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April 1, 2015

ClosetTown

A review of James K. Moran’s Town & Train (Lethe Press, 2014) By Derek Newman-Stille Small towns hold secrets. Because people in small towns tend to have the potential to know everything about their neighbours, secrecy is a big issue in small town life and people in small towns guard their secrets carefully. Small towns are often places of conformity,...

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February 12, 2015

Inverted Worlds

A Review of Jeff Lemire’s Trillium (Vertigo, 2014) By Derek Newman-Stille 1921 Earth and 3797, two worlds separated and connected by timelines, lives, temples, and trilliums. Jeff Lemire’s graphic style pulls together two narratives, linking two lives together. William, a man traumatized by war and Nika, a scientist in the future are strung together through circumstance and through their connection...

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December 6, 2013

Interview with Ada Hoffmann

An interview with Ada Hoffmann by Derek Newman-Stille Ada Hoffman describes herself as a queer-oriented, autistic author of Canadian Speculative Fiction. She has an interest in portrayals of autism in SF, and does critical readings of these portrayals on her website http://ada-hoffmann.com/autistic-book-party/ . I am very excited that Ada is willing to do an interview since I am interested in...

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August 9, 2013

Ticks of a Deathwatch Beetle

A review of Postscripts to Darkness 3, Edited by Sean Moreland and Aalya Ahmad (Ex Hubris Imprints, 2013) By Derek Newman-Stille This will be the third Postscripts to Darkness volume that I have reviewed, and it is the best so far. The quality of the writing and artwork is even more impressive than the first two volumes. The stories in...

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July 13, 2013

Quote – We Are All Just Stories and We Need To Be Proud and Remember Our Stories

“That’s all we are. Just stories. You and me, everybody, we’re a set of stories, and what these stories are is what makes us what we are…. Same thing for a tribe and a city and a nation and a world. It’s all these stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are....

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ClosetTown

Inverted Worlds

Interview with Ada Hoffmann

Ticks of a Deathwatch Beetle

Quote – We Are All Just Stories and We Need To Be Proud and Remember Our Stories