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• 3 • Reasons to Leave the Path • poem by Jacqueline West
• 3 •  broadcast received • interior artwork by Casey Coolidge
• 3 • "two minutes" • poem by Richard Magahiz
• 3 • "silently" • poem by ayaz daryl nielsen
• 4 • Do Not Pet the Ray Cats When They're Glowing • poem by Avra Margariti
• 4 • What Aliens Read • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 5 • Light at the End of the World • essay by F. J. Bergmann
• 5 • There Goes the Security Deposit • poem by Sarah Cannavo
• 5 • "daybreak" • poem by Stephen C. Curro
• 6 • Unhomed • poem by Lisa Creech Beldsoe
• 6 • "under a dim sun" • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 7 • SFPA Announcements (Star*Line, Winter 2021) • essay by uncredited
• 8 • Odile • poem by M. J. Millington
• 9 • Chaos Looming • poem by Gerri Leen
• 9 • What I've Learned from Fairy Tales • poem by Sarah Cannavo
• 9 • "Venusian sword-dance" • poem by Joshua Hiles
• 10 • A Record of Starvation at the End of the Vampyric Era • poem by Hayley Stone
• 10 • Matters of Scale • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 11 • The Red Planet • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 11 • The Old Masters • poem by David Barber
• 11 • "at the British Museum" • poem by Matthew Wilson
• 12 •  man's hand is not able to taste • interior artwork by Casey Coolidge
• 12 • Shore Leave • poem by David Barber
• 12 • Advent • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 12 • "winter on old earth" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 13 • President's Message (Star*Line, Winter 2021) • [President's Message (Star*Line)] • essay by Bryan Thao Worra
• 13 • Emotional Help Desk Open Tickets • poem by Jessy Randall
• 13 • "unsupervised" • poem by Stephen C. Curro
• 14 • Dollies • poem by Beth Cato
• 14 •  you'll never amount to anything • interior artwork by Casey Coolidge
• 14 • "truck bed--" • poem by Greg Schwartz
• 14 • "red dwarf: offensive term" • poem by Matthew Wilson
• 15 • hatched this way • poem by Lauren McBride
• 15 • "our baby's first cry" • poem by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
• 15 • Alpha/Beta/Centauri • poem by Scott Wiggerman
• 16 • A World Without Speech • poem by Debasish Mishra
• 16 • "telepathic sex" • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 16 • Two Days and Counting • poem by Lauren McBride
• 16 • "anniversary" • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 17 •  I will scourge you with scorpions • interior artwork by Casey Coolidge
• 17 • Werecities • poem by Amelia Gorman
• 18 • "the sympath" • poem by Susan Burch
• 18 • Sasquatch Burial Ground • poem by Raven Jakubowski
• 18 • Surpassing Photography • poem by J. J. Steinfeld
• 18 • "dust spurts" • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 19 •   Review: Android Girl: And Other Sentient Speculations by Michael H. Hanson • review by John C. Mannone
• 19 •   Review: Arrival Mind by Louis B. Rosenberg • review by Daniel G. Fitch
• 19 •   Review: Darkverse: The Shadow Hours by Lori R. Lopez • review by Joshua Gage
• 19 •   Review: Dear Deepest Ghost by Meg Smith • review by Joshua Gage
• 20 •   Review: Elemental Haiku: Poems to honor the periodic table three lines at a time by Mary Soon Lee • review by Herb Kauderer
• 20 •   Review: The Hatch by Joe Fletcher • review by Joshua Gage
• 20 •   Review: Kola Superdeep Borehold by Joe Fletcher • review by Joshua Gage
• 21 •   Review: A Route Obscure and Lonely by LindaAnn LoSchiavo • review by Lisa Timpf
• 22 •   Review: Sci-Ku: Explorations into the Poetry of Science by Jay Friedenberg • review by Joshua Gage
