is a small literary press founded in 1978 by poet and editor Judith Kerman. We focus on literature not often celebrated by either the mainstream or the avant-garde. This includes poetry which is both challenging and accessible; women’s writing; the rustbelt/rural culture that stretches from the Hudson Valley to the Great Lakes; the recent immigrant experience; poetry in translation; science fiction poetry. Publications are in both chapbook and trade paperback formats.

Brian Aldiss (United Kingdom)
A Prehistory of Mind

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 76 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-614

Award-winning SF author Brian Aldiss ventures into new territory with this, his first, full-length poetry collection. Whether you’re a current or potential Aldiss fan, you’ll enjoy the range, vigor and intimate self-portrait of these poems.

“[Aldiss’] voice is assuredly his own, and his style is elegant, sometimes elegiac, always carefully honed, never affected.” —Willis E. McNelly

Tenea D. Johnson (Florida)
Starting Friction

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 38pp.
$12.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-621

Johnson's intricate language invites the reader to connect with the images, music, and tastes of a woman vulnerably exposed. Both urban and natural, Starting Friction resounds with a hope for a nation full of complexity and conflict.

Judith Kerman (Michigan) and Don Riggs (Philadelphia), eds.
Uncommonplaces: Poems of the Fantastic

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 148 pp
$15 plus s&h
2000, ISBN 0-932412-17-3

A first-rate anthology of poems that grow from science fiction and fantasy sensibilities. Featuring poems by leading s.f. and fantasy authors, including Brian Aldiss, Joe Haldeman, Jeanne Larsen, David Lunde, Patrick O'Leary, Rick Wilber, & Jane Yolen.
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David Lunde (Oregon, formerly Western New York)
Blues for Port City

Poetry. Paper, saddlestitched, 24 pp 
$5 plus s&h
1995, ISBN 0-932412-07-8

Science fiction poems which are truly science fiction and truly fine contemporary poetry, "written" by an inhabitant of the demimonde of a space station. Includes Rhysling-award winner "Pilot, Pilot."

Lorraine Schein (New York)
The Futurist's Mistress

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 44 pp
$13.00 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-39-4

Enid Dame says, "Playful, anarchic, often hilariously funny glimpses of the world we know from a skewed, sophisticated angle."

Susan Slaviero (Illinois)
Cyborgia

Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 78 pp
$14.95 plus s&h
2010, ISBN 978-0932412-904

Melding the language of sci-fi and sensuality,Susan Slaviero’s redolent, ambitious debut wallows delightfully in its rhythm and vocabulary yet remains sharp and meticulous. In this lyric guide to cyborg feminism—complete with robosexuality and teledildonics—Slaviero traverses traditional female tropes, including fairy-tale heroines, mermaids, and brides. Full of lucent wit, imagination, intelligence, and a scathing playfulness.

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Updated 06/29/2010