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The 2021 Rhysling Anthology

Alessandro Manzetti

First published 2021
Series Rhysling Poetry Awards Anthology
Publisher SFPA
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Adrian Borda
Pages xix+264
Price $16.95
ISBN 9798729264155

  • Data and contents from the publisher's website and Amazon.com 2022-03-05
  • Cover art is titled 'The Fountain 2'

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Summer Time(lessness) Linda D. Addison Poem
2 Timegeddon Francis W. Alexander Poem
4 The Void Blends in Your Hands Carmen Lucía Alvarado Poem
5 The Tree of Eyes Colleen Anderson Poem
6 They Made My Face Sara Backer Poem
7 a siren whispered in my ear one night Ashley Bao Poem
8 Chrono-Man F. J. Bergmann Poem
10 Lesser Eternity F. J. Bergmann Poem
11 The Monster Maker Bruce Boston Poem
12 When Change Comes Karen Bovenmyer Poem
13 He Sold What He Had Left Diane Callahan Poem
15 Three Triolets Anna Cates Poem
16 The Luck Eaters Beth Cato & Rhonda Parrish Poem
17 Post-Obit Cautionary Tale G. O. Clark Poem
18 Zodiac Girl Carolyn Clink Poem
19 Back Story David Clink Poem
20 "The dead couple of Blenheim" William Clunie Poem
21 an alien axiom Gerald L. Coleman Poem
22 Mouthing Off P. S. Cottier Poem
23 The Memory of Summer Jennifer Crow Poem
24 The Old God Dies Jennifer Crow Poem
26 Isotopical d'Ores & Deja Poem
27 A Hand Against My Window Deborah L. Davitt Poem
28 A Touch of Lightning in the Soul Deborah L. Davitt Poem
29 Beneath the Fullest Moon Ashley Dioses Poem
30 Dragons Guard Our Family Fortune Adele Gardner Poem
31 Last Contact Jean-Paul L. Garnier Poem
32 The Mollusk God Maxwell Ian Gold Poem
33 Lucky and His Dad Alan Ira Gordon Poem
34 The Crib Vince Gotera Poem
35 A Soldier Writes His Wife Vince Gotera Poem
36 First Contact Robin Rose Graves Poem
38 Teddy Bear Diner Michael H. Hanson Poem
40 Ignorance, my prophylactic Akua Lezli Hope Poem
41 Dolly Waits Juleigh Howard-Hobson Poem
42 "Flee"--The Last Dispatch from the Jemison Station Maya C. James Poem
44 Form Factor Tim Jones Poem
45 Family Historian Herb Kauderer Poem
46 Cave Painting Bran Keane Poem
48 Star Trip(tych) Maria Kelly Poem
49 Life Goes On David C. Kopaska-Merkel Poem
51 We Sell Skin on Sale Rachel Lachmansingh Poem
52 Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins Geoffrey A. Landis Poem
53 The Cat's Epilogue Mary Soon Lee Poem
55 Cavall Mary Soon Lee Poem
56 Darning Sandra J. Lindow Poem
57 Rapunzel at Seventy Sandra J. Lindow Poem
59 Lovely Ludwig Van Alessandro Manzetti Poem
60 Kings and Queens of Narnia Meep Matsushima Poem
61 Libations Soonest Nathaniel Poem
62 Cento for Lagahoos Brandon O'Brien Poem
63 Mountain Cindy O'Quinn Poem
64 The Krakeness K. A. Opperman Poem
65 On the Edge of Forever Josh Pearce Poem
66 Fin Terese Mason Pierre Poem
67 Like Clockwork Christina M. Rau Poem
68 Bar Scene John Reinhart Poem
69 "fear of police, but as sci-fi, because /that/ you can understand -or, less passive aggressively- get these fucking phasers out of my face" J. C. Rodriguez Poem
70 invocation of my guardian angel in six sects Camille Rosas Poem
71 Arrival Mind Louis B. Rosenberg Poem
73 Of fairy tales-- David F. Shultz Poem
74 People Dropping Dead in the Mall Parking Lot Alan Ray Simmons Poem
75 Journey's End Marge Simon Poem
76 Old Playfellow Noel Sloboda Poem
77 Riding the Exhale Angela Yuriko Smith Poem
78 The Deer Christina Sng Poem
79 Dream Weaver Blaize Kelly Strothers Poem
80 The Selkie Wife Marcie Lynn Tentchoff Poem
81 Andromeda's Lament Gretchen Tessmer Poem
82 End Credits Gretchen Tessmer Poem
83 A Tempest Sheree Renée Thomas Poem
84 Why Did White People Conquer the World for Spices and Then Never Use Them? R. Thursday Poem
86 King Pest Richard L. Tierney Poem
87 Athena Holds Up a Mirror to Strength Ali Trotta Poem
88 Persephone's Sneakers Amanda Trout Poem
89 Unlooping Marie Vibbert Poem
90 Acacia Holly Lyn Walrath Poem
