Monthly Archive: July, 2012

July 31, 2012

Quote – Time is Nothing but a Wind

“Time is nothing but a wind that blows clean through you.  The only thing you catch from it is a goddamn cold that will kill you in the end.” -Steve Vernon – Sudden Death Overtime (Crossroad Press, 2012)

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July 30, 2012

Quote – Promises like waves

“So many promises washed up like waves on the rocky beach, only to be pulled away just as fast.” -Steve Vernon – Sudden Death Overtime

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July 29, 2012

Interview with Claude Lalumiere appearing this Wednesday August 1st

I had a great opportunity to interview Claude Lalumiere this past weekend and wanted to provide a heads-up that the interview will be appearing on Speculating Canada on Wednesday August 1st. The interview will contain a little bit of background on Claude’s current projects, his inspirations as an author, and the things that are currently exciting his interest and passions....

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July 28, 2012

Zombie Ethics 101: The Zombie Diet

A review of The Ethical Treatment of Meat by Claude Lalumiere (in Objects of Worship, Chizine, Toronto, 2009) By Derek Newman-Stille For those that have read my work before, you will know that I have a love of the monstrous and, particularly, the ability of the monstrous to question ideas of normalcy. Lalumiere’s short story The Ethical Treatment of Meat leaves...

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July 27, 2012

Vampire Volume to be Released (Unleashed) in October

Vampires and the month of October keep coinciding with one another. Nancy Kilpatrick’s volume Vampyric Variations should be a great preparation for the Halloween holidays. The vampire always has something to tell humanity about ourselves and Kilpatrick’s title Vampiric Variations suggests that she will be exploring variations on the traditional legends surrounding our consistent friend/fiend. This volume will be a...

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July 26, 2012

On the Importance of Authors in Residence

On the Importance of Authors in Residence By Derek Newman-Stille A few years ago, when I was Senior Tutor for Trent University’s Champlain College (http://www.trentu.ca/colleges/champlain/) and while I was teaching my course Werewolves as Symbols of the Human Experience at Trent, I decided that I would help my students to meet a current Canadian author. Trent used to frequently have...

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July 26, 2012

Quote – All humorous

“It’s all humorous to him, even annoyance.” -Ven Begamudre – Out of Sync (In So Long Been Dreaming. Arsenal Pulp Press. Vancouver, 2004)

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July 25, 2012

Quote – Not learning about aliens, learning about self

“I have learned something here. Not about aliens. About myself.” – Terence M. Green – The Woman Who Is The Midnight Wind  (In Tesseracts)

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July 24, 2012

Quote – Technology interfering with Nature.

“Technology must never interfere with our Communion with the Mother, lest we forget the Covenant, grow too greedy, and destroy our new home.” -Celu Amberstone – Refugees (In So Long Been Dreaming. Arsenal Pulp Press. Vancouver, 2004)

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July 23, 2012

The Frost Centre for Canadian and Indigenous Studies at Trent University Speculates Canada

I have had the incredible opportunity this year to study with the Frost Centre for Canadian and Indigenous Studies at Trent University. This programme questioned all of my notions about Canada and encouraged me to explore new ideas about what is Canadian and what makes up the notion of ‘Canada’ itself. It was a perfect fit for my research on...

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