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    • Online anthologies
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  • Nikola Tesla
  • The KANSAS years
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Bibliography
Online anthologies

Aethereal Engineer (Closed)

The Aethereal Engineer compilations, hosted by Jason H. Abbott@SciFanSat, provide writers with an opportunity to create speculative microfiction stories or poems inspired by weekly Twitter #SciFanSat single-word prompts.

In all, I've had 75 unique (81 total) poems and microfiction stories published in this now closed, online anthology, including numerous haiku sequences.

2023

81 30
Jul
Tourists!
(ADVOCATE)
Story
80 23
Jul
...Together
(STEP)
Haiku Triptych
79 16
Jul
When Is a Bean
Not a Bean?
(REVOLT)
Haiku Triptych
78 02
Jul
Alien Interchanges
(INTERCHANGE)
Tanka
77 25
Jun
What is Science Fiction?
(REJECT)
Haiku Triptych
76 11
Jun
critical thought lapse
(EXTRACT)
Haiku Triptych
75 07
May
WriterBot's Secret?
(LEARN)
Haiku Sequence
74 16
Apr
Our Crystal Armada
(TRANSPORT)
Haiku Triptych
73 09
Apr
Cephalopod Bonds
orNothing's Thicker
Than Blue Blood

(CERTAIN)
Haiku Triptych
72 02
Apr
The Littlest Robot
(FUNNY)
2 Haiku
71 19
Mar
My Forever Home
(SPRING)
Haiku Triptych
70 05
Mar
"The Phobos Rover"
(STORY)
Haiku Triptych
69 26
Feb
"sentient plants abound"
(TOP)
Haiku
68 19
Feb
Where I Go, Therefore I Am
(TRANSPLANT)
2 Haiku
67 12
Feb
"Her vision pure love"
(COMBAT)
Haiku
66 05
Feb
"A.I. was the dream"
(RESENT)
2 Haiku
65 29
Jan
"Best Hero Robot"
(BOW)
Haiku
64 22
Jan
Aftermath
(RETAKE)
Haiku Triptych
63 15
Jan
Here Be Dragons
(BALANCE)
2 Haiku

2022

62 11 
Dec
"I fly to the stars"
 (FLY)
Haiku
61 04 Dec Humans!
 (THEORY)
Story
60 20
Nov
The Fine Print
 (PERFECT)
Story
59 06
Nov
When Paper is No More
(NOVEL)
Haiku Triptych
58 02
Oct
Book of Joining
(CLEAVE)
Story
57 28
Aug
"Artemis I launch"
(REBEL)
Haik​u
56 21
Aug
"Commands unheaded"
(ZONE)
Haik​u
55 14
Aug
"Midnight's gaunt quarter"
(QUARTER)
Haik​u
54 07
Aug
Ash
(ASH)
Story
53 24
Jul
04 Aug
"Home"
(BRILLIANT)
Story
52 17
Jul
02 Aug
"The 800-Pound Altarian Bloodworm"
(YEARN)
Story
51 03 
Jul
"Do not give notice"
(NOTICE)
Haik​u
50 12
Jun
"The Worm Drive engaged"
(ENGAGE)
Haiku
49 29
May
"The short aliens"
(SHORT)
Haiku
48 22
May
"Elaborate Script"
(ELABORATE)
Haiku Triptych
47 15
May
"Alien Object"
(OBJECT)
Haiku
46 08
May
"Death to leave the queue"
(LEAVE)
Haiku
45 01
May
"It was very odd"
(ODD)
Haiku
44 17
Apr
"The Fog of Great Lies"
(HARD)
Haiku
43 20
Mar
"Cetacean Uplift"
(UPLIFT)
Haiku Triptych
See also HY 19 Mar
42 13
Mar
"There, dragons are born!"
(GORGE)
Haiku
41 06
Mar
"A nova surprise"
(DECREASE)
Haiku
40 30
Jan
"I update my core"
(UPDATE)
Haiku
39 23
Jan
"I fly through worm holes"
(ABSENT)
Haiku
See also
HY 22 Jan
38 16
Jan
"Star Duck is grounded"
(DUCK)
Haiku
37 09
Jan
"The impact was swift"
(IMPACT)
Haiku Triptych
36 02
Jan
"We sought conscious life"
(ONE)
Haiku
See also
HY 02 Jan

2021

35 26
Dec
"I can give no more!"
(GIVE)
Story
34 12
Dec
"invest in your dreams"
(INVEST)
Haiku
33 05
Dec
"We must never fail!"
(FAIL)
Haiku
See also
HY 12 Dec
32 28
Nov
"We Are The Impulse"
(​PLACE)
Haiku Triptych
See also
HY 27 Nov
31 21
Nov
"Not extravagant"
(EXTRAVAGANT)
Haiku
See also HY 21 Nov 
30 07
Nov
"To Be, or Not to Be?
- An Activation Question"

