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• xi • Editor's Note (The 2021 Rhysling Anthology) • essay by Alessandro Manzetti
• 1 • Summer Time(lessness) • (2020) • poem by Linda D. Addison
• 2 • Timegeddon • (2020) • poem by Francis W. Alexander
• 4 • The Void Blends in Your Hands • (2020) • poem by
  Carmen Lucía Alvarado^?Carmen Lucia Alvarado
  (trans. of El vacío se mezcla en tus manos)
• 5 • The Tree of Eyes • (2020) • poem by Colleen Anderson
• 6 • They Made My Face • (2020) • poem by Sara Backer
• 6 • Sealskin Reclaimed • (2020) • poem by Alison Bainbridge
• 7 • a siren whispered in my ear one night • (2020) • poem by Ashley Bao
• 8 • Chrono-Man • (2020) • poem by F. J. Bergmann
• 10 • Lesser Eternity • (2020) • poem by F. J. Bergmann
• 10 • Chronovisor Wanted • (2020) • poem by Robert Borski
• 11 • The Monster Maker • (2020) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 12 • When Change Comes • (2020) • poem by Karen Bovenmyer
• 12 • The Edge of the Galaxy NGC 4013 • (2020) • poem by Warren Brown
• 13 • He Sold What He Had Left • (2020) • poem by Diane Callahan
• 15 • Three Triolets • (2020) • poem by Anna Cates
• 16 • The Luck Eaters • (2020) • poem by Beth Cato and Rhonda Parrish
• 17 • Post-Obit Cautionary Tale • (2020) • poem by G. O. Clark
• 18 • Zodiac Girl • (2020) • poem by Carolyn Clink
• 19 • Back Story • (2020) • poem by David Clink
• 20 • "The dead couple of Blenheim" • (2020) • poem by William Clunie
• 21 • an alien axiom • (2020) • poem by Gerald L. Coleman
• 22 • Mouthing Off • (2020) • poem by P. S. Cottier
• 23 • The Memory of Summer • (2020) • poem by Jennifer Crow
• 24 • The Old God Dies • (2020) • poem by Jennifer Crow
• 24 • The Man with the Corpse on His Shoulders • (2008) • poem by James Cushing
• 26 • Isotopical • (2020) • poem by d'Ores and Deja
• 27 • A Hand Against My Window • (2020) • poem by Deborah L. Davitt
• 28 • A Touch of Lightning in the Soul • (2020) • poem by Deborah L. Davitt
• 28 • The Witch's Cat • (2020) • poem by Deborah L. Davitt
• 29 • Beneath the Fullest Moon • (2020) • poem by Ashley Dioses
• 30 • Dragons Guard Our Family Fortune • (2020) • poem by Adele Gardner
• 31 • Last Contact • (2020) • poem by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
• 32 • The Mollusk God • (2020) • poem by Maxwell I. Gold [as by Maxwell Ian Gold]
• 32 • Tree Limbs Block the Road • (2020) • poem by Patricia Gomes
• 33 • Lucky and His Dad • (2020) • poem by Alan Ira Gordon
• 34 • The Crib • (2020) • poem by Vince Gotera
• 35 • A Soldier Writes His Wife • (2020) • poem by Vince Gotera
• 36 • First Contact • (2020) • poem by Robin Rose Graves
• 38 • Teddy Bear Diner • (2020) • poem by Michael H. Hanson
• 38 • Hungry Ghost • (2020) • poem by Millie Ho
• 40 • Ignorance, my prophylactic • (2020) • poem by Akua Lezli Hope
• 41 • Dolly Waits • (2020) • poem by Juleigh Howard-Hobson
• 41 • That is not what I meant at all • (2020) • poem by Brian Hugenbruch
• 42 • "Flee"--The Last Dispatch from the Jemison Station • (2020) • poem by Maya C. James
• 42 • Requiem • (2020) • poem by Clay F. Johnson
• 44 • Form Factor • (2020) • poem by Tim Jones
• 45 • Family Historian • (2020) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 46 • Cave Painting • (2020) • poem by Bran Keane
• 46 • Posle Nas • (2020) • poem by Rosalie Morales Kerns
• 48 • Star Trip(tych) • (2020) • poem by Maria Kelly
• 48 • Witching • (2020) • poem by Erin Kirsh
• 49 • Life Goes On • (2020) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 51 • We Sell Skin on Sale • (2020) • poem by Rachel Lachmansingh
