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September 12, 2023

Can a Poem Scare You?

Against Horror as a Genre of Fear and the Power of the Dark Poem

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Published on September 12, 2023 07:01

September 5, 2023

How to Teach Writing Your Way

Running a Creative Writing Workshop Writers Will Love

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Published on September 05, 2023 07:02

August 25, 2023

The Best Speculative Poetry of the Year is Explosive

Reading from the 2023 SFPA Elgin Award Nominees

This is my fifth (!) year reviewing selections from the SFPA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association) Elgin Award for best speculative poetry book. A full list of nominated books is available on the SFPA website. This year’s award chair is Morgan L. Ventura, who I would like to thank for diligently tracking nominations. Here are my previous reviews:

The Best Speculative Poetry of the Year is EpicSpeculative Poets Renegotiate Femininity & the ...
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Published on August 25, 2023 07:02

August 7, 2023

Book Launch for anOther Mythology by Maxwell I. Gold

NewsletterJoin us on September 4, 2023, via Zoom to Celebrate the Publication of anOther Mythology, A Queer Poetic Retelling of Classic Myths
“Maxwell I. Gold’s poetry pulls from the heart and bleeds truth onto the page.” — Michael Bailey, multi-award-winning author and editor.

Join us online to celebrate the publication of anOther Mythology by Maxwell I. Gold, a chapbook of poems that recast classic myths from across the globe in a queer light.

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Published on August 07, 2023 07:02

August 4, 2023

Introducing THE LONG FALL UP and Other Stories by William Ledbetter

Announcements17 Short Stories, Including the Nebula Award Winning Novelette “The Long Fall Up”
“William Ledbetter’s stories exists at the crossroads between hard and soft: they’re full of hard space, hard choices, and hard lives, but also the soft hearts of the people who work there, make them, and live them. Bill can do more in two pages than some authors do in twenty; he’ll make you love a sweater, fear for a ship, and more. So whatever your preference, hard or soft: if Bill Ledbetter has writt...
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Published on August 04, 2023 07:02

August 1, 2023

Journaling for Nature Poets

Creating a “Field Guide” to Track Your Writing

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Published on August 01, 2023 07:02

July 28, 2023

Nature Is Diverse, so Poetry Should Be Too

Exploring the Diversity of the Natural World Through Poetry

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Published on July 28, 2023 07:02

Acquisitions from the 2022 Horror Novella Submissions Call

AnnouncementsFeaturing works by E.L. Chen, J. Weintraub/Nicola Lombardi, Amanda J. McGee, J.V. Gachs, and Emma Osborne

Interstellar Flight Press is delighted to announce the acquisitions from our 2022 Horror Novellas Submissions call. As the Managing Editor, I would like to thank everyone who submitted to us. This was a particularly complex call, as I came down with Covid in the midst of the submission call.

There are so many fantastic voices in horror right now, and I am delighted to be publishin...

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Published on July 28, 2023 07:01

July 26, 2023

The Horror of Women’s Pain

On “The Retrievals,” a True Crime Podcast from the NYT and Serial ProductionsPhotographs by Erik Tanner for The New York Times
“The women interviewed are part of around 200 women who were supposed to receive the drug Fentanyl as part of the egg retrieval process but instead received inactive saline. The result was a horrific, sometimes ongoing, experience of pain at the hands of one drug-addicted nurse.”

Hospitals, Doctor’s offices, and medical procedures are some of my most intimate places of fea...

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Published on July 26, 2023 07:02

July 24, 2023

Writing Nature Poetry in a Modern World

How Do We Reconcile Our Technological Existence and Nature’s Survival?

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Published on July 24, 2023 07:02

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