TURTLEDOVE TO VARLEY

The bookstore section marked "Sci-Fi"
Is haunted and gloomed, and I know why

Yes, the best selling authors are all there,
On Foster! On Silverberg! On Brin and Bear!

A Turtledove,
 That's nice,
But, alas, my blood turns to ice.

There's a Varley, an occasional Van Vogt,
But, alack, not the one I would have bought.
Varley and Turtledove, stalwarts they may be,
Now their very names mean - misery.

"Turtledove straight to Varley",
 How sad the phrase.
No new Jack Vance in stock today.

Stacy Philips
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