The FictionMags Index

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Omnibook Magazine [Vol. 11 No. 12, November 1949] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 146pp, 5.4″ x 7.75″) [] A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · The Aspirin Age: 1919-1941 · ed. Isabel Leighton · nf Simon & Schuster, 1949 43 · Morning Faces · John Mason Brown · ex Whittlesey House, 1949 50 · Call It Treason · George Howe · nf Viking, 1949; abridged. 99 · Black Bart · Edward Hungerford · ex from Wells Fargo, Random House, 1949 103 · Who Said It— · Harold Hart · ex from The Jumbo Entertainer, Hart Publishing, 1946 105 · The Blue Field · John Moore · ex Whittlesey House, 1948 118 · The Doctor Wears Three Faces · Mary Bard · nf J.B. Lippincott, 1949; abridged. 144 · Shafts by Shaw · George Bernard Shaw · ms (r) 146 · Back and Forth · Various · ms (r)

Omnibook Magazine [Vol. 12 No. 2, January 1950] ed. Maxwell M. Geffen & Victor W. Knauth (Omnibook Inc., 35¢, 146pp, 5.4″ x 7.75″) [] A selection of “authorized abridgements of current best-selling books”. 1 · A Rage to Live · John O’Hara · n. Random House, 1940; abridged. 48 · The Art of Living · Saul Steinberg · ex Harper, 1949 51 · One for the Road · Robert C. Ruark · nf Doubleday, 1949; abridged. 78 · John Gunther interviews Vincent Sheean · John Gunther · iv New York Herald Tribune 1949 [Ref. Vincent Sheean]; abridged. 80 · Lead, Kindly Light · John Sheean · nf Random House, 1949; abridged. 116 · Lydia Pinkham Is Her Name · Jean Burton · ex Farrar Straus, 1949 127 · Mature Mind · H. A. Overstreet · nf Norton, 1949; abridged. 145 · Just What the Doctor Ordered · Francis Leo Golden · ex Frederick Fell, Inc., 1949 146 · Back and Forth · Various · ms (r)

Omnifan   (about)

Omnifan [v2 #2, No.4, Spring/Summer 1970] ed. David Anthony Kraft (Modern Limited Publications, 50¢, 36pp, octavo, cover by Mark A. Nelson) [] 39 · In Retrspect: What It’s Like to Be… An Amateur Fictioneer · David Anthony Kraft · ed 41 · Books · David Anthony Kraft & D. Jon Zimmerman · br 43 · Talnoth of Agnozzgor [Part 2 of ?] · David Anthony Kraft · sl 57 · Three Minutes Dead · Otis Adelbert Kline · ar 64 · A Vision of Life… A Vision of Death · D. Jon Zimmerman · ss 68 · Omniviews · D. Jon Zimmerman · cl 69 · Letters · The Readers · lc

Omnifan [v2 #3, No.5, Fall 1970] ed. David Anthony Kraft (Modern Limited Publications, 50¢, 36pp, octavo, cover by Steve Fabian) [] all-story issue. 74 · In Retrospect · David Anthony Kraft · ed 76 · It Sleeps Beneath the Sand · Robert Weinberg · ss 81 · Talnoth of Agnozzgor [Part 3 of ?] · David Anthony Kraft · sl 91 · Shadow of Sorcery, Spectre of Love · Daniel Hagen · ss 101 · And Friend · Janet Fox · ss 105 · Letters · The Readers · lc

On Spec   (about) Semi-professional magazine, subtitled “The Canadian Magazine of Speculative Writing”. Editors: Marianne O. Nielsen - General Editor: On Spec, Spring 1990 – . Hazel Sangster - Managing Editor: On Spec, Spring 1990 – . Jena Snyder - General Editor: On Spec, Winter 1998 – Spring 2001. Diane L. Walton - General Editor: On Spec, Summer 2001.

On Spec [v1 #1, Spring 1989] (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.00, 84pp+, 5″ x 8″ s/s, cover by Tim Hammell) [] 4 · Boy at Heart · Dave Duncan · ss 18 · “Fore”-Eight-Sixteen · H. A. Hargreaves · ss 24 · In the Dry Lands · Eileen Kernaghan · pm 25 · Looking-Glass · Ron Stewart · ss 34 · A Helping Hand · Lyle Weis · ss 40 · In the House of Dust · Eileen Kernaghan · pm 41 · The Luck of Charles Harcourt · Robert Runté · ss 48 · Her Eyes as Bright as Unsheath’d Swords · Sally McBride · ss 53 · Lines Written on Learning That the Universe Exists Because of a Slight Asymmetry in the Matter/Antimatter Mirror · Eileen Kernaghan · pm 54 · The Stonecaster · Jena Snyder · ss 65 · Duty Free · Rhea Rose · ss 72 · Honor · Kathryn A. Sinclair · ss 82 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v1 #2, Fall 1989] ed. Marianne O. Nielsen (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.00, 88pp+, 5″ x 8″ s/s, cover by Robert Pasternak) [] 6 · Carpe Diem · Eileen Kernaghan · ss 14 · Teechurs Aftur Ours · Richard Davies · pm 15 · The Fairy Ring · Leslie Gadallah · ss 26 · If You Go Out in the Woods · Paula Johanson · ss 34 · In the Green Time · Coralie Adams · pm 35 · Springdeath · Drake Dresen · ss 43 · Headed Out to the Ice-Milk Coloured Stars · Janet Elliot Waters · pm 45 · Rocket to Oz · Spider Robinson · ar 53 · In Zarephath · Trevor Murphy · ss 60 · Silver Sisters · Jena Snyder · pm 62 · Wagner’s Magic · E. C. Bell · ss 72 · Gobi, Childhood Moon · Tor Åge Bringsvaerd; translated by James Manis · ss 78 · Fertile Mind · Clelie Rich · ss

