An article appeared in the November/December 2006 (29/6) issue of the Star*Line, the Journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, that prompted this poetry writing exercise and eventually this book. The article, suggested by Marge Simon, the editor of Star*Line at the time, was written by the association's founder and legendary, science fiction writer and poet, Suzette Haden Elgin, who just recently passed away. Simon marks Elgin's "Defining Our Horrible Terms" as "a fascinating take on" what "terror poetry" is. Upon reading, Juan Manuel Perez, the author of this book, found it to be...