Current/Back Issues

To open/download Issues of Polar Borealis #1 to #31 see links below.

To open/download Polar Starlight #1 to #16 see links below.


2024

POLAR STARLIGHT #16 – August-September 2024

With Cover art by Swati Chavda. Poems by Patricia Evans, Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, Greg Fewer, Neile Graham, Guy Immega, Rio Murphy, KB Nelson, John Park, Rhea E. Rose, Jennifer Shelby, Frances Skene, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Mark Thomas, Lisa Timpf, and Kyle Wendt.

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POLAR BOREALIS #31 – July-August 2024

With Cover art by M.D. Jackson. Poems by Patricia Evans, Greg Fewer, Rebecca Franklyn, Neile Graham, Sharon Lax, Lee F. Patrick, Douglas Shimizu, Jim Smith, Mahaila Smith, and Irena Nikolova. Stories by Chris Clemens, Desiree Ferdinandi, Jameson Grey,  Xaing Jian, Bryce Paradis, Celeste A. Peters,  Frances Skene, Ash Thorngrove, and Jean-Louis Trudel.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #15 – June 2024

With Cover Art by Jenni Merrifield. Poems by Colleen Anderson, Carolyn Clink, J.D. Dresner, Greg Fewer, Neile Graham, Geoffrey Hart, Guy Immega, Derek Newman-Stille, Rhonda Parrish, Frances Skene, Mahaila Smith,  Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Leigh Therriault, Mark Thomas, and Lisa Timpf.

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POLAR BOREALIS #30 – May 2024

With Cover Art by Derek Newman-Stille. Poems by J.D.Dresner, Rebecca Franklyn, Jameson Grey, James Grotkowski, Guy Immega, Kellee Kranendonk, Melanie Marttila, Rhonda Parrish, Larissa Peters, And Jean-Louis Trudel. Stories by Tommy Blanchard, Michèle Laframboise, Lene MacLeod, Elis Montgomery, Lee F. Patrick, Timothy Quinn, Danny F. Santos, Shane Williston, and Monica Sagle Zwikstra.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #14 – April 2024

With Cover Art by Swati Chavda. Poems by Gregg Chamberlain, Carolyn Clink, J.D. Dresner, Greg Fewer, Neile Graham, Jameson Grey, Geoffrey Hart, Guy Immega, Derek Newman-Stille, Frances Skene,  Mahaila Smith, J.M. Spronk, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Mark Thomas, and Lisa Timpf.

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POLAR BOREALIS #29 – March 2024

With Cover Art by Swati Chavda. Poems by Colleen Anderson, Robert Dawson, Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, Catherine Greenwood, James Grotkowski, Michèle Laframboise, Jo McBride, Rhea E. Rose, Tracy Shepherd, and Jim Smith. Stories by Robert Dawson, Cat Girczyc, Geoffrey Hart, Matt Owen Jones, Bruno Lombardi,  Lene MacLeod, Ira Nayman, Frances Skene, and Shane Williston.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #13 – February 2024

With Cover Art by Swati Chavda. Poems by Carolyn Clink, Robert Dawson, Rebecca Franklyn, James Grotkowski, Geoffrey Hart, Melanie Marttila, KB Nelson, Derek Newman-Stille, Jennifer Shelby, Frances Skene, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Mark Thomas, Lisa Timpf, and KT Wagner.

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POLAR BOREALIS #28 – January 2024

With Cover Art by Eric Chu. Poems by Gregg Chamberlain, Carolyn Clink, Rebecca Franklyn, Catherine Girczyc, James Grotkowski, Jameson Grey, KB Nelson, Siri Paulson, Lynne Sargent, and Nnadi Samuel. Stories by Agata Antonow, Taylor Chu, Guy Immega, Michèle Laframboise, Geoffrey Marshall, Robert Runté, Megan W. Shaw, Douglas Shimizu, and  Lorina Stephens.

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2023

POLAR STARLIGHT #12 – November 2023

With Cover Art by Kari-Ann Anderson. Poems by Colleen Anderson, Roxanne Barbour, Carolyn Clink, Aaron Grierson, Jeanette C. Montgomery, Irena Nikolova, Frances Skene, Richard Stevenson, Peter Storey, E.S. Taillon, and Lisa Timpf.

