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• ii • Introduction (Dwarf Stars 2020) • essay by Robin Mayhall
• 1 • "The knife blade flutters" • (2019) • poem by Colleen Anderson
• 1 • "zen garden" • (2019) • poem by Helga Anton-Beitz
• 1 • "night sieved city of light" • (2019) • poem by Joseph Salvatore Aversano
• 1 • A Simpler Time • (2019) • poem by F. J. Bergmann
• 2 • "hoping for the best" • (2019) • poem by Johannes S. H. Bjerg
• 2 • "glow-in-the-dark fruit" • (2019) • poem by Robert Borski
• 2 • "reeking of time" • (2019) • poem by Robert Borski
• 2 • Mystery Multiplied • (2019) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 3 • she had broken • (2019) • poem by Susan Burch
• 3 • "For her who laid and hatched my egg," • (2019) • poem by Ronald A. Busse
• 4 • Tree in Drought • (2019) • poem by Beth Cato
• 4 • "clear winter night" • (2019) • poem by Frank Coffman
• 4 • Balancing Act • (2019) • poem by Deborah L. Davitt and D. A. Xiaolin Spires and Gretchen Tessmer
• 5 • 2015 Zinfandella • (2019) • poem by Denise Dumars
• 5 • "space station yoga" • (2019) • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 5 • Infection • (2019) • poem by Roger Dutcher
• 5 • "ritual at dawn" • (2019) • poem by Carmen Duvalma
• 6 • "There are fossils" • (2019) • poem by Mark A. Fisher
• 6 • The Old Ones: A Ghazal • (2019) • poem by Joshua Gage
• 7 • Erwin Schrodinger • (2019) • poem by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
• 7 • "leaving Saturn" • (2019) • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 7 • "H3N2" • (2019) • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 7 • Tikbalang • (2019) • poem by Vince Gotera
• 8 • "a glimpse" • (2019) • poem by Hazel Hall
• 8 • "Feast of St. George--" • (2019) • poem by C. R. Harper
• 8 • ragtime gal • (2019) • poem by Brittany Hause
• 8 • "memorial day visit" • (2019) • poem by C. William Hinderliter
• 8 • "dystopic future" • (2013) • poem by Carolyn M. Hinderliter
• 9 • "stale morning smog" • (2019) • poem by Nick Hoffman
• 9 • "peeling night" • (2019) • poem by Alegria Imperial
• 9 • "moonlight" • (2019) • poem by Duro Jaiye
• 9 • Epitaph for John Carter • (2019) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 10 • Notes for the Next Letter Home • (2019) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 10 • the music of Luna's pull • (2019) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 10 • "through the portal" • (2019) • poem by Julie Bloss Kelsey
• 11 • "baby born healthy" • (2019) • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 11 • "dancing with the stars" • (2019) • poem by Deborah P. Kolodji
• 11 • "pi day" • (2019) • poem by Deborah P. Kolodji
• 11 • "placoderms sizzling" • (2019) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 12 • red shirts • (2019) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 12 • "I read the future" • (2019) • poem by Geoffrey A. Landis [as by Geoffrey Landis]
• 13 • How to Notice a Dark Nebula • (2019) • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 13 • How to Time Travel • (2019) • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 14 • Standing Up • (2019) • poem by John C. Mannone
• 14 • "New Earth's many moons" • (2019) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 14 • "her gentle kisses" • (2019) • poem by ayaz daryl nielsen
• 15 • "mass into photons" • (2019) • poem by Kimberly Nugent
• 15 • When Death Comes Back • (2019) • poem by Cindy O'Quinn
• 15 • Aeolus • (2019) • poem by Brian Gene Olson
• 16 • "human flesh transformed" • (2019) • poem by Brian Gene Olson
• 16 • "beyond its two eyes" • (2019) • poem by Juan Manuel Perez
• 16 • "black widow spider..." • (2019) • poem by Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
• 16 • "gestating through space--" • (2019) • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 17 • loose change • (2019) • poem by Allan Rozinski
• 17 • "ordinary flashlight" • (2019) • poem by Tom Sacramona
• 17 • Cold Weather Accessories for Imaginary Creatures • (2019) • poem by Lorraine Schein
• 18 • "Voyager outbound" • (2019) • poem by Ann K. Schwader
• 18 • Death Spiral, Korolev Crater • (2019) • poem by Ann K. Schwader
• 19 • "starless night a preacher's corpse" • (2019) • poem by Greg Schwartz
• 19 • "stream of consciousness" • (2019) • poem by William Shaw
• 19 • "the ghost wife" • (2019) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel [as by Gloundan Smorpian]
• 19 • "gentlest quiver" • (2019) • poem by Christina Sng
• 20 • "seeing stars" • (2019) • poem by Christina Sng
• 20 • "still can't decide" • (2019) • poem by Christina Sng
• 20 • "within sight" • (2019) • poem by Christina Sng
• 20 • "bioluminescence" • (2019) • poem by Debbie Strange
• 21 • "harvest moon" • (2019) • poem by Barbara Tate
• 21 • what she knows for sure • (2019) • poem by Cathy Tenzo
• 21 • The Haunting • (2019) • poem by Lucy Whitehead
• 22 • The Trophy Room • (2019) • poem by Andrew J. Wilson
• 22 • "iron in the dunes" • (2019) • poem by Greer Woodward
• 23 • Recent Federal Postings • (2019) • poem by Greer Woodward
• 23 • "stargazing on Olympus Mons" • (2019) • poem by Greer Woodward
• 27 • Past Dwarf Stars Winners • essay by uncredited