(ACTIVE)
Story
29 31
Oct
"Alpha Terminal"
(TERMINAL)
Haiku
Triptych
28 24
Oct
"Warnings from the sky"
(COWER)
Haiku
27 17
Oct
Never Enough Time
(GRIEF)
Haiku
Triptych
26 10
Oct
"Once God's sole domain"
(MYSTERY)
Haiku
25 03
Oct
"My tail spike glows blue"
(WRITHE)
Haiku
24 26
Sep
"Our limited minds"
(LIMITED)
Haiku
23 19
Sep
"I come from exiles"
(RELATIVE)
Haiku
Triptych
22 05
Sep
"Eternal gods"
(ETERNAL)
Haiku
21 29
Aug
"We have learned nothing"
(BATTLE)
Haiku
20 22
Aug
"Surfing stellar waves"
(USE)
Haiku
19 15
Aug
"mindcasting"
(SERVICE)
Haiku
18 01
Aug
"A Lasting Egocentricity"
(COMPLETE)
Story
17 25
Jul
"A cosmic memorial"
(MEMORIAL)
Haiku
16 18
Jul
"The ride of your life!
(FEW)
Haiku
15 11
Jul
"Rest for the weary?"
(ARTIST)
Haiku
14 04
Jul
"Birth of a Starship"
(UNCERTAIN)
Story
13 27
Jun
"Rā"
(PARTNER)
Story
12 13
Jun
"No survivors found"
(SURVIVOR)
Haiku
11 06
Jun
"We rescued the moon"
(DISTRICT)
Haiku
10 30
May
"call me old fashioned"
(DESIGN)
Haiku
09 16
May
"The Loops"
(LOOP)
Story
08 09
May
"I Have a Talent for Escaping Disasters"
(TALENT)
Story
07 02
May
"Humanity's Greed"
(SIMILARITY)
Haiku
06 25
Apr
"In a world gone mad"
(UNFAIR)
Haiku Triptych
05 18
Apr
"Gravity is Heaven's Language"
(DANCE)
Story
04 31
Jan
"Our wild race to Mars"
(COMFORT)
Haiku
03 16
Jan
"I am your vessel"
(ARRANGE)
Haiku

2020

02 20
Dec
"Fish Tacos"
(IMAGINE)
Story
01 18
Oct
"wander in wonder"
(CREEP)
Haiku

Hawk and Young (Closed)

The Hawk and Young compilations, co-hosted by @HawkandYoung (Elsha Hawk @ElshaHawk & Eddie-Joe Young @EddieJoeYoung13), @_Irene_Dreams_(Irene), and @AlanVMichaels (Alan Vincent Michaels), give haiku poets an opportunity to create speculative fiction poetry inspired by weekly Twitter #ScifaikuSaturday single-word prompts.

In all, I've had 24 unique (31 total) haiku published in this now closed, online anthology, including several haiku triptychs. 

2022

31 26
Mar
"Help Wanted"
(DESIRE)
Haiku
30 26
Mar
"Desire all the stars"
(DESIRE)
Haiku
29 19
Mar
"Cetacean Uplift"
(WARP)
Haiku
Triptych

See also
AE 03 Mar
28 12
Mar
"Extraction error"
(ERROR)
Haiku
27 12
Mar
"The error was in coding"
(ERROR)
Haiku
26 05
Mar
"​ETs exhume nova cores"
(NOVA)
Haiku
25 19
Feb
"Soon, you will be in stasis"
(STASIS)
Haiku
24 12
Feb
"neon tattoos rage"
(NEON)
Haiku
23 06
Feb
"Care for your patient"
(LISTEN)
Haiku
22 30
Jan
"The Spark of Life"
(JOLT)
Haiku
21 23
Jan
""Fuel is scarce out here"
(FUEL)
Haiku
20 23
Jan
"Star Duck is grounded"
(FUEL)
Haiku
See also
AE 16 Jan
19 22
Jan
"I fly through worm holes"
(FLY)
Haiku
See also
AE 23 Jan
18 09
Jan
"The impact changed zip"
(CHANGE)
Haiku
17 02
Jan
"We sought conscious life"
(RESCUE)
Haiku
See also
AE 02 Jan

2021

16 25
Dec
"Give me your essence"
(EXIST)
Haiku
15 25
Dec
"We are the main course"
(EXIST)
Haiku
14 18
Dec
"Woeful clicks arose"
(ASTEROID)
Haiku
13 18
Dec
"Rebirth"
(ASTEROID)
Haiku
Triptych
12 11
Dec
"We weren't the first here"
(KEN)
Hai​ku
11 05
Dec
"Design to Succeed!"
(WORLD)
Haiku
10 05
Dec
"A new world for us"
(WORLD)
Haiku
09 05
Dec
"Life seeks a new home"
(WORLD)
Haiku
08 05
Dec
"We must never fail!"
(WORLD)
Haiku
See also
AE 05 Dec
07 27
Nov
"We Are The Impulse"
(IMPULSE)
Haiku
Triptych

See also AE 28 Nov
06 27
Nov
"The impulse to fight"
(IMPULSE)
Haiku
05 21
Nov
"Not extravagant"
(DIGIT)
Haiku
See also AE 21 Nov
04 21
Nov
"The digits slide fast"
(DIGIT)
Haiku
03 14
Nov
"We dance in a trance"
(CLOUD)
Haiku
02 14
Nov
"Venusian clouds"
(CLOUD)
Haiku
01 06
Nov
"Can we land, yet?" -
"Guess why we cannot."

(APOGEE)
Haiku Triptych

A Writer's Chronicle

The items published in the weekly A Writer's Chronicle are at the discretion of @Owen_G_Richards on Twitter. This is my first piece published in A Writer's Chronicle. 

2021

01 28
Nov
"My lies matter not"
HAIKU (#VSS365 #JOURNAL)

Haiku
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