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John Philp Johnson writes mostly science fiction poems and short stories. He has had work in or forthcoming from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's, Apex, Strange Horizons, Mythic Delirium, Dreams & Nightmares, Devilfish, Phantom Drift, Daily Science Fiction, and elsewhere, including Ted Kooser’s newspaper column, “American Life in Poetry” and at the Poetry Foundation. He has had Pushcart, Best of Web, and numerous Rhysling nominations. His comic book of graphic poetry, Stairs Appear in a Hole Outside of Town, made with Marvel Comics legend Bob Hall and other artists, has sold a thousand copies and won second place in 2017’s Elgin Award. It can be sampled at http://www.rattle.com/tag/graphic-poe.... He lives on the Great Pl ...more

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	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2016 by C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lavie Tidhar, Phyllis Einstein 3.92 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, November/December 2022 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Palmer (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2016 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Suzanne Palmer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dominica Phetteplace (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stairs Appear in a Hole Outside of Town 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 2020 Rhysling Anthology by David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Editor), Nisa Malli (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), P.S. Cottier (Contributor) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mythic Delirium: Volume Two: an international anthology of prose and verse by Mike Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anita Allen (Editor), Swapna Kishore 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Vampyrics by Rhonda Parrish (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alexandra Seidel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marge Simon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star*Line 37.2 (Spring 2014) by P.J. Bergmann (Editor), Denise Dumars (Contributor), David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Poul Anderson Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: 22 Classic Novels and Stories

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“What manner of creature are you?” asked the tall man. Something whirred deep in the recesses of Chandler’s mind. “A man,” he said at last. But he knew he was not.”
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