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The coronavirus is keeping me home, a precautionary attempt to avoid getting it. That may slow down publishing, but I can do most things here, and the next issue isn't due out till May. DN 115 is full. I'm reading for the Sept. issue.

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Dreams and Nightmares 114 in the mail to print subscribers yesterday, just under the wire. Several poems I've decided to buy for 115 that I haven't had time to respond to yet. I'll do that this weekend.

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The PDFs of DN 114 will be available this weekend. Print copies a little later.

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Dreams and Nightmares 114

January, 2020

Available now!

                                                                        CONTENTS

the fabled Randy Moore, cover
Allen K, Wizard
Darrell Schweitzer, I Don't Think Odysseus Ever Got Home
Adele Gardner, A Rose Waits
Anne Carly Abad, Remnants
Herb Kauderer, Living in Vacuum
Greg Schwartz, wedding vows
Neal Wilgus, Bless Me, Bacteria
Bruce Boston, Bed of Dreams
Denny Marshall, The Growth
Marge Simon, Cave Dancers, Dark Days
Drew Russell, Alpha Centauri Dodges a Bullet
Denny Marshall, Guardian of the Wormhole Intersection 
Gary Every, Cat Virus
F. J. Bergmann, This is Just to Say
Chris Friend, illo
Julie Reeser, Sewing by the Stars
Angela England, moon
Abi Hynes, The Finger
Adele Gardner, The Mad Scientist to the Muse of Her Dreams
Marie Vibbert, Homeland Offense


One of the poems in this issue was the author's first sale.

Wide open for submissions to the May issue! Open to authors and artists of all backgrounds.


$5 print, $1 pdf, paypal to jopnquog at gmail dot com. Print subscription $25/6 issues. 34th anniversary issue.

For the rest of January only, get a pdf copy of my recent full-length speculative-poetry collection, Metastable Systems (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/760901), free with a print subscription or pdf order of at least 6 issues (back issues or subscription) of Dreams and Nightmares.

Also, check out my new book here: https://www.amazon.com/Ambassador-Takes-One-Team/dp/1936021633/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Kopaska-Merkel&qid=1578271262&sr=8-3 

All poems in issues 111-113 are eligible for the Rhysling! Comment or email if you want digital copies for nomination purposes.

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Dreams and Nightmares 114, the January 2020 issue, is almost completely laid out. Table of contents available soon.

Print subs $25/6 issues ($30 outside North America); lifetime sub. $90 (includes back issues & PDFs). Single issue $5 print, $1 pdf, nearly all issues available as pdfs. Paypal, or check to David C. Kopaska-Merkel, 1300 Kicker Rd., Tuscaloosa AL 35404. Check made out to me.

Second oldest extant speculative-poetry magazine.

Currently reading for 115, the May issue.

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Dreams and Nightmares 113 being proofed. Should go to the printer next week.

Reading for 114.

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Laying out DN 113, due out next month. Inbox at 16 submissions right now. I have a few poems & a few illustrations bought for the 114th issue.

PDFs of nearly all published issues $1 by paypal to jopnquog at gmail.com. Print copies of the last dozen or so $5 each.

By the way, I have finally updated the website. It looks the same, it simply reflects the current issue, and so on.