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Polar Borealis [Vol. 7 #2, Whole No. 25, April 2023] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 62pp, ebook, cover: Bug by Eric Chu) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

8 · Surprise! · Gregg Chamberlain · pm

9 · Fast Track · Geoffrey Hart · ss

17 · Jessica & Kong · Tracy Shepherd · pm

19 · The Last Indie Truck Stop on Mars · Linda DeMeulemeester · ss Tesseracts Twenty: Compostela ed. James Alan Gardner & Spider Robinson, EDGE-Lite, 2017

22 · Spaceman · Peter Storey · pm

23 · The Funeral · Bernadette Gabay Dyer · ss

27 · Short Fuse · Aaron Grierson · pm

28 · One Last Midnight · Nick Brandt · ss

33 · At Lunch with Phyllis Gottlieb · Jim Smith · pm

34 · The Glass Octopus · Jameson Grey · ss

43 · The Real Monsters · Geoffrey Hart · pm

44 · The Printer’s Advice · Jean-Louis Trudel · vi

47 · The Children · Bianca Anghel · pm

48 · A Mirror of My Own · Michèle Laframboise · vi

50 · Kamikase Girl · Lorina Stephens · pm

52 · Tabula Rasa · P. A. Cornell · ss Departure Mirror #2, Winter 2021

55 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Borealis [Vol. 7 #3, Whole No. 26, August/September 2023] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 62pp, ebook, cover: The Secret Defense of 117! by Eric Chu) [] (Full Text)
Dated August 2023 on the cover.

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · The Secret Defense of 117 · Doug Drexler & Mike Okuda · ar

6 · Particles · Roxanne Barbour · pm

7 · Fleeting · Christopher O’Halloran · ss

12 · Montgolfier Brothers, 1783 · Jo McBride · pm

13 · Higher Journey · James Grotkowski · ss

21 · Alternate World 452 · Lisa Timpf · pm Illumen Summer 2019

22 · To Strike a Match · Jessica Peter · ss

30 · untitled tanka (“ignoring warnings”) · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

31 · Last Things in the Twilight of Man · Robert Georgi · ss

34 · After · Christopher Jackman · pm

35 · Burnt Meat Shaped Like a Hungry Flower · S. M. Fedor · ss

41 · Yuri Did It Too · M. Sean Dowd · pm

42 · Fami’s Dissertation Defence · Robert Runté · ss

45 · Decay Is a Mother’s Gift · Kara Gray · pm

47 · Remember · Lorina Stephens · ss

49 · Another Planet · LeRoy Gorman · pm

50 · The Burn · Jack Mackenzie · ss

55 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Borealis [Vol. 7 #4, Whole No. 27, October 2023] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 51pp, ebook, cover: The Watchers by Swati Chavda) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · Small Rocket Spinning Atoms Logo · Jim Smith · pm

5 · Cavers · Greg Fewer · vi

6 · Gods · Robert Stevenson · pm

7 · Long Trip with the Rich and Famous · Monica Wang · vi

9 · The Sorrow of Souls · Corinne K. Lewandowski · pm

11 · Thalassophobia · Tressa Ford · ss

19 · Eclipsed · Lisa Timpf · pm

20 · What to Do if You Accidentally Break the Space-Time Continuum · Andy W. Taylor · pm

22 · The Lady of the Sea · Lee F. Patrick · pm

23 · Time and Time Again · Xauri’EL Zwaan · ss Garbled Transmissions January 7 2013

30 · Ten-Four · Rhonda Parrish · pm

32 · The Janitor · Casey Lawrence · vi

35 · Returning · Greg Fewer · pm

36 · The Melancholy of the Petrichor · Jameson Grey · ss

42 · Samhain · Kellee Kranendonk · pm Voluted Tales 2011

43 · When the Last Writer Died · Michèle Laframboise · ss Solaris #192, 2014

46 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Borealis [Vol. 8 #1, Whole No. 28, January/February 2024] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 72pp, ebook, cover: Sevil by Eric Chu) []

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · Carved · James Grotkowski · pm

5 · Sevil · Taylor Chu · ss

11 · A Space Force Limerick · Gregg Chamberlain · pm

12 · The Flavour of Time · Megan W. Shaw · vi

14 · What Death Stole · Rebecca Franklyn · pm

15 · Liked · Agata Antonow · ss

18 · My Love for You, Dr. Moreau · Carolyn Clink · pm

19 · The Reluctant Pilgrim · Michèle Laframboise · ss

23 · A Thirst for Adventure · Lynne Sargent · pm

24 · Marshal 91 · Geoffrey Marshall · vi

27 · Duel · Cat Girczyc · pm 1991

28 · A Fine May Evening · Lorina Stephens · vi

31 · Cadborosaurus Willsi to Be Precise · K. B. Nelson · pm

33 · The Last Dance · Jameson Grey · pm

35 · The Test · Guy Immega · ss

43 · Timelines · Siri Paulson · pm

45 · Hometown Retreat · Douglas Shimizu · ss

51 · In Praise of Diphthong · Nnadi Samuel · pm

53 · The Changeling and the Bully · Robert Runté · ss Mythic #17, Summer 2021

64 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Borealis [Vol. 8 #2, Whole No. 29, March 2024] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 71pp, ebook, cover: The Keeper of the Flame by Swati Chavda) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · Someone · James Grotkowski · pm

