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9/5/2016

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We've an eclectic mixture of microfiction and poetry for you from our writers S. Kay, Lee S. Hawke and John Reinhart that encompass drones at cocktail parties, the indigestible natures of fairies, and the problems associated with writing speculative genre poetry.


Drone Drink Delivery
by S. Kay


Drones deliver cocktails at a cologne launch party sponsored by a tequila company, until tipsy guests make a drinking game of catching them.

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* S. Kay writes one tweet at a time. Her debut book Reliant, an apocalypse in tweets, was published by tNY.Press, and Joy, a novella exploring multiple platforms, is out now from Maudlin House.


Revenge
by Lee S. Hawke


I ate the fairy: her bones snapped like bird bones,
Wings crumbling like ashes under the wind.
She made holes in my stomach where she melted to acid,
But she's paid for her crime of granting a wish.


* Lee S. Hawke is lawyer by day and avid SFF writer and reader by night, Lee has somehow survived living in Australia for over two decades.  


Writing Spec Poetry
by John Reinhart


I submitted five poems
five years ago – still
no response from the Journal
of Zombie Poetry

little bites – 
Vampire’s Weekly
keeps accepting my work,
milking it carefully

the poems I shot off
to Martians Quarterly
have yet to receive any reply –
I’m beginning to worry
that they never arrived
or never were read

only automated responses
for my robot poems

Rocket Builder’s Annual
took up a couple of poems,
replying later
that there were problems –
they scrapped my poems
and launched a series
of less dramatic issues –

like the Mary Shelley journal 
that requested so many
edits because they said my poems
just didn’t come alive

Hunter’s Almanac, the magazine
for everyone hunting after
the paranormal – ghosts,
monsters, aliens, abominable
snowmen – has disappeared
without publishing an issue
though their call for submissions
remains on several internet sites


* John Reinhart lives in Colorado with his wife and children, and beasts aplenty, including a dog, cat, duck, goats, chickens, pigeons, and probably mice. His poetry has recently been published in Scifaikuest, Star*Line, Moon Pigeon Press, and Grievous Angel. More of his work is available at https://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Reinhart-Poet/398029117023409
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