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INKSCRAWL   and STONE TELLING are closed to submissions .

CORRECTION !!!!!!!!!

Previously I had reported that the editor of WEIRD TALES bought the magazine.  That is incorrect.  WEIRD TALES has new owners but the it iS NOT THE CURRET EDITOR>  IN fact she quit.  My source was in error.  My apologies.

I FOUND A MARKET IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE LITTLE CABLE CARS...

San Francisco area magazine BAY NATURE  ( http://goo.gl/uGe7f ) uses poetry.

CHANGE OF GUARD

WEIRD TALEShas been sold to iys current editor Ann VanderMeer.  What this means ?  Wo knows yet ?

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SHOCK TOTEM ( http://www.shocktotem.com/ ) is open to submission.

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The anthogy projects BEST NEW ZONBIES VOLUMES 4& 5 are closed to poetry..

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Yes I know there is a bit of meaningless verbage in the previous post.

The web site http://poetsandpatrons.net/ is a usefuland up to date resource site for poets.

MUTANT NATION anthology project is closed to poetry.

zines open to submissions; CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW ( http://craborchardreview.siuc.edu/ ), ECOTONE ( http://www.ecotonejournal.com/ ),FRESHWATER ( http://www.commnet.edu/ ) ,GEORGIA REVIEW ( http://www.uga.edu/ ), IRON HORSE LITERARY REVIEW ( http://ironhorsereview.com/ ), SORCEROUS SIGNALS ( http://www.sorceroussignals.com/ ), TWENTY20JOURNAL ( http://twenty20journal.com/ )WEST BRANCH ( www.bucknell.edu/Westbranch ), WHITE FISH REVIEW ( http://www.whitefishreview.com/ ).

zines closed to submissions; CORNER CLUB PRESS, THE LORELEI SIGNAL , MEMOIRS (AND),PEN AMERICAN JOURNAL,

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shadow gate SHADOWGATE is closed to submissions. For ouetry msrket n

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TALES OF THE TALISMAN is closed to submissions.

BOOK REVIEW

BLOOD WALLAH AND OTHER POEMS by Robert Borski ( Colusa, CA,2011, Dark Regions ) ISBN978-1-937128-12-8, $9.95



this is the first poetry collection by prolific poet Robert Borski.  Previously the poet published two collections of critical essays on Gene Wolfe.  Borski's style is a lean and brittle style of mannered decadence that harks to mainstream lifgt fantasy writers like Thorne Smith and Ogden Nash. 

Many  but not all the poems make the comparison of blood to wine.  The first three lines of the title poem ' Blood Wallah' is an excellent illustration of this theme in the collection.

' While non-hemophiles may disagree
it is easily the most complexbeverage
there is in terms of depth ...'

This is a recommended buy

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The new zine ARCANE MAGAZINE ( http://www.arcanemagazine.com/ )is open to pooetry but it would be a very tough sell.

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First a correction BULL SPEC is not open to submissions.

New market;LISSETTE'S TALES OF THE IMAGINATION ( http://www.lissettpublishing.com/ ).

poetry collection project that is a paying market OMNIUM GATHERIUM; I KNOW WHAT I SAW ( http;//ogatherum.blogspot.com )

dead markets;  HOTEL AMERIKA, RAMBLER, SUNLAND JOURNAL

markets closed to submission; CHIZINE, THE LABLETTER, STANLEY THE WHALE.

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Magazines open to submissions; BASEMENT STORIES ( http://basementstories.org/ ), BULL SPEC ( http://www.bullspec.com/ ) CONCEIT MAGAZINE ( http://www.nyspaie.com/ ), DAMAZINE ( http://www.damazine.com/ ), DARK FICTION SPOTLIGHT ( http://thedarkfiction.com/ ) EXPANDED HORIZONS ( http://expandedhorizons.com/ ) FORTH MAGAZINE ( htttp://forthmagazine.com ) GEIST ( http://www.geist.com/ ) GOBLIN FRUIT ( http://www.goblinfruit.com/ ) GRASS LIMB JOURNAL ( http://grasslimb.com/ ) JOYFUL! ( http://joyfulonline.net/ ), NEON ( http://www.neonmagazine.co.uk/ ) NITE BLADE ( http://www.niteblade.com/ ) OYSTERS & CHOCOLATE ( http://www.oystersandchocolate.com/ ) SAGE OF CONSCIOUSNESS ( http://www.sageofcon.com/ ) SCISSORS AND SPACKLE ( http://www.scissorsandspackle.com/ )THE SHINE JOURNAL ( http://www.thejournal.com/ ) THEMA ( http://members.cox.net/thema )WORKERS WRITE ( wwwworkerswritejournal.com ).

Magazines closed to submissions ; BOULEVARD MAGAZINE, GHOST LIGHT MAGAZINE, GLASSFIRE MAGAZINE, GUD, LUMBERYARD

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new ezine EVER AFTER EVER ( http://everafterever.webpress.com/ ) is open to poetry.

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The new sf/f ezine PENUMBRA ( http://musapublishing.blogspot.com/ ) is open to poetry.

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The anthology project PANVERSE FOUR ( http://panversepublishing.com/ ) is open to sf/f poetry of novella length.

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ANCIENT PATHS ( http://www.editorskylar.com/ ) is open to submissions.

BOOK REVIEW AND SHOUT OUT

First let me give a shout out and hello to the 45th followers of this blog.  Now on to the review.

SURREALITIES by Bruce Boston ( Colusa, CA; 2011, Dark Regions; ISBN 978-1-937120 ) pb, $9.95 .  This latest Boston collection is devoted to surreal poems by Boston, both reprints and new poems original to this collection.  I generall prefer surreal poems to be short ( less than ten lines ) and clearly mainstream but incorperating genre sf/f/h/slipstream elements.  The Boston poems are longer and are usually within the sf/f/h genres.  Boston being Boston I find that his poems generally work for me despite my quibbles.  This is a must buy collection.

BTW myt favorite lines in the collection are these from the poem ' Dali's Ego On Karloff's Frankenstein '.

'I would give him color
and drench him in absolute
until his countenance...'

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POET'S MARKET ( 2013 edition ) anthology project ( http://www.writersdigest.com/ ) is open to submissions .

CANADIANS DO THE RIGHT THING

The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association is the sponsor of the annual Aurora Awards celebrating the best in Canadian science fiction and fantasy literature.  This year they added a category for poetry.  World Con Committee and SFWA take note !!!!!

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ezine CHI ZINE is closed to submissions.

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SHOCK TOTEM ( http://www.shocktotem.com/ ) is open to submissions.