The 2005 Rhysling Anthology
by Drew Morse (ed.)

Description:
The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2004

Contents:

* The Rhysling Awards: A Brief Introduction
* 2005 Voting Procedures
* Acknowledgements
* Nominated Poems not Included in the Anthology
Short Poems
* The Asteroid Painter by Mike Allen
* The Best of All Probable Worlds by Mike Allen
* Strange Cargo by Mike Allen
* No Ruined Lunar City by Greg Beatty
* Seating Chart by Ruth Berman
* Her Hero by Leah Bobet
* Asimov’s Science Fiction 28.8 (August 2004). by Bruce Boston, Heavy Weather
* I am the Ugly Stepsister by Judith Boyer
* Family Tree by G.O. Clark
* Carnival by Jennifer de Guzman
* Bolts of Memory by Roger Dutcher
* Her Master’s Whereabouts by John Garrison
* Wizard Turns His Wife into a Frog by John Grey
* Red Shirt by Marci Rae Johnson
* Six Breaths by Wesley Lambert
* Mother of Atlantis by Robin M. Mayhall
* Rural Blessings by Pam McNew
* The Oculist Builds Glass Eyes to Refocus His Grief by David Memmott
* To Catch the Light by Joy Oestreicher
* A Poet On Board by Terrie Leigh Relf
* How to Survive on a Distant Planet by Thomas D. Reynolds
* Witch, You Say by Karen A. Romanko
* The Submergence and Re-Emergence of John Starkey by Charles M. Saplak
* Diving Xibalba by Ann K. Schwader
* Rich & Strange by Ann K. Schwader
* Through a Lens Vaguely (Mars ’03) by Ann K. Schwader
* The Seasons of Death by Marge Simon
* Daughters of the Ash-Tree by Sonya Taaffe
* An Eclipse of Raven by Sonya Taaffe
* The Spice of Life by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
* The Clockmaker’s Wife by Mikal Trimm
* elementary scientific theism by roibeárd uí-neíll
* Plastered by Scott H. Urban
* Gingerbread by Catherynne M. Valente
* Thank-You Note to Sandra from the Anti-Matter Universe by William John Watkins
* In Praise of Spam by Ian Watson
* Lamia by Frida Westford
* Musings About Seth by Jane Yolen
Long Poems
* The Night Watchman Dreams His Rounds at the REM Sleep Factory by Mike Allen
* The Poltergeist of Polaris by Elizabeth Barrette
* The Other Sleeping Beauties by Greg Beatty
* Gargoyle by John Borneman
* The Changing of the Flesh by Bruce Boston
* Flounder by Christine Butterworth-McDermott
* Interiors and Exteriors by Joe R. Christopher
* The Smile by G.O. Clark
* Azurite Mine by Gary Every
* Her First Affair by Larry Hammer
* Blue Teardrops by L.A. Story Houry
* Craft and the Artificial Satellite by Charlee Jacob
* Uncompressed Rituals by Andrew Joron and Robert Frazier
* Quietly Stealing the Sun by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
* Winter by F. Korn
* Homicide by Claudia C. McGivney
* Making Monsters by Tim Pratt
* Soul Searching by Tim Pratt
* Stirk by Harold Renisch
* Old Gods, New Rules by Heather Shaw
* string theory by Mary Sheffield
* Vitia Capitalis by Catherynne M. Valente
* Three Observations Upon the Discovery that Water Once Existed on Mars by Bud Webster

* The Rhysling Winners 1978-2004
* SFPA Grand Master Award Winners
* How to Join SFPA