Stars as Seen from this Particular Angle of Night

by Sandra Kasturi (Editor), John Rose (Introduction), Phyllis Gotlieb (Foreword)

In the editor's words, "If Paradise Lost or The Odyssey were written today, they'd be considered speculative poetry." Some years in the making, The Stars As Seen from this Particular Angle of Night brings together the best in speculative poetry-in other words, science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism or any of their myriad genre byblows. An eclectic and fascinating collection, The Stars contains award-winning works from numerous veterans packed cheek by jowl with emerging talent. This is an anthology full of whimsy and deeper meaning that will delight not only the literati and other poets, but also those who have always squirmed and muttered that they have never liked poetry.

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Nightfall - Susan A. Manchester
Running Out of Time - Eileen Kernaghan
A Strange Attraction - Colleen Anderson
Reflections - Barry Hammond
Rose-Red - Jana Phipps
Why Starships Should Be Named for Moths - Peter Bloch-Hansen
Previous Occupants - David Clink
The Mermaid Interviews - Kathy Shaidle
Scars - R.G. Evans
February 4th, Farmer's Almanac Entry - Donna Farley
The Perfect City - Patrick O'Leary
Shahrazad - Colleen Anderson
What Will the Neighbours Say? - Kiel Stuart
Crackpot of Science - David Clink
Andrew Lang's Yellow Fairy Book - Gemma Files
The Creature from the Black Lagoon - John Tranter
Homecoming - Charlee Jacob
Remake - Mark McLaughlin
Outside - Peter Crowther
Curse of the Fractal's Husband - Bruce Boston
Android Sex Show at 8:00 Nitely - Yves Meynard
Stars - Carolyn Clink
At the Centre of a Circle of Vultures - Tom Piccirilli
Asked for a Science Fiction Poem - Heather Spears
The Lammas Hireling - Ian Duhig
Proud Flesh - R.G. Evans
ms & mr frankenstein - Phyllis Gotlieb
Testimony of Anne Putnam, Jnr. - Gemma Files
Emphasis on Silence - Marge Simon
The Dust's Praises - Charlee Jacob
Invisible Geese: A Theory - Patrick O'Leary
"Observe the Month of Spring": Deuteronomy 16:1 - Lucy Cohen Schmeidler
Serrated - Gavin J. Grant
Alice L. and Charles D. - John Park

Genres: Poetry

118 pages, Paperback

First published April 23, 2003

About the author

Author of The Animal Bridegroom (Tightrope Books; introduction by Neil Gaiman). Co-Publisher of ChiZine Publications. Co-organizer of the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium and the Chiaroscuro Reading Series. Founder of the CZP/Rannu Fund for Writers of Speculative Literature. Co-editor (with Halli Villegas) of the yearly series Imaginarium: Best Canadian Speculative Writing. Founding member of the Algonquin Square Table Poetry Workshop and the Bellefire Club.

Reviews

[Gemma Files · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, I am in this, so it's not like I'm not partial. Nevertheless, this is top-of-the-line speculative poetry which runs the gamut from frankly surreal to dryly humorous, with plenty of detours into genuine storytelling: Epic, odd, literally universal.

[hh · Rating 2 out of 5]

i wanted to love this, but not much stood out.