5 · The Stone Boat · Shane Williston · vi

7 · Interval · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · pm

8 · Cupid’s Rebellion · Cat Girczyc · ss

11 · Lights Out · Robert Dawson · pm

13 · Later, Gospodingator! · Jim Smith · pm

14 · Fix · Lene MacLeod · vi

15 · Excuse Me · Michèle Laframboise · pm

16 · The Wisdom to Know the Difference · Robert Dawson · ss

20 · Prometheus Redux · Jo McBride · pm

21 · Necktie · Frances Skene · ss

27 · Survival · Catherine Greenwood · pm

28 · The Colder Equations · Geoffrey Hart · ss

33 · Xmistress · Tracy Shepherd · pm

34 · When the Light Goes Out · Matt Owen Jones · ss
previously available as an audio download from Scare You to Sleep, December 2023.

42 · Earthrise 2121 · Rhea E. Rose · pm (r)

44 · Time Enough for Frivolity · Ira Nayman · ss

53 · First Women · Colleen Anderson · pm

57 · Death, Debts, and Obligations · Bruno Lombardi · ss

64 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Borealis [Vol. 8 #3, Whole No. 30, May 2024] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 68pp, ebook, cover: High Priest by Derek Newman-Stille) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · Tendrils · James Grotkowski · pm

5 · Smells Like the End of the World · Lene MacLeod · ss

8 · Tails · Larissa Peters · pm

9 · Terminated · Monica Sagle Zwikstra · ss

12 · Scorched Earth · Jameson Grey · pm

14 · Stars Collide · Rebecca Franklyn · pm

15 · The White Robe · Michèle Laframboise · ss

17 · Vasilisa · Melanie Marttila · pm

18 · Flat Spin · Shane Williston · ss

20 · Nocturne for the Night · J. D. Dresner · pm

21 · The Proxima Centauri School for Troubled Children · Elis Montgomery · ss

24 · Whispers · Rhonda Parrish · pm

25 · The Ordained · Timothy Quinn · ss Black Sheep #1, July 2023

32 · Nostalgic Ghosts · Kellee Kranendonk · pm

34 · Seeking Time Traveller · Danny F. Santos · ss

39 · The Orbit of Remembrance · Jean-Louis Trudel · pm

41 · Tenure Track · Tommy Blanchard · ss

48 · Wake Up! · Guy Immega · pm

50 · The Wolf from the Glen · Lee F. Patrick · ss

57 · About the Authors & Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Borealis [Vol. 8 #4, Whole No. 31, July/August 2024] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 72pp, ebook, cover: Blast Off! by M. D. Jackson) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · Hiding · Greg Fewer · pm

5 · The Only Game That Counts · Chris Clemens · vi

6 · Cleansing · Lee F. Patrick · pm

7 · Transhuman · Ash Thorngrove · vi

9 · When the Thralls Are Thirsty · Jim Smith · pm

10 · Tidal Life · Frances Skene · vi

13 · The Mindworm Is Spreading · Mahaila Smith · pm

14 · The Dream Ship · Jean-Louis Trudel · ss

18 · The Poetry of Math Is Dead · Irena Nikolova · pm

20 · Blue Spheres and Golden-Winged Spaceships · Rebecca Franklyn · pm

21 · Acts of God in the 22nd Century · Bryce Paradis · vi

24 · The Gods of Production · Neile Graham · pm

25 · Waistland · Celeste A. Peters · ss

30 · Cheese Ball · Douglas Shimizu · pm

32 · Questions · Desiree Ferdinandi · ss

39 · God Is Dead—Nietzsche · Patricia Evans · pm

40 · The Last Breath of Summer · Jameson Grey · ss Chlorophobia ed. A. R. Ward, Ghost Orchid Press, 2021

46 · Envy the Earthwalkers · Sharon Lax · pm

50 · Spring-Heeled Jack · Xiang Jian · ss

57 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

64 · In Memoriam: Frances Skene · R. Graeme Cameron · ob [Ref. Frances Skene]

Polar Borealis [Vol. 9 #1, Whole No. 32, January 2025] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 58pp, ebook, cover: 200th Anniversary R.C.A.F. by Eric Chu) [] (PDF)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · Early Space Travel · Greg Fewer · pm

5 · “Blaze of Glory! Your Ultimate Vacation!” · Shawn L. Bird · vi Drabble Harvest #4: Interplanetary TimeShare ed. Terrie Leigh Relf, Hiraeth Books, 2021

6 · Perhaps · James Grotkowski · pm

7 · The Department of Destiny · David E. Burga · vi

10 · Pulse · James Grotkowski · pm

11 · You Are Now Breathing Manually · Rich Larson · vi

14 · Intrepid · Spencer Keene · pm

15 · Time-Share · Geoffrey Hart · vi

18 · The Return · William Kingsley · pm

19 · Night Gallery · John Sloan · ss

24 · Microscopic Fungi, or the Yeastlings · Marion Lougheed · pm

25 · The Matchmaker · Devan Erno · ss

32 · The Goblin Baker · Elizabeth Creith · pm Goblin Fruit Summer 2010

33 · Diorama · Don DeBrandt · ss

40 · Deviance · Melissa Yi · pm

41 · The Turul · Lorina Stephens · ss

45 · The Geometry of Botany · K. B. Nelson · pm Whispers from Beyond, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2023