On Spec [v2 #1, Spring 1990] ($5.00, 88pp+, 5″ x 8″ s/s, cover by Robert Pasternak) [] 7 · Venerian Vector-Transit Tales · H. A. Hargreaves · hu 8 · Spring Sunset · John Park · vi 12 · What Happened to the Girl? · Wade Bell · ss 21 · Muffin Explains Teleology to the World at Large · James Alan Gardner · ss 34 · Whatever It Is Plants Dream… · Richard Stevenson · gp 34 · Bunny Ears · Richard Stevenson · pm 34 · Devil’s Backbone · Richard Stevenson · pm 36 · Maidenhair Fern · Richard Stevenson · pm 37 · Lipstick Plant · Richard Stevenson · pm 37 · Moneywort-Creeping Jenny · Richard Stevenson · pm 37 · Moth Orchid · Richard Stevenson · pm 38 · Tiger’s Jaws · Richard Stevenson · pm 39 · Reinach’s Watch · Jamie Findlay · ss 48 · Solar Faces · Barry Hammond · pm 49 · Transference · J. Brian Clarke · ss 59 · Never Say Diet · Diane Mapes · ss 70 · A Better Weapon · Alan Barclay · ss 78 · The Walker · Janet P. Reedman · pm 80 · Coals · Susan Sharpe · vi

