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Congratulations to Cindy O'Quinn, whose poem Colorless Reflection (which appeared in Poppy Road Review in 2018) ­­was nominated for the Rhysling award in Speculative Poetry.

Winning works are regularly reprinted in the Nebula Awards Anthology and are considered in the SF/F/H/Speculative field to be the equivalent in poetry of the awards given for prose work—achievement awards given to poets by the writing peers of their own field of literature.   

The Rhysling anthology will be mailed in conjunction with the April 30th issue of Star*Line, the quarterly journal of the SFPA.

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Colorless Reflection by Cindy O'Quinn

Sometimes when you are alone,

            alone in a room

with the person in the mirror,

            the one with the colorless face.

Two separate people – not just one,

            and horror looks back

as a reminder of the past.

            Did you really see this person?

The one hidden behind glass,

            and your body chills.

It’s so much easier

to believe everyone else,

not the one in the mirror,

the one who strips your will.

In a small dark room,

hangs the only mirror left.

All the others,

took their leave – years ago.

Too many judging faces,

gathered together

leaving behind shadows and dust.

The last one hanging – refuses to go

away from this haunted space,

            that is my mind –

truly the scariest place.

Cindy O'Quinn lives on an old homestead in the woods of Maine.  Author of Return to Graveyard Dust and Dark Cloud on Naked Creek. Works published or forthcoming in HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. V, Nothing's Sacred Vol. 4, Sanitarium Magazine, Rag Queen Periodical, and others.