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On Spec [Vol. 35 No. 3, #133, (September) 2025] (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $4.99, ebook, cover by Lynne Taylor & Steve Fahnestalk)
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· The Bag of Holding · Liz Westbrook-Trenholm · ss

· The Love Song of House and Lake · Gillian Secord · ss

· When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears · John Park · ss

· The Superposition of Ramen · Jed Looker · ss

· The Serene Hospice of the Sisterhood of Baba Yaga · Lorina Stephens · ss

· An Unsparing Harvest · Stefani Cooke · ss

· The Years Between the Stars · Al Onia · ss

· Les Guérisseurs · Jonathan Simmons · ss

· Some Are Rather Quiet and Some Are Really Loud · Kristopher Galbraith · ss

· Two Voices, One Song · David Jón Fuller · ss

· A Little Meteor · David Lee Zweifler · vi

· Syrinx · Deborah Herman · pm

· When I Dated a Planet Architect · Angela Caravan · pm

· Recent Notifications from SmarterFridge 8000 · Elis Montgomery · pm; illustrated by Andy Skeleton

· Author Interview with John Park · Roberta Laurie · iv [Ref. John Park]

· Bots · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct

· New Robot Blues · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct

On Spec [Vol. 35 No. 4, #134, (December) 2025] (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $2.99, ebook, cover: Dancing with the Holly King by Janice Blaine)
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· Last Vacation of a Termite · Michèle Laframboise · ss

· Queen of the Sword · Fiona Heath · ss

· Night Shift with the Demon Drive · Jarrett Poole · ss

· The Steady March of Progress · Andrea Bernard · ss

· Title IX · Derryl Murphy · ss

· The Permission Is All Mine · Melissa Ren · ss

· Victim Impact Statement · Catherine Austen · ss

· Eris · Glenn Willmott · ss

· The Gift · Ruth E. Walker · ss

· A Need for Space · Marie Labrousse · ss

· Leto’s Demons · Colleen Anderson · ss

· The Dragon She Didn’t Want · Adrian Croft · ss

· Ribbons · Elis Montgomery · ss

· Québec · Lorina Stephens · ss

· The Girl with Candyfloss-Pink Hair · Geoffrey Hart · ss

· Payment Is Commensurate · Elizabeth Smith · ss

· One Hand Washes the Other · Karl El-Koura · ss

· Waking Up · D. G. Valdron · ss

· The Billy Goat’s Bluff · Stephen Kotowych · ss

· Forever Bound · K. T. Wagner · ss

· Seven for a Secret · Chris Patrick Carolan · ss

· My Skin Is Slipping · Thaddeus Cramer · pm

· The Earth Needs Trees and I Need You · Ian Li · pm

· To His Koi Mistress · Colleen Anderson · pm

· Interview with Fiona Heath · Roberta Laurie · iv [Ref. Fiona Heath]

· Interview with Janice Blaine · Cat McDonald · iv [Ref. Janice Blaine]

· Bots: “Lugg Nut” · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct

· First and Last Stand-up Comedian on Mars · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ct

Once Upon a World (about)

Publishers:

Emily Alward; Nineveh, IN: Once Upon a World.

Editor: Once Upon a World.

Once Upon a World [#1, 1988] ed. Emily Alward (90pp+, quarto, cover by Linda Tomaro)

1 · Editorial · Emily Alward · ed

3 · Nightrace · Judi Hardin · ss

9 · Moue · Ryck Neube · ss

15 · Conjugarchy · Emily Alward · ss

29 · A Horse, of Course · Jean Lamb · ss

31 · The End of the Road · Roger Dale Trexler · ss

35 · Mental Scales · Patty Paludan · vi

36 · Dragons, Trolls and Young Ladies · Dave Witte · ss

43 · Incident at Cecrops · Priscilla Johnson · ss

48 · Temptress · Melissa Bregenzer · vi

48 · Brightstar · Ronald Gerard · pm

49 · Light Traveller · Nina Boal · ss

57 · Cache · Lynne Holdom · nv

87 · Book Reviews · Emily Alward & Sharon E. Martin · rc

Once Upon a World [#2, 1989] ed. Emily Alward (84pp+, quarto, cover by Kurt Cagle)

