Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 8 • Editorial (Scifaikuest, May 2022) • essay by Teri Santitoro [as by Sakyu]
• 11 • Scifaiku 10 • poem by Tyler McIntosh
• 11 • Scifaiku 3 • poem by Tyler McIntosh
• 11 • Scifaiku 5 • poem by Tyler McIntosh
• 12 • "dancehall bomb" • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 12 • "pandemic protocol" • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 12 • "missed anniversary" • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 12 • "time travel specialists" • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 13 • "dancehall bomb" [2] • poem by LeRoy Gorman (variant of "dancehall bomb")
• 13 • "pandemic protocol" [2] • poem by LeRoy Gorman (variant of "pandemic protocol")
• 13 • "missed anniversary" [2] • poem by LeRoy Gorman (variant of "missed anniversary")
• 13 • "time travel specialists" [2] • poem by LeRoy Gorman (variant of "time travel specialists")
• 14 • "red sand grain striking" • poem by Gabriel Smithwilson
• 14 • "spaceship window" • poem by Gabriel Smithwilson
• 14 • "writing poetry" • poem by Gabriel Smithwilson
• 14 • "pink lemonade" • poem by Gabriel Smithwilson
• 15 • "humans" • poem by Denny E. Marshall [as by Denny Marshall]
• 15 • "my clone was not born" • poem by Denny E. Marshall [as by Denny Marshall]
• 15 • "killer robot" • poem by Denny E. Marshall [as by Denny Marshall]
• 16 • "after the plague" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf [as by Semi]
• 16 • "pausing" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf [as by Semi]
• 16 • "how it opens to me" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf [as by Semi]
• 16 • "just below the gums" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf [as by Semi]
• 17 • "lonely lunar telescope" • poem by Kimberly Nugent
• 17 • "seashell-riddled sand" • poem by Kimberly Nugent
• 17 • "the asteroid impact cracked" • poem by Kimberly Nugent
• 18 • "sorceress next door" • poem by Ayaz Daryl Nielsen [as by Ayaz Daryl Neilsen]
• 18 • "found floating above" • poem by Ayaz Daryl Nielsen [as by Ayaz Daryl Neilsen]
• 18 • "eternal hug" • poem by Ayaz Daryl Nielsen [as by Ayaz Daryl Neilsen]
• 19 • "cannabis farm" • poem by T. R. Jones
• 19 • "alien philosophers" • poem by T. R. Jones
• 19 • "hidden galaxy" • poem by T. R. Jones
• 20 • "passing Neptune" • poem by Greer Woodward
• 20 • "moonbase garden" • poem by Greer Woodward
• 20 • "deployed to Mars" • poem by Greer Woodward
• 21 • Death by Misadventure • poem by Benjamin Whitney Norris
• 21 • Shotgun Banshee • poem by Benjamin Whitney Norris
• 21 • Annual • poem by Benjamin Whitney Norris
• 21 • Sounds of Music • poem by Benjamin Whitney Norris
• 22 • "micro-drive" • poem by Stephen C. Curro
• 22 • "genetic artist" • poem by Stephen C. Curro
• 22 • "laser cannon misfire" • poem by Stephen C. Curro
• 24 • "that clatter I hear" • poem by Brian Barnett
• 24 • "eternal winter..." • poem by Russell Nichols
• 24 • Unlucky • poem by K. A. Williams
• 24 • "wavering palm tree" • poem by Colleen Anderson
• 25 • "absence of sunlight" • poem by Guy Belleranti
• 25 • "making planetfall" • poem by Greg Fewer
• 25 • "Martian windmills spin" • poem by Greg Fewer
• 25 • Rural Legend No. 5: Huntsville, AL • poem by Sam Campbell
• 26 • "beyond earth's shadow" • poem by Banks Miller
• 26 • "ancient engine bells" • poem by Banks Miller
• 26 • "universe expanding" • poem by Doug Gant
• 26 • "as if for Old Faithful" • poem by Lauren McBride
• 27 • Laser Cannon • poem by H. T. Grossen
• 27 • Crustacean Pigments • poem by H. T. Grossen
• 27 • On Venus • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 27 • Sol • poem by Blaize Kelly Strothers
• 28 • "globular clusters" • poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 29 • "over waves of grain" • poem by D. J. Rozell
• 29 • "the time engine revs" • poem by D. J. Rozell
• 29 • "tandem hand gliding" • poem by Russell Nichols
• 29 • "flag on the moon" • poem by Russell Nichols
• 32 • "7A.M. golem class" • poem by Matthew Gilbert
• 32 • "last remaining zombie" • poem by Gabriel Smithwilson
• 32 • "wandering at night" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 32 • "microorganisms" • poem by Matthew Gilbert
• 33 • Reduce • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 33 • Reuse • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 33 • "spring's bright painted fields" • poem by Colleen Anderson
• 34 • Rural Legend No. 4: Santa Lucia Mountains • poem by Sam Campbell
• 34 • "how do they see us" • poem by Doug Gant
• 34 • Searching for Life • poem by Greer Woodward
• 35 • Artifact Recognized • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 35 • "she" • poem by Russell Nichols
• 36 • "no" • poem by Guy Belleranti
• 36 • Evidence Disposal • poem by Greg Fewer
• 37 • Awake • poem by Greg Fewer
• 37 • Lost & Found • poem by T. R. Jones
• 38 • Crowd Control • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 38 • Found Underground • poem by Lauren McBride
• 38 • "Stories" • poem by Doug Gant
• 39 • Mars, Year 100 P.M. [Post-Musk], a rengay • poem by Lucinda Borkenhagen and Oino Sakai
• 41 • Vision Quest: A Haiku Sequence of the Stone Age • poem by Stephen C. Curro
• 42 • "I cannot ferry" • poem by Matthew Gilbert
• 43 • Darwin Upended: Speculative Evolutionary Bubbles • poem by Gary Davis
• 43 • The New Old West • poem by Lisa Timpf
• 44 • Somonka: Cytherean Colonists • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 44 • Lonely Hearts • poem by Brittany Hause
• 46 • Detained • poem by Lisa Timpf
• 47 • "Audience satisfaction translates to recycled body parts and clipped strings." • poem by Matthew Gilbert
• 48 • Five-Billion-Year-Rule • poem by Mariel Herbert
• 48 • Simeis 147: Haibun Found Between Aurigna and Taurus, 05h 41m 00s, +28º 06' 13" • poem by Mariel Herbert
• 49 • Rural Legend No. 2: Skinned Tom • poem by Sam Campbell
• 50 • They Obeyed Orders • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 52 • Catalytic Convert • essay by Robert E. Porter
• 56 • Exploring the Rictameter Form • essay by Doug Gant
• 60 • "corn field on Mars" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 60 • "beauty tips" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 60 • "cosplay convention" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 60 • "all in a day's work" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 60 • "brain scanner" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 61 • "Solar System Day" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 61 • "chemotherapy" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 61 • "deep-space mission" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 61 • "amaryllis" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 61 • "heirloom" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 61 • "freak show" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 62 • "Earth Day" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 62 • "morning newspaper" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 62 • "apocalypse" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 62 • "robotic bodies" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 63 • Interview with Featured Poet: Ngo Binh Anh Khoa • interview of Ngo Binh Anh Khoa • interview by Teri Santitoro
• 66 • Favorite Poem (Scifaikuest, May 2022) • essay by Teri Santitoro