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Elgin nominee

A new full-length collection of SF poetry from David C. Kopaska-Merkel via Diminuendo Press. Illustrated by Allen K.

The Ambassador Takes One for The Team

Poems of loss, alienation, and hope

Cover illo:

From the Introduction by F. J. Bergmann:

"The unfortunate (mostly) human (mostly) speakers often don’t do well in their interactions with gods, other lifeforms, or the unknown—and those interactions tell us about our entirely human problems. Even those entities who interact successfully (from their point of view, at least) teach us more about ourselves than the ostensible narrator."

Table of Contents

2.0
Charity of the Gods
Signs
Some God Had to Be the Real McCoy
That Which Endures
Hard Row
Devonian or Bust
Dustbin
The Universe According to Arf
The Werewolf Books a Trip to Mars
Reflections of You
Long Voyage
A Well-Seasoned Vehicle
Subspace Real Estate
Anaconda Cat
A Cold and Empty Place
Suicides Leave Notes
Better Luck Next Time
Tequila Planet
They’ll Be Back
Hell, It’s Just Food Poisoning
Traces
Assimilation
Foreign exchange student
The Ambassador Takes One for the Team
Dangerous Stuff
By the grace of Winter’s Queen
Emily in the Woods
The Mind Eater
E for Effort
Short Poems
Keep On Til Morning
The President Was a Space Alien
Perimeter
No Need To Go Home, You Bring It With You
Last Chance Saloon, Gliese III
Skimming
On Mercury
Brothers Under the Skin
Common Enemy
Word
At the duck convention
Crossing Over

Available right now from Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Ambassador-Takes-One-Team/dp/1936021633/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Kopaska-Merkel&qid=1578271262&sr=8-3], from the publisher [https://www.alteredrealitymag.com/poets/meet-david-c-kopaska-merkel/], and from bookstores; signed copies available from me ($10 postpaid). Digital copies from me (pdf) $3. Signed copies from me $10 postpaid (paypal jopnquog@gmail.com; check to me at 10055 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge LA 70815)

My 28th speculative fiction or poetry book, and my 3rd full-length poetry collection.