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Dwarf Stars 2018

Deborah P. Kolodji

First published 2018
Series Dwarf Stars Poetry Award Anthology
Publisher SFPA
Format octavo
Type Anthology
Cover art Steven Vincent Johnson
Pages 23
Price $5.00

62 poems of 10 lines or less. 42 poets. These poems constitute the preliminary nominations for the Dwarf Star Award for best very short speculative poems of 2018.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 "abandoned colony roof" Joshua Gage Poem
1 "absolute zero" Susan Burch Poem
1 "after last year" Ann K. Schwader Poem
1 "alien" Susan Burch Poem
2 Alien Dowry Robert Borski Poem
2 Beauty, Sleeping Marsheila Rockwell Poem
3 "bloody spindle" Christina Sng Poem
3 Betsy Ross F. J. Bergmann Poem
3 Carbon Footprint Ann K. Schwader Poem
4 "depleted plutonium" Alan Summers Poem
4 "doomsday clock" DL Mattila Poem
4 Chiasmus Deborah L. Davitt Poem
4 The Colors of Time Deborah L. Davitt Poem
5 "down to earth" C. R. Harper Poem
5 "everything" Joan Prefontaine Poem
5 "first time away from snow" Billy Antonio Poem
5 "footprint in red dust" Frank Coffman Poem
6 "fresh back from weeks in space" Lisa Timpf Poem
6 For in that Sleep, What Nightmares... Lauren McBride Poem
6 Full Moon Forecast Bruce Boston Poem
7 "ger-" C. R. Harper Poem
7 "graveyard" Tiffany Shaw-Diaz Poem
7 Ghoul Cloud John C. Mannone Poem
8 "ICU" Billy Antonio Poem
8 The Green Kath Abela Wilson Poem
9 If it will help you think of me as Sappho Sonya Taaffe Poem
9 If Only a Werewolf Minadora Macheret Poem
10 "instead of a halo" Julie Bloss Kelsey Poem
10 If She Knew She Was a Ghost David C. Kopaska-Merkel Poem
11 keeping company Herb Kauderer Poem
11 Lace at the Throat Holly Walrath Poem
12 "loose ends" Deborah P. Kolodji Poem
12 The Little Laser Girl Lorraine Schein Poem
13 Lo Shu's Magic Square Deborah L. Davitt Poem
14 "lunar graveyard" William Shaw Poem
14 "Monday morning" Gregory Longenecker Poem
14 Marbles John C. Mannone Poem
15 "maybe there are" M. X. Kelly Poem
15 "multiverse theory" Christina Sng Poem
15 "nightcap" Joshua Gage Poem
15 "old red barn--" Mark E. Brager Poem
15 "the odds" LeRoy Gorman Poem
16 "only hours out" F. J. Bergmann Poem
16 "orbiting Neptune" Joshua Gage Poem
16 "painting fences" Alan Summers Poem
16 "red planet--" Sam Bateman Poem
17 "ruby sky" Christina Sng Poem
17 "Saturn's rings" Marietta McGregor Poem
17 "scent of blackened" Greer Woodward Poem
17 Rock, Paper, Scissors (Human vs. Robot Finals) Robert Borski Poem
18 "seconds before" Christina Sng Poem
18 "silent jump" Tom Sacramona Poem
18 Separation Anxiety Shannon Connor Winward Poem
18 Space Efficient Herb Kauderer Poem
19 "time snake" N. E. Taylor Poem
19 "time travel dining" LeRoy Gorman Poem
19 "to save space" Lauren McBride Poem
19 Time Travel No 7 Soren James Poem
20 "what if the ferryman" Helen Buckingham Poem
20 "year end" paul m. Poem
20 "zombie chic" Helen Buckingham Poem
20 Vampire Fortuneteller Bruce Boston Poem
iv Introduction: The Short of It Deborah P. Kolodji Essay