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• 8 • Preface: Goodbye and Hello, as Always • essay by Adele Gardner [as by Lyn C. A. Gardner]
• 10 • The Rhysling Awards • essay by uncredited
• 15 • Venus to Her Terraformers • (2011) • poem by Mary Alexandra Agner
• 15 • Young Miss Frankenstein Regrets • (2011) • poem by Camille Alexa
• 16 • The Lend • (2011) • poem by Erik Amundsen
• 17 • The Shipwright's Song • (2011) • poem by Elizabeth Barrette
• 17 • Abel • (2011) • poem by Robert Borski
• 19 • The Music of Robots • (2011) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 19 • Response to Botticelli • (2011) • poem by Rich Boucher
• 20 • Peter and Alice • (2011) • poem by G. O. Clark
• 21 • Fingernails • (2011) • poem by P. S. Cottier
• 21 • World's End • (2011) • poem by Becca De La Rosa
• 22 • Monkey See • (2011) • poem by James S. Dorr
• 23 • Folding Money • (2011) • poem by Denise Dumars
• 23 • My Unicorn • (2011) • poem by Martin Elster
• 24 • Dark Matter • (2011) • poem by Timons Esaias
• 25 • Dragon • (2011) • poem by Kendall Evans
• 26 • Clothes of Yesterday • (2011) • poem by Angel Favazza
• 26 • Yayoi Kusama goes to Iceland • (2011) • poem by Janis Freegard
• 27 • In Translation • (2011) • poem by Adele Gardner [as by Lyn C. A. Gardner]
• 28 • Bridges • (2011) • poem by
  T. M. Göttl^?T. M. Goettl
• 29 • The Bean-Sidhe Calls in Owl-Light • (2011) • poem by Neile Graham
• 30 • The Ones Outside Your Door • (2011) • poem by Neile Graham
• 30 • Mr. and Mrs. Goodnight • (2011) • poem by John Grey
• 31 • Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm • (2011) • poem by Sandra Kasturi
• 32 • Fembot • (2011) • poem by Roz Kaveney
• 33 • First Loves for the First Time • (2011) • poem by Keith Kennedy
• 33 • The Witch's Heart • (2011) • poem by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• 35 • The Tortoise's Encounter • (2011) • poem by B. J. Lee
• 35 • Love in the Quantum Era • (2011) • poem by Greg Leunig
• 36 • The Library, After • (2011) • poem by Shira Lipkin
• 37 • When I Arrived, This Is What She Said. • (2011) • poem by C. S. MacCath
• 37 • Down Cycles • (2011) • poem by Elizabeth R. McClellan
• 38 • Thank God for Proust • (2011) • poem by Dawn McDuffie
• 39 • Love in the Time of Alien Invasion • (2011) • poem by Joanne Merriam
• 39 • Nuclear Stockpile Janitor • (2011) • poem by Kurt Newton
• 40 • Response to Poe's "Sonnet – To Science" • (2011) • poem by Scott Nickel
• 41 • Vanity • (2011) • poem by Juan Manuel Perez
• 41 • Lion Heart • (2011) • poem by Tim Pratt
• 42 • The Magic Walnut • (2011) • poem by
  Sofía Rhei^?Sofia Rhei
• 43 • Ravel: An Etymology • (2011) • poem by Matthew Richards
• 44 • The Physics Major Agrees to Take the English Major Stargazing • (2011) • poem by Andrew Rihn
• 44 • The Seas of Time • (2011) • poem by Ty Russell
• 45 • Luna Satyricon • (2011) • poem by Tisha Garcia and R. Paul Sardanas
• 46 • the more space • (2011) • poem by Ann K. Schwader
• 46 • Past Human • (2011) • poem by Ann K. Schwader
• 47 • Lanterns • (2011) • poem by Alexandra Seidel
• 47 • slit sea cucumber • (2011) • poem by John W. Sexton
• 47 • The Human Guest • (2011) • poem by Marge Simon
• 48 • Visitors • (2011) • poem by Marge Simon
• 49 • The Elusive Language of Purple Birds • (2011) • poem by Robin Spriggs
• 50 • Grendel's Mother • (2011) • poem by Heidy Steidlmayer
• 50 • idiointerventionist (or, "but I interrupt myself") • (2011) • poem by W. Gregory Stewart (variant of idiointerventionist)
• 51 • Dead Hotels • (2011) • poem by Anna Sykora
• 51 • Taking the Auspices • (2011) • poem by Sonya Taaffe