• 51 • The Forest, in the Full of the Moon • (2020) • poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 52 • Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins • (2020) • poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 53 • The Cat's Epilogue • (2020) • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 55 • Cavall • (2020) • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 55 • What Phoenixes Read • (2020) • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 56 • Darning • (2020) • poem by Sandra J. Lindow
• 57 • Rapunzel at Seventy • (2020) • poem by Sandra J. Lindow
• 57 • Grass Whisperer • (2020) • poem by Lynne M. MacLean
• 59 • Lovely Ludwig Van • (2020) • poem by Alessandro Manzetti
• 60 • Kings and Queens of Narnia • (2020) • poem by Meep Matsushima
• 60 • Black Water, Black Bones • (2020) • poem by Michelle Muenzler
• 61 • Libations • (2020) • poem by Soonest Nathaniel
• 62 • Cento for Lagahoos • (2020) • poem by Brandon O'Brien
• 63 • Mountain • (2020) • poem by Cindy O'Quinn
• 63 • You Were with Me • (2020) • poem by Cindy O'Quinn
• 64 • The Krakeness • (2020) • poem by K. A. Opperman
• 65 • On the Edge of Forever • (2020) • poem by Josh Pearce
• 66 • Fin • (2020) • poem by Terese Mason Pierre
• 67 • Like Clockwork • (2020) • poem by Christina M. Rau
• 68 • Bar Scene • (2020) • poem by John Reinhart
• 68 • It Feels Like Drowning • (2020) • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 69 • "fear of police, but as sci-fi, because /that/ you can understand -or, less passive aggressively- get these fucking phasers out of my face" • (2020) • poem by J. C. Rodriguez
• 70 • invocation of my guardian angel in six sects • (2020) • poem by Camille Rosas
• 71 • Arrival Mind • (2020) • poem by Louis B. Rosenberg
• 73 • Of fairy tales-- • (2020) • poem by David F. Shultz
• 74 • People Dropping Dead in the Mall Parking Lot • (2020) • poem by Alan Ray Simmons
• 75 • Journey's End • (2002) • poem by Marge Simon
• 76 • Old Playfellow • (2020) • poem by Noel Sloboda
• 77 • Riding the Exhale • (2020) • poem by Angela Yuriko Smith
• 78 • The Deer • (2020) • poem by Christina Sng
• 79 • Dream Weaver • (2020) • poem by Blaize Kelly Strothers
• 80 • The Selkie Wife • (2020) • poem by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
• 81 • Andromeda's Lament • (2020) • poem by Gretchen Tessmer
• 82 • End Credits • (2020) • poem by Gretchen Tessmer
• 83 • A Tempest • (2020) • poem by
  Sheree Renée Thomas^?Sheree Renee Thomas
• 84 • Why Did White People Conquer the World for Spices and Then Never Use Them? • (2020) • poem by Richaundra Thursday [as by R. Thursday]
• 86 • King Pest • (2020) • poem by Richard L. Tierney
• 87 • Athena Holds Up a Mirror to Strength • (2020) • poem by Ali Trotta
• 88 • Persephone's Sneakers • (2020) • poem by Amanda Trout
• 88 • Extinction No. 6 • (2020) • poem by Morgan L. Ventura
• 89 • Unlooping • (2020) • poem by Marie Vibbert
• 90 • Acacia • (2020) • poem by Holly Lyn Walrath
• 90 • we are all energy • (2020) • poem by M. Darusha Wehm
• 91 • The Paper Effigies Shop • (2020) • poem by Deborah Wong
• 92 • hand-me-down • (2020) • poem by Greer Woodward
• 95 • And It Was Bad • (2020) • poem by Anne Carly Abad
• 96 • The Looking Glass • (2020) • poem by Colleen Anderson
• 98 • Snow White's Apples • (2020) • poem by Colleen Anderson
• 100 • Time Traveller's Memory • (2020) • poem by Davian Aw
• 105 • Regarding • (2020) • poem by F. J. Bergmann
• 108 • The Riches of the Cloud Country • (2020) • poem by Ruth Berman
• 110 • Eleven Exhibits in a Better Natural History Museum, London • (2020) • poem by Jenny Blackford
• 112 • The Priestess Daughter • (2020) • poem by Jenny Blackford
• 116 • The Third Sister • (2020) • poem by Andrea Blythe
• 117 • Parabiont • (2020) • poem by Robert Borski
• 120 • Devilish Incarnations • (2020) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 123 • Wishes • (2020) • poem by Jennifer Bushroe
• 124 • Learning the Way • (2020) • poem by Sarah Cannavo
• 126 • Mrs. Housekeeper • (2020) • poem by Beth Cato
• 128 • My Cat, He • (2020) • poem by Beth Cato
• 130 • Cursebody • (2020) • poem by May Chong
• 132 • Municipal Ghosts • (2020) • poem by May Chong
• 134 •
  La Bête: The Beast of Gévaudan^?La Bete: The Beast of Gevaudan
  • (2020) • poem by Frank Coffman
• 138 • The Wheel of the Year • (2020) • poem by Frank Coffman
• 146 • The Imp and the Bottle • (2020) • poem by Sharon Cote
• 148 • The King of Eyes • (2020) • poem by P. S. Cottier
• 149 • Twisted Sayings • (2020) • poem by Ashley Dioses
• 151 • After the Decipherment • (2020) • poem by F. J. Doucet
• 154 • Penelope, the Truth • (2020) • poem by Clarabelle Miray Fields [as by Clarabelle Fields]
• 156 • The Mad Scientist to the Muse of Her Dreams • (2020) • poem by Adele Gardner
• 158 • Odysseus Grins at Fate and the Gods • (2020) • poem by Adele Gardner
• 159 • Seven Steps to Reach Your Father Across the Great Divide • (2020) • poem by Adele Gardner
• 162 • Cellars, Caskets, and Closets • (2020) • poem by Maxwell I. Gold
• 164 • The Secret Ingredient Is Always the Same • (2020) • poem by Sarah Grey
• 167 • Fermi's Spaceship • (2020) • poem by Jamal Hodge
• 169 • Igbo Landing • (2020) • poem by Akua Lezli Hope
• 170 • First Turn • (2020) • poem by Juleigh Howard-Hobson
• 172 • The Finger • (2020) • poem by Abi Hynes
• 174 • An Offering • (2020) • poem by Michael Janairo
• 176 • The Emerald Witch Stone • (2020) • poem by Clay F. Johnson
• 179 • The First Dragon • (2020) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 181 • The Unicorn Insane • (2020) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 183 • Dictionary of the Lost • (2020) • poem by Luke Kernan
• 185 • Robo Sapiens Thinks He Thinks • (2020) • poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 187 • Ford • (2020) • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 193 • Jumble • (2020) • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 196 • Two Weeks • (2020) • poem by Mary Soon Lee
• 198 • Invisible Ink • (2020) • poem by Gerri Leen
• 201 • Social Graces • (2020) • poem by Lori R. Lopez
• 204 • The Whistle Stop • (2020) • poem by Lori R. Lopez
• 208 • The Son-in-Law from Hell • (2019) • poem by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
• 210 • Budapest • (2020) • poem by S. Qiouyi Lu
• 215 • Alice • (2020) • poem by Alessandro Manzetti
• 217 • The Cage • (2020) • poem by Alessandro Manzetti
• 219 • The Believers • (2020) • poem by Meep Matsushima
• 221 • Nephele, On Friday • (2020) • poem by Elizabeth R. McClellan
• 224 • There Must Be Blood • (2020) • poem by Elizabeth R. McClellan
• 226 • Lagahoo Culture (Part I) • (2020) • poem by Brandon O'Brien
• 229 •
  Mise-en-Scène^?Mise-en-Scene
  • (2020) • poem by Suphil Lee Park
• 231 • Next! • (2020) • poem by Michael H. Payne
• 233 • Caged • (2020) • poem by Marsheila Rockwell
• 236 • Our Lady of the Acherontia • (2020) • poem by Allan Rozinski
• 238 • Such Monstrous Births • (2020) • poem by Emily Smith
• 240 • All That I Have Lost • (2020) • poem by Christina Sng
• 243 • Dark Forest • (2020) • poem by Christina Sng
• 245 • Hansel and Gretel • (2020) • poem by Christina Sng
• 248 • Love Song of the Swamp Witch Scorned • (2020) • poem by Alena Sullivan
• 250 • A Song from Bedlam • (2020) • poem by N. A. Sulway [as by Nike Sulway]
• 253 • A Dish Best Served • (2020) • poem by Lisa Timpf
• 256 • Daughters Saving Mothers • (2020) • poem by Holly Lyn Walrath