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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol. 30 no. 3 #113 (magazine review).
‘On Spec’ is billed as ‘The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic’ and this is the first time I’ve read this particular publication so…
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March 2020
ReviewScifi
On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol. 30 no. 2 #112 (magazine review).
‘On Spec’ is a small-size magazine out of Alberta, Canada produced by volunteers on a tiny budget that consistently punches well above its…
August 2019
ReviewFantasy
On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 30 no. 1 #111 (magazine review).
This is the eleventy-first issue of ‘On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic’ and contains the same mix of short stories, poetry…
January 2019
ReviewScifi
On Spec The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic #109 Vol. 29 No. 2 (magazine review).
There’s some good fiction in this issue of ‘On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic’. ‘Sinkhole’ by Al Onia opens at Uluru,…
April 2018
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol. 28 no. 4 #107 (magazine review).
On Spec # 107 contains seven short stories, a poetic tribute to Ursula Le Guin, another poem, two interviews, an editorial and a…
February 2018
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 28 no. 3 #106 (magazine review).
‘On Spec’ is another small-size magazine enthusiastically dedicated to speculative stories and is available both in hard copy and e-bookishly. In this issue,…
October 2017
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 28 no. 2 # 105 (mag review).
‘On Spec’ endures, happily, and here’s another little issue. I missed the author interview this month but there’s plenty of other pleasing content.…
October 2016
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol. 27 no. 4 #103 (mag review).
As Paulo de Costa is this issue of ‘On Spec’s interviewed author, I might as well start with him. ‘Once Dad, Always Here’…
May 2015
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 26 no. 4 # 99 (magazine review).
The fiction doesn’t start until page 32 of this issue of ‘On Spec’, when you have ‘My Pink Galoshes’ by Krista D. Ball.…
March 2015
ReviewScifi
On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 26 no. 3 # 98 (magazine review).
After the contents page and the subscription information, On Spec # 98 opens with an editorial: ‘The Future Of On Spec And The…
December 2014
ReviewScifi
On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 26 no. 2 # 97 (magazine review).
On Spec # 97 gets the fiction started with ‘Bugzapper’ by Mikey Hamm, this issue’s author interviewee. It’s a dense story about Josh,…
September 2014
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 26 no. 1 # 96 Spring 2014 (magazine review).
As revealed in an article last month, ‘On Spec’ is in peril of its life after losing funding from the Canadian Arts Council.…