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• 4 • From the Editor: Origin Story (The Starlight SciFaiku Review, Summer 2021) • essay by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 12 • Editor's Choice Award: the Sloanie • essay by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 13 • "an old pond" • poem by Tom Brinck
• 14 • "time tunnel" • (2016) • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 14 • "camping trip" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 14 • "The Tempest" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 14 • "shopping for new electronic hands" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 14 • "Day of the Dead" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 14 • "colonists' spacecraft" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 15 • "dodge radiation" • poem by Wendy Van Camp
• 15 • "journey through darkness" • poem by Wendy Van Camp
• 15 • "falling in thin air" • poem by Wendy Van Camp
• 15 • "rainbow galaxies" • poem by Wendy Van Camp
• 16 • "Aeolis Palus" • poem by Joshua Gage
• 16 • "mammoth pincers" • poem by Joshua Gage
• 16 • "her satin nightgown" • poem by Joshua Gage
• 16 • "garage sale:" • poem by Joshua Gage
• 16 • "terraforming at night" • poem by Joshua Gage
• 17 • "no intelligent life" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 17 • "All the brochures brag" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 17 • "The greys hard at work" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 17 • "sphinx on Mars!" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 17 • "Mugwump's stumped –" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 18 • " behind schedule" • poem by Benicio Isandro
• 18 • "organs and limbs" • poem by Benicio Isandro
• 18 • "claws tear" • poem by Benicio Isandro
• 18 • "hyperdrive" • poem by Benicio Isandro
• 18 • "warning" • poem by Benicio Isandro
• 19 • "clockwork hands drilling" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 19 • "fingers stroking spines" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 19 • "miles of ice above" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 20 • "Life is sci-fi flicks" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "Nations unite to fight the virus" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "nominate Chinese" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "Suburb soccer moms'" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "Of Honor Student!" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "For Root Canal Work —" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "A brief history" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "nerds' IQ, slicker" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "End of December" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "Punch and Judy style" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 20 • "red blue states/ Brexit" • poem by Gerard Sarnat
• 21 • "parallel universe" • poem by John Grey
• 21 • "drive by the dump" • poem by John Grey
• 21 • "raised by Zobians" • poem by John Grey
• 21 • "planet with six moons" • poem by John Grey
• 21 • "robot warfare –" • poem by John Grey
• 22 • "cryo-pods faltered" • poem by Ed Higgins
• 22 • "twin planets–" • poem by Ed Higgins
• 22 • "breeding peals sporadic" • poem by Ed Higgins
• 22 • "the planet's scorching solar winds" • poem by Ed Higgins
• 22 • "her four eyes" • poem by Ed Higgins
• 23 • "Brown's Martian goes home" • poem by Dan Brown (I)
• 23 • "Asimov is dead" • poem by Dan Brown (I)
• 23 • "Deal me another Card" • poem by Dan Brown (I)
• 23 • "Ancient aliens, sure" • poem by Dan Brown (I)
• 23 • "Dick in the high castle" • poem by Dan Brown (I)
• 24 • "my face was in space" • poem by Tom Sloane
• 24 • "Seven yellow moons." • poem by Tom Sloane
• 24 • "Warning: Space tourists," • poem by Tom Sloane
• 24 • "pleasant Mercury's" • poem by Tom Sloane
• 24 • "ice and rock Umbriel" • poem by Tom Sloane
• 25 • "The Vast of Night shows" • poem by Matt Schumacher
• 25 • "Solaris sends ghosts" • poem by Matt Schumacher
• 25 • "High Life flashes lost souls," • poem by Matt Schumacher
• 26 • "in a trillion years" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 26 • "acid phosphatase" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 26 • "travel atlantic" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 26 • "sentiments alone" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 26 • "like x, y, and z" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 26 • "Human extinction" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 27 • "here, razor blade winds" • poem by M. L. Weintraub
• 27 • "my routine out here" • poem by M. L. Weintraub
• 27 • "will be orbiting" • poem by M. L. Weintraub
• 27 • "a black hole pours us" • poem by M. L. Weintraub
• 27 • "cosmic ecology" • poem by M. L. Weintraub
• 28 • "Cantaloupe terrain" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 28 • "Tethered to Tethys" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 28 • "The wonder has waned" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 28 • "Globules of light" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 28 • "Spacecraft thunder" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 29 • "tentacles and portals" • poem by Jill Trade
• 29 • "cosmic orgasmic" • poem by Jill Trade
• 29 • "telescope watches" • poem by Jill Trade
• 29 • "Seven Sisters flash" • poem by Jill Trade
• 29 • "Staring at the stars." • poem by Jill Trade
• 30 • "Clearing Taurid swarm." • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "webs collecting stardust" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "those humming green moons" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "cave art on Pluto" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "these red radishes" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "swimmers of Titan" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "the titanium threads" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "the Martian riverbed" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "Callisto calls me" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 • "the space lumberjacks" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane