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• 2 •  Cosmic Scorpion • interior artwork by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 5 • Editor's Introduction (The Starlight SciFaiku Review, Summer 2022) • essay by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 6 • Editor's Choice Award (The Starlight SciFaiku Review, Summer 2022) • essay by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 7 • Featured Artist: Dave Vescio • essay by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 8 • Dave Vescio Receives the Inaugural T. O'Conor Sloane Jr. Prize in Photography • essay by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 9 • For Dimitar—A Poet • short story by
  Здравка Евтимова^?Zdravka Evtimova
  [as by Zdravka Evtimova]
• 10 • "a sphere of water" • poem by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
• 10 • "crumbling mountains" • poem by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
• 10 • "falling through the void" • poem by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
• 10 • "music for the eyes" • poem by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
• 10 • "lasers in a sphere" • poem by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
• 11 • "collisions in space" • poem by John Grey
• 11 • "x-ray eyes" • poem by John Grey
• 11 • "central deep space time" • poem by John Grey
• 11 • "green-scaled three-eyed baby" • poem by John Grey
• 11 • "floating in space" • poem by John Grey
• 12 • "it's a dry cold place" • poem by Wendy Van Camp
• 12 • "dipole at L1" • poem by Wendy Van Camp
• 12 • "part the solar wind" • poem by Wendy Van Camp
• 12 • "just one hundred years" • poem by Wendy Van Camp
• 13 • "educated pirates" • poem by P. S. Cottier [as by PS Cottier]
• 13 • "lonely visitor" • poem by P. S. Cottier [as by PS Cottier]
• 13 • "infinite boredom" • poem by P. S. Cottier [as by PS Cottier]
• 13 • "worms eating ships" • poem by P. S. Cottier [as by PS Cottier]
• 13 • "no gravity" • poem by P. S. Cottier [as by PS Cottier]
• 14 • "A black hole big top" • poem by Scott Hvidsten
• 14 • "Professor Stephen" • poem by Scott Hvidsten
• 14 • "on a circled stage" • poem by Scott Hvidsten
• 14 • "we saw quantum twins" • poem by Scott Hvidsten
• 14 • "it vanished before" • poem by Scott Hvidsten
• 15 • "pre-launch" • poem by Joshua Gage
• 15 • "his promise" • poem by Joshua Gage
• 15 • "no messages from Earth" • poem by Joshua Gage
• 15 • "Penrose process..." • poem by Joshua Gage
• 15 • "slow country waltz..." • poem by Joshua Gage
• 16 • "Centipede's hundred" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "Caddy hadda hunch" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "Megaconda" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "Nuk Luk would rather" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "Rougarou" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "Slinky Silguey –" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "eye to eye" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "enough with" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "Put your dukes up!" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "toss our octopus" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "you think I smell?!" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "Lake Utopia's" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "the Allegewi" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 16 • "you're safe: Mugwump's not" • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 17 • "ambassadors" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 17 • "explorers" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 17 • "time-traveling Narcissus" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 17 • "perpetual motion machine" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 17 • "cosmos blossoming" • poem by Joshua St. Claire
• 18 • "two compounds collide" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 18 • "tentacular genes" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 18 • "palmate touching now" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 18 • "DNA storage" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 18 • "scaled reptilian" • poem by Brian Lebansky
• 19 • "penal exile" • poem by Douglas J. Lanzo
• 19 • "first memory" • poem by Douglas J. Lanzo
• 19 • "approaching" • poem by Douglas J. Lanzo
• 19 • "first neutron bomb" • poem by Douglas J. Lanzo
• 19 • "grand opening" • poem by Douglas J. Lanzo
• 20 • "robotic dust" • poem by Alex D. Lanzo
• 20 • "harnessing" • poem by Alex D. Lanzo
• 20 • "neurologic cloud" • poem by Alex D. Lanzo
• 20 • "lightsaber" • poem by Alex D. Lanzo
• 20 • "sandboarding" • poem by Alex D. Lanzo
• 21 • "standing" • poem by Gregory D. Lanzo
• 21 • "mining bitcoin" • poem by Gregory D. Lanzo
• 21 • "playing" • poem by Gregory D. Lanzo
• 21 • "dangerous inmate" • poem by Gregory D. Lanzo
• 21 • "wandering werewolves" • poem by Gregory D. Lanzo
• 22 • "disgruntled suffragette" • poem by Jerome Berglund
• 22 • "make a body," • poem by Jerome Berglund
• 22 • "avocado black spot " • poem by Jerome Berglund
• 22 • "thunderclaps" • poem by Jerome Berglund
• 22 • "distant shore —" • poem by Jerome Berglund
• 23 • "gym" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 23 • "sperm bank" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 23 • "barbells floating" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 23 • "my DNA test" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 23 • "moonlight walk" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 23 • "disgustingly ugly!" • poem by John J. Dunphy
• 24 • "gazing at three moons—" • poem by Kimberly Kuchar
• 24 • "countless worlds—" • poem by Kimberly Kuchar
• 24 • "Earth's night sky" • poem by Kimberly Kuchar
• 24 • "on her necklace—" • poem by Kimberly Kuchar
• 24 • "in my soup—" • poem by Kimberly Kuchar
• 25 • "at the US Sector" • poem by Petro C. K.
• 25 • "Voyager Golden" • poem by Petro C. K.
• 25 • "the janitor" • poem by Petro C. K.
• 25 • "our plans for space" • poem by Petro C. K.
• 25 • "A.I. bots remain" • poem by Petro C. K.
• 26 • "superluminal—" • poem by Pippa Phillips
• 26 • "wolf moon—" • poem by Pippa Phillips
• 26 • "bedtime story—" • poem by Pippa Phillips
• 27 • "the Jesus android" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 27 • "Jesus has returned" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 27 • "vitreous scales" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 27 • "the food printer broke" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 27 • "laughter echoes" • poem by Katerina Bruno
• 28 • "Europa's oceans" • poem by Matt Schumacher
• 28 • "Tentacles form from" • poem by Matt Schumacher
• 28 • "Europa's ice hides" • poem by Matt Schumacher
• 29 • "caught in a bottle" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 29 • "the bagless vacuum" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 29 • "near the compost bin" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 29 • "bug zapper" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 29 • "barely noticeable" • poem by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 30 •  Her Body, Her Choice • interior artwork by Michael Alan Alien
• 32 • That's a Wrap • essay by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 32 •  Cosmic Dude • interior artwork by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• 33 •  Cosmic Pods • interior artwork by Justin T. O'Conor Sloane
• bc •  Space Garden • interior artwork by Carla Stein