On Spec [v2 #2, Fall 1990] ed. Marianne O. Nielsen (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.00, 84pp+, 5″ x 8″ s/s, cover by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk) [] 3 · Editorial #4 · Marianne O. Nielsen · ed 6 · The Basement · Edo van Belkom · ss 16 · Oh, Them Dancing Shoes · Bruce Taylor · ss 23 · Mr. Moonlight · Susan MacGregor · ss 36 · Ed and Marion Go Into Business · Sandy Robertson · ss 42 · [cartoon] · Tim Hammell · ct 44 · the educated plant · Beth Goobie · pm 46 · A Matter of Perception · Anna Mioduchowska · ss 52 · Prevailing Winds · Sandra Hunter · ss 57 · Node to Node · Catherine Girczyc · pm 58 · Dog’s Life · Alice Major · ss 70 · puddlechurch and a sickle moon · Beth Goobie · pm 72 · God Rest Ye Merry · Cheryl Merkel · ss 80 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v2 #3, Winter 1990] ed. Marianne O. Nielsen (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.00, 84pp+, 5″ x 8″ s/s, cover by Deven Kumar) [] Special Youth Issue. 3 · Editorial · Marianne O. Nielsen · ed 5 · Guest Editorial · Reg Silvester · ed 8 · Upon Waking · Nicole Luiken · vi 12 · Maculate Conception · Peter Tupper · ss 27 · Sea Maiden · Keynyn Brysse · ss 36 · 2,000 Year Check-up · Cory Doctorow · vi 40 · Prayer · Rhonda Whittaker · pm 40 · Masks My Father Gave Me · Rhonda Whittaker · pm 44 · Mother Earth · Christine Gertz · ss 50 · The Monster Is an Import to Camelot · Rhonda Whittaker · pm 52 · 1990 · Cairo & X · ss 58 · Portrait of a Psychopath · Jeb Gaudet · ss 63 · Danvers · Marissa Kochanski · vi 67 · “And the Lucky Winner Is…” · Monica Hughes · ss 79 · Editoribus Horribilis · Hazel Sangster · ed 81 · Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v3 #1, Spring 1991] ed. Marianne O. Nielsen (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.00, 84pp+, octavo, cover by Adrian Kleinbergen) [] 3 · Editorial · Marianne O. Nielsen · ed 8 · Betrayal of the Sun · Richard deMeulles · ss 14 · The Cool Bool Machine · Herbert Steinhouse · ss 26 · Softlinks · Sally McBride · ss 30 · Harvey C. Rain · Humberto de Silva · ss 40 · In the Train of the King · M. J. Murphy · ss 50 · Flight 737 · Edith Van Beek · pm 51 · The Butterfly Effect · Leslie Gadallah · ss 65 · reflections · Barry Hammond · pm 66 · The Day Before Never · Catherine MacLeod · ss 72 · Relics · Michael Dennis Skeet · ss 83 · About Our Authors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v3 #2, Fall 1991] ed. Marianne O. Nielsen (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.00, 84pp+, octavo, cover by Martin Springett) [] 3 · Editorial · Marianne O. Nielsen & Hazel Sangster · ed 8 · Water · Keith Scott · ss 24 · many worlds theory · Alice Major · pm 25 · christ must have had a helluva time as a kid · J. Nelson · pm 26 · Going Home · Jena Snyder · ss 36 · where light goes · Alice Major · pm 37 · combinations · Barry Hammond · pm 38 · Dreams in Darkness · Cheryl Merkel · ss 51 · Frost Warning · Anna Mioduchowska · pm 52 · Side Effects · Dot Foster · ss 62 · Best Damn Cheesecake in the Universe · Diane L. Walton · ss 72 · Flesh and Blood · Brent Buckner · ss 82 · About Our Authors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v3 #3, Winter 1991] ed. Marianne O. Nielsen (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.00, 84pp+, octavo, cover by Nancy Niles) [] 3 · Editorial · Marianne O. Nielsen · ed 6 · Pushing Buttons · Michael Dennis Skeet · ss 16 · Surrender Dorothy! · Diane Mapes · vi 17 · Why I Hunt Flying Saucers · Hugh Spencer · ss 28 · Sudden Death Overtime · Hazel Sangster · ss 38 · Much Slower than Light · Carolyn Clink · pm 40 · At My Chamber Door · Allan Goodall · ss 47 · The Dark Terror of Fifi · A. J. Axline · vi 48 · Once a Knight Is Enough · Beth Fogliatti · ss 57 · Handicapped Help · Jena Snyder · ss 69 · Puce Fairy Book · Alice Major · pm 70 · Astronomical Odds · Donna Farley · ss 78 · “Hubby’s Time Machine Sends Nagging Wife Back to Stone Age!” · J. Nelson · pm 80 · About Our Authors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v4 #1, No. 9, Spring 1992] ed. Marianne O. Nielsen (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.00, 84pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Tim Hammell) [] 3 · Editorial · Marianne O. Nielsen · ed 3 · [cartoon] · Tim Hammell · ct 10 · Icarus Down/Bear Rising · Hugh Spencer · ss 23 · Action at a distance · Alice Major · pm 24 · A Perfect Match · Steve Stanton · ss 36 · The Killing Way · David Nickle · ss 49 · Presto · Inge Israel · pm 50 · Once Upon a Primetime · J. Nelson · ss 56 · No Tricks · Susan MacGregor · ss 69 · Hopscotch · Karl Schroeder · ss 81 · About Our Authors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v4 #2, No. 10, Fall 1992] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · On the Record—Editorial Shoes · Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet · ar 12 · Crossroads · Wesley Herbert · ss 28 · The Ten-Million Year Beach · Michael Teasdale · vi 32 · Heaven’s Above · Lyn McConchie · vi 35 · Swift Days in the Black Hole · Amber Hayward · pm 36 · Children in Boxes · Sally McBride · ss 45 · On Art · Martin Springett · pi 49 · A Walk in the Matapo Hills · Amber Hayward · pm 50 · The Coat · Bruce Taylor · ss 58 · The Children Do Not Yet Know · M. A. C. Farrant · vi 62 · Light One Candle · Donna Farley · ss 75 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 76 · Mrs. Leakey’s Ghost · Alice Major · pm 80 · Famous T.V. Semi-Automatic Rifle™ · Amber Hayward · hu 82 · Sister Sun · Lorina J. Stephens · ss 90 · On Cons—Canadian Convention Calendar · [uncredited] · ms 93 · On Our Authors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v4 #3, No. 11, Winter 1992] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Marc Holmes) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · Saints · J. R. Martel · ss 20 · Last Run · Cheryl Merkel · ss 34 · The Stigmata of Ann-Marie Dassault · Preston Hapon · ss 41 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 42 · Frosty · Jason Kapalka · ss 47 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 48 · Changeling · Linda Smith · ss 60 · The Pleiades Cat · Catherine Girczyc · ss 66 · Silent Night · Robert Baillie · ss 72 · Swangard Palace · Sean Stewart · ex from the forthcoming novel Nobody’s Son (Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1993). 92 · On Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg 94 · On Cons—Canadian Convention Calendar · [uncredited] · ms

On Spec [v5 #1, No. 12, Spring 1993] ed. Douglas Barbour, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Kenneth Scott) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · Kissing Hitler · Erik Jon Spigel · ss 21 · On the Record · Erik Jon Spigel · ar 23 · Circle Dance · Eileen Kernaghan · pm 26 · Fish · M. A. C. Farrant · ss 31 · Penis Envy · Lyle Weis · ss 36 · Falling · Robert Boyczuk · ss 45 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 46 · Godeaters · Jason Kapalka · ss 54 · Anna’s Last Letter · John Skaife · ss 68 · The Boomerang · Michael Hetherington · vi 72 · Three Moral Tales · D. L. Schaeffer · ss 90 · The Inner Mind · Tim Hammell · hu

On Spec [v5 #2, No. 13, Summer 1993] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Rob Alexander) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · Just Like Old Times · Robert J. Sawyer · ss 19 · superstition chant · Barry Hammond · pm 20 · The True and Sad Story of Lena the Scream-Cleaner · Jason Kapalka · ss 29 · universe · Barry Hammond · pm 30 · Angeldrome · Bill Wren · ss 43 · Calliope’s Song · Colleen Anderson · pm 44 · Birth Rite · Marian L. Hughes · ss 54 · Changeling Child · Alison Baird · ss 62 · The Marilyn Machine · Bruce Barber · ss 69 · black hole (b.h.) · Barry Hammond · pm 70 · Mexican Fiesta · Nicholas de Kruyff · vi 75 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 76 · The Triage Conference · Hugh A. D. Spencer · ss 88 · Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lc 90 · The Inner Mind · Tim Hammell · hu

