A collection of 21 time-bending poems by Samantha Henderson, nine never before published — poems which fold, collapse, and conflate time, so that now becomes then, and then becomes now. From “Cabazon,” where the prehistoric past meets the lonely present, to “After the Crash,” which invokes the Brontë sisters in deep space, each poem is a tapestry of life sewn with the unraveling threads of time. (buy the book)
The House of Forever is the runner-up in the chapbook category of the 1st annual Elgin Awards
Poems
“Quince”
New Myths, Issue 20 September 2012 (read it at New Myths)
“Vesta Variations: Two Poems” (with Kendall Evans)
Astropoetica, Summer 2012 (read it at Astropoetica)
“Reverse Burn” (with Kendall Evans)
Jabberwocky, July 2012 (read it at Jabberwocky)
“The Gabriel Hound”
Here, We Cross, edited by Rose Lemberg (buy this anthology)
Stone Telling, Issue One (read it online)
Reprinted in The 2011 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2010 (Buy this anthology)
“Berry Cobbler”
The Moment of Change anthology, edited by Rose Lemberg (Buy this anthology)
Helix, 2007
“God of the Sixth Street Viaduct”
inscrawl, June 2011 (read it online at inscrawl)
“The Necklace”
Stone Telling, Issue Two (Read it online)
“Final Flight of the Sagittarius Rising”
Weird Tales, Spring 2010
“In The Astronaut Asylum” (with Kendall Evans)
Mythic Delirium, Winter/Spring 2009
Read and Listen to the poem at Mythic Delirium
Reprinted in The 2010 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2009 (Buy this anthology)
2010 Rhysling Awards: Winner, Long Form
“Hawk and Hearth” (with Kendall Evans)
Dreams and Nightmares, September 2008
“Rhyme Uttered By a Slightly Malicious Fairy Found Sitting Under a Magical Bush”
Goblin Fruit, Fall 2008
“Spell”
Goblin Fruit, Fall 2008
Reprinted in The 2009 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2008 (Buy this anthology)
2009 Rhysling Awards: Runner-up, Short Form
“The Seasons’ Dying”
Goblin Fruit, Summer 2008 (Read it online)
Reprinted in The 2009 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2008 (Buy this anthology)
“Hungry: Some Ghost Stories”
Lone Star Stories, April 2008
Podcast on StarShipSofa November 2008 (Listen to the podcast)
Reprinted in The 2009 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2008 (Buy this anthology)
2009 Rhysling Awards: Runner-up, Long Form
“Nemesis”
Lone Star Stories, 2007 (read it online)
“Three Poems by Magicians’ Apprentices”
The Shantytown Anomaly, December 2007
“Your First Time”
Not One of Us, April, 2007
“Speculative”
Aoife’s Kiss, December 2007
“King’s Man”
Mythic Delirium, Issue 16 (Read by Samantha Henderson)
Podcast on StarShipSofa October 2008 (Listen to the podcast)
“The Winterbright Queen”
Goblin Fruit, Winter 2007 (Read it online)
“Sleepers”
Dreams and Nightmares 75
“Miracle of the Gulls”
Dreams and Nightmares 74
“Cinderella’s Funeral”
The Lorelei Signal, January-March 2007
StarShipSofa November 2008 (Listen to the podcast)
Reprinted in A Time To…Volume 2
“Heat”
Star*Line, October 2006
StarShipSofa July 2009/November 2009 (Listen to the podcast)
“The She-Wolf’s Reply”
The Sword Review, October 2006
“The Magician Explains”
Goblin Fruit, October 2006
“Sleepers”
Dreams and Nightmares, September 2006
Reprinted in The 2007 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2006 (Buy this anthology)
2007 Rhysling Awards: 3rd Place, Long Form Category
“Hero”
Ideomancer, September 2006
“Prey”
Aoife’s Kiss, September 2006
“The Neanderthal’s Triolet”
The Shantytown Anomaly, August 2006
“After the Crash”
The Sword Review, June 2006
“Ugly Fish”
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 24
“Hepatocelluar Carcinoma, Stage 4”
Chizine, July 2006″
Reprinted in GUD, Spring 2008
“First Festival,”
Goblin Fruit, Summer 2006
Reprinted in The 2007 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2006 (Buy this anthology)
“Triptych: Three Views of the Capture of the City of Bisanthe”
Lone Star Stories, June/July 2006 (Read it online)
Reprinted in The 2007 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2006 (Buy this anthology)
“Veritas was a Maid in the House of Forever”
Anemone Sidecar, February, 2006
“Tinker”
Abyss & Apex, 1st Quarter 2006
Reprinted in The 2007 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2006 (Buy this anthology)
“The Word for Sorrow”
The Shantytown Anomaly, Issue #2, February 2006
“haiku for a woman warrior”
The Shantytown Anomaly, Issue #2, February 2006
“Every 30 Years on Cygnus 5”
Lone Star Stories, Oct/Nov 05 (Read it online)
“Unexpected”
Star*Line, Sep/Oct 2005
StarShipSofa June 2009 (Listen to the podcast)
“Her Opals”
Lost in the Dark, Summer 2005
StarShipSofa February 2009 (Listen to the podcast)
“Cabazon”
Strange Horizons, August 7 2005
Reprinted in The 2006 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2005 (Buy this anthology)
StarShipSofa, November 2008 (Listen to the podcast)
“A Martian Villanelle”
Contemporary Rhyme, Summer 2005
“Two Tanka for a Post-Apocalyptic Librarian”
Aoife’s Kiss, June 2005
“Reptile Brain”
Lone Star Stories, June/July 2005 (Read it online)
Reprinted in The 2006 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2005
“Dreaming: One Week”
The Harrow, May 2005
“The Passion”
Neverary, April 2005
“The Ivory Lady”
Lone Star Stories,” February 2005 (Read it online)
“Five Stars Fell”
Abyss & Apex, December 2004
“Grandma Came from Eldrich”
Neverary, October 2004
“Abduction”
Weird Tales, Spring 2000
Reprinted in Lone StarStories, August, 2004 (Read it online)
A collection of 21 time-bending poems by Samantha Henderson, nine never before published — poems which fold, collapse, and conflate time, so that now becomes then, and then becomes now. From “Cabazon,” where the prehistoric past meets the lonely present, to “After the Crash,” which invokes the Brontë sisters in deep space, each poem is a tapestry of life sewn with the unraveling threads of time. (buy the book)