Tag: Monstrosity

August 17, 2012

This Werewolf Wears Pumps

A review of Margaret Atwood’s Update on Werewolves in Thriller Suite: New Poems (available online at Wattpad at http://www.wattpad.com/5346412-thriller-suite-new-poems-update-on-werewolves ) By Derek Newman-Stille Margaret Atwood’s poem Update on Werewolves explores the shifting culture of werewolves over time. In a lot of the werewolf cinema and literature of the later 20th century, werewolves were predominantly male and embodied the expression of...

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August 16, 2012

Upcoming Interview with Ian Rogers on Thursday, August 23.

As a bit of a birthday present to myself, I had the opportunity to interview Ian Rogers, a local Peterborough author of horror/ urban dark fantasy. It was a great intersection of two things that I enjoy: Peterborough, and Urban Dark Fantasy, so I thought I would post it on my birthday as a bit of a present to myself....

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August 13, 2012

Performing the Monster

A Review of Ian Rogers’ Temporary Monsters (Burning Effigy Press, Toronto: 2009) By Derek Newman-Stille Peterborough author Ian Rogers’ Temporary Monsters is a novella about illusion and performance, the insubstantiality of life and the performativity of everyday existence.  Rogers sets his story of monstrosity amongst a performative group of people, actors and actresses, who need to be ‘on’ while on-screen...

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August 8, 2012

Hockey 30 Days of Night in Canada

A Review of Sudden Death Overtime by Steve Vernon (Crossroad Press, 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille In his Sudden Death Overtime, Steve Vernon creates an unusual cast of characters in an epic battle on and off the ice. Vernon takes a group of old Newfoundland hockey players from a small, one-pub town and faces them against an encroaching threat of outsiders....

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August 6, 2012

Interview with Steve Vernon

An Interview with Steve Vernon About Himself and His Recent Novella Sudden Death Overtime By Derek Newman-Stille It is always a great opportunity to be able to do an interview of an author about a specific work and I want to thank Mr. Vernon for allowing me to interview him and for giving the readers some insights into himself and...

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August 2, 2012

Upcoming Interview with Steve Vernon on Monday August 6th

This week, I had the opportunity to interview Nova Scotia author Steve Vernon.  This Monday August 6th, check out our interview and have a chance to enjoy Steve’s sense of humour while finding out what things inspire him as an author, some of his recent projects, and an in-depth discussion about his work Sudden Death Overtime.  You can explore some...

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August 1, 2012

Interview with Claude Lalumiere

An Interview with Claude Lalumiere by Derek Newman-Stille This past weekend, Speculating Canada had the opportunity to interview Canadian author Claude Lalumiere. I want to express my thanks to Mr. Lalumiere for taking the time to talk to our readers and share some of his insights about writing, about identity, and about the worlds he creates. I will let him...

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July 29, 2012

Interview with Claude Lalumiere appearing this Wednesday August 1st

I had a great opportunity to interview Claude Lalumiere this past weekend and wanted to provide a heads-up that the interview will be appearing on Speculating Canada on Wednesday August 1st. The interview will contain a little bit of background on Claude’s current projects, his inspirations as an author, and the things that are currently exciting his interest and passions....

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July 28, 2012

Zombie Ethics 101: The Zombie Diet

A review of The Ethical Treatment of Meat by Claude Lalumiere (in Objects of Worship, Chizine, Toronto, 2009) By Derek Newman-Stille For those that have read my work before, you will know that I have a love of the monstrous and, particularly, the ability of the monstrous to question ideas of normalcy. Lalumiere’s short story The Ethical Treatment of Meat leaves...

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July 27, 2012

Vampire Volume to be Released (Unleashed) in October

Vampires and the month of October keep coinciding with one another. Nancy Kilpatrick’s volume Vampyric Variations should be a great preparation for the Halloween holidays. The vampire always has something to tell humanity about ourselves and Kilpatrick’s title Vampiric Variations suggests that she will be exploring variations on the traditional legends surrounding our consistent friend/fiend. This volume will be a...

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