46 · The Happiness of Ozymandias · Jean-Louis Trudel · ss

52 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Borealis [Vol. 9 #2, Whole No. 33, March 2025] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 64pp, ebook, cover: Robot Rocket by Mark David Campbell) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · One Slice at a Time · Rebecca Franklyn · pm

5 · Luna Awoken · Isobel Cunningham · vi

6 · S.O.S. · Gregg Chamberlain · pm

7 · Rituals · Mark Hill · vi

9 · Choices in the Multiverse · Lundy Nicklen · pm

11 · Oh Oh Oh · Ken Deeprose · vi

14 · Why I Don’t Swim at the Cottage Anymore · Chris Clemens · pp

15 · The Last Human · Steve Gold · ss

20 · On the Devil’s Wings · Lori Green · pm

21 · Just Drive · Matthew D. Del Papa · ss

27 · Lost Words · Sheryl Normandeau · pm

28 · Fruiting Body · Alex McGilvery · ss

33 · Time Frame · Jameson Grey · pm

34 · The Homework Assignment · Mark David Campbell · ss

39 · The Love We Send · Jean-Louis Trudel · pm

42 · I Ain’t Your Doll Face · Jacqueline Thorpe · ss

49 · Between Bonobos and Circuits · Rhea Rose · pm

50 · Perdido Man · Guy Immega · ss

59 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Borealis [Vol. 9 #3, Whole No. 34, May 2025] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 67pp, ebook, cover: Star Goddess by Derek Newman-Stille) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · Aliens · Carolyn Clink · pm

5 · A Breath of Life · Jameson Grey · vi Wicked Delights ed. Brandi Hicks & Shelly Jarvis, Paramour Ink, 2022

7 · Comatose Cthulhu · Heath Bleau · pm

9 · Immortal · Jim Robb · ss

14 · The Big One · Guy Immega · pm

15 · The Swarm’s Creation · Thomas Harrison · ss

19 · The Fiend · Aidrick Comtois · pm

20 · Lincoln, You— · Joel Buxton · ss

26 · Last Breath · Masha Riumina · pm

27 · All Thumbs · Lisa Timpf · ss

32 · Elder! Elder! · Melissa Yi · pm

33 · The Robot Dad Thread! · J. Y. T. Kennedy · ss

36 · Resolution · Kellee Kranendonk · pm

38 · Where the Slugs Go · Max Olesen · ss

41 · The Throne of Prejudice · Michèle Laframboise · pm

44 · The Last Woman from Earth · D. G. Valdron · ss

51 · Shatter Dark · R. Graeme Cameron · ex
forthcoming from Celticfrog Publishing (July 2025).

52 · The Legend of Isolde · Lisa Cai · pm

53 · Steward of the Stars · Rhea E. Rose · ss

59 · About the Authors and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

66 · What Is My Novel Shatter Dark About? · R. Graeme Cameron · ar

Polar Borealis [Vol. 9 #4, Whole No. 35, July 2025] ed. R. Graeme Cameron (R. Graeme Cameron, 62pp, ebook, cover: Sensory by Robert Pasternak) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · R. Graeme Cameron · ed

4 · The Irony of Death · Rebecca Franklyn · pm

5 · Iceberg · Robert Runté · vi

7 · The Alien · Ivanka Fear · pm

9 · The Future Is Ours · Manley Fisher · vi

11 · In Star Dust · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

12 · Come Help Me · William Kitcher · ss

17 · My Ancestors Were Sorcerers · Marion Lougheed · pm

18 · Right to Kill · S. F. Parker · vi

20 · Sun Rose · Mahaila Smith · pm

21 · Hera’s Bargain · Cat Girczyc · ss

25 · Underneath This Surface · Mahaila Smith · pm

26 · Scores and Scars Forever · Glenn Mori · vi

29 · Unnatural Eyes · Guy Immega · pm

30 · Flying Carpet · Michèle Laframboise · ss

37 · Never Hurry the Sky · Derek Newman-Stille · pm

38 · Concurrence · Heather Campbell · ss

45 · Faded Flower · Colleen Anderson · pm

47 · Portraits, in Sepia and Umber · D. Thomas Minton & Annette Bowman · ss

54 · About the Authors and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight (about)

Polar Starlight [Vol. 1 #1, Whole No. 1, March 2021] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 25pp, ebook, cover: Order in Chaos by Swati Chavda) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · The God/dess of Wonder · Neile Graham · pm

6 · Her Wings · Virginia Carraway Stark · pm

7 · Cornman · David F. Shultz · pm

8 · A Courtship of Flame · Lynne Sargent · pm

9 · Home Improvement · K. B. Nelson · pm

10 · Autumn Bacchanal · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

11 · Undancing the Undead · LeRoy Gorman · pm

12 · The Face on Mars · Bernadette Gabay Dyer · pm Imelod #8, Winter/January 1998

13 · The Darkest Days · Elizabeth Page · pm

14 · Shapeshifter · LeRoy Gorman · pm

15 · The Aswang · Richard Stevenson · pm

16 · What Lies Beneath · Colleen Anderson · pm

17 · Gaia Umi · M. Sean Dowd · pm

18 · Another, Enough · Lynne Sargent · pm

19 · A Martian Contemplates Earthrise · K. B. Nelson · pm

20 · Blood Spells · Neile Graham · pm

Polar Starlight [Vol. 1 #2, Whole No. 2, June 2021] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 25pp, ebook, cover: Break Away by David F. Shultz) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