On Spec [v5 #3, No. 14, Fall 1993] ed. Douglas Barbour, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Robert Boerboom) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Hazel Sangster · ed 5 · The 1993 Auroras · Cath Jackel · ar 5 · Under the Ozone Hole · Cath Jackel · fr 6 · Motherlove · Leslie Gadallah · ss 14 · The Power of Faith · Jason Kapalka · ss 26 · Snatched · Dan Knight · vi 30 · Nuclear Touristing: At the Point Lepreau Waste Storage Wildlife Preserve—3984 AD · Rand Nicholson · pm 31 · On Art · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · pi 36 · Michael in the Forest · Bruce Byfield · ss 40 · Letters to the Editor · The Readers · lc 41 · On the Record · David Nickle & Karl Schroeder · ar 44 · The Dragon Door · Alison Baird · ss 54 · Distant Seas · Robert Boyczuk · ss 68 · A Swim in the Rocks · Keith Scott · ss 83 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 84 · D’awn Thinks · Preston Hapon · ss

On Spec [v5 #4, No. 15, Winter 1993] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Robert Pasternak) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · Body Solar · Derryl Murphy · ss 18 · Sommelier · Catherine MacLeod · ss 26 · Child of the Bomb · T. Robert Szekely · vi 31 · On the Dark Side · Jena Snyder · ar 32 · Jazz Fantasia · Robert Boyczuk · ss 46 · A Four Letter Word · Ivan Dorin · ss 55 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 56 · Home · Luke O’Grady · ss 66 · Family Harmony · M. A. C. Farrant · ss 72 · Call Me Playdough · Wesley Herbert · pm 74 · Virginia’s Next Christmas · A. R. King · vi 78 · Westward Look · Dave Duncan · ex from The Stricken Field, Del Rey, 1993 91 · The Inner Mind · Tim Hammell · hu

On Spec [v6 #1, No. 16, Spring 1994] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jim Beveridge) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 3 · On Computer Art · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ms 8 · Making Ghosts · Karl Schroeder · ss 24 · Lenses · Leah Silverman · ss 30 · Stella Nova · Jean-Louis Trudel · ss 44 · Résumé · Cory Doctorow · ss 50 · The Monk · Phillip A. Hawke · ss 63 · Bogey · Lydia Langstaff · pm 64 · Happy Eating on Ugrath 3 · Jason Kapalka · ss 74 · Too Clean to Be Dead · Wesley Herbert · ss 88 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 89 · On Hard Science · Leslie Gadallah · ar 91 · The Inner Mind · Tim Hammell · hu 93 · On Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v6 #2, No. 17, Summer 1994] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jean-Pierre Normand) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · Nimbus · Peter Watts · ss 18 · The Project · Harold Côté · ss 32 · Love in the Atomic Age · Brian Burke · pm 34 · Culture Shock · Karin Lowachee · ss 46 · Mamasan · Bonnie Blake · ss 55 · The Stickman Trial · Jocko · pm 56 · Therapy · Kate Riedel · ss 69 · Fata Morgana · Catherine Girczyc · pm 70 · Director’s Cut · Wesley Herbert · ss 82 · The Progressive Apparatus · Hugh A. D. Spencer · ss 90 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 91 · The Inner Mind · Tim Hammell · hu 93 · On Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v6 #3, No. 18, Fall 1994] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Tim Hammell) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · A Tattoo on Her Heart · Charles de Lint · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #8, Summer 1990 16 · Solaso · Mary E. Choo · ss 28 · The Dreamtree · Lesley Choyce · ss part of unpublished work “The Trapdoor to Heaven”. 38 · Ice-Cold Comfort · Marianne O. Nielsen · ss 48 · Star-Seeing Night · Alice Major · pm 56 · On Art: George Barr · George Barr · pi 62 · Stuntmind · Braulio Tavares · ss 68 · Going Out in Style · Jocko · pm 70 · Jumpers · Rudy Kremberg · ss 81 · On Spec History · Barry Hammond · ar 86 · Half the World Away · Michael Teasdale · ss 94 · Sending the College Boys · Michael Stokes · vi 98 · No Renewal · Spider Robinson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1977 104 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 107 · On Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v6 #4, No. 19, Winter 1994] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 94pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jean-Pierre Normand) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · Worldcon Report · Cath Jackel · ar 10 · Things Invisible to See · W. P. Kinsella · ss 14 · Parthenogenesis in Apt. 707 · Alex Link · ss 20 · Whose Lifeboat? · Keith Scott · ss 32 · Dragon Pearl · Alison Baird · ss 40 · Paper · Marcel G. Gagné · ss 47 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 48 · On Art: Robert Pasternak · Robert Pasternak · pi 54 · Making History · Christopher Brayshaw · ss 64 · Artificial Sweeteners · Brian Panhuyzen · ss 71 · Future Nostalgia · Jocko · pm 72 · Gwendolyn Lynette · Roma Quapp · ss 80 · Gone to Earth and Ashes · William Southey · ss