1 · Editorial · Emily Alward · ed

3 · A Gift from Old Earth · Richard G. King · ss

14 · Just Punishment · Melissa Bregenzer · ss

17 · Why the God-Thing Won’t Work · Dixie Lee Highsmith · pm

18 · Timecops · John Villesvik · ss

24 · Kyrie · Jeannie Whitley · pm

25 · Failure Reactions · Mark Andrew Garland & Charles G. McGraw · ss

32 · Border Guard · Dwight E. Humphries · pm

33 · The Reckoning · Nina Boal · ss

44 · The Dream · Larry D. Kirby, III · ss

51 · The Death Downs and the Lord of the Trees · Janet P. Reedman · ss

67 · Blood Heat · Ronald Gerard · pm

68 · Trouble · Emily Alward · ss

74 · Where Have You Been? · Charmaine Parsons · ss

81 · The Plaid Gauds of Seville · Edward Mycue · pm

82 · Book Reviews · Sharon E. Martin, Donell Meadows & Emily Alward · rc

Once Upon a World [#3, 1990] ed. Emily Alward (90pp+, quarto, cover by Brigitte Botnick)

1 · Editorial · Emily Alward · ed

3 · Last Battle · Diann S. Partridge · ss

9 · Combinations · Kerry Lindemann-Schaefer · ss

14 · The Chin Man · Michael While · pm

15 · The Diary of Erloch Tromerline · Kenneth R. Fielding · nv

35 · Witch Hunt · Laura D. Todd · ss

45 · At the Winter End of the Solar System · John Grey · pm

46 · The Last Bard · Rima Saret · ss

59 · Worlds · Thomas Zimmerman · pm

60 · hormone cruising · W. Gregory Stewart · pm

61 · To a Friend Dying in Space · John Grey · pm

62 · The Last Dragon · John Bien · ss

67 · A Conquered Folk · Janet P. Reedman · pm

68 · Obviate · Ryck Neube · ss

76 · Below the Supernova · Thomas Zimmerman · pm

77 · Astroworld · Diana Kemp-Jones · ss

84 · Dreamer · Michael Daubenspeck · pm

85 · Letters · The Readers · lc

87 · Book Reviews · Emily Alward & Melissa Bregenzer · rc

Once Upon a World [#4, 1991/92] (quarto)
Issue not indexed.

Once Upon a World [#5, 1993] ed. Emily Alward (100pp, quarto, cover by Kiri Namtvedt)

1 · Editorial: ’Welcome Back’ · Emily Alward · ed

3 · Death Casts No Shadow · George Gemanis · nv

25 · A Mighty Hard Road · Patricia Shaw Mathews · ss

42 · Hunting · Laura Vess · pm

43 · Kestrel’s Island · Kiri Namtvedt · ss

50 · Red Sky in Morning · E. J. Cherhavy-Shumak · ss

53 · The Dreamers · John Grey · pm

54 · Rudi and the Dragon Lady · Cathy Shanks · ss

61 · Cloudscape · Kerry Lindemann-Schaefer · ss

67 · Nothingness · Joanne VanHook · pm

68 · An Incident at Glastonbury · Katriena Knights · ss

70 · The Bargain · Joanne Mattern · ss

81 · Ubiquitous · Steve A. Rowell · ss

87 · Universe Showcase · Various · ms

88 · Lilith · Genevieve Stephens · pm

89 · Meditation Cosmos from the Inter-Galactic Sermons · Anne M. Valley · pm

90 · Letters · The Readers · lc

91 · Book Reviews · Alicia Rasley, Emily Alward & Kiri Namtvedt · rc

Once Upon a World [#6, 1995] ed. Emily Alward (104pp, quarto, cover by Kiri Namtvedt)

