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Elissa Malcohn

2009-09-25T03:09:59Z

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'''Elissa Malcohn''' was a 1985 John W. Campbell Award finalist for her novelette, "Lazuli" (''Asimov's'', Nov. 1984). From 1986-1988 she edited ''Star*Line'', journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association ([http://www.sfpoetry.com]).

Over the years she has been involved with the Women's Pentagon Action, Women's Peace Education Fund (a.k.a. Women Strike for Peace), Feminist Writers Guild, Boston Bisexual Women's Network, and is currently a member of [[Broad Universe]]. She is also a member of [[SFWA]], SFPA, Florida State Poets Association ([http://thewordshop.tripod.com/fspa/])/National Federation of State Poetry Societies ([http://www.nfsps.org]), Art Center of Citrus County ([http://www.artcenter.cc/]), and is listed with Poets and Writers, Inc. ([http://www.pw.org]).

== Partial Bibliography (not all SF) ==

===Novels:===
* ''Deviations: Destiny'', forthcoming in December 2009.
* ''Deviations: Appetite'', released as a free e-book, accessible from the ''Deviations'' website and from Manybooks.net, May 2009.
* ''Deviations: Covenant'', Aisling Press ([http://www.aislingpress.com]), September 2007. Re-released in March 2009 as a free e-book, accessible from the ''Deviations'' website ([http://home.earthlink.net/~deviations/index.html]) and from Manybooks.net ([http://manybooks.net/authors/malcohne.html])

===Short fiction & creative nonfiction ===

; Forthcoming
* "Judgment at Naioth," ''She Nailed A Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror'', Tim Lieder, Ed., Dybbuk Press ([http://www.dybbuk-press.com/]), Spring 2010.

; Published
* "Flotsam," ''Asimov's'', Oct./Nov. 2009.
* in "Short Takes," ''New Plains Review'' ([http://www.libarts.ucok.edu/english/newplains/]) "Service" issue, Spring 2009.
* "Memento Mori," ''Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet'', Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder, Eds., Dark Scribe Press ([http://www.darkscribepress.com/]), Dec. 2008.
* "Prometheus Rebound," ''Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly'' ([http://www.helixsf.com/list.htm]), October 2008. Accessible as a .pdf file from Elissa's website ([http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn/Helix-10-Malcohn-PrometheusRebound.pdf]).
* "Arachne," reprinted in ''Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory'' ([http://www.banyancollege.org/scriblerus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=50]), Sean Miller and Shveta Verma, Eds., Scriblerus Press, June 2008.
* "Hermit Crabs," ''Electric Velocipede'' ([http://www.electricvelocipede.com/index.htm]), Issue Fourteen, Spring 2008.
* "Identity Theft," ''The Drabbler'' #10: Haunted Spaceports, Sam's Dot Publishing ([http://samsdotpublishing.com/]), February 2008.
* "January 1985: A Day in Lawrence, Massachusetts," ''Reed'' ([http://www.sjsu.edu/reed/]), Issue 60, 2007.
* "Moments of Clarity," ''Full Spectrum'', Bantam Books, 1988.
* "Arachne," ''Aboriginal Science Fiction'', November-December 1988.
* "Cog," ''Tales of the Unanticipated'' ([http://www.totu-ink.com/]) No. 4, Fall/Winter 1988.
* "Another Place," ''Amazing Stories'' 63(1), May 1988.
* "Why They're Called Wisdom Teeth," ''Z Miscellaneous'' 1(5), November 1987.
* "The S.O.B. Show," ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' ([http://www.asimovs.com/]) 10(12), December 1986.
* "Choreographer," ''The River Reader'', 1985.
* "Variations for Four Hands," ''Yellow Silk'' Issue Fourteen, Spring 1985.
* "Lazuli," ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' 8(11), November 1984.
* "The Evolution of Cmdr. DeVeia," ''Yellow Silk'', Issue Five, Fall 1982.
* "The Trial of Dodi," ''Black Maria'' 4(2), 1981 (as Elissa L.A. Hamilton).
* "Black Magic," ''Karmic Runes 2nd Annual Journey Into Fantasy'', December 1977 (as Elissa Alkoff).