On Spec [v7 #1, No. 20, Spring 1995] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Adrian Kleinbergen) [] 3 · The Beat of Black Wings · Barry Hammond · ms 7 · ON This Issue · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ed 10 · ON the Wall · Peter Francis · pi 17 · Chastity · Lyle Weis · ss 21 · Night Music · Eileen Kernaghan · ss 28 · On Writing · Robert J. Sawyer · cl 31 · Fractals · Peter Watts · ss 39 · The Lady of the Wolves · Marie Jakober · ss 42 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 53 · Sweeping the Cuckoo’s Nest · Tanis MacDonald · vi 55 · The Roadkill Man · Peter Darbyshire · ss 65 · Armor · Tanis MacDonald · vi 67 · The Old Dog · David Nickle · ss 79 · Leaves · L. R. Morrison · ss 92 · ON the Edge · John Davies · ct 94 · The Last Word · Jena Snyder · aw

On Spec [v7 #2, No. 21, Summer 1995] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by W. B. Johnston) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 10 · ON the Wall · W. B. Johnston · pi 17 · Dung Beetle · Heather Spears · ss 29 · The Gretel Papers · Sandra Kasturi · pm 31 · The New Father · Brent Hayward · ss 39 · Memory’s Child · Mary Soon Lee · ss 48 · On Writing · Robert J. Sawyer · cl 51 · The End of Things · Jason Kapalka · ss 57 · Breakfast, 2052 · Kirsten A. Oulton · pm 59 · The Burden of Proof · Erik Jon Spigel · ss 69 · Jhorzia and the Dragon · Bruce Barber · ss 75 · The Gift of Stewardship · Karen Keeley Wiebe · ss 81 · Cereal Prizes I Have Known & Emjoyed · Jan Lars Jensen · ss 87 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 91 · ON the Edge · John Davies · ct 94 · The Last Word · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · aw

On Spec [v7 #3, No. 22, Fall 1995] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · ON the Wall · Tim Hammell · pi 12 · Third Time Lucky [Magdelene and Terazin] · Tanya Huff · ss Amazing Stories November 1986 25 · Bones · Jason Kapalka · ss 32 · The Monk and the Old Idol · Jamie Findlay · ss 42 · About Face · Susan MacGregor · ss 51 · Three Things I Used to Know · K. V. Skene · pm 52 · Dinosaur Dreams · Erik Jon Spigel · ss 65 · A Much Updated Ruin · J. B. Sclisizzi · ss 74 · Winter Aconite · Sandra Kasturi · pm 76 · Abe Ever After · Laurie Channer · ss 83 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 84 · On Writing: Secret Weapon of Science · Robert J. Sawyer · cl 91 · ON the Edge · John Davies · ct

On Spec [v7 #4, No. 23, Winter 1995] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Sylvie Nadeau) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · And Who Is Joah? [Magdelene and Terazin] · Tanya Huff · ss Amazing Stories November 1987 19 · The Empty Sky · Alison Vaird · ss 26 · The Changeling · Sandra Kasturi · pm; given as “Changeling” in the Table of Contents. 28 · Duty Suit · Keith Scott · ss 38 · The Paintman · David Miller · ss 51 · What Pigs Say · Barbara Colebrook Peace · pm 54 · For a Cup of Tea · Lorina J. Stephens · ss 67 · The Spanish Gardener · Joy Hewitt Mann · ss 76 · The Rock & Sally Clarks of Muskrat Creek · David Hull · ss 87 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 88 · On Writing: Show, Don’t Tell · Robert J. Sawyer · cl 91 · ON the Edge · John Davies · ct

On Spec [v8 #1, No. 24, Spring 1996] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by James Beveridge) [] 3 · Mixing It Up · Barry Hammond · ed 8 · Love Means Forever · David Nickle · ss 20 · Scout, Experimental · Michael Skeet · ss 29 · VARIABLE Opera · Steve Zipp · pm 32 · Shadow Matters · Preston Hapon · ss 48 · Alice in the Mirror · D. G. Valdron · ss 57 · In the Beginning, There Was Memory · Ven Begamudré · ss 66 · Lover’s Triangle · Colleen Anderson · ss 75 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 76 · The Last Run of the Donovan’s Folly · Leah Silverman · ss 88 · On Writing: Heinlein’s Rules · Robert J. Sawyer · cl 91 · ON the Edge · John Davies · ct

On Spec [v8 #2, No. 25, Summer 1996] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by George Barr) [] 3 · Coming Home · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · Johann Havel’s Marvelous Machine · Yves Meynard · nv 31 · The Day I Ate Jupiter · Sandra Kasturi · pm 32 · The Last Lesson [Magdelene and Terazin] · Tanya Huff · ss Amazing Stories September 1989 42 · Walking Away · Nicholas de Kruyff · ss 48 · Face Dances · Rebecca M. Senese · ss 61 · The Thief’s Dream · Derek Kingston Fairbridge · pm 62 · Tree of Life · Michael Teasdale · ss 67 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 68 · Down and Out in World 3 · Erik Jon Spigel · ss 76 · Dog Days · Leslie Gadallah · ss 87 · Estonian Witches · Sandra Kasturi · pm 89 · On Writing: Seek and Destroy! · Robert J. Sawyer · cl 93 · Canadian Convention Calendar · [uncredited] · ms

