This issue is an experiment.

Readers of The Fortean Bureau have come to expect outstanding short fiction written with a 'fortean' flair. However, after a bit of cajoling, Jeremy Tolbert agreed that I could edit the September issue, and that I could fill it with speculative and fortean poetry. My goal was to find poems that would read easily and be enjoyable at first blush, yet contain a elements of the unexplained. I think I succeeded. I sincerely hope you agree.

As a bonus for our readers I have included in this issue; "Dog Girls" in order to satisfy your short fiction thirst, a guest commentary by Bruce Boston, Grand Master of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and beautiful artwork by Marge Simon, Rhysling Award winning poet and artist. Enjoy!

Every Saturday morning the Dog Girls met at Ory's Diner for an early breakfast. They told rambling stories and laughed a lot. They talked about hard times, tedious husbands, weather, crops and how to take care of day to day stuff.

"For that kind of nicker, I would check the carburetor," one of them said once. They took good care of their cars and trucks.