===Poetry===
'''Poetry has appeared (with more forthcoming, where indicated) in these and other publications:'''

''Aboriginal Science Fiction''; ''Alpha Gallery'' (Small Press Writers & Artists Organization); ''Amazing Stories''; various Florida State Poets Association anthologies; ''Aoife's Kiss'' ([http://www.genremall.com/zinesr.htm#aoife]); ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine''; ''Aurora''; ''Beacon Review''; ''Black Maria''; ''Burning With a Vision: Poetry of Science and the Fantastic'' (R. Frazier, Ed., Owlswick Press); ''The Celibate Woman''; ''Dreams & Nightmares'' ([http://dreamsandnightmares.interstellardustmites.com/index.html]); ''Earth's Daughters'' ([http://www.earthsdaughters.org/]); ''Encore: Prize Poems of the NFSPS 2004'' (National Federation of State Poetry Societies); ''Harp Strings Poetry Journal''; ''Harvard Business Review'' (reprinted in Professor John K. Shank's case "Jones Ironworks, Inc."); ''Hoboken Terminal''; ''I Name Myself Daughter, And It Is Good'' (M. Honton, Ed., Sophia Books); ''Ice River''; ''The Magazine of Speculative Poetry'' ([http://www.sff.net/people/Roger-Dutcher/#msp]); ''The Official Newsletter of the Horror Writers Association'' ([http://www.horror.org/]); ''The Planetarian'' (International Planetarium Society, [http://www.ips-planetarium.org/]); ''Poetry Night at the Null Hypothesis'' (Science Fiction Poetry Association cassette tape); ''Poets' Forum Magazine''; ''Portland Review'' ([http://www.portlandreview.pdx.edu/PRhome.html]); ''Rhysling Anthologies'' 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (Science Fiction Poetry Association); ''The River Reader''; ''The Round Table''; ''Sage Woman'' ([http://www.sagewoman.com/]); ''Samisdat''; ''San Fernando Poetry Journal''; ''The 2nd Annual SFPA Poetry Contest 2007: Sonnets'' (W.G. Stewart, M.L. Tentchoff, & S. Virtes, Eds., Spec House of Poetry with the Science Fiction Poetry Association); ''Space and Time'' ([http://www.spaceandtimemagazine.com/html/index.asp]); ''Stage V: A Journal Through Illness'' (S. Wainwright, Acacia Books); ''Star*Line''; ''STEM Newsletter'' (The Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering and Modelling, University of Nottingham, UK); ''Uranus''; ''Velocities''; ''We'Moon'' ([http://www.wemoon.ws/]); ''We're Working On It!'' (Seven Poets Anthology Collective, Feminist Writers Guild); ''Win Magazine'' ([http://www.warresisters.org/win/]); ''Z Miscellaneous''.

==External links==
*[http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn/index.html Malcohn's World] (her website), including more detailed bibliographic and other information.
*[http://hurricanecountry.blogspot.com/ Chronicles From Hurricane Country] (general blog)

[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:Editors]]
[[Category:Women]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malcohn, Elissa}}

Elissa Malcohn

2009-09-25T03:09:08Z

4.235.156.182: /* Short fiction & creative nonfiction */

'''Elissa Malcohn''' was a 1985 John W. Campbell Award finalist for her novelette, "Lazuli" (''Asimov's'', Nov. 1984). From 1986-1988 she edited ''Star*Line'', journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association ([http://www.sfpoetry.com]).

Over the years she has been involved with the Women's Pentagon Action, Women's Peace Education Fund (a.k.a. Women Strike for Peace), Feminist Writers Guild, Boston Bisexual Women's Network, and is currently a member of [[Broad Universe]]. She is also a member of [[SFWA]], SFPA, Florida State Poets Association ([http://thewordshop.tripod.com/fspa/])/National Federation of State Poetry Societies ([http://www.nfsps.org]), Art Center of Citrus County ([http://www.artcenter.cc/]), and is listed with Poets and Writers, Inc. ([http://www.pw.org]).

== Partial Bibliography (not all SF) ==

===Novels:===
* ''Deviations: Destiny'', forthcoming in December 2009.
* ''Deviations: Appetite'', released as a free e-book, accessible from the ''Deviations'' website and from Manybooks.net, May 2009.
* ''Deviations: Covenant'', Aisling Press ([http://www.aislingpress.com]), September 2007. Re-released in March 2009 as a free e-book, accessible from the ''Deviations'' website ([http://home.earthlink.net/~deviations/index.html]) and from Manybooks.net ([http://manybooks.net/authors/malcohne.html])

===Short fiction & creative nonfiction ===

; Forthcoming
* "Judgment at Naioth," ''She Nailed A Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror'', Tim Lieder, Ed., Dybbuk Press ([http://www.dybbuk-press.com/]), Spring 2010.