4 · God of the Apocalypse · Neile Graham · pm

5 · Children of the Dreamways · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

7 · Watchmaker · Carolyn Clink · pm

8 · Unbound · James Grotkowski · pm

9 · An Other Revolution · Changming Yuan · pm

10 · She Follows · Robert Stevenson · pm

11 · Chrysalis · Roxanne Barbour · pm

12 · Édouard Manet Stays for Dinner · Carla Stein · pm

13 · They Never Let Me Sleep · Josh Connors · pm

14 · The Spire · A. O. Wallat · pm

15 · Crows Are Being Born Again · Changming Yuan · pm

16 · Insidious Seduction · Josh Connors · pm

17 · Terpsichorea · Robert Stevenson · pm

18 · On Garbage Collection Day · Changming Yuan · pm

19 · The Perils of Using Traditional Practices in Modern Cults · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

20 · Musée Dupuytren, Paris · Carolyn Clink · pm

21 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 1 #3, Whole No. 3, October 2021] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Aurora by Kari-Ann Anderson) [] (Full Text)

3 · Dedication · Rhea E. Rose · ms [Ref. William Shatner]

4 · Editorial: Look Out · Rhea E. Rose · ed

6 · The God of the Wobbly Menagerie · Neile Graham · pm

7 · Cat People Café · Carolyn Clink · pm

8 · Red Moon Promised: A Haunting Vision · Changming Yuan · pm

9 · The Placebo Effect · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

10 · When We Leave Home for Good · Lisa Timpf · pm

12 · At Some Future Moment · Changming Yuan · pm

13 · Uncaged · Greg Fewer · pm

14 · Pepie of Lake Pepin · Richard Stevenson · pm

16 · Athletes · Roxanne Barbour · pm

17 · From Parallel Worlds · Mahrie G. Reid · pm

18 · Everywhere a Sign · LeRoy Gorman · pm

19 · Lack of Intel · Greg Fewer · pm

20 · Rocketman Down · Douglas Shimizu · pm

21 · Rocketeer’s Lament · LeRoy Gorman · pm

22 · Confessions of an Old Spacer · Lisa Timpf · pm

23 · The Galaxies Have Reversed Their Course and Are Hurtling Towards One Another · Andrea Schlecht · pm

24 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 1 #4, Whole No. 4, December 2021] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 27pp, ebook, cover: Buffalo Witch by Tracy Shepherd) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial: Look Forward · Rhea E. Rose · ed

4 · Climate Change · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

5 · Exploration of the Last Remaining Edifice on the Fourth Planet of the Blue Star · K. B. Nelson · pm

6 · Decipher · James Grotkowski · pm

7 · The Inukshuks of Mars · LeRoy Gorman · pm

8 · The Frozen North · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

9 · Darkness Descending · Greg Fewer · pm

10 · The Darkness · Josh Connors · pm

11 · My Pillow Eats Screams · Matt Moore · pm

13 · Vulcanism · Colleen Anderson · pm

14 · The Twenty-One Praises of Tara · Sean Dowd · pm

15 · Plateau · Virginia Carraway Stark · pm

16 · Golden Ratio · Melanie Marttila · pm

17 · The Magic of Unions · Lynne Sargent · pm

18 · What a Poem Dreams · Sean Dowd · pm

19 · The Goddess of the Vagueries of Fate · Neile Graham · pm

21 · Silence · James Grotkowski · pm

22 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 2 #1, Whole No. 5, March 2022] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Dryad’s Kiss by Kari-Ann Anderson) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

4 · Thought I’d Fixed It · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

5 · Remodel · Shannon K. Green · pm

7 · Other Worlds Than These · Jamieson Wolf · pm

9 · A Vision of the Future · J. Y. T. Kennedy · pm

10 · There Will Be a Short Prayer After the Ceremony—RSVP · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

11 · First Course · Janine Cross · pm

12 · Cannibal Canteen · LeRoy Gorman · pm

14 · Three Herons: Black-Crested Night · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm

15 · Three Herons: Great Blue · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm

16 · Three Herons: Yellow-Crested Night · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm

18 · Swinging Gryphon · Gerald L. Truscott · pm

19 · Grassgreen · J. Y. T. Kennedy · pm

20 · Daughter of Spring · Frances Skene · pm

21 · Gravity Well · Geoff Hart · pm

22 · Lonely · Jo McBride · pm

23 · The Gods of Old Homes and New · Neile Graham · pm

25 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 2 #2, Whole No. 6, June 2022] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 31pp, ebook, cover: Saturn Return by Tracy Shepherd) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

