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May 3, 2020

Speculating Canada Online Writing Workshop: Speculative Futurisms

Sign up for the first of Speculating Canada’s writing workshop series taught by Trent University instructor Derek Newman-Stille, MA, PhD ABD. Our workshop series allows us connect and write together and maybe to collapse some of the social distance by coming together online as a community. This workshop is free. Date: Friday, May 8 at 2:00 PM EST Location: Online on...

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April 4, 2020

Interview with Marie Bilodeau and Kerri Elizabeth Gerow about Wishstamp

By Derek Newman-Stille Spec Can: What inspired you to begin Wishstamp? KEG: It was all her idea. MB: I stayed up too late one night and drafted a business plan for no reason except it sounded like fun! KEG: And then she realized she needed an artist. MB: She’s easy to win over with chocolate. Spec Can: Okay, wait, can...

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December 23, 2019

Bad Kid

As many of you long-time followers of Speculating Canada know, I try to have a little gift for you around the holidays – a tale inspired by this time of year. There is a long history of telling stories (and especially spooky stories), after all, for those of us living in the northern hemisphere, this is the time of year...

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December 7, 2018

These Beans Lost Jack

These Beans Lost Jack A review of Ace Jordyn’s “The Story of the Three Magic Beans” in Over the Rainbow: Folk and Fairy Tales from the Margins (Exile Editions, 2018) By Derek Newman-Stille Do magic beans ever get tired of granting wishes? Do they ever get frustrated with having to fulfill everyone else’s dreams instead of their own? Do they...

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December 6, 2018

A Fable About Overcoming The Odds

A Fable About Overcoming the Odds A review of Rati Mehrotra’s “The Half Courage Hare” in Over The Rainbow: Folk and Fairy Tales from the Margins (Exile Editions, 2018). By Derek Newman-Stille Animals offer a fascinating element to folklore and fairy tales, often grouped into their own category of “animal tales”. These tales often use animals as symbolic representations of...

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December 23, 2015

The Watcher on the Shelf

For all that you readers have done this year to support Speculating Canada, I thought I would write a story for your enjoyment as a way to celebrate the passage into a new year. I hope that you enjoy the story. The Watcher On The ShelfBy Derek Newman-Stille Staring, staring, always staring. They made sure of it when they dipped...