On Spec [v8 #3, No. 26, Fall 1996] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Kenneth Scott) [] 3 · Coming Home · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · Be It Ever So Humble [Magdelene and Terazin] · Tanya Huff · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Winter 1991 22 · The Butterfly Effect · Pamela Sweeney Jackson · ss 34 · Out on the Photon Highway · Brent Hayward · ss 42 · Valor · David Keck · ss 53 · Ghost · Fiona Moore · pm 54 · The Burn · Dan Rubin · ss 64 · The Obelisk of Cle Elum · Jody Ivanic · ss 74 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 75 · Green Children · Ian V. Worling · ss 82 · Leaving Paris · Andrew Gray · ss 88 · On Writing: Two Heads Aren’t Better than One · Robert J. Sawyer · cl 93 · Canadian Convention Calendar · [uncredited] · ms

On Spec [v8 #4, No. 27, Winter 1996] ed. J. Brian Clarke, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jean-Pierre Normand) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Hazel Sangster · ed 7 · Aurora Award Art Feature · Jean-Pierre Normand · ar 12 · Second Coming · Heather Fraser · ss 23 · Spiritworld · Peter Koens · pm 26 · The Babysitter · Kate Riedel · ss 33 · One One · Preston Hapon · ss 41 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 42 · Changes and Identifications · Michael Mirolla · ss 54 · Empty Interiors · Wayne Santos · ss 67 · Flight of the Meat Bees · Derek Kingston Fairbridge · pm 68 · High Moon · Jocko · ss 78 · Mummery · Allan Lowson · ss 88 · On Writing: Speaking of Dialogue · Robert J. Sawyer · cl

On Spec [v9 #1, No. 28, Spring 1997] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Robert Pasternak) [] Canadian Geographic Issue. 3 · The Lost Valley of Adanac · Robert Runté · ed 6 · Casserole Diplomacy · Fiona Heath · ss 17 · Reluctant Praise · Peter Watts · ed 20 · Rat Food · Edo van Belkom & David Nickle · ss 30 · Castorologia · Steve Zipp · ss 43 · Canadaland · Derryl Murphy · ss 50 · Einstein, the Sequel · Darren Latta · ss 55 · The Shuffleman · Michael Stokes · ss 66 · Meanwhile, Somewhere in Saskatchewan · Anna Mioduchowska · vi 68 · Alien Rites and Wrongs · Marianne O. Nielsen · ss 80 · Chad · Kate Riedel · ss Not One of Us #14, September 1995 92 · On Writing: Cover Your ASCII · Robert J. Sawyer · cl

On Spec [v9 #2, No. 29, Summer 1997] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jeff Doten) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Susan MacGregor · ed 8 · Fully Functional Bliss · Jan Lars Jensen · ss 15 · Minor Metamorphosis · Barry Butson · pm 16 · The Covenant with the Bees · Erik Jon Spigel · ss 28 · Mona · Cathleen Thom · ss 36 · Bleedingheart · Alex Link · ss 49 · Catastrophe Theory · Claudio Ierulli · pm 50 · This Industrial City · Brian Panhuyzen · ss 57 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 58 · Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie · Diane L. Walton · ss 66 · Once · Ursula Pflug · ss 74 · Bringing Back Sarah · Steven R. Laker · ss 82 · Frail Orbits · Derryl Murphy · ss 92 · On Writing: Professionalism · Robert J. Sawyer · cl

On Spec [v9 #3, No. 30, Fall 1997] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Adrian Kleinbergen & Adam Thorhaug) [] 3 · ON This Issue · Diane L. Walton · ed 8 · New World Man · Cliff Burns · ss 24 · Into the Pot · Mark Piper · ss 30 · Lancelot’s Last Quest · Ted Demarsh · ss 41 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 42 · Repair · Ursula Pflug · ss 52 · Doomball · Keith Scott · ss 66 · The Healing Fountain · Hayden Trenholm · ss 74 · The Wastelands: a Beginning · K. V. Johansen · ss 85 · ON the Edge · Warren Layberry · ct 86 · Frog Gods · Carl Sieber · ss 91 · On Writing: Self-Promotion · Robert J. Sawyer · cl

On Spec [v9 #4, No. 31, Winter 1997] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Marc Holmes) [] 2 · Memories of Judy · Derryl Murphy · ar [Ref. Judith Merril] 3 · Change in the solar winds · Jena Snyder · ms 4 · The Hills · William Southey · ss 14 · The Reality War · Robert Boyczuk · ss 26 · The Cherry Grove · Aaron V. Humphrey · vi 28 · Bullbreaker · Elizabeth Westbrook · ss 34 · Jaime Spanglish in the Nile · Cory Doctorow · ss 46 · The PlayTime Case · David Chato · ss 61 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 62 · Family Melodies · Laurie Channer · ss 70 · Twilight of the Real · Wesley Herbert · ss 84 · The Bone House · Catherine MacLeod · ss 91 · ON the Edge · Warren Layberry · ct 92 · On Writing · Robert J. Sawyer · cl