6 · Ghost Stories · James Grotkowski · pm

7 · Circus Aqua · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

9 · Some Like It Hot · Robert Dawson · pm

10 · Love and Amoebas · Frances Skene · pm

11 · If Planets Could Dream, They Would Be Nightmares · R. K. Persaud · pm

12 · Angels · Frances Skene · pm

13 · The Cool Neighbours · Lisa Timpf · pm

14 · Space Rip · James Grotkowski · pm

15 · Antiparticular · Robert Dawson · pm

16 · I Am a Night of Endless Radiance · Jim Smith · pp

17 · Horrorku · Greg Fewer · pm

18 · The Cryogenic Option · Sandra Hunter · pm Gaslight April 1993

20 · Man on the Moon · Shayne Dahl · pm

22 · Homestar · Gregg Chamberlain · pm

23 · The God of Gravity · Neile Graham · pm

24 · The Walking Man · Gerald L. Truscott · pm

25 · The Stone Woman · Rhea E. Rose · br [Ref. Bernadette Gabay Dyer]

27 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 2 #3, Whole No. 7, December 2022] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Lizardry by Lily Blaze) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · Avalon · Melanie Marttila · pm

6 · At the Magical Furniture Store · Lisa Timpf · pm

7 · The Afghan · Rhonda Parrish · pm

8 · The Dark · Karl Johanson · pm

9 · Bear · Irena Nikolova · pm

10 · Tasty · Greg Fewer · pm

11 · Blood Flower Moon · Melanie Marttila · pm

12 · Gravity, Time, Silk · Cynthia A. Rose · pm

13 · A Game No More · Angi Garofolo · pm

14 · Prey · Elina Taillon · pm

15 · The Ways of Straw · Colleen Anderson · pm

17 · Caveat Emptor · Greg Fewer · pm

18 · You Are the One · J. E. Solo · pm

19 · The God of the Ill Wind · Neile Graham · pm

20 · Four Transformations · N. R. M. Roshak · pm

22 · For All the Magical Horse Girls · Lynne Sargent · pm

23 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 3 #1, Whole No. 8, January 2023] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Spiderclock by Kasia Runté) []

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · What Drives You · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

6 · Computational Eyes · Aaron Grierson · pm

7 · For the Robots · J. D. Dresner · pm

8 · Poem for the End of Time · Sapphire & Je Solo · pm

9 · Body Electric · Aaron Grierson · pm

11 · Robotics (In Two Voices) · Colleen Anderson · pm

12 · Sasquatch and Sex · Richard Stevenson · pm

14 · The Scent of Pine · Greg Fewer · pm

15 · Treeskinner · Richard Stevenson · pm

16 · Campers · Greg Fewer · pm

17 · Winged Viper · Fran Skene · pm

18 · The Sensation · Angi Garofolo · pm

19 · Venom · Lisa Cai · pp

20 · What if Caddy… · Richard Stevenson · pm

21 · Third Watch · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

23 · The Goddess of the Drowned Lands · Neile Graham · pm

24 · I Dreamed a World · Rhea E. Rose · br [Ref. Colleen Anderson]

26 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 3 #2, Whole No. 9, March 2023] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Golem by Kasia Runté) [] (PDF)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · Start Something New · Gerald L. Truscott · pm

6 · Tea and Aliens · Frances Skene · pm

7 · Alien Faces · Roxanne Barbour · pm

8 · Alien Candy · James Grotkowski · pm

9 · Dandelions: A Gardening Poem · Michèle Laframboise · pm

10 · Invasive · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

11 · Other World Eulogy · Gregg Chamberlain · pm

12 · We Stood and Watched · Jameson Grey · pm

13 · The Punished World · Alexander Zelenyj · pm

15 · When on Alpha Tau… · Lisa Timpf · pm

16 · Not Amused · Roxanne Barbour · pm

17 · Terrible Touch · Richard Stevenson · pm

19 · Last Contact First · Elina Taillon · pm

21 · Scarecrow · David Shultz · pm

23 · Cattle Mutilations · Richard Stevenson · pm

24 · Faraway Moo-n · Rodolfo Boskovic · pm

25 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 3 #3, Whole No. 10, May 2023] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Starfield with Flowers by Cynthia Rose) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · Moments · Frances Skene · pm

6 · Ripples Across the Universe · Irena Nikolova · pm

7 · Timelines · Douglas Shimizu · pm

9 · Partway · James Grotkowski · pm

10 · Sleeper Ship · Carolyn Clink · pm

11 · Air · Peter Storey · pm

12 · Miss Universe · Jeanette C. Montgomery · pm

13 · Melting Watches · Irena Nikolova · pm

14 · Time · Colleen Anderson · pm

15 · After Eternity · Carolyn Clink · pm

16 · Vacuum Floating · James Grotkowski · pm

17 · Leap Year · Angelle McDougall · pm

18 · Shrapnel · James Grotkowski · pm

19 · Shadowman II · Richard Stevenson · pm

20 · Spacecoat · James Grotkowski · pm

21 · Three Years · Rhonda Parrish & Leslie Van Zwol · pm

23 · About the Poets and Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 3 #4, Whole No. 11, September 2023] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 30pp, ebook, cover: Confession Tree by Lily Blaze) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · The Goddess of Real Things · Neile Graham · pm

6 · An Introvert on Arnorsbidde · Lynne Sargent · pm

8 · Breathe · Rhonda Parrish & Leslie Van Zwol · pm

10 · The God of White Stones · Neile Graham · pm

11 · Watching Soapstone Being Carved · Karl Johanson · pm

12 · Lost in Translation · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

13 · The Name of Last Things · Jean-Louis Trudel · pm

15 · Blue Shift Blues · Robert Dawson · pm

17 · Captain in Space · James Grotkowski · pm

18 · The Goddess of Escape · Neile Graham · pm

19 · The Real Explanation for Sunspots · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

