Shining Moon Episode 18: Speculative Poetry III

Hello and welcome to Shining Moon episode Number 18. Today we’ll once again turn our attention to the topic of speculative poetry with guests Rebecca Buchannan, Alicia Hilton, Lorraine Schein. Let’s get started with some introductions.

Rebecca Buchanan is the editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer. She has released two collections of speculative poetry, as well as several short story collections and novellas. Her work has appeared in a variety of venues, including Abyss & Apex, Corvid Queen, Enchanted Conversation, Eye to the Telescope, Faerie Magazine, Mirror Dance, Star*Line, and others. Her poem “Heliobacterium daphnephilum” was awarded the Rhysling (long form) in 2020, and her collection “Not a Princess, But (Yes) There Was a Pea and Other Faerie Tales to Foment Revolution” tied for third place in the Elgin Awards in 2023.   

Alicia Hilton is an author, editor, arbitrator, professor, and former FBI Special Agent. She believes in angels and demons, magic, and monsters. Her work has appeared in Akashic Books, Creepy Podcast, Daily Science Fiction, Mslexia, Neon, Space & Time, Unnerving, Vastarien, Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volumes 4, 5 & 6, and elsewhere. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Her website is https://aliciahilton.com. Follow her on Twitter @aliciahilton01 and Bluesky @aliciahilton.bsky.social. 

Lorraine Schein is a New York writer and poet. Her stories and poems have appeared in VICE Terraform, Strange Horizons, Scientific American, NewMyths and Michigan Quarterly, and in the anthologies Wild Women and Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana del Rey & Sylvia Plath.

The Futurist’s Mistress, her poetry book, is available from Mayapple Press. Her book, The Lady Anarchist Café: Stories & Poems, is out now from Autonomedia. https://autonomedia.org/product/the-lady-anarchist-cafe/

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