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POLAR BOREALIS #27 – October 2023

With Cover Art by Swati Chavda. Poems by Greg Fewer, Kellee Kranendonk, Corinne K. Lewandowski, Lee F. Patrick, Rhonda Parrish, Jim Smith, Robert Stevenson, and Lisa Timpf. Stories by Greg Fewer, Tressa Ford, Jameson Grey, Michèle Laframboise, Casey Lawrence, Andy W. Taylor, Monica Wang, and Xauri’EL Zwaan.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #11 – September 2023

With Cover Art by Lily Blaze. Poems by Carolyn Clink, Robert Dawson, Greg Fewer, Angi Garofolo, Neile Graham, Karl Johanson, Rhonda Parrish, Lynne Sargent, Frances Skene, E.S. Taillon, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Jean-Louis Trudel, and Leslie Van Zwol.

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POLAR BOREALIS #26 – August 2023

With Cover Art by Eric Chu. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, M. Sean Dowd, LeRoy Gorman, Kara Gray, Christopher Jackman, Jo McBride, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff,  and Lisa Timpf. Stories by S.M.Fedor, Robert Georgi, James Grotkowski, Jack Mackenzie, Christopher O’Halloran, Jessica Peter, Robert Runté, and Lorina Stephens. Article by Doug Drexler.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #10 May 2023

With Cover Art by Cynthia Rose. Poems by Colleen Anderson, Carolyn Clink, James Grotkowski, Angelle McDougall, Jeanette C. Montgomery, Irena Nikolova, Rhonda Parrish,  Douglas Shimizu, Frances Skene, Richard Stevenson, Peter Storey, and Leslie Van Zwol.

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Polar Borealis #25 – April 2023

With Cover Art by Eric Chu. Poems by Bianca Anghel, Gregg Chamberlain, Aaron Grierson, Geoffrey Hart, Tracy Shepherd, Jim Smith, Lorina Stephens, and Peter Storey. Stories by Nick Brandt, P.A. Cornell, Linda Demeulemeester, Bernadette Gabay Dyer, Jameson Grey, Geoffrey Hart, Michèle Laframboise, and Jean-Louis Trudel.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #9 – March 2023

With Cover Art by Kasia Runté. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Rodolfo Boskovic, Gregg Chamberlain, Jameson Grey, James Grotkowski, Michèle Laframboise, David Shultz, Frances Skene, Richard Stevenson, Elina Taillon, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Lisa Timpf, Gerald L. Truscott, and Alexander Zelenyj.

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POLAR BOREALIS #24 – February 2023

With Cover Art by Kari-Ann Anderson. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Rodolfo Boskovic, Carlyn Clink, Robert Dawson, Catherine Girczyc, Jim Smith, Richard Stevenson, and Dean Wirth. Stories by Warren Brown, Victoria K. Martin, J.R. Johnson, Cathy Smith, Rhea E. Rose, Jacqueline Thorpe, Gerald L. Truscott, and David Wiseman.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #8 – January 2023

With Cover Art by Kasia Runté. Poems by Colleen Anderson, Lisa Cai, J.D. Dresner, Greg Fewer, Angi Garofolo, Neile Graham, Aaron Grierson, Frances Skene, Sapphire & JE Solo, Richard Stevenson, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff. Book Review by Rhea E. Rose.


2022

POLAR BOREALIS #23 – Dec 2022

With Cover Art by M.D.Jackson. Poems by Bianca Anghel, Jameson Grey, Jim Grotkowski, J.Y.T. Kennedy, Jack Mackenzie, Tracy Shepherd, Virginia Carraway Stark, and Edwin Tam. Stories by Nick Brandt, Graham J. Darling, Gina Easton, Kellee Kranendonk, Sally McBride, Lee F. Patrick, Robert Runté, and Claire Scherzinger.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #7 – December, 2022

With Cover Art by Lily Blaze. Poems by Colleen Anderson, Greg Fewer, Angi Garofolo, Neile Graham, Karl Johanson, Melanie Marttila, Irena Nikolova, Rhonda Parrish, Cynthia Rose, N.R.M. Roshak, Sapphire & JE Solo, Lynne Sargent, Elina Taillon, and Lisa Timpf.