20 · Flight · E. S. Taillon · pm

22 · The Horror Show · Angi Garofolo · pm

23 · Don’t Look! · Greg Fewer · pm

24 · Death · Frances Skene · pm

25 · If Today Is Your Birthday · Carolyn Clink · pp

26 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 3 #5, Whole No. 12, November 2023] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 32pp, ebook, cover: Ice Princess by Kari-Ann Anderson) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · Pegasus Seeks a Change of Scenery · Lisa Timpf · pm

6 · Whole World · Colleen Anderson · pm

7 · New God · Frances Skene · pm

8 · Gone with the Water · Irena Nikolova · pm

9 · Troy · Carolyn Clink · pm

10 · On Another Ark · Peter Storey · pm

12 · The Mural · Lisa Timpf · pm

13 · Crystals of Ice · Roxanne Barbour · pm

14 · David Malcolm · E. S. Taillon · pm

15 · Slenderman · Richard Stevenson · pm FrostFire Worlds May 2019

16 · The Sand Dogs of Mars · Lisa Timpf · pm

17 · Beneath the Dulce Desert Sands · Richard Stevenson · pm

19 · Rescue Effort · Roxanne Barbour · pm

20 · New Neighbour · Jeanette C. Montgomery · pm

22 · The Vampire of Highgate Cemetery · Richard Stevenson · pm

24 · Neon Folktale · Aaron Grierson · pm

26 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 4 #1, Whole No. 13, February 2024] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 32pp, ebook, cover: Mind of a Monster by Swati Chavda) [] (Full Text)

4 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · Darksome · K. T. Wagner · pm

7 · Funereal Disease · Mark Thomas · pm

9 · Late · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

11 · Faery Dream · Geoffrey Hart · pm

12 · Alien Games · Rebecca Franklyn · pm

13 · The Mechanical Bride · Carolyn Clink · pm

14 · Ram Refresh · James Grotkowski · pm

15 · Triolet · Robert Dawson · pm

16 · AI Talents of the Future · Lisa Timpf · pm

17 · Mindless · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

19 · I Don’t Want Your Cure · Derek Newman-Stille · pm

21 · Do I Count · James Grotkowski · pm

22 · Essence · Jennifer Shelby · pm

23 · Time and Tide · Melanie Marttila · pm

24 · Salt-Water Haibun · K. B. Nelson · pm

25 · Terminus · Frances Skene · pm

26 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 4 #2, Whole No. 14, April 2024] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 27pp, ebook, cover: Planet 3 Beckons by Swati Chavda) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

4 · The Continuum of Salt · J. M. Spronk · pm

6 · Child of the Modern Prometheus · Gregg Chamberlain · pm

8 · The Goddess of Bedtime Stories · Neile Graham · pm

9 · The Well · Frances Skene · pm

10 · The Price · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

11 · New Neighbour · Mark Thomas · pm

12 · Help Wanted · Gregg Chamberlain · pm

13 · Cats and Dogs in Space · Carolyn Clink · pm

14 · With Neither a Bang nor a Whimper · Lisa Timpf · pm

15 · Pandora’s Box · Derek Newman-Stille · pm

16 · The Bridge · Jameson Grey · pm

17 · Witching Hour · Geoffrey Hart · pm

18 · Oops! · Greg Fewer · pm

19 · The Flip Side · J. D. Dresner · pm

20 · Our Time and Space · Mahaila Smith · pm

21 · Light Fantastic · Guy Immega · pm

22 · About the Poets & Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 4 #3, Whole No. 15, June 2024] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Splash by Jenni Merrifield) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · The Goddess of Mist · Neile Graham · pm

7 · From the Modern Sorceror’s Handbook · Mark Thomas · pm

8 · Every Witch Is a Question · Derek Newman-Stille · pm

9 · Lofty Goals · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

10 · Family Tree · Mahaila Smith · pm

11 · That Would Be Something · Rhonda Parrish · pm

12 · Dandelions · Frances Skene · pm

13 · The Dragon · Geoffrey Hart · pm

15 · Immortal · Frances Skene · pm

16 · Another Galaxy Somewhere · Leigh Therriault · pm

17 · Behold · Greg Fewer · pm

18 · The Trouble with Time · Colleen Anderson · pm

19 · The Hole Story · Lisa Timpf · pm

20 · Pompeii Fresco · Carolyn Clink · pm

21 · The Great Silence · Guy Immega · pm

22 · Horizon Events · J. D. Dresner · pm

23 · About the Poets & Artists · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 4 #4, Whole No. 16, August/September 2024] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 35pp, ebook, cover: Road to the Sky by Swati Chavda) [] (Full Text)

4 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · Relative Time · Guy Immega · pm

7 · Pardon Me While I Deliquesce · Jennifer Shelby · pm

8 · The Medusa Effect · Rhea E. Rose · pm

10 · TR Discusses Some Remains in the Time-Vault · John Park · pm

11 · Algernon Worthington Cog · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · pm

