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    On the Brink of Never

    By David Kopaska-Merkel

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    The ancient Maya had a rich mythology. Their religious beliefs included the notion that the world would end on December 21, 2012. For reasons best known to themselves, hordes of modern folk have converted to this ancient religion. If belief sustains the existence of gods, as some have suggested, then perhaps it also sustains the validity of prophecy. I hope not. Because if belief alone can make prophecy real, millions and millions of lapsed Abrahamic religionists may have doomed the rest of us to extinction along with themselves. Nice going guys! In a spirit of hopelessness and despair, engendered by the realization that a boatload of gullible fools are taking us with them into oblivion, we offer the following tribute. I don't know what day you bought this book, but just in case: read fast!
    ~ David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Terra, Year N-2
    "The look in your wife's eyes,
    and her courage as she turns off the TV, forcing smiles
    as she calls the children to come down and play
    their favorite board game, after the confirmed report
    that dawn will never come again."

    from "The Important Things"
    by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlban Lake Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2012
    ISBN9781310125744
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    On the Brink of Never
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    David Kopaska-Merkel

    David C. Kopaska-Merkel has been writing SF and fantasy since the 70s. He edited Star*line [journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Ass’n (SFPA)]in the late ‘90s, and later served as SFPA President. Many of his poems have received Rhysling nominations, and he won the Rhysling award for best long poem in 2006 for “The Tin Men,” a collaboration with Kendall Evans. He was voted SFPA Grand Master in 2017. His poetry has been published in scores of venues, including Asimov’s, Strange Horizons, and Night Cry. He edits and publishes Dreams and Nightmares, a genre poetry zine in its 31st year of publication. Blog at http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/ featuring a daily poem. @DavidKM on Twitter. He lives in a centuried farmhouse that has been engulfed, but not digested, by a city. Poetry and fiction books by David C. Kopaska Merkel 1. underfoot, the runaway spoon press, ISBN 0-926935-60-7, poetry, 1991 2. a round white hole, dbqp press, poetry, 1993 3. The Conspiracy Unmasked, Dark Regions Press, poetry, 1994 4. hunger, Preternatural Press, poetry, 1996 5. Results of a preliminary investigation of the electrochemical properties of some organic matrices , Eraserhead Press, poetry, 1999 6. Y2K survival kit, smoldering banyan press, poetry, 1999 7. The Ruined City, gnarled totem press, poetry, 2003 8. Shoggoths, Sam's Dot publishing, poetry, 2003 9. The Deadbolt Casebook, Sam's Dot publishing, fiction, 2004 10. the egg show, speakeasy press, ISBN 0-9762962-0-9 ($40, entirely handmade including the paper), poetry, 2005 http://www.speakeasypress.com/folded/foldedeggshow.html 11. I don't know what you're having, Sam's Dot, poetry, 2005 12. Separate Destinations (with Kendall Evans), D66 Press, ISBN 1-892958-02-3, poetry, 2005 13. Hasp Deadbolt, Private Eye, Sam's Dot, fiction, 2007 14. Drowning Atlantis, spechouseofpoetry.com, flash fiction, 2007 15. The memory of persistence, Naked Snake Press, poetry, 2007 16. Nursery Rhyme Noir, Sam's Dot, 978-09821068-3-9, fiction (incorporates 9 and 13), 2008 17. Night Ship to Never (with Kendall Evans), diminuendo press, 978-0-9821352-3-5, poetry, 2009 18. The Simian Transcript, Banana Oil books, flash fiction, 2010 19. Brushfires, Sam's Dot, poetry, 2010 20. The Tin Men (with Kendall Evans), Sam's Dot, poetry, 2011 21. The Edible Zoo, Sam's Dot, children's poetry, 2012 22. On the Brink of Never (ed.), Sam’s Dot, ISBN 978-0-984692-04-0, poetry, 2012 23. Luminous Worlds, Dark Regions Press, ISBN 978-1-937128-92-0, poetry, 2013 24. SETI Hits Paydirt, Popcorn Press, poetry, 2014 25. Gods and Monsters, Popcorn Press, flash fiction, 2015 26. Metastable Systems, diminuendo press, poetry, 2017

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