Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

January 11, 2014

Quote – Stand up for People, Not Money

“I don’t have the answer. I don’t think anyone has the answer. But I think we’re only going to find the answer when we stop making it all worse. We need politicians who stand for people, not money.” -Cory Doctorow – Homeland (Tor, 2013)

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January 9, 2014

Quote – Rebuilding the Lost

“I have devoted my life to recovering the irrecoverable and rebuilding what was lost, searching out its ghosts and giving them flesh within monographs and articles.” -Helen Marshall Hair Side, Flesh Side (ChiZine, 2012)

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January 6, 2014

Painful Intimacy

A review of Sean Moreland’s “The Rosy Boa” in Pavor Nocturnus: Dark Fiction Anthology (January, 2014 online at http://pavnoc.com/?p=419 ) By Derek Newman-Stille Sean Moreland creates a fierce, almost painful intimacy with the reader in his short story “The Rosy Boa.” The reader is drawn into a conversation, sharing pains and desires with the text, folded into its papery arms,...

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January 4, 2014

Disability Ghetto

A review of Tyrell Johnson’s “Feathers for Tray” in OnSpec Vol 25 No. 2, Summer 2013 By Derek Newman-Stille In his Feathers for Tray, Tyrell Johnson explores the ghettoisation of people with disabilities. Disabilities in our own society are often treated like something that should be hidden, moved out of sight. People with disabilities are often put into homes and...

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January 1, 2014

Poetry Reading from Sandra Kasturi – reading “Reschedule the Zeppelins”

Happy New Year! I have a gift for you – a poetry reading by the brilliant poet and my friend Sandra Kasturi. This is one of her unpublished poems, Reschedule the Zeppelins, which I had the pleasure to listen to at Trent Radio when she read it on air. Sandra has an absolutely wonderful reading voice, so I am excited...

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December 26, 2013

DIY Superhero Bookmarks

If you are looking to spice up your bookmark experience, no one is better equipped to hold your page than a superhero. I made these bookmarks out of craft foam. Feel free to adapt them for yourself. Iron Man (Red and Yellow craft foam… and if you overlap the colours, he can perch at the top of your book) Blue...

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December 21, 2013

Behind the Wallpaper of the World

A review of Michelle Barker’s The Beggar King (Thistledown Press, 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille In The Beggar King, Michelle Barker explores the potential of the fantasy medium for creating a deep coming-of-age story. Jordan is a boy on the cusp of adulthood and in his society youths his age normally receive a talent, a gift that will help them to...

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December 18, 2013

Interview with Michael Rowe

An interview with Michael Rowe by Derek Newman-Stille Michael Rowe is an accomplished journalist and horror author whose work I have enjoyed for many years (ever since the publication of the two volumes of LGBTQ2 horror Queer Fear and Queer Fear 2, which Rowe edited. I was extremely pleased that he was willing to do an interview here on Speculating...

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December 18, 2013

Quote – Teased by Mystery

“He liked the way a mystery teased you, like a locked door.” -Michelle Barker, The Beggar King

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December 15, 2013

Upcoming Interview with Michael Rowe on Wednesday, December 18th

I have been a fan of Michael Rowe’s work for some time, and was really pleased that he was willing to take some time to do an interview with me so shortly after the publication of his recent novel Wild Fell. Rowe is an accomplished journalist and horror author. Check out our upcoming interview on Wednesday, December 18th In our...

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