Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

August 6, 2026

An Interview With David Demchuk

I had the wonderful opportunity to interview my friend, the brilliant author David Demchuk. In our interview, we examine horror, weird fiction, the role of Queer horror, and the writing of his novel Red X. Join us for a discussion about the transformative power of fear. David Demchuk is the award-winning author of novels The Bone Mother and RED X,...

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June 9, 2026

Queer Terror

A review of David Demchuk’s Red X By Derek Newman-Stille Red X taps into the collective nightmare of Toronto’s Queer community, dredging up fears from decades of violence. It circles the disappearances in Toronto’s gay village, where real life serial killer Bruce McArthur stalked the gay community for years without any substantive police investigation. McArthur proved that disappearing gay men...

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February 11, 2026

Deliciously Uncomfortable — A review of Lindsay Wong’s “Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies”

Lindsay Wong’s Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies was deliciously uncomfortable, blending reality with the supernatural to the point where it was impossible to tell the difference between them. The book explores the role of the corpse spouse (or ghost marriage), where a living person is married and buried with a dead person along with the practice of villain hitting...

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November 11, 2025

Call For Papers for a special issue of Studies in Canadian Literature on “Speculative Futures in Canadian Literature.”

Speculative Futures in CanLit Call for Papers Article submissions in English or French are invited for a special 50th-anniversary issue of Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne on the theme of Speculative Futures in CanLit. The issue will be co-edited by John Clement Ball, Laura Moss, and Cynthia Sugars, and with a submission deadline of 15 May 2026. This issue invites...

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October 20, 2025

An Interview with Su Sokol

I had the wonderful opportunity to finally sit down and talk to Su J Sokol, activist and Spec Fic writer. As an activist myself, I knew that Xe would be an interesting person to talk to about social justice. Su J Sokol is a social rights activist and a writer of speculative and interstitial fiction. Cycling to Asylum, xyr debut novel, was long-listed...

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September 21, 2025

An Interview with Christy Climenhage

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Christy Climenhage when we were both on a panel about Near Future EcoFiction at WorldCon’s Online Edmonton bid. We had an amazing conversation about EcoFiction and Christy read from her newest book The Midnight Project. I, of course, knew that I would need to interview her and share her perspectives here on Speculating...

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September 1, 2025

An Interview with Nathan Frechette About “Whispers Between Fairies”

I rarely talk about my own work on Speculating Canada, but because I had the opportunity to co-write Whispers Between Fairies (Renaissance Press) with the wonderful Nathan Frechette, I thought this would be a good space to highlight his work. Whispers Between Fairies was written in collaboration with Nathan Frechette. For this collection, each of us would rewrite a fairy...

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August 31, 2025

An Interview With Hall of Fame Inductee Diane Walton

I had the wonderful opportunity to chat with the upcoming Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSSFA) Hall of Fame Inductee Diane Walton. We got a chance to chat about Canadian Science Fiction history, the origins of the magazine OnSpec, and the importance of fandom. Diane L. Walton is one of the founding members of On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of...

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August 2, 2025

An Interview with Tiffany Lucas

I had a rare opportunity to explore fandom with the amazing Tiffany Lucas, who works in the doll fandom community. Tiffany was able to share her knowledge of dolls, the culture around dolls, and even was willing to share an unboxing video of her latest doll. She explores doll culture and the history of people ignoring girl toys and their...

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August 1, 2025

An Interview with Medieval Monster Studies Scholar Asa Mittman

I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Medieval Monster Studies scholar Asa Mittman about his research into medieval marginalia, maps and monstrosity, and the othering of bodies in the middle ages. I don’t often interview folks outside of Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy for speculating Canada, but I thought my conversation with Dr. Mittman might be of interest to many...

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