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"A Poor Man’s Roses" Author: Alethea Kontis Main Characters: Kerri, Stella Main Elements: Science Fiction - Post-Apocalypse, Nanotech "To Dream of Stars: An Astronomer’s Lament" Author: Peter M. Ball Main Characters: John Flamsteed Main Elements: Science Fiction - Aliens "Ghost Technology from the Sun" Author: Paul Jessup Main Characters: Marybeth Main Elements: Science Fiction - ??? Poetry After, Thoughts: A Pantoum - JC Hay Non-Fiction An Interview with Brandon Massey - Maurice Broaddus

"A Poor Man’s Roses" - A tale where the bad guy gets what is coming to him, but otherwise I didn't think too much of it. Some sort of unexplained post-apocalyptic world. Some sort of nanotech. Didn't really resonate with me.

"To Dream of Stars: An Astronomer’s Lament" - started off intriguing, then became weird kinky alien sex in exchange for knowledge of the stars.

"Ghost Technology from the Sun" - I have no idea what is going on here, with bunny brides and some sort of cult walking around on the underside of Earth's crust and speaking with the dead who offer technology, dolls that come alive, monster babies, all written in a dreamlike almost stream of conciousness form. And the ending was more a cliffhanger than an explanation...I have no idea what I just read.

Seems all of the stories in this issue were too weird for me.