1 · Editorial: The Best Laid Plans · Emily Alward · ed

3 · Face Value · Patricia Mathews · ss

13 · The Visible Memory · John Grey · pm

14 · Until the Real Thing Comes Along · Bruce Olsen · ss

24 · For the Sake of Art · Allen Underwood · ss

27 · Soul Buyers · Barbara J. Less · ss

29 · Set Adrift · B. Kim Meyer · pm

29 · Metropolis · Holly Day · pm

30 · Mother of Her Race · Laura Avalon-Hicks · ss

42 · The Teller · Keith N. Dearn · ss

56 · Garden Witch · Daryl Nielsen · pm

57 · Duty Bound · Stacey Berg · ss

66 · The Wish · Michael Mardis · ss

70 · The Looli · Priscilla Armstrong · ss

79 · In His Image · Michael Mina · vi Figment #8, Winter 1991/1992

80 · Seclusion · Clayton A. Couch · pm

81 · Soldier’s Prelude · Victor Gombos · ss

94 · Instant Icons · Gary Every · pm

95 · Heavy Planet · Quinn Weller · pm

95 · Bandalarea River Fire · John Grey · pm

95 · The Dream · Dana Tanner Kunze · pm

96 · Do You Fear to Love a Witch · Kyle Christopher · pm

98 · Letters · The Readers · lc

100 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

Once Upon a World [#7, 1996] ed. Emily Alward (104pp, quarto, cover by Clarissa Smith)

1 · Guest Editorial: The Quest Is All · Judith A. Downey · ed

4 · Editor’s Note · Emily Alward · ms

5 · Flames of Tomorrow · Joaquin Santiago · ss

21 · Primitive Horses · T. M. Jacobs · pm

21 · The Valkyries · P. J. Roberts · pm

22 · Warrior Seed · Don Stockard · ss

28 · Greetings · Sharon Anderson · pm

29 · Sybil · Charles Rampp · ss

34 · Beginners’ Magic · Mary Winters · pm

34 · Bedtime · Gary Every · pm

34 · Believe It or Not · Mary Winters · pm

35 · Prophets of the Word · Bradley Everett Duncan · ss

41 · Horse · Brice P. Gorman · pm

42 · An Invitation to Tea · Lloyd Alan Fletcher · ss

50 · moments · Daryl Nielsen · pm

51 · The Last Dragon · Jack Hillman · ss

58 · A Thief in Alubet · Deborah Hunt · ss

64 · Haunts · Gina Lee · pm

65 · Bet as Much as You Can Afford to Win · Steven Sheffield Cooke · ss

74 · The Storyteller · Suzanne S. Robinson · ss

80 · goddess · Patricia Ethelwyn Howell · pm

80 · Tomorrow’s Children · Steve Sneyd · pm

81 · Clan Destiny · Denise Tanaka · ss

87 · The Shock of the New · Michael Reiter · ss

92 · Exodus · Curt Johanson · ss

94 · Book Reviews · Various · rc

Once Upon a World [#8, 1997] ed. Emily Alward (114pp, quarto, cover by Kiri Namtvedt)

1 · Editorial · Emily Alward · ed

3 · The Grove · F. Rowan Taylor · ss

18 · The Purple and Greens of the Moon · Cheryl Korn · pm

19 · Love Is Not Relative · Tony Chandler · ss

28 · a boatman takes you across the river · Joseph Albert Mayo · pm

29 · The Knight of Her Dreams · Genevieve Moultrie · ss

36 · Bewildering Enchantment · Stephanie Urbanski · pm

37 · The Egg · Larry Schliessmann · ss

50 · The Torn Sail, the Sea · Jon C. Picciuolo · ss

58 · Love Story · Gary Every · pm

59 · Summer’s Sister · Lorie Calkins · ss

67 · Fairie in Waiting · B. Kim Meyer · pm

68 · Burton Sound Byte XXI: A Stone’s Throw Away · Davis Schneiderman · ss

69 · The Power of Love · Charlene Mary-Cath Smith · pm

70 · Bridegroom Price · Emily Alward · ss

74 · Pretty Paula · Gary Every · pm

75 · At the Intersection of Merriot Street and Wednesday · Stephen Almekinder · ss

84 · Inside Out · Jonathan Rollins · ss

94 · Under Dome · Marina Lee Sable · pm

95 · A Very Small Matter of Diplomacy · C. B. Thatcher · ss

107 · Magic · A. Vanderborg · ss

111 · Secret World of Bears · Bonnie Newton · pm

112 · Letters · The Readers · lc

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