• 22 •   Review: Space in Pieces by Juan Manuel Perez • review by David E. Cowen
• 22 •   Review: The Sign of the Dragon by Mary Soon Lee • review by Lisa Timpf
• 23 • Medusa Itinerant • poem by Meg Smith
• 23 • By Moonlight • (2017) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 24 • Appropriate Language • poem by Andy Dibble
• 24 • "To keep from falling you fold your arms" • poem by Simon Perchik
• 24 • "red-giant Sun" • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 25 • New Uses for Old Staves • poem by Amelia Gorman
• 25 • "the Altairian's fridge" • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 25 • Via Dolorosa • poem by David Gianastasio
• 26 • Alien Craft Lands in Everglades • poem by John Grey
• 26 • Life on the Low Road • poem by Robert Frazier
• 27 • Azure Captain • poem by Shelly Jones
• 27 • "what they left behind" • poem by Richard Magahiz
• 27 • "setting sun--" • poem by Greg Schwartz
• 28 • mansplainer • poem by Beth Cato
• 28 • "I wonder if aliens" • poem by Marcus Vance
• 28 • City of Resolve • poem by Ken Poyner
• 28 • "I'm half my parents' size" • poem by Matthew Wilson
• 28 • "left my late father's" • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 29 • A Beginner's Guide to Scifaiku • essay by Joshua Gage
• 30 • "alien hovercraft" • (2020) • poem by Deborah P. Kolodji
• 30 • "galactic way station" • (2020) • poem by Greer Woodward
• 31 • the nearest station • poem by Robin Wyatt Dunn
• 31 •  the space between the stars • interior artwork by Casey Coolidge
• 31 • "staring into stars" • poem by Joshua Hiles
• 32 • Closer Than You Think • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 32 • "breaking through the lid" • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 32 • "obituaries" • poem by Juan Manuel Perez [as by Juan Perez]
• 32 • "damn the plasma torpedoes" • poem by Stephen C. Curro
• 33 • Jupiter LXVII • poem by Patrick Hurley
• 34 • Vineyard before dawn • poem by Brian Hugenbruch
• 34 • "late for school" • poem by Matthew Wilson
• 34 • Swim Test • poem by Marsheila Rockwell
• 34 • "centaur" • poem by Jerome Van Epps
• 34 • Lines for Naughty Children • poem by Matthew Wilson
• 35 • Blood Lust • poem by Gerri Leen
• 35 • Vampire Selfies • poem by Alan Ira Gordon
• 36 • nanomorph • poem by Koji A. Dae
• 36 • Reflections on Narcissus • poem by Paul Szlosek
• 37 • Civilization • poem by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe
• 37 • "all this rain" • poem by Christina Sng
• 37 • "Earth fills the window" • poem by Stephen C. Curro
• 37 • Person of Interest • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 38 • --And They All Lived Together-- • poem by Andrew J. Wilson
• 38 • Kong • poem by Bruce McAllister
• 39 •  archimedes septimus shrimp • interior artwork by Casey Coolidge
• 39 • Warrior Over Washington • poem by Adam Ford
• 40 • Checkmate 2035 • poem by David Gianatasio
• 40 • Sylvan Succubus • poem by Joshua Gage
• 41 • To 'Oumuamua • poem by Ann K. Schwader
• 41 • "blood moon" • poem by LeRoy Gorman
• 41 • marry me • poem by S. R. Tombran
• 41 • "midnight mass" • poem by Greg Schwartz
• 42 • My Upcoming Astronaut Experience • poem by Adele Gardner
• 43 • "landing at the" • poem by Brian Garrison
• 43 • A Time Traveler's Techniques • poem by Lynne Sargent
• 44 • They • poem by Isaac Black
• 45 • The Last Ones In • poem by Holly Day
• 45 • Reset • poem by Jason P. Burnham
• 46 • The Combine • poem by Bill Ratner
• 47 • Cheerful Farewells • poem by Robert Clinton
• 48 • Voyage of Failed Heroes • poem by Mary Soon Lee