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July 23, 2012

McCloud’s School for Supernatural Youngsters

A Review of Kelley Armstrong’s The Gathering (Doubleday Canada, 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille The Gathering, the first book of Kelley Armstrong’s Young Adult/Teen Fiction Darkness Rising trilogy is set in the same world as her Otherworld series. The supernatural is real, but hidden in this world, kept secret by the members of the supernatural races that inhabit it. In The...

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July 22, 2012

Aging Gods Lost in Modernity and the Search For Thought and Memory

A review of “Thought and Memory” by Catherine Knutsson. In On Spec Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012. By Derek Newman-Stille Catherine Knutsson’s Thought and Memory expands on a line from the Norse “Sayings of Grimnir” in which Odin discusses his two ravens Huginn and Muninn (Thought and Memory) and expresses his fear that the ravens may be lost. Knutsson...

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July 17, 2012

Deathly innocence.

Review of: Dave Cherniak’s There’s Nothing To Fear (On Spec #88, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille Dave Cherniak’s There’s Nothing to Fear shows an economy of words, but a depth of expression. His story is short, but poignant and is able to encapsulate his poetic skills and ability to draw a mental picture of the setting...

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July 14, 2012

Amateur Theatre… in Space

Review of “A Little Space Music” by Edward Willett. In On Spec Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012. By Derek Newman-Stille In “A Little Space Music”, Edward Willett demonstrates his creative wit and humour. He plays on an issue that is familiar to any of us who have done amateur theatre… the issue of making a cast out of actors...

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July 10, 2012

Blind Magic

A Review of Alison Sinclair’s Darkborn, book 1 of the Darkborn trilogy. (Roc, 2010). By Derek Newman-Stille In the first novel of her Darkborn trilogy, Sinclair introduces us to the Darkborn, a race that was cursed long ago to live in perpetual darkness. Even tiny exposure to light causes them to disintegrate. As a result, all Darkborn have become fully...

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July 5, 2012

Deliciously Dark and Depressing Discourse on the Divine

Review of: The Object of Worship, Claude Lalumiere (in Objects of Worship, Chizine, Toronto, 2009). By Derek Newman-Stille In The Object of Worship, Lalumiere demonstrates his extraordinary powers to question societal norms about sexuality and the nature of ideas of family. His ability to engage with the strange and macabre makes this a powerful story that leaves the reader with...

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McCloud’s School for Supernatural Youngsters

Aging Gods Lost in Modernity and the Search For Thought and Memory

Deathly innocence.

Amateur Theatre… in Space

Blind Magic

Deliciously Dark and Depressing Discourse on the Divine