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Transformative Art

A Review of OnSpec #91 Vol 24, No 4 (Winter 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille One of the key narrative threads running through Volume 24, number 4 of OnSpec is the transformative power of art and writing. This thread is most potent in Kevin Cockle’s Palimpsest, a short story about a man who learns how to transform the world and people...

December 22, 2012

Big Red Suit Scare – A Midwinter Cold War

A review of The Claus Effect by David Nickle and Karl Schroeder (Tesseract Books, 1997) By Derek Newman-Stille Every child wishes they could go to the North Pole to become one of Santa’s elves. What child wouldn’t want to get everything that they want? David Nickle and Karl Schroeder take on the spirit of the holidays in The Claus Effect...

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Transformative Art

Big Red Suit Scare – A Midwinter Cold War