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Cover of Star*Line, Winter 2026

Star*Line, Winter 2026

January 2026

Editor John Reinhart
Cover art Eric Joyner
Publisher SFPA
Price $5.00
Pages 48
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  • Volume 49, Issue 1.
  • Cover art is titled "The Writer".

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Poem Fiction Harbor Mary Soon Lee
4 Poem Fiction A Rack of Interstellar Hypersleepers R. Mac Jones
5 Essay Non Fiction A Year in the Captain's Chair John Reinhart
6 Poem Fiction A Moon Witch, Summoned by Owls Devan Barlow
7 Essay Non Fiction SFPA Announcements (Star*Line, Winter 2026) uncredited
8 Poem Fiction "there is a waning moon inside my chest" Eva Onescu
9 Poem Fiction We Who Were Left Behind A. J. Dalton
10 Poem Fiction Warp Speed Discoveries R. Gerry Fabian
11 Poem Fiction All the way to earth Adegboyega Kayowa
12 Poem Fiction Body Clock Reset Casey Aimer
13 Essay Non Fiction Lines Between Stars * Omnidirectionality Brian U. Garrison
14 Poem Fiction Auspicious Bruce McRae
15 Poem Fiction Impress Their Tales Devan Barlow
16 Poem Fiction Mulch Maids Amelia Gorman
17 Poem Fiction Time Travel Jacket Jason P. Burnham
18 Poem Fiction Atoms of Me Alessio Zanelli
19 Review Non Fiction Life During the Lazarus Age David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Robert Frazier
20 Review Non Fiction To Faery Lond They Came Sandra J. Lindow & Ruth Berman
21 Poem Fiction Postponed Event Horizon John H. Dromey
22 Poem Fiction All We Can Imagine As Enduring Robert Frazier
23 Poem Fiction Digital Bird Gods Lesley Hart Gunn
24 Poem Fiction Words in Their Poverty Daniel Roop
25 Interview Non Fiction Interview with Marie Brennan Jean-Paul L. Garnier & Marie Brennan
27 Poem Fiction Home John C. Mannone
28 Poem Fiction When a Lamb... Tony Kitt
29 Poem Fiction I Carried a Brain Under My Arm James Machell
30 Poem Fiction To the Xenomorph Queen, Whose Name I Wish I Knew Beth Winegarner
31 Essay Non Fiction All the Feels Denise Dumars
33 Poem Fiction the night we all had dreams M. Frost
34 Poem Fiction Chopin Darius Jones
35 Poem Fiction "sentient seaweed" Jean-Paul L. Garnier
36 Poem Fiction When the City Breathes Philip Madden
38 Poem Fiction Invisible Woman F. J. Bergmann
39 Interview Non Fiction Interview with Fred Coppersmith Jean-Paul L. Garnier & Fred Coppersmith
40 Poem Fiction The Way of Enfrightenment Nicholas De Marino
41 Poem Fiction The Math of Apology Christopher Collingwood
42 Poem Fiction digging for time D. A. Xiaolin Spires
43 Poem Fiction The Goddess of Creation Has a Nightmare Gerri Leen
44 Poem Fiction Planet Z's Toilette L. Acadia
45 Poem Fiction Karma of Reverse Engineering Howard V. Hendrix
46 Poem Fiction Haunted House Haiku Helen V. Patterson
47 Poem Fiction One Last Time with Feeling Kim Whysall-Hammond
10|10.1 Poem Fiction Shakespeare Blend Gretchen Tessmer
10|10.2 Poem Fiction Fusion Ramiro Valdes
11|11.1 Poem Fiction "out-of-town tourists" Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
11|11.2 Poem Fiction Is There Life in Mars David C. Kopaska-Merkel
