fiction and reality – Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

April 6, 2014

Blurring the Boundaries

A review of Greg Bechtel’s Boundary Problems (Freehand Books, 2014) By Derek Newman-Stille We tend to think of boundaries as stable, fixed, unchangeable, but boundaries are inherently permeable, and any boundary that is created is created because someone or something is able to slip trough it. Greg Bechtel writes on these borderlands whether they be of genre (realism, science fiction,...

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October 25, 2013

Upcoming Interview with Ursula Pflug on Tuesday, October 29th

It is great to have a chance to interview another local Peterborough area author, and this time, one of Science Fiction. I have admired Ursula Pflug’s use of poetic language in her SF for some time and marveled at her brilliant way with words. I was very excited that she could take time to do this interview so close to...

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June 10, 2013

Quote – Life Continues Past Story’s End

“They didn’t understand that life continues past the story’s end. They never wondered whether the stories were strong enough to sustain those happily-ever-afters once the clock struck midnight.” -Lindsey Carmichael – The Prince and the Hedgewitch (Canadian Tales of the Fantastic)

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October 19, 2012

Quote – Never Prepare For Bizarreness of Reality

“She’d learned from her experience… that she could never prepare for the bizarreness of reality.” -Nina Munteanu – Darwin’s Paradox

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September 14, 2012

Sometimes Research Bites…

A review of Kelley Armstrong’s The List in Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (ChiZine Publications, 2012) and Evolve Two (Edge, 2011). By Derek Newman-Stille In The List Kelley Armstrong re-introduces Toronto vampire Zoe Takano (from Broken, “Zen & the Art of Vampirism,” and “Learning Curve”) with her characteristic wit and sarcasm. Zoe finds herself (fortunately) absent from a...