S M Beiko – 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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December 15, 2019

‘Twas The Night Before Krampus

‘Twas The Night Before Krampus A review of Sam Beiko’s Krampus Is My Boyfriend By Derek Newman-Stille As a folklorist, the figure of Krampus has fascinated me for years. Krampus is the devilish companion of St Nicholas and while the saint passes out gifts to good children, Krampus passes out beatings to the bad ones. He’s got a Pan-like look...

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December 12, 2014

Mute Ghost in a World of Words

A review of S.M. Beiko’s The Lake and the Library (ECW Press, 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille S.M. Beiko’s The Lake and the Library is nominally a story about growing up, and the feeling of nostalgia for things lost and things changing. It is about the discovery of a library filled with books that are gateways to fantastic worlds, pages that...

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May 17, 2014

Quote – Stories Clothe Us

‘The stories could clothe us and our moments, and we were in a mine of never-ending supply.” -S.M. Beiko – The Lake and the Library (ECW Press, 2013)

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February 27, 2014

Quote – Rather Dream Than Live by Roles of Others

“We would all rather dream than live by the roles of anyone else.” -S.M. Beiko – The Lake and the Library (ECW Press, 2013)

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February 9, 2014

Quote – Lost Without Our Names and Stories

“We are lost without our names, without the stories that we scratched into the surface of our hearts” -S.M. Beiko – The Lake and the Library (ECW Press, 2013)