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POLAR BOREALIS #22 – July 2022

With Cover Art by Lily Blaze. Poems by Shayne Dahl, Greg Fewer, Neile Graham, James Grotkowski, Melanie Marttila, Tracy Shepherd, Frances Skene, and Lisa Timpf.  Stories by Lisa Cai, R.A. Clarke, Wayne Cusack, Don Miasek, Nina Munteanu, Lena Ng, Sheryl Normandeau, and Dayle Sharpe.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #6 – June 2022

With Cover Art by Tracy Shepherd. Poems by Gregg Chamberlain, Shayne Dahl, Robert Dawson, Greg Fewer, Sandra Hunter, Neile Graham, James Grotkowski, R.K. Persaud, Frances Skene, Jim Smith, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, LisaTimpf, and Gerald L. Truscott.

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POLAR BOREALIS #21 – May 2022

With Cover Art by M.D. Jackson. Poems by Carolyn Clink, Josh Connors, Catherine Girczyc, Cait Gordon, Heddy Johannesen, Douglas Shimizu, Frances Skene, and Robert Stevenson. Stories by Geoff Gander, James Grotkowski, Michèle Laframboise, Caitlin Marceau, Melanie Marttila, Charles Moffat, Derek Nason, and Katie Sweet.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #5 – March 2022

With Cover Art by Kari-Ann Anderson. Poems by Geoffrey W. Cole, Janine Cross, Neile Graham, Shannon Green, LeRoy Gorman, Geof Hart, J.Y.T. Kennedy, Jo McBride, Frances Skene, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Gerald L.Truscott, and Jamieson Wolf.

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2021

POLAR STARLIGHT #4 – December 2021

With Cover Art by Tracy Shepherd. Poems by Colleen Anderson, Josh Connors, Sean Dowd, Greg Fewer, LeRoy Gorman, Neile Graham, James Grotkowski, Melanie Marttila, Matt Moore, KB Nelson, Lynne Sargent, Virginia Carraway Stark, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff,

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POLAR BOREALIS #20 – December 2021

With Cover Art by Swati Chavda. Poems by Sean Dowd, Greg Fewer, Heddy Johannesen, Lee F. Patrick, Lynne Sargent, Tracy Shepherd, Fran Skene, and Carla Stein. Stories by Leslie Beckmann, Greg Fewer, Margaret A. Hanson, Don Miasek, Robert Runté, Virginia Carraway Stark, Lorina Stephens, and Frank Talaber.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #3 – October 2021

With Cover Art by Kari-Ann Anderson. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Carolyn Clink, Greg Fewer, LeRoy Gorman, Neile Graham, Mahrie G. Reid, Andrea Schlecht, Douglas Shimizu, Richard Stevenson, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Lisa Timpf, and Changming Yuan.

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POLAR BOREALIS #19 – Aug-Sep 2021

With Cover Art by Akem. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, R.A. Clark, M. Sean Dowd, Francis Skene, James Grotkowski, Jennifer R. Slebioda, Douglas Shimizu, and Marcie Lynn Tentchoff,  Stories by Robert Dawson, Richard Keelan, Kellee Krannendonk, Byrne Montgomery, Rio Murphy, Virginia O’Dine, David F. Shultz, and Jean-Louis Trudel.

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POLAR STARLIGHT #2 – June 2021

With Cover Art by David F. Shultz. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Carolyn Clink, Josh Connors, Neile Graham, James Grotkowski, Carla Stein, Robert Stevenson, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, A.O. Wallat, and Changming yuan.

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POLAR BOREALIS #18 – May 2021

With Cover Art by Swati Chavda.  Poems by Greg Fewer, Melanie Marttila, KB Nelson, Lynne Sargent, Douglas Shimizu, J.J. Steinfeld, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, and Lisa Timpf.  Stories by Alistair Bibby, Robert Dawson, Geoffrey Hart, Pamela Kenney, Martin Munks, Lena Ng, David F. Shultz, and Garth Spencer,

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POLAR STARLIGHT #1 – March 2021

With Cover art by Swati Chavda. Poems by Colleen Anderson, M. Sean Dowd, Bernadette Gabay Dyer, LeRoy Gorman, Neile Graham, KB Nelson, Elizabeth Page, Lynne Sargent, David F. Shultz, Virginia Carraway Stark, Richard Stevenson, and Marcie Lynn Tentchoff.

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POLAR BOREALIS #17 – February 2021

With Cover art by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Swati Chavda, Richard Stevenson, Melanie Marttila, Melanie Friedman, Lisa Timpf, Lee F. Patrick, and Jean-Louis Trudel. Stories by Martin Munks, Fran Skene, Arlene F. Marks, Sylvia Son, Alexander Winfield, Paula Johanson, Justin Dill, and R.A. Clarke.