• 52 • Red Grown • (2011) • poem by James E. Tolan
• 52 • Graffiti Tree • (2011) • poem by Mary A. Turzillo [as by Mary Turzillo]
• 53 • Moving to Enceladus • (2011) • poem by Mary A. Turzillo [as by Mary Turzillo]
• 54 • To the ancients, the sea was a dangerous place • (2011) • poem by Anna Waite
• 54 • The Kite • (2011) • poem by Kyla Ward [as by Kyla Lee Ward]
• 55 • A Greater Moon • (2011) • poem by Gerald Warfield
• 56 • Escaping the Dawn • (2011) • poem by Jacqueline West
• 57 • A Modest Suggestion • (2011) • poem by Neal Wilgus
• 58 • Angel's Den • (2011) • poem by Stephen M. Wilson
• 58 • Christogenesis • (2011) • poem by Stephen M. Wilson
• 59 • Closure • (2011) • poem by Greer Woodward
• 60 • The King of Cats, the Queen of Wolves • (2011) • poem by Mike Allen and Nicole Kornher-Stace and Sonya Taaffe
• 64 • Desfixion • (2011) • poem by Erik Amundsen
• 68 • The Curator Speaks in the Department of Dead Languages • (2011) • poem by Megan Arkenberg
• 70 • The Cathedral of the Michaelangelines • (2011) • poem by Elizabeth Barrette
• 72 • Welcomed Cast Outs • (2011) • poem by Dana Bell
• 74 • Gavage • (2011) • poem by Robert Borski
• 75 • Surreal Fortune • (2011) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 78 • Letter from the Golden Age • (2011) • poem by G. Sutton Breiding
• 80 • Terraforming Mars • (2011) • poem by Benjamin Cartwright
• 81 • The 25-Cent Rocket: One-Quarter of the Way to the Stars • (2011) • poem by G. O. Clark and Kendall Evans
• 83 • Postcards from Mars • (2011) • poem by C. S. E. Cooney
• 85 • The Chant of the Black Cats • (2011) • poem by Adele Gardner [as by Lyn C. A. Gardner]
• 86 • The Witch Girl • (2011) • poem by Adele Gardner [as by Lyn C. A. Gardner]
• 88 • Summary: Kinetic vs. Potential • (2011) • poem by Albert Goldbarth
• 89 • Wallpaper • (2011) • poem by April Grant
• 91 • Wendy Darling Has Bad Dreams • (2011) • poem by Sally Rosen Kindred
• 93 • In the Third Cycle • (2011) • poem by Rose Lemberg
• 97 • The Changeling's Lament • (2011) • poem by Shira Lipkin
• 99 • The Last Dragon Slayer • (2011) • poem by Elissa Malcohn
• 103 • Beautiful Monster • (2011) • poem by Helen Marshall
• 104 • Skeleton Leaves: A Collection • (2011) • collection by Helen Marshall
• 118 • The Walking Man Goes Looking for the Sons of John: Six Cantos • (2011) • poem by Elizabeth R. McClellan
• 122 • Tender Aliens • (2011) • poem by Joanne Merriam
• 124 • Snowmelt • (2011) • poem by Mari Ness
• 127 • Ragnarok • (2011) • poem by Paul Park
• 134 • Girl Hours • (2011) • poem by Sofia Samatar
• 137 • A Masquerade in Four Voices • (2011) • poem by Alexandra Seidel
• 139 • Guan Yin in the Garden • (2011) • poem by Nancy Sheng
• 141 • Ahura Mazda • (2011) • poem by Michael Shorb
• 144 • Speaking to the Hangman Is Not Permitted • (2011) • poem by J. E. Stanley
• 146 • The Legend of the Emperor's Space Suit (A Tale of Consensus Reality) • (2011) • poem by Mary A. Turzillo [as by Mary Turzillo]
• 150 • The Melancholy of Mechagirl • (2011) • poem by Catherynne M. Valente
• 154 • The Secret of Being a Cowboy • (2011) • poem by Catherynne M. Valente
• 157 • Blood, Snow, Birch and Underworld • (2011) • poem by JoSelle Vanderhooft
• 162 • Initiation • (2011) • poem by Caitlin Meredith Walsh
• 164 • The Soldier's Return • (2011) • poem by Kyla Ward [as by Kyla Lee Ward]
• 166 • All Souls' Day • (2011) • poem by Shannon Connor Winward
• 168 • Ribbons of the Sun • (2011) • poem by Greer Woodward
• 169 • Mood of Mind (I)—Tu Bi Hi Xa • (2011) • poem by Xanadu (Ofnguyenfame)
• 172 • The Rhysling Award Winners: 1978-2011 • essay by uncredited