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• 1 • Introduction (The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry) • essay by P. S. Cottier and Tim Jones
• 11 • Tea and Stars • (2008) • poem by John Jenkins
• 12 • The command module of the first manned mission to Mars explodes 2 weks and 3 days after leaving Earth's orbit • (2013) • poem by Melinda Smith
• 13 • Job for a Hyperdrive Mechanic • poem by Joe Dolce
• 14 • The Three Moons of Tenoa • (2012) • poem by
  David Adès^?David Ades
• 15 • Outer Moons • (1995) • poem by S. K. Kelen
• 16 • Tightrope Walker • (2005) • poem by Alan Gould
• 17 • Spaceclown Reading • (2003) • poem by John Jenkins
• 19 • The Germ • (2003) • poem by John Tranter
• 20 • Repercussions • poem by Marilyn Humbert
• 21 • Flying Toasters • (1995) • poem by S. K. Kelen
• 25 • Starwoman • (2010) • poem by Caroline Cady
• 26 • Probing Europa • (2013) • poem by Melinda Smith
• 27 • Last Planet Out • (2011) • poem by David Reiter
• 28 • Cosmos • (2007) • poem by Caroline Cady
• 30 • Colonies • (1995) • poem by S. K. Kelen
• 31 • Amethyst Crystals • (1990) • poem by Jan Owen
• 32 • "and they all think they're standing still..." • poem by Mike Crowl
• 34 • Btween the Lines • poem by Rod Usher
• 35 • Night Speak • poem by Sara Bruxner
• 37 • Intercept • (1994) • poem by Jan Owen
• 39 • Dead Messengers • (2014) • poem by Sean Wright (reviewer) [as by S. B. Wright]
• 43 • Silverfish • (1993) • poem by Diane Fahey
• 44 • Others • (2012) • poem by Benjamin Dodds
• 45 • Haikaiju • (2008) • poem by Sean Williams
• 46 • Chamber of Horrors • poem by Carolyn Gerrish
• 47 • The Vegetarian Zombie • (2010) • poem by Emilie Zoey Baker
• 48 • I did what the poet said • poem by Lizz Murphy
• 49 • To Artificial Living • poem by John Grey
• 51 • Fingernails • (2011) • poem by P. S. Cottier
• 52 • Cthulhu Calls • poem by Jude Aquilina
• 55 • Metaphoricity • (1986) • poem by Alan Stewart
• 56 • Poets in Pockets • poem by Jan Napier
• 57 • At the Dark Matter Zoo • (2014) • poem by Simon Petrie
• 58 • My Neighbor • poem by Janeen Samuel
• 59 • Revolver • (2004) • poem by Samuel Wagan Watson
• 60 • Cattle Sale • (1980) • poem by Philip Salom
• 61 • The Clerical Angel • (1987) • poem by Judith Beveridge
• 63 • Ezekiel • (1999) • poem by Luke Davies
• 64 • Several Ways to Fall Out of the Sky • (2012) • poem by Lisa Jacobson
• 66 • I just do eyes, j-j-just eyes • (2006) • poem by Peter Minter
• 67 • The Radium Chocolates • (1984) • poem by Dorothy Porter
• 70 • me? • poem by Kevin Gillam
• 71 • Wheelbarrow • (2011) • poem by Lisa Jacobson
• 72 • Chaconne for a Solipsist • (1987) • poem by Michael Dransfield
• 75 • The Future • (2007) • poem by Les Murray
• 76 • Space Time Samurai • poem by John Upton
• 77 • Voyager • poem by Peter Minter
• 78 • In the Near Future • (2001) • poem by Michael Byrne
• 79 • The Courtship of the Future • (1902) • poem by J. Brunton Stephens
• 82 • Ave Caesar! Moritori te salutant • (1885) • poem by Mary Hannay Foott
• 84 • The Balcony (after Manet) • poem by Victoria McGrath
• 85 • A Museum of the Future • poem by Paul Hetherington
• 86 • The Museum of Space • (2004) • poem by Peter Boyle
• 87 • In the Clone Zoo • poem by John Grey
• 88 • Philosophers and Other World Leaders • (2004) • poem by Peter Boyle
• 89 • An Accident Waiting to Happen • (2012) • poem by Rob Walker
• 91 • Unhooking • poem by Ron Heard
• 92 • Communicasia • poem by Miro Sandev
• 93 • Silent City • (2008) • poem by Tim Sinclair
• 95 • Stasis • poem by Susan Waddell
• 96 • A Star Appears • (1984) • poem by John Jenkins
• 98 • A whimper after the bang • (2011) • poem by Emily Manger
• 99 • Further Propositions on the End of the Universe • poem by Earl Livings
• 102 • The End of the World • (1911) • poem by Victor J. Daley
• 107 • cupid(c)ity • (1996) • poem by Joanne Burns
• 108 • City at Dusk • (1989) • poem by Philip Salom
• 110 • Now Comes the Man • (2010) • poem by Matt Hetherington
• 111 • Waltzing Matilda • (1917) • poem by A. B. Patterson
• 112 • Bagman's Ballad • (1968) • poem by Dorothy Hewett
• 114 • Canning River Sunset • poem by Jake Dennis
• 115 • Girilan • (2013) • poem by Les Wicks
• 116 • Folds • poem by Jo Mills
• 118 • Tektites • poem by Jan Owen
• 119 • Jungle • (1990) • poem by S. K. Kelen
• 120 • Graffiti Trees • poem by Mercedes Webb-Pullman
• 121 • Detached and in the Manner of the Veterinarian • (1987) • poem by Philip Salom
• 125 • Rumpelstiltskin • (2011) • poem by Diane Fahey
• 126 • Mother Gothel • (2008) • poem by Catherine Bateson
• 127 • The Mouse Tower • (1874) • poem by Catherine Martin
• 129 • Snailshells and Freezerfrost • (2013) • poem by
  Zoë Anderson^?Zoe Anderson
• 131 • Mermaid • poem by Eliza-Jane Henry-Jones
• 132 • Their Cold Eyes Pierced My Skin • (2012) • poem by Jenny Blackford
• 135 • Changeling • poem by Raphael Kabo
• 137 • Weaver • (2011) • poem by Diane Fahey
• 138 • Fourth Woman Speaks • (1998) • poem by M. F. McAuliffe
• 141 • Merlin • (1928) • poem by J. Le Gay Brereton [as by John Le Gay Brereton]
• 142 • "He has a fairy wife" • (1941) • poem by Lesbia Harford
• 143 • Trick of Treat • poem by Melinda Kallasmae
• 145 • On the Road to Hell • (2003) • poem by Alex Skovron
• 147 • Natural Succession • (2009) • poem by Chris Lynch (Australia)
• 148 • Under the Roof of the World • (1987) • poem by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
• 149 • Romance • (2012) • poem by Moya Pacey
• 150 • Three Pigs • poem by Barry O'Donohue
• 152 • The Minglers • (1918) • poem by C. J. Dennis
• 155 • Green Lover • (1934) • poem by John Shaw Neilson
• 158 • Return in Pear Light • (1993) • poem by Craig Powell
• 160 • Mozart Walking By • (2002) • poem by Jill Jones
• 161 • The Letter • (1974) • poem by Eric Beach