On Spec – Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

August 15, 2020

Prix Aurora Awards 2020

Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2020 Prix Aurora Awards. As many of you know, Speculating Canada was nominated again this year for the Best Fan Related Work Category, and congratulations everyone, we won! Speculating Canada started as a way for me to give back to the Canadian SF community and it has been exciting to see it...

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July 16, 2014

Interview with Diane Walton

An interview with Diane Walton by Derek Newman-Stille I had an opportunity to have a chat with Diane Walton, the managing editor of one of my favourite magazines, On Spec, a Canadian magazine of the fantastic. Diane has been with On Spec since its beginning. In addition to her editing duties, Diane Walton has published in the Northern Frights volumes,...

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July 12, 2014

Upcoming interview with Diane Walton Wednesday July 16th

This Wednesday July 16th I will be doing an interview with Diane Walton, managing editor of OnSpec magazine: speculative author, feminist, fan, and supporter of the Canadian fantastic. Ms. Walton and I discuss the nature of the Canadian fantastic, pushing the envelope in SF, bringing forward characters from diverse backgrounds that are often under-represented in texts, the challenge of creating...

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December 29, 2012

It’s the End Of The World As We Know It, and I Feel Speculative

A review of OnSpec #90, Vol 24, No. 3 Fall 2012 Apocalypse Special Issue. By Derek Newman-Stille On Spec, with their combination of SF stories and non-fiction SF essays and interviews, never fails to be entertaining, but the special issue on the apocalypse was even more fantastic than most. It was as thought-provoking as it was entertaining, reminding readers of...

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November 21, 2012

Displacement

A Review of On Spec #89 Vol 24, No. 2 (Summer 2012 issue) By Derek Newman-Stille I have been a fan of On Spec for some time. I enjoy the quality of their stories, the diversity of their authors, and their ability to play with diverse characteristics of the speculative medium. I enjoy the fact that On Spec combines short...

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August 26, 2012

Deep Space Dexter

Review of “Long Leap” by Derek Kunsken. In On Spec Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012. By Derek Newman-Stille Derek Kunsken takes on a huge challenge by portraying a character who is utterly without emotions, a sociopathic (though not officially a sociopath) character who is distanced from the human and who murders. He portrays the ultimate monster – the one...

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August 21, 2012

What is Barbarism?

A review of: Regan Wolfrom’s The Hill Where Thorvald Slew Ten Skraelings (OnSpec #88, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille Regan Wolfrom’s The Hill Where Thorvald Slew Ten Skraelings recreates a Norse worlds where Seidr, magic, meets Viking might and ideas of strength. Wolfrom challenges ideas of masculinity in this short story, using a group of people,...

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August 18, 2012

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Prix Aurora Awards 2020

Interview with Diane Walton

Upcoming interview with Diane Walton Wednesday July 16th

It’s the End Of The World As We Know It, and I Feel Speculative

Displacement

Deep Space Dexter

What is Barbarism?

Quote – Lost Without Memory