11|11.3 Poem Fiction "remembering earth..." Anna Cates
12|12.1 Poem Fiction Little Things Murray Eiland
13|13.1 Poem Fiction "jinn & tonic—a drink before summoning" Robert Borski
14|14.1 Poem Fiction Spring–Summer 2026 Richard Magahiz
15|15.1 Poem Fiction T01-1452 B G. O. Clark
15|15.2 Poem Fiction Electric Sheep Robert Borski
17|17.1 Poem Fiction Mice on the Moon Robert Borski
17|17.2 Poem Fiction "space hubris all that's left of humanity" Alper Ghuchlu
18|18.1 Poem Fiction Hosting the First Game Night Lauren McBride
19|19.1 Review Non Fiction Mother Hubble's Cupboard and Other Poems About Inner and Outer Space Lisa Timpf & Sandra Lindow
21|21.1 Poem Fiction Pandora's Box Beth Cato
21|21.2 Poem Fiction "Back from extinction" Jacob Bergstresser
21|21.3 Poem Fiction Dinner Date Jordan Hirsch
22|22.1 Poem Fiction Glimmer Greg Schwartz
23|23.1 Poem Fiction Limited Recall Ian Willey
24|24.1 Poem Fiction On Alfred Sisley's Allée de châtaigniers à La Celle-Saint-Cloud Joshua St. Claire
28|28.1 Poem Fiction "starlight..." Greg Schwartz
28|28.2 Poem Fiction Magallanes Caroline Hung
28|28.3 Poem Fiction Progress Howard V. Hendrix
29|29.1 Poem Fiction diaspora scatters Stephanie Johnson
30|30.1 Poem Fiction Supplanter Rebecca Schier-Akamelu
35|35.1 Poem Fiction Schrödinger's Dog Robert Borski
35|35.2 Poem Fiction Arrested development in Candyland Charles Richard Livesay
38|38.1 Poem Fiction War Beth Cato
3|3.1 Poem Fiction "prehensile tendril" Nicholas De Marino
3|3.2 Poem Fiction Lunatics David C. Kopaska-Merkel
3|3.3 Poem Fiction Echo-Tread Yuliia Vereta
43|43.1 Poem Fiction "in the lab" Anna Cates
43|43.1 Poem Fiction "self-centered bastard" Nicholas De Marino
44|44.1 Poem Fiction Godzilla's Advice at the Pow Wow Juan Manuel Perez
45|45.1 Poem Fiction The Spiral Ledger Log—Last Dark of Calm Season Katlina Sommerberg
45|45.2 Poem Fiction The Tiger Fungus Roams Gerri Leen
46|46.1 Poem Fiction Resplendent Once Befriended Lauren McBride
47|47.1 Poem Fiction Harvestman Marisca Pichette
47|47.2 Poem Fiction "summer packs her bags—" Elis Montgomery
47|47.3 Poem Fiction "winter chill" LeRoy Gorman
4|4.2 Poem Fiction The Banquet Jean-Paul L. Garnier
5|5.1 Poem Fiction "Distant sun's light falls" Trevor Basner
5|5.2 Poem Fiction "runner's high" Sarah Cannavo
6|6.1 Poem Fiction Disposable futures Yuliia Vereta
7|7.1 Poem Fiction Mouse Dragon Mary Soon Lee
7|7.2 Poem Fiction An Apocalypse Garrett Carroll
8|8.1 Poem Fiction Simplicity of Execution Ken Poyner
9|9.1 Poem Fiction Bone Talker Jennifer Crow
9|9.1 Poem Fiction The Unsteady Bicyclist K. M. Praschak
9|9.1 Poem Fiction Verisimilitude John H. Dromey
bc|48 Poem Fiction Indigo Leigh Therriault
bc|48.1 Poem Fiction one claw stuck in sky M. Frost
bc|48.2 Poem Fiction "unauthorized" Lisa Timpf

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Star*Line - 2026 John Reinhart
Cover Art Non Fiction Star*Line, Winter 2026 Eric Joyner
22|22.2 Interior Art Non Fiction Follow the Road Denny E. Marshall
43|43.3 Interior Art Non Fiction Hissing Beams Smote Down Henrique Alvim CorrĂŞa
4|4.1 Interior Art Non Fiction Covid Anxiety Donald Patten