2020

POLAR BOREALIS #16 – Sep-Oct 2020

With Cover Art by Michael Dean Jackson. Poems by Greg Fewer, J.J. Steinfeld, Douglas Shimizu, Lisa Timpf, KB Nelson, Lynne Sargent, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, & Melanie Marttila. Stories by Alexander Winfield, Nicole Iversen, Cleoniki Kesidis, Jean-Louis Trudel, Adi Zeharia, Rio Murphy, Craig Hemsing, and Douglas Smith. Interview with Charles R. Saunders (1946-2020) by Gregg Chamberlain.

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POLAR BOREALIS #15 – June 2020

With Cover art by Swati Chavda. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Richard Stevenson, David F. Shultz, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Melanie Marttila, Ralph Pitchie, Lisa Timpf, and Jim Smith. Stories by Greg Fewer, K.M. McKenzie, Gillian Secord, Nancy Kay Clark, Justin Dill, Hayden Trenholm, R. A. Clarke, and Robert Runté.

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POLAR BOREALIS #14 – April 2020

With Cover Art by Jenni Merrifield. Poems by Greg Fewer, Marcie Lyn Tentchoff, J.J. Steinfeld, Lynne Sargent, Lisa Timpf, Melanie Marttila, Douglas Shimizu, and Colleen Anderson. Stories by Mike McArthur, Sheryl Normandeau, Fran Skene, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, J.Y.T. Kennedy, Lily Blaze, Marco Cultrera, Q. DiFulvio, and Mark Braidwood.

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POLAR BOREALIS #13 – January 2020

With Cover Art by Lily Blaze. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Catherine Girczyc, Augustus Clark, Lisa Timpf, Melissa Yuan-Innes, Lee. F. Patrick, and Alison McBain. Stories by Jon Gauthier, Paul Alex Gray, Darien Yawching Rickwood, Geoffrey Hart, Don Miasek, Gregg Chamberlain, Jonathan Sean Lyster, and Jean-Louis Trudel.


2019

POLAR BOREALIS #12 – Nov-Dec 2019

With Cover Art by Gareth McGorman. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Lisa Timpf, J.J. Steinfeld, Lynne Sargent, Augustus Clark, Melissa Yuan-Innes, and Neile Graham. Stories by Eric Chu, Quinlan Moss, Elizabeth Buchan-Kimmerly, Mike McArthur, J. Paul Cooper, Colleen Anderson, and Catherine Girczyc.

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POLAR BOREALIS #11 – Jul-Aug 2019

With Cover Art by Eric Chu. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Lisa Timpf, Augustus Clark, J.J. Steinfeld, Melissa Yuan-Innes, Ivanka Fear, and Robert Runte. Stories by Taral Wayne, Robert Dawson, Nicole Iversen, Lee F. Patrick, Peter J. Foote, Akem, Mark Russell, and Karl Johanson.

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POLAR BOREALIS #10 – Apr-May 2019

With Cover Art by Michael D. Jackson. Poems by Rhea Rose, Neile Graham, Augustus Clark, Richard Stevenson, Roxanne Barbour, and Colleen Anderson. Stories by Jacinda Sinclair, Ben Stein, Ron Friedman, Lawrence Van Hoof, Matthew Bin, Catherine Girczyc, and Michelle F. Goddard. Article by Robert Runte.

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POLAR BOREALIS #9 – Feb-Mar 2019

With Cover Art by Akem. Poems by Gregg Chamberlain, Andrea Schlecht, Tyler Omichinski, Diana Grant, and Roxanne Barbour.  Stories by Xauri’EL Zwaan, Graham J. Darling, Ahmed A. Khan, Robert Dawson, Geoffrey Hart, Robert Runté, and Lisa Voisin.


2018

POLAR BOREALIS #8 – Dec 2018

With Cover Art by Lily Author. Illo by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk. Poems by Roxanne Barbour, Catherine Girczyc, Rhea Rose, Y.M. Pang, Melissa Juan-Innes, Augustus Clark, and Casey June Wolf. Stories by Steve Fahnestalk, Sheryl Normandeau, Stewart Graham, Jean-Louis Trudel, Nicholas Stillman, Eddie Generous, David F. Shultz and Matthew Hughes.

