|
Martin Elster
|
Poem
|
| 26|26.1 |
Clothes of Yesterday
|
Angel Favazza
|
Poem
|
| 26|26.2 |
Yayoi Kusama goes to Iceland
|
Janis Freegard
|
Poem
|
| 30|30.1 |
The Ones Outside Your Door
|
Neile Graham
|
Poem
|
| 30|30.2 |
Mr. and Mrs. Goodnight
|
John Grey
|
Poem
|
| 33|33.1 |
First Loves for the First Time
|
Keith Kennedy
|
Poem
|
| 33|33.2 |
The Witch's Heart
|
Nicole Kornher-Stace
|
Poem
|
| 35|35.1 |
The Tortoise's Encounter
|
B. J. Lee
|
Poem
|
| 35|35.2 |
Love in the Quantum Era
|
Greg Leunig
|
Poem
|
| 37|37.1 |
When I Arrived, This Is What She Said.
|
C. S. MacCath
|
Poem
|
| 37|37.2 |
Down Cycles
|
Elizabeth R. McClellan
|
Poem
|
| 39|39.1 |
Love in the Time of Alien Invasion
|
Joanne Merriam
|
Poem
|
| 39|39.2 |
Nuclear Stockpile Janitor
|
Kurt Newton
|
Poem
|
| 41|41.1 |
Vanity
|
Juan Manuel Perez
|
Poem
|
| 41|41.2 |
Lion Heart
|
Tim Pratt
|
Poem
|
| 44|44.1 |
The Physics Major Agrees to Take the English Major Stargazing
|
Andrew Rihn
|
Poem
|
| 44|44.2 |
The Seas of Time
|
Ty Russell
|
Poem
|
| 46|46.1 |
the more space
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
Poem
|
| 46|46.2 |
Past Human
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
Poem
|
| 47|47.1 |
Lanterns
|
Alexandra Seidel
|
Poem
|
| 47|47.2 |
slit sea cucumber
|
John W. Sexton
|
Poem
|
| 47|47.3 |
The Human Guest
|
Marge Simon
|
Poem
|
| 50|50.1 |
Grendel's Mother
|
Heidy Steidlmayer
|
Poem
|
| 50|50.2 |
idiointerventionist (or, "but I interrupt myself")
|
W. Gregory Stewart
|
Poem
|
| 51|51.1 |
Dead Hotels
|
Anna Sykora
|
Poem
|
| 51|51.2 |
Taking the Auspices
|
Sonya Taaffe
|
Poem
|
| 52|52.1 |
Red Grown
|
James E. Tolan
|
Poem
|
| 52|52.3 |
Graffiti Tree
|
Mary Turzillo
|
Poem
|
| 54|54.1 |
To the ancients, the sea was a dangerous place
|
Anna Waite
|
Poem
|
| 54|54.2 |
The Kite
|
Kyla Lee Ward
|
Poem
|
| 58|58.1 |
Angel's Den
|
Stephen M. Wilson
|
Poem
|
| 58|58.2 |
Christogenesis
|
Stephen M. Wilson
|
Poem
|
