Of Stars & Smoke: Poems for the dark wane of the year

Susan Rooke writes poetry and fiction, and is the author of the fantasy trilogy, the Space Between series. Her other work has appeared in many print and online publications, including The Christian Science Monitor, Coffin Bell, Concho River Review, Folio, Halfway Down the Stairs, inkscrawl, Melancholy Hyperbole, Naugatuck River Review, Red Weather, San Pedro River Review, Texas Poetry Calendar, The Twilight Zone Magazine, U.S. 1 Worksheets and Your Daily Poem, as well as a number of anthologies, including Grit, Gravity and Grace: New Poems about Medicine and Healthcare (ed. Rhonda L. Soricelli, M.D. and Jack Coulehan, M.D., M.P.H.; College of Physicians of Philadelphia 2015), Pushing the Envelope: Epistolary Poems (ed. Jonas Zdanys, Lamar University Press 2015) and The 2016 Dwarf Stars Anthology (ed. Jeannine Hall Gailey and Lesley Wheeler, Science Fiction Poetry Association 2016). A multiple Pushcart Prize nominee, as well as a Best of the Net and a Dwarf Stars nominee, Susan Rooke lives in rural Central Texas.