Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 37 (March 2003). mcguffey readers lay eggs in a space-opera, like so many hungry maggots feasting on such rotten meat. Poem © 2003 by Andy Miller Artwork © 2003 by Romeo Esparrago ← Back to Planet Magazine No. 37 (contents)

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 37 (March 2003). Illustration: “06109” by Rick Shelton Man has borne downthrough the agessuch a tumor.It weakens him,and makes him doinhuman things. Yethe finds a surgeonin his science,who deftly canremove it."Please don't,"says man. "The painis sweet -- and itkeeps me hereat home." Poem © 2002 by Andy Miller Artwork … Continue reading Home Sweet Home, by Andy Miller →

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 36 (December 2002). Illustration: “Streaks” by Carl Goodman Korsakoff in orbit said the earth lay down there as a robin's egg in a nest of coal, a fragile thing; it had no clouds. The weather being shorn away with each continent, and life-- the shell is smooth, with not … Continue reading Pacific, by Andy Miller →

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 30 (June 2001). Illustration: “Bones of the stars, dancing” by Andy Miller sphere of dust or stellar motiongas-illumined point dynamic it is a living thingof birth and death composed. a living thing disposed to dreamand dreaming turns it down in the curvature of space. Poems and illustrations copyright 2001 … Continue reading Star That Lives, by Andy Miller →

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 27–28 (September/December 2000). is the value of science fictionor the vortex of discarded theorychurning in the great porcelainbowl of things measured, practicalexperience. perhaps. the dangerof this illusion of enlightenmentis endured, like sword swallowing.is the value an escape to reason,formed in the hollow of the worldfor the purpose of questioningthe … Continue reading Is the Value of Science Fiction, by Andy Miller →