12 · Please Unplug Coffee Maker Prior to Checkout · Mark Thomas · pm

13 · Spiralling Beauty · Patricia Evans · pm

14 · The Bells · Frances Skene · pm

15 · Parisienne · Mark Thomas · pm

17 · Terror · Greg Fewer · pm

18 · The Atomic Language · Rio Murphy · pm

19 · Is the Future Cyberpunk · Kyle Wendt · pm

20 · We’re Back · Lisa Timpf · pm

21 · Second Thoughts · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

22 · The Night We Shut Out the Children · Neile Graham · pm

23 · Song of the Wolf · K. B. Nelson · pm

24 · A Review · Rhea E. Rose · ar

25 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

32 · In Memoriam: Frances Skene · Rhea E. Rose · ob [Ref. Frances Skene]

Polar Starlight [Vol. 5 #1, Whole No. 17, February 2025] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Gods by Mark David Campbell) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

4 · Epistolary Monsters · Sandra Kasturi · pm

5 · Solar Affair · C. A. Rose · pm

6 · Sleep Paralysis · Corrina Mae · pm

7 · At the Spaceport Bar · Lisa Timpf · pm

8 · Just Another Love Story · Renee Cronley · pm

9 · The Big Crunch · Guy Immega · pm

10 · Cosmic Rave · Malaya Barroso · pm

11 · Fast Radio Burst · Guy Immega · pm

12 · Sonnet 116 · Melissa Yi · pm

13 · Haunt Me Not · Lene MacLeod · pm

14 · Observer Effect · Heath Bleau · pm

16 · The Goddess of What Isn’t There · Neile Graham · pm

17 · Forever Between Galaxies · Rebecca Franklyn · pm

18 · Adrift · James Grotkowski · pm

19 · Pocket Dimension · Melanie Marttila · pm

20 · Tapestry · Derek Newman-Stille · pm

21 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 5 #2, Whole No. 18, April 2025] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 28pp, ebook, cover: Patchwork Man by Derek Newman-Stille) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

4 · Not Quite · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

6 · The Princess and the Sack of Peas · K. T. Wagner · pm

8 · Malediction · Neile Graham · pm

9 · Wisdom of the Ages · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

10 · Humpty Dumpty · Elizabeth Creith · pm

11 · How to Care for Your Baby Dragon After It Just Got Spayed · David Clink · pm

12 · 3044 · Spencer Keene · pm

13 · Colony World Tanka · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

14 · Life Number Ten · Donald B. Campbell · pm

15 · Twinkle, Twinkle · Lisa Timpf · pm

16 · Pulp Literature · Carolyn Clink · pm

17 · Mission Failure · Greg Fewer · pm

18 · Dragon Karaoke · David Clink · pm

19 · Press Releases for Late Cretaceous Predators · Sandra Kasturi · pm

21 · Bunch Crossing · Lynne Sargent · pm

22 · Hope · Greg Fewer · pm

23 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polar Starlight [Vol. 5 #3, Whole No. 19, June 2025] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 30pp, ebook, cover: Crow Witch by Tracy Shepherd) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

5 · Morning in the Garden of Fear · Candas Jane Dorsey · pm

6 · Garden Variety Problem · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm

7 · Apples Rolling Out of Time · Lene MacLeod · pm

8 · If You Could Look in the Witch’s Window · Lynne Sargent · pm

9 · What the Baby God Made · Pam Martin · pm

10 · Hunter’s Haven · Colleen Anderson · pm

11 · Horrorku Suite · Marion Lougheed · pm

12 · Stairs of the Disappeared · Lene MacLeod · pm

13 · Fait Accompli · Heath Bleau · pm

14 · My Song, My Dance · Renee Cronley · pm

16 · Paper Knife · Neile Graham · pm

17 · For Each of Us Is a Thing Upon Which the World Rests · Lynne Sargent · pm

18 · The Goddess of Curiosities · Neile Graham · pm

19 · Losing It · Candas Jane Dorsey · pm

20 · Offal Offering · Heath Bleau · pm

22 · Humanity’s Darkest Hits · Renee Cronley · pm

24 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

27 · Weird Worlds · Rhea E. Rose · br [Ref. Colleen Anderson]

29 · Shatter Dark · Rhea E. Rose · br [Ref. R. Graeme Cameron]

Polar Starlight [Vol. 5 #4, Whole No. 20, August 2025] ed. Rhea E. Rose (R. Graeme Cameron, 35pp, ebook, cover: Cracked Earth by Lily Blaze) [] (Full Text)

3 · Editorial · Rhea E. Rose · ed

4 · The Seeds of Kwah · Karen Bingley · pm

5 · The Machinery of Plants · Sandra Kasturi · pm

7 · Winning the Sky · Michèle Laframboise · pm

8 · Climate Change Response · Greg Fewer · pm

9 · Empty Sky · Guy Immega · pm

10 · Life Abides · Hayden Trenholm · pm

11 · Packlist · James Grotkowski · pm

12 · The Day of the First Mars Landing · Lisa Timpf · pm

13 · Deer Migration · Irena Nikolova · pm

14 · A Parallel Universe · Irena Nikolova · pm

15 · Explosive · Derek Newman-Stille · pm

16 · Photon · Heath Bleau · pm

17 · Familial Astrodynamics: A Dizain · Lynne Sargent · pm

18 · Breathless Blue · Rhea E. Rose · pm

19 · De Rigueur Mortis · Aaron Grierson · pm

21 · Final Fare · Colleen Anderson · pm

22 · Vellum Leaves and Lettered Skins · Rhea E. Rose · br [Ref. Colleen Anderson]

23 · Cats and Dogs in Space · Rhea E. Rose · br [Ref. Lisa Timpf]

25 · About the Poets and Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Polaris (about)
SF fanzine.

