Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

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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December 10, 2013

Speculating Canada Night on Trent Radio

If you have a chance tonight (Tuesday December 10th), tune in to Trent Radio for a night of Canadian Speculative fiction. You can reach Trent Radio in the broadcast range at 92.7 FM, or if you are outside of the broadcast range, you can listen online at http://www.trentu.ca/org/trentradio/ – click on LISTEN: OGG & MP3 Streams. There will be a night of...

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December 9, 2013

Shattered Glass

A review of Michael Rowe’s Wild Fell (ChiZine Publications, 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille Our worlds are shaped by memory, by our own histories and those of the people and places around us. Memory haunts the pages of Michael Rowe’s Wild Fell, and so does the loss of memory. Jamie’s life has been shaped by memory and loss. His father is...

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December 6, 2013

Interview with Ada Hoffmann

An interview with Ada Hoffmann by Derek Newman-Stille Ada Hoffman describes herself as a queer-oriented, autistic author of Canadian Speculative Fiction. She has an interest in portrayals of autism in SF, and does critical readings of these portrayals on her website http://ada-hoffmann.com/autistic-book-party/ . I am very excited that Ada is willing to do an interview since I am interested in...

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December 3, 2013

Quote – Legends begin in small towns

“Legends begin in small northern towns on the edge of places other people only drive through on their way to somewhere else, in station wagons and vans full of summer gear: Muskoka chairs in bright summer colours, coolers full of beer, canvas bags bursting with swimsuits and shorts and t-shirts, and dogs who slumber on blankets in the back seat...

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December 1, 2013

Upcoming interview with Ada Hoffman on Friday December 6th

As many of you know, I have an interest in portrayals of queerness and disability in Canadian Speculative Fiction. I was very excited when I came across Ada Hoffman’s work and when I came across her website, which does critical readings of SF that portrays autism http://ada-hoffmann.com/autistic-book-party/ . It is great to see an author with autism writing about portrayals...

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November 29, 2013

Necrosexual

A review of Gemma Files’ “Kissing Carrion” in Dead North: Canadian Zombie Fiction (Exile Editions, 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille Gemma Files’ “Kissing Carrion” contains the kind of gross sexuality that will mean that you will never quite enjoy sex the same way again. She sexualises the grotesque and grotesques the sexual in a journey into the taboo and forbidden. There...

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November 25, 2013

Zombie Survival Training 101

A review of Ada Hoffmann’s “And All The Fathomless Crowds” Dead North: Canadian Zombie Fiction (Exile Editions, 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille Coming of age in a world where everything has come to life is a difficult experience. Thank goodness the universities offer survival training! In Ada Hoffmann’s “And All The Fathomless Crowds”, the world is divided into “the Minded” and...

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