Let's raise a toast most delightful and high;
A new year draws forward with fresh sci-fi.
Short stories, novellas, e-books plus zines;
Robots, A.I.s, protagonists and fiends.
Sentient spaceships surfing between suns;
Space pirates skulking with lethal ray guns.
Worlds beyond measure, some climates aghast;
Time travels to future, sidewise and past.
Hoorah! Clink our glasses and grant credit
To those who write, tweet, podcast or edit.
Make merry, make cheer and make it quite loud:
Hail bookstores! Hail cons! Hail the sci-fi crowd!
Again with gusto, let’s do ourselves proud:
Hail bookstores! Hail cons! Hail the sci-fi crowd!