On Spec [v10 #1, No. 32, Spring 1998] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Martin Springett) [] 3 · Dueling Editorials: On Music · Barry Hammond · ed 5 · Dueling Editorials: Yakety Yak · Jena Snyder · ed 8 · In the Court of the Crimson King · Gerald L. Truscott · ss 26 · Instrument of Death · Edo van Belkom · ss 36 · Patience · Michael Vance · ss 46 · Bouquet · Bonnie Blake · ss 54 · The Vivaldi Connection · Susan MacGregor · ss 65 · ON the Edge · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct 66 · Cattle Rustlers from the Skies · Richard Stevenson · ss 69 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 70 · Music Monkey · David Chato · ss 78 · Raven Song · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · ss 88 · Whyte Laydie · Kate Riedel · ss 102 · Duende · Apollonia Leaf · ss

On Spec [v10 #2, No. 33, Summer 1998] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jeff deBoer) [] 3 · Lydia Langstaff Memorial Prize · Jena Snyder · ms 6 · Families · David Hull · ss 16 · Exchange · Allan Weiss · ss 30 · Chasing the Dragon on the Sea of Tranquility · Steven Mills · ss 41 · Love with a mermaid · Sandra Kasturi · pm 42 · Vow Tats · Steven Snair · ss 50 · Strange Harvest · Edward Willett · ss 57 · After the flood · Sandra Kasturi · pm 58 · Cleaner · Brent Hayward · ss 69 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 70 · The Number Before Infinity · Tracy Kenderdine · ss 79 · A daughter’s a daughter · Sandra Kasturi · pm 80 · Vivaldi’s Spring · Paulo da Costa · ss 85 · ON the Edge · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct 86 · The Fourth Horseman · Peter Sommer · ss 98 · Eavesdropping · John Graham · ss

On Spec [v10 #3, No. 34, Fall 1998] ed. Barry Hammond, et al. (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk) [] 3 · Risk and Faith… · Susan MacGregor · ed 6 · The Sorcerer’s Wife · Edo van Belkom · ss 14 · …And the Retrograde Mentor · Hugh A. D. Spencer · ss 22 · Blind Date · David Chato · ss 31 · Myths of Winter · Eileen Kernaghan · pm 32 · All That Matters · Robyn Herrington · ss 43 · Wild Things · Eileen Kernaghan · pm 44 · Alexandrite · Shirley Barr · ss 50 · Soaps · Hazel Hutchins · ss 60 · Wild Thing · Randy Barnhart · ss 72 · Flatworms · Carol Thomas · ss 76 · Always Been the Special One · Leah Silverman · ss 89 · ON the Edge · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct 90 · A Valediction · Leslie Brown · ss 102 · The Vergers: First Story · Fiona Heath · ss

On Spec [v10 #4, No. 35, Winter 1998] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by James Beveridge) [] 3 · Run, white rabbit, run · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · Reintroducing the Species · Jan Lars Jensen · ss 18 · Keffie and Scragman · Keith Scott · ss 28 · Shika · Robert Boyczuk · ss 42 · Face of God · Barbara Galler-Smith · ss 50 · Queen’s Move · Leslie Lupien · ss 60 · Walking Into Spring · Wayne Harrison · ss 73 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 74 · Bottle of Skin · Wes Smiderle · ss 86 · Three Last Chances · Robert Ford · ss 98 · The Pandora Consequence · Gary George · ss 112 · ON the Edge · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct

On Spec [v11 #1, No. 36, Spring 1999] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Tim Hammell) [] 3 · Empedocles and the four elements · Lyle Weis · ar 8 · Metallica · Melissa Hardy · ss 24 · Spring Planting · Helen Rykens · ss 34 · Herons · Michael Skeet · ss 47 · [untitled poem] · Sandra Kasturi · pm 48 · The Back Shed · Robert Boyczuk · ss 59 · Sea Wrack · Sandra Kasturi · pm 60 · Learning from the Wings · Iain Deans · ss 68 · Home · Peter Watts · ss 76 · Dust to Dust · Elizabeth Westbrook · ss 82 · Deep Blue Sea · Leah Silverman · ss 86 · Ground-Bound · David Nickle · ss 101 · Love Knot · Jena Snyder · ss

