Richard Leis

Tag: SFPA

  • “[animal revolt]”

    Star*Linevol 45, no. 4Fall 2022 Description Three short lines, one ferocious attack. Background When I started reading Star*Line and other publications from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, I was bemused by the shortest poems, those one or two or three line wonders that offer a quick punchline or pithy speculative thought. It wasn’t…

  • “In a Mirror, Dimming”

    Screen shot of table of contents of Issue 37 of online journal Eye to the Telescope

    “Beyond the scarred surface, I saw the bones of the Moon, / the geology of a crime. He would not speak of it.”

  • 2020 Rhysling Anthology edited by David C. Kopaska-Merkel

    Book cover of the SFPA 2020 Rhysling Anthology with a waterfall falling from a large mushroom mountain

    What bliss to read the latest Rhysling Anthology from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) and edited by David C. Kopaska-Merkel, but what torture to select the best three short and long poems nominated for the 2020 Rhysling Award.

  • “Witch House”

    Screen shot of table of contents of Issue 36 of online journal Eye to the Telescope

    “Little girls in white dresses skipping rope / & chanting singsong in slow motion we stole / from an 80’s horror film.”

  • “[Aliens are here]”

    Journal cover of Star*Line 42.4 Fall 2019 with large Lovecraftian monster attacking soldiers in a row boat

    “Aliens are here”

  • “The Mushroom Hunters” by Neil Gaiman

    “The Mushroom Hunters” by Neil Gaiman is one of the best poems I’ve read this year. It was my top pick when voting for the 2018 Rhysling Awards, and must have been for many others because it recently won in the long poem category!

  • The 2018 Rhysling Anthology

    Neil Gaiman’s “The Mushroom Hunters” was my personal favorite in the collection, along with Mary Soon Lee’s “Advice to a Six-Year-Old” and all her other poems, Linda D. Addison’s “Sycorax’s Daughters Unveiled”, Cislyn Smith’s “Hot”, and Shannon Connor Winward’s “The Raven’s Hallowe’en.”