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POLAR BOREALIS #7 – Oct Nov 2018

With Cover Art by Eric Chu. Poems by lisa Timpf, J.J. Steinfeld, Colleen Anderson, Roxanne Barbour, Lena Ng, and Neile Graham. Stories by Garth Spencer, Bernadette Gabay Dyer, Dean Wirth, Madison McSweeney, Monica Sagle, Lily Author, and Mark Shainblum.

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POLAR BOREALIS #6 – Apr May 2018

With Cover Art by Jean-Pierre Normand. Poems by Lynne Sargent, J.J. Steinfeld, Richard Stevenson, Lisa Timpf, Colleen Anderson, Karl Johanson, Rhea Rose, Melissa Yuan-Innes, Neile Graham, Catherine Girczyc, and Y.M. Pang. Stories by Michelle Buchanan, Johnathan Cresswell-Jones, Robert Dawson, Karl Johanson, Lorina Stephens, Rachel Unger, Stewart Graham, Edwin Tam, Craig H. Bowlsby, Helen A. Power, Judy McCrosky, Lena Ng, Kristin Janz, and Veronique Aglat.

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POLAR BOREALIS #5 – Jan Feb 2018

With Cover Art by Karl Johanson. Poems by Colleen Anderson, David F. Schultz, J.J. Steinfeld, Robert Dawson, Lisa Timpf, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Richard Stevenson, and Andrew Lucas. Stories by Colleen Anderson, Jonathan Creswell-Jones, Robert Dawson, Paul Alex Gray, Nestor Delfino, Karl Johanson, Kurt Kirchmeier, Tonya Liburd, Lee F. Patrick, Daniel Roy, Robert Runté, Vincent Sakowski, Holly Schofield, and Phil Wolters.


2017

POLAR BOREALIS #4 – Jul Aug 2017

With Cover Art by Jenni Merrifield. Poems by Marcie Tentchoff, Matt Moore, Richard Stevenson, Taral Wayne, Walt Wentz, Lisa Timpf, Tonya Liburd, Lee F. Patrick, Aaron Miller, Colleen Anderson, Lena Ng, Maria Haskins, Selena Elizabeth Martens, Lynne Sargent, and J.J. Steinfeld. Stories by David Perlmutter, William Lewis, Mario Lowther, Vincent Sakowski, J.J. Steinfeld, Tonya Liburd, Jordan King-Lacroix, Mike Thorn, Jonathan Cresswell-Jones, Dean Wirth, Jeremy A. Cook, S.L. Dixon, Jason M. Harley, Michael John Bertrand, Chris Campeau, Betty Rocksteady, Jon Gauthier, and Matthew Hughes.


2016

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POLAR BOREALIS #3 – Nov Dec 2016

With cover art by M.D. Jackson. Poems by Eileen Kernaghan, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, J.J. Steinfeld, Mary E. Choo, Kirsten Emmott, Matt Moore, Lisa Timpf, and Richard Stevenson. Stories by Karl Johanson, L.L. Hill, Robert Dawson, James A. Conan, Michael Donoghue, Jonathan Cresswell-Jones, Holly Schofield, Sylvia Son, J.J. Steinfeld, Joe Mahoney, Kellee Kranendonk, S. Kay, Ira Nayman, Michael John Bertrand, William Squirrell, R. Graeme Cameron, Darren Ridgley, and Matthew Hughes. Article by G.W. Thomas.

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POLAR BOREALIS #2 – Jul Aug 2016

With cover art by Eric Chu. Poems by Colleen Anderson, Rissa Johnson, Mary Choo, Eileen Kernaghan, Rhea Rose, and J.Y.T. Kennedy. Stories by Stan G. Hyde, Ron Friedman, Steve Fahnestalk, Michael John Bertrand, Holly Schofield, David Perlmutter, R. Graeme Cameron, Catherine Girczyc, dvsduncan, Nina Munteanu, Matthew Hughes, and Spider Robinson.

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POLAR BOREALIS #1 – Jan Feb 2016

With cover art by Jean-Pierre Normand. Art by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, and Taral Wayne. Poems by Rissa Johnson, Eileen Kernaghan, and Rhea Rose. Stories by Christel Bodenbender, R. Graeme Cameron, Steve Fahnestalk, Karl Johanson, Rissa Johnson, Kelly Ng, Craig Russell, Robert J. Sawyer, T.G. Shepherd, Casey June Wolf, and Flora Jo Zenthoefer.