On Spec [v11 #2, No. 37, Summer 1999] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jeff Doten) [] 3 · ConSpec, “breaking out of the box” · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · Water, Circle, Moon · Sally McBride · ss 17 · A Biblical Bestiary #1 · Eileen Kernaghan · pm 18 · Walking Dogs · Greg Bechtel · ss 29 · Bread Line · Eileen Kernaghan · pm 30 · Nightmares of a Finer Life · A. J. Onia · ss 36 · Sunset on Sol III · Janet Elliott Waters · ss 43 · Creation of the Universe · Derek Kingston Fairbridge · pm 44 · Paying the Piper · Hayden Trenholm · ss 54 · The Final Show · Buddy Young · ss 68 · The Discount Shaman · Randy Barnhart · ss 77 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 78 · The Abducted · Catherine MacLeod · ss 85 · The Guns of Joy · John Aegard · ss 98 · Jubilee · Steven Mills · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v11 #3, No. 38, Fall 1999] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Ron Lightburn) [] 3 · Contests, taglines, cabbages & kings · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · G Is for Gargoyle · Steven Mills · ss 18 · Lost Jenny · Derryl Murphy · ss 33 · A Quarter of a Vision · Nancy Bennett · pm 34 · Pleasure in a Job Well Done · Mary Jane Maffini · ss 40 · Dead of Winter · James A. Hartley · ss 48 · A Real Myth for an Imaginary Time · James Van Pelt · ss 54 · Restoration · Stephen J. Barringer · ss 66 · An Eye to See · C. Earl Hanks · ss 79 · Lying with wolves · Sandra Kasturi · pm 82 · Final Improvement · Scott Mackay · ss 87 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 88 · Giant-Impact Theories · Wes Smiderle · ss 101 · ON the Edge · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct 102 · Edgar · Doug Topper · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v11 #4, No. 39, Winter 1999] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jean-Pierre Normand) [] 3 · ConSpec ’99 · Edward Willett & Derryl Murphy · ar 8 · Now Entering the Ring · Tanya Huff · ss 20 · How Many Angels Can Dance · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss 26 · The Halfhigh Vexation · Sherry D. Ramsey · ss 38 · The Skeleton Crows · Randy Schroeder · ss 46 · Smashing Windows · Douglas Ivison · ss 54 · Waking Day · Robert H. Beer · ss 62 · The Fireweed Eldorado · Joe Murphy · ss 71 · Ask Mr. Science · Al Betz · hu 72 · Pilgrims at the Well · Linda Smith · ss 84 · The Fermi Paradox · Leslie Lupien · ss 93 · ON the Edge · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct 94 · No-Name in the Long Winter · Mary Soon Lee · ss 100 · Just for the Beautiful · Marlene Wurfel · ss 108 · 1999 Aurora Winners · [uncredited] · ms 110 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg On Spec Fall 1999

On Spec [v12 #1, No. 40, Spring 2000] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by James Beveridge) [] 3 · Frontispiece: “Alien Intents” · Peter Watts · il 6 · Future Crime · Marianne O. Nielsen · ar 9 · Sonny Boy · Steve Mohn · ss 20 · A Slope So Slippery · Keith Scott · ss 34 · The Echo of Bones · Rebecca M. Senese · ss 48 · Corrective Surgery · J. S. Lyster · ss 56 · Squat · Donna McMahon · ss 75 · Sonata in Weapons · Linda J. Dunn · ss 86 · Alien Intents · Marianne O. Nielsen · ss 100 · Nor Iron Bars a Cage · Leslie Brown · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v12 #2, No. 41, Summer 2000] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Adrian Kleinbergen & Brenna Toblan) [] 3 · Frontispiece: · Ronn Sutton · il 4 · ConSpec 2K · Jena Snyder · ed 5 · A Dangerous World · Derryl Murphy · ar 7 · Congratulations! Short Story Contest Wimmers · [uncredited] · ms 8 · Understanding · L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · ss 17 · Speed · Mici Gold · pm 18 · Beauty and Its Beast · Edo van Belkom · ss 27 · There Ain’t No Strings on Me · A. M. De Giorgio · ss 37 · The Draft Dodger · James Keenan · ss 44 · The Dream House · Melissa Hardy · ss 55 · Hiding · Mici Gold · pm 57 · Ice Crimes · Vol Ranger · ss 67 · The Quiet Village · Joy Hewitt Mann · ss 74 · Millipede Lessons · Terry Hayman · ss 82 · Dance of the Dead · John Craig · ss 90 · No Such Thing as an Ex-Con [Emily and Bailor] · Holly Phillips · ss 103 · The Other Dead · Catherine MacLeod · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

On Spec [v12 #3, No. 42, Fall 2000] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $9.95, 224pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Peter MacDougall) [] 5 · “Junk Mail” · Jena Snyder · ed · FIRST PRIZE, On Spec Short Story Contest: 8 · Wrong Dreaming · Kain Massin · ss · SECOND PRIZE, On Spec Short Story Contest: 22 · A Killer of Men · Siobhan Carroll · ss · THIRD PRIZE, On Spec Short Story Contest: 30 · Getting Pissed with the Minotaur · R. W. C. Sylvester · ss · HONORABLE MENTIONS, On Spec Short Story Contest: 42 · Jack Be Nimble · Carl Sieber · ss 55 · Diva · Lisa Carreiro · ss 65 · The Wedding · Wilma Kenny · ss 70 · Io You · Shawn Brayman · ss 82 · Cowboy Bill · James Keenan · ss 93 · Prize · Elizabeth Westbrook · ss 101 · Devil, Devil · Edward Hoornaert · ss 116 · Preserving the Species · Leslie Brown · ss 128 · Tempus Fugitive · Hayden Trenholm · ss 141 · Not Plowed or Sanded in Winter · Steve Mohn · ss 153 · Just a Passenger · Robyn Herrington · ss 164 · On SF & Film: Seeing 2001 · Steve Mohn · ar · NEW FICTION 170 · Postcard Fiction: “Alphabetia” · Catherine MacLeod · vi 172 · Bulk Food · Laurie Channer & Peter Watts · nv 194 · The Fundamental Unit of Memory · Cory Doctorow · ss 214 · Last Call · Derryl Murphy · ss