Polaris [Vol. 1 No. 1, December 1939] ed. Paul Freehafer (Paul Freehafer, 10¢, 16pp, quarto, cover by Robert W. Lowndes) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from an online copy at Fanac.org.

3 · Illumination · The Editor · ed

4 · He Who Waits · Harry Warner, Jr. · ss

8 · Sonnet · R. H. Barlow · pm

9 · Imagi-Movies · Forrest J. Ackerman · mr

11 · The Organ · Duane W. Rimel · ss

14 · The Gourmet · Robert W. Lowndes · vi Diablerie December 1939

Polaris [Vol. 1 No. 2, March 1940] ed. Paul Freehafer (Paul Freehafer, 10¢, 16pp, cover by Hans Bok) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from an online copy at Fanac.org.

3 · Editorial Illumination · The Editor · ed

4 · The Forgotten · Robert W. Lowndes · ss

6 · The Maiden of Jirbu · Bob Tucker & Ray Bradbury · vi

7 · The Root-Gatherers · R. H. Barlow · ss

10 · Imagi-Movies · Forrest J. Ackerman · mr

12 · Observations · The Readers · lc

14 · Mood · Duane W. Rimel · pm

Polaris [Vol. 1 No. 3, June 1940] ed. Paul Freehafer (Paul Freehafer, 10¢, 20pp, cover by Arthur L. Widner, Jr.) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from an online copy at Fanac.org.

3 · Editorial Illumination · The Editor · ed

4 · Luana the Living! · Ray Bradbury · ss

9 · Uncovered in the Press · Bob Tucker · ar

10 · The Truant · Hilary St. Clare · ss

12 · Imagi-Movies · Forrest J. Ackerman · mr

14 · The Other · Robert W. Lowndes · ss

16 · Observations · The Readers · lc

18 · The Worm · Duane W. Rimel · pm

19 · The Swearing of an Oath · R. H. Barlow · ss

Polaris [Vol. 1 No. 4, September 1940] ed. Paul Freehafer (Paul Freehafer, 10¢, 20pp, cover by Walter J. Daugherty) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from an online copy at Fanac.org.

3 · Editorial Illumination · The Editor · ed

4 · The Tree on the Hill · Duane W. Rimel (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss

12 · Ygdrasil · John F. Burke · ss

15 · Dream · Damon Knight · vi

16 · The Artisan’s Reward · R. H. Barlow · vi

17 · The Single Strain · Jack Chapman Miske · vi

19 · The Questioner · R. H. Barlow · vi

Polaris [Vol. 2 No. 1, December 1940] ed. Paul Freehafer (Paul Freehafer, 10¢, 20pp, cover by Tom Wright) []
Details taken from from an online copy at Fanac.org.

3 · Editorial Illumination · The Editor · ed

4 · And Satan Came · Robert W. Lowndes · ss

7 · The Haunted Hotel · Ted Carnell · ar

9 · Bird of Flame · Harry Warner, Jr. · pm

10 · Social Séance · Forrest J. Ackerman · ar

12 · The Last Scientist · Duane W. Rimel · ss

18 · Observations · The Readers · lc

19 · The Soldier · Damon Knight · pm

Polaris [Vol. 2 No. 2, June 1941] ed. Paul Freehafer (Paul Freehafer, 10¢, 18pp, cover by Harry Jenkins, Jr.) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from an online copy at Fanac.org.

3 · Editorial Illumination · The Editor · ed

4 · The Midnight Visitor · Duane W. Rimel · ss

6 · The Hat · Donald A. Wollheim · vi

7 · A Few Future Fantasy Fillyums · Bob Tucker · ar

8 · Sara Gabrielsen Goes to Paradise · Henry Andrew Ackermann · ss

14 · It Wouldn’t Work · Bob Tucker · vi

16 · Shangri L’Affaires #9 · Forrest J. Ackerman · ar

17 · Wahlpurgisnacht · Grady L. McMurtry · pm

Polemic: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas (about)
Published by the Polemic Society of Western Reserve University under a grant from the Adelbert College Student Council Polemic Society: 302 Thwing Hall, Western Reserve University, Cleveland 6, Ohio.

Polemic: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas [v2 #1, Spring 1957] ed. George Skillman (cover by B. F. Ford) []
Only the fiction is indexed. Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

52-55 · And I Wanted to Cry Smooth Wet Tears that… · Melvyn J. Lewis · ss

Polemic: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas [v3 #1, Spring 1958] ed. Gerald Messerman (cover by B. F. Ford) []
Only the fiction is indexed. Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.

33-37 · An Ordinary Case · Melvyn J. Lewis · ss

53-59 · Lecture, a Quotation-Drama in One Act · Dave May · pl

Polemic: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas [July 1959] []
Issue partially indexed.

· Brahman Trimurti · Roger Zelazny · pm

Polemic: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas [Spring 1960] []
Issue partially indexed.

· Come, Let Us Pace the Sky-Aspiring Wave · Roger Zelazny · pm

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