91 The Paper Effigies Shop Deborah Wong Poem
92 hand-me-down Greer Woodward Poem
95 And It Was Bad Anne Carly Abad Poem
96 The Looking Glass Colleen Anderson Poem
98 Snow White's Apples Colleen Anderson Poem
100 Time Traveller's Memory Davian Aw Poem
105 Regarding F. J. Bergmann Poem
108 The Riches of the Cloud Country Ruth Berman Poem
110 Eleven Exhibits in a Better Natural History Museum, London Jenny Blackford Poem
112 The Priestess Daughter Jenny Blackford Poem
116 The Third Sister Andrea Blythe Poem
117 Parabiont Robert Borski Poem
120 Devilish Incarnations Bruce Boston Poem
123 Wishes Jennifer Bushroe Poem
124 Learning the Way Sarah Cannavo Poem
126 Mrs. Housekeeper Beth Cato Poem
128 My Cat, He Beth Cato Poem
130 Cursebody May Chong Poem
132 Municipal Ghosts May Chong Poem
134 La Bête: The Beast of Gévaudan Frank Coffman Poem
138 The Wheel of the Year Frank Coffman Poem
146 The Imp and the Bottle Sharon Cote Poem
148 The King of Eyes P. S. Cottier Poem
149 Twisted Sayings Ashley Dioses Poem
151 After the Decipherment F. J. Doucet Poem
154 Penelope, the Truth Clarabelle Fields Poem
156 The Mad Scientist to the Muse of Her Dreams Adele Gardner Poem
158 Odysseus Grins at Fate and the Gods Adele Gardner Poem
159 Seven Steps to Reach Your Father Across the Great Divide Adele Gardner Poem
162 Cellars, Caskets, and Closets Maxwell I. Gold Poem
164 The Secret Ingredient Is Always the Same Sarah Grey Poem
167 Fermi's Spaceship Jamal Hodge Poem
169 Igbo Landing Akua Lezli Hope Poem
170 First Turn Juleigh Howard-Hobson Poem
172 The Finger Abi Hynes Poem
174 An Offering Michael Janairo Poem
176 The Emerald Witch Stone Clay F. Johnson Poem
179 The First Dragon Herb Kauderer Poem
181 The Unicorn Insane Herb Kauderer Poem
183 Dictionary of the Lost Luke Kernan Poem
185 Robo Sapiens Thinks He Thinks Geoffrey A. Landis Poem
187 Ford Mary Soon Lee Poem
193 Jumble Mary Soon Lee Poem
196 Two Weeks Mary Soon Lee Poem
198 Invisible Ink Gerri Leen Poem
201 Social Graces Lori R. Lopez Poem
204 The Whistle Stop Lori R. Lopez Poem
208 The Son-in-Law from Hell LindaAnn LoSchiavo Poem
210 Budapest S. Qiouyi Lu Poem
215 Alice Alessandro Manzetti Poem
217 The Cage Alessandro Manzetti Poem
219 The Believers Meep Matsushima Poem
221 Nephele, On Friday Elizabeth R. McClellan Poem
224 There Must Be Blood Elizabeth R. McClellan Poem
226 Lagahoo Culture (Part I) Brandon O'Brien Poem
229 Mise-en-Scène Suphil Lee Park Poem
231 Next! Michael H. Payne Poem
233 Caged Marsheila Rockwell Poem
236 Our Lady of the Acherontia Allan Rozinski Poem
238 Such Monstrous Births Emily Smith Poem
240 All That I Have Lost Christina Sng Poem
243 Dark Forest Christina Sng Poem
245 Hansel and Gretel Christina Sng Poem
248 Love Song of the Swamp Witch Scorned Alena Sullivan Poem
250 A Song from Bedlam Nike Sulway Poem
253 A Dish Best Served Lisa Timpf Poem
256 Daughters Saving Mothers Holly Lyn Walrath Poem
10|10.2 Chronovisor Wanted Robert Borski Poem
12|12.2 The Edge of the Galaxy NGC 4013 Warren Brown Poem
24|24.2 The Man with the Corpse on His Shoulders James Cushing Poem
28|28.2 The Witch's Cat Deborah L. Davitt Poem
32|32.2 Tree Limbs Block the Road Patricia Gomes Poem
38|38.2 Hungry Ghost Millie Ho Poem
41|41.2 That is not what I meant at all Brian Hugenbruch Poem
42|42.2 Requiem Clay F. Johnson Poem
46|46.2 Posle Nas Rosalie Morales Kerns Poem
48|48.2 Witching Erin Kirsh Poem
51|51.2 The Forest, in the Full of the Moon Geoffrey A. Landis Poem
55|55.2 What Phoenixes Read Mary Soon Lee Poem
57|57.2 Grass Whisperer Lynne M. MacLean Poem
60|60.2 Black Water, Black Bones Michelle Muenzler Poem
63|63.2 You Were with Me Cindy O'Quinn Poem
68|68.2 It Feels Like Drowning Terrie Leigh Relf Poem
6|6.2 Sealskin Reclaimed Alison Bainbridge Poem
88|88.2 Extinction No. 6 Morgan L. Ventura Poem
90|90.2 we are all energy M. Darusha Wehm Poem
xi Editor's Note (The 2021 Rhysling Anthology) Alessandro Manzetti Essay