; Published
* "Flotsam," ''Asimov's'', Oct./Nov. 2009.
* in "Short Takes," ''New Plains Review'' ([http://www.libarts.ucok.edu/english/newplains/]) "Service" issue, Spring 2009.
* "Memento Mori," ''Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet'', Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder, Eds., Dark Scribe Press ([http://www.darkscribepress.com/]), Dec. 2008.
* "Prometheus Rebound," ''Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly'' ([http://www.helixsf.com/list.htm]), October 2008. Accessible as a .pdf file from Elissa's website ([http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn/Helix-10-Malcohn-PrometheusRebound.pdf]).
* "Arachne," reprinted in ''Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory'' ([http://www.banyancollege.org/scriblerus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=50]), Sean Miller and Shveta Verma, Eds., Scriblerus Press, June 2008.
* "Hermit Crabs," ''Electric Velocipede'' ([http://www.electricvelocipede.com/index.htm]), Issue Fourteen, Spring 2008.
* "Identity Theft," ''The Drabbler'' #10: Haunted Spaceports, Sam's Dot Publishing ([http://samsdotpublishing.com/]), February 2008.
* "January 1985: A Day in Lawrence, Massachusetts," ''Reed'' ([http://www.sjsu.edu/reed/]), Issue 60, 2007.
* "Moments of Clarity," ''Full Spectrum'', Bantam Books, 1988.
* "Arachne," ''Aboriginal Science Fiction'', November-December 1988.
* "Cog," ''Tales of the Unanticipated'' ([http://www.totu-ink.com/]) No. 4, Fall/Winter 1988.
* "Another Place," ''Amazing Stories'' 63(1), May 1988.
* "Why They're Called Wisdom Teeth," ''Z Miscellaneous'' 1(5), November 1987.
* "The S.O.B. Show," ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' ([http://www.asimovs.com/]) 10(12), December 1986.
* "Choreographer," ''The River Reader'', 1985.
* "Variations for Four Hands," ''Yellow Silk'' Issue Fourteen, Spring 1985.
* "Lazuli," ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' 8(11), November 1984.
* "The Evolution of Cmdr. DeVeia," ''Yellow Silk'', Issue Five, Fall 1982.
* "The Trial of Dodi," ''Black Maria'' 4(2), 1981 (as Elissa L.A. Hamilton).
* "Black Magic," ''Karmic Runes 2nd Annual Journey Into Fantasy'', December 1977 (as Elissa Alkoff).

===Poetry===
'''Poetry has appeared (with more forthcoming, where indicated) in these and other publications:'''

''Aboriginal Science Fiction''; ''Alpha Gallery'' (Small Press Writers & Artists Organization); ''Amazing Stories''; various Florida State Poets Association anthologies; ''Aoife's Kiss'' ([http://www.genremall.com/zinesr.htm#aoife]); ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' (with more forthcoming); ''Aurora''; ''Beacon Review''; ''Black Maria''; ''Burning With a Vision: Poetry of Science and the Fantastic'' (R. Frazier, Ed., Owlswick Press); ''The Celibate Woman''; ''Dreams & Nightmares'' ([http://dreamsandnightmares.interstellardustmites.com/index.html]); ''Earth's Daughters'' ([http://www.earthsdaughters.org/]); ''Encore: Prize Poems of the NFSPS 2004'' (National Federation of State Poetry Societies); ''Harp Strings Poetry Journal''; ''Harvard Business Review'' (reprinted in Professor John K. Shank's case "Jones Ironworks, Inc."); ''Hoboken Terminal''; ''I Name Myself Daughter, And It Is Good'' (M. Honton, Ed., Sophia Books); ''Ice River''; ''The Magazine of Speculative Poetry'' ([http://www.sff.net/people/Roger-Dutcher/#msp]); ''The Official Newsletter of the Horror Writers Association'' ([http://www.horror.org/]); ''The Planetarian'' (International Planetarium Society, [http://www.ips-planetarium.org/]); ''Poetry Night at the Null Hypothesis'' (Science Fiction Poetry Association cassette tape); ''Poets' Forum Magazine''; ''Portland Review'' ([http://www.portlandreview.pdx.edu/PRhome.html]); ''Rhysling Anthologies'' 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (Science Fiction Poetry Association); ''The River Reader''; ''The Round Table''; ''Sage Woman'' ([http://www.sagewoman.com/]); ''Samisdat''; ''San Fernando Poetry Journal''; ''The 2nd Annual SFPA Poetry Contest 2007: Sonnets'' (W.G. Stewart, M.L. Tentchoff, & S. Virtes, Eds., Spec House of Poetry with the Science Fiction Poetry Association); ''Space and Time'' ([http://www.spaceandtimemagazine.com/html/index.asp]); ''Stage V: A Journal Through Illness'' (S. Wainwright, Acacia Books); ''Star*Line''; ''STEM Newsletter'' (The Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering and Modelling, University of Nottingham, UK); ''Uranus''; ''Velocities''; ''We'Moon'' ([http://www.wemoon.ws/]); ''We're Working On It!'' (Seven Poets Anthology Collective, Feminist Writers Guild); ''Win Magazine'' ([http://www.warresisters.org/win/]); ''Z Miscellaneous''.

==External links==
*[http://home.earthlink.net/~emalcohn/index.html Malcohn's World] (her website), including more detailed bibliographic and other information.
*[http://hurricanecountry.blogspot.com/ Chronicles From Hurricane Country] (general blog)

[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:Editors]]
[[Category:Women]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malcohn, Elissa}}