Neal Wilgus

Prodigious American small press poet and reviewer, he has had work in many publications, including Cyaegha.
Neal Wilgus (d. 2022) was a lifelong resident of the American Southwest who has been writing poetry, short fiction, satire and book reviews for over fifty years, much of it science-fiction/fantasy/horror related. Born in Arizona in 1937, he has lived in New Mexico since the early 1960s. He is the author of The Illuminoids (1978) as well as six chapbooks of poetry, a collection of his LEAK News Service satires, a scattering of short stories and a volume of author interviews. His Rhysling-nominated poem, Balloon to the Center of the Earth, is available as a chapbook now from Juxtopedoid Press, 927 Camino Hermosa, Corrales, NM 87048, USA.
==Data Dump Award==
*His poems Outrageous Fortune and Quest-Dream were long-listed for the 2016 Award.
*His poem Museum of Wind was placed first for the 2015 Award.
*His poems Slithersleep and Yellow Dreams were respectively long-listed and placed shared third for the 2014 Award.
*Placed joint third in the 2012 Award with his poem City of Shadows and Dust (Monomyth 50).
==Publications==
===Broadsides===
====Yellow Leaves====
*Yellow Leaves 2
*Yellow Leaves 6
====The Bards====
*The Bards 32
*The Bards 40
====Xothic Sathlattae====
*The Fifth Sathlatta
*The Ninth Sathlatta
==Other appearances in Atlantean publications==
===Poetry===
====Apocalypse: Poetry from the End of the World====
*Apocaylptic Haiku
==== Beyond The Wall of Death: Lovecraft@125 ====
* untitled haiku
==== Cast a Curse ====
* Dark Encounter
==== Chapel of Ease ====
* untitled haiku
* Scary Stories
==== Culinary You ====
* Seasoned Greedings
====Danse Macabre====
*101
*untitled limerick
*Lost Echoes
==== The Dark Tower Volume 5: Towers of Time ====
* Dark Tower Properties
==== Lunar Module ====
* untitled limerick
==== Mars: Poetry and Fiction from the Red Planet ====
* Red Plan It
* Iron Planet Survey Questions
* Overcome
* Day Dream
* Dream Quest of the Unknown Barsoom
==== The Vegetable Archdeacon ====
* Canine Questions
* See Hear
====Awen 75====
*Alchemistry
====Awen 76====
*Halein : Menace, Anyone?
====Awen 77====
*O Brave New Atlantis
====Awen 79====
*A Depraved Mind
====Awen 80====
*I Dream Cornelius
*Accounts New
====Awen 81====
*Orwellian Limericks
====Awen 83====
*Tourist Attraction
====Awen 84====
*Eye Spy
====Awen 85====
*untitled haiku
====Awen 86====
*untitled haiku
====Bard 116====
*Day Dream (inspired by the story Night Vision)
====Bard 118====
*Ain't That Nice
====Bard 120====
*Obolusless
====Bard 122====
*Figures Don't Lie
====Bard 125====
*Negative Entropy
====Bard 127====
*The Wanderer and The Fool
====Bard 129====
*The End Is Just Beginning
====Bard 131====
*Traditional Haiku
====Bard 132====
*Watching Watchers
====Bard 133====
*untitled Limerick
====Bard 134====
*Sea Change
====Bard 135====
*Next In Line
====Bard 137====
*Untitled Limerick-style poem
==== Bard 140 ====
* Dear Friend
==== Bard 142 ====
* Traditional Haiku
==== Bard 143 ====
* Moon Honey
==== Bard 149 ====
* She Only Nicked Him
==== Bard 150 ====
* Death Benefits
==== Bard 152 ====
* Downstairs
==== Bard 153 ====
* The Last Haiku
====Garbaj 50====
*Trust Me You Can
*Killer of the Dream
*A Victim of Vacuum
====Garbaj 52====
*Child's Play
====Garbaj 53====
*Permission Denied
====Garbaj 55====
*A Peace Creep (plus art)
==== Garbaj 58 ====
* untitled haiku
* Unmasquerade
* Last Hurrah and Testament
==== Garbaj 60 ====
* Boo Who?
==== Garbaj 62 ====
* Orwellian Limericks
==== Garbaj 63 ====
* Another Rubicon
==== Garbaj 64 ====
* Where Did We Go Wrong?
==== Garbaj 65 ====
* Little Known
==== Garbaj 66 ====
* Limerick
==== Garbaj 67 ====
* End Will It All? It When
==== Garbaj 68 ====
* The March of Politics
* Hostage Haiku
* Hostile Haiku
====Monomyth 51====
*That There Crow
*Other Winged Critters
==== Monomyth 55 ====
* Museum of Wind
* A Depraved Mind
==== Monomyth 57 ====
* Outrageous Fortune
==== Monomyth 59 ====
* Spacer's Choice
==== Monomyth 61 ====
* Pest Control
====The Supplement 61====
*A Visit From The Greensboro Klan
*Four Diminuendo poems
===Prose Fiction===
(incomplete list)
====Awen 81====
*The T'Chuqueque Inscription
====Awen 82====
*The Pataphysical Response
====Awen 83====
*The Milky Rock
====Awen 84====
*The Exception Rule
*The Fateful Twist
==== Garbaj 58 ====
* La Llorona Arrested For Disturbing The Peace
====Monomyth 53====
*Cold Case: Rona
==== Monomyth 56 ====
* Elsetime
==== Beyond The Wall of Death: Lovecraft @125 ====
* Loose End
====The Dark Tower Volume 4: A Skull of Doom====
*Dark Tower Dream
==== Great War: 1914-2014 ====
* Great and Terrible
==== Terrifying Tales ====
* Bad Dog
===Non-Fiction===
====The Supplement 60====
*Four reviews
====The Supplement 61====
*Conscientious Objection 101
*Winding Down
====The Supplement 65====
*Four reviews
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