Bruce Boston

"The poems in Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets are a wonderful evocation of the Romance and Reality of the science fiction space odyssey - vast journeys, hallucinatory mindscapes, and the lives of both the spacers who travel among the stars as well as those who write about them. Loved the language and the way all the pieces came together like mosaic tiles to conjure a cosmic adventure." - Jeffrey Ford, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards, author of Ahab's Return "It's my favorite kind of science fiction, ad astra, written by my favorite poet in the field. Boston's poems are gorgeous, luminous, and profound. At times he even writes like a prophet. Give this book an afternoon, and it will take you to the stars." - John Philip Johnson, Pushcart Prize-winning poet, author of The Book of Fly. "For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets sings the lyric, mythic tales of galactic spaceways, moving from galactic south to west and spiraling through the folds of space and time back to old Earth. Always the master of science fiction poetry, Boston's poems are haunting and compelling, evoking the awe and the beauty of unbounded space in vivid hallucinogenic language." - Geoffrey A. Landis, Hugo- and Nebula-winning author, NASA scientist

Authors from around the world address the idea of sorrow through the lens of horror. These stories approach a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others. Sorrow is an universal emotion, and sometimes it frightens us. Come and see. You'll not be sorry.

For his 40th collection of poetry, SFPA Grand Master Bruce Boston serves up 59 poems and prose poems, including ten appearing here for the first time, along with other artifacts reprinted from Analog, Asimov's SF Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Grievous Angel, New Myths, Polu Texni, The HWA Poetry Showcase, and other leading speculative publications. Cover art by Wendy Saber Core.

Bram Stoker Award Winners Bruce Boston and Alessandro Manzetti combine their poetic and narrative talents in a poetry novella that blends the genres of horror, surrealism, crime, and noir. Set in a large America city, Sacrificial Nights follows the lives of some of those who inhabit its late-night streets: prostitutes, pimps, a thief, an arsonist, a police detective, a psychotic killer, and more. Their tales and the tale of the city itself are richly complemented by British artist Ben Baldwin's striking illustrations. This is a dark read with some explicit graphic content."Original, intelligent and exquisitely rendered, Sacrificial Nights is an absolute tour de force, a richly layered Chinese Box of sorts, where each part is as important as the whole. In a world of cookie-cutter plots and tired poetry, Sacrificial Nights is a shot of cool night air, shadowy, dangerous, and addictive as sin." -Greg F. Gifune, author of The Bleeding Season"When a book is both lucid and hallucinogenic, the effect can be shocking, luminous ... transgressive. The collision of talents in this extraordinary work practically establishes a new genre - macabre noir." -Robert Dunbar, author of Willy"Populated by denizens who straddle the line between salvation and damnation, Sacrificial Nightsreads like a flashlight exploration of the darkness lurking behind closed doors and down blind alleys. Boston and Manzetti deftly navigate the shadows where human monsters dwell." -Michael McBride, author of Subterrestrial

From beyond the boundaries of the imagination and the universe...An anthology of surrealistic compositions created by some of the finest names in genre fiction. A showcase of international talent undaunted by the conventions of language and common narrative structures. Here is timelessness. Here is Surreal Worlds.