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On Spec [v26 #3, #98, Fall 2014] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers Society, $6.95, digest) Details taken from magazine website. fc. · Profile of a Reptile · Jeff Ward · cv Harlan Ellison Is Alive and Well and Living in California · Diane L. Walton · ed [Harlan Ellison] Chance Encounters · Janet K. Nicolson · ss A Primer on the Ins and Outs of Building Bliss · Brent Knowles · ss Walk the Dinosaur · Jayme Allen · ss Sunchild Blues · Al Onia · ss Downtime · Melanie Martila · ss A Little Leavening · Allan Weiss · ss Cajun Style · Lynne M. MacLean · pm A Chance Encounter with Janet K. Nicolson · Roberta Laurie · iv Jeff Ward · Cat McDonald · iv

On Spec [v26 #4, #99, Winter 2014/2015] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers Society, $6.95, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. fc. · Will Make War for Food · Billy Toufexis · cv 4 · Drawing Lines · Barb Galler-Smith · ed 9 · Interview with David Mitchell · Geoffrey W. Cole · iv 22 · Billy Toufexis · Cat McDonald · iv 34 · My Pink Galoshes · Krista D. Ball · ss 37 · Krista D. Ball: Making an Impression · Roberta Laurie · iv 42 · Squatters Rights · Mike Rimar · ss 50 · Turnip Farmers Are Heroes Too · Siobhan Gallagher · ss 54 · Portrait · David Clink · pm 56 · Demonic Intervention · Peter Charron · ss 62 · It’s in You to Give · Tyler Keevil · ss 78 · To the Farm · Aliya Whiteley · ss 84 · Ink Skin · Michal Wojcik · ss

On Spec [v27 #1, #100, Spring 2015] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 88pp, octavo, cover by James Beveridge) Details taken from online listing. 4 · A Plethora of Punk · Diane L. Walton · ar 9 · Roundheels · Carrie Naughton · ss 24 · Black Sketchbook · James Beveridge · il 28 · Serenade on Lake Ontario · Mike Rimar · ss 39 · Relocation · Rich Larson · ss 53 · The Secret Dragon of Imperial Power · Claude Lalumière · ss 70 · Shriek Season · Wes Smiderle · ss

On Spec [v27 #2, #101, Summer 2015] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 128pp, octavo, cover by Corey Lansdell) Details taken from online listing. 4 · We Can All Play in the Same Sandbox, Can’t We? · Diane L. Walton · ss 7 · Precious Cargo · Nigel Brown · ss 22 · The Hedge Witch · Colleen Anderson · pm 24 · Colleen Anderson—Poet · Roberta Laurie · iv 30 · Okami We Need You · Brinsley Gale · ss 43 · Red Means Go · Brent Knowles · ss 58 · Cory Lansdell [Corey Lansdell] · Cat McDonald · iv 69 · Stormed · James K. Moran · pm 71 · Hammerhead · John Park · ss 77 · One in a Million · Alex Shvartsman · ss 83 · Death and Life in Nipigon · Regan Wolfrom · ss 95 · The Clockwork Hooker and the Mysterious Bearded Girl · Michael Ezell · ss 110 · Storm Wife · Lynne M. MacLean · ss

On Spec [v27 #3, #102, April 2016] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 134pp, octavo) Details taken from online listing. fc. · The Samurai · Maxime Bigras · cv 4 · Farewell to a Real Mensch: David G. Hartwell (1941-2016) · Diane L. Walton · ob 8 · Lord Fenway’s Man · Mike Rimar · ss 20 · Mike Rimar: Writing for the Chicks · Roberta Laurie · iv 25 · Human Perfection · Courtney Bates-Hardy · pm 29 · Psipunk · Steve Stanton · ss 38 · A Shame That Binds Our Hearts Binds Our Fate · Matthew Moore · ss 54 · The Rational Optimist: An Interview with Robert J. Sawyer · Geoffrey W. Cole · iv 65 · The Returned Man · Carla Richards · ss 71 · And to All a Good Night · Peter Darbyshire · pm 74 · How We Say Hello · Janet K. Nicolson · ss 90 · So a Guy Walks Into My Bar · Kevin Harkness · ss 98 · Maxime Bigras · Cat McDonald · iv; illustrated by Maxime Bigras 112 · Agnes Joaquim, Bioterrorist · Ng Yi-Sheng · ss Fish Eats Lion, ed. Jason Erik Lundberg, Math Paper Press 2012 122 · The Gannet Girl · Frances Rowat · ss

On Spec [v27 #4, #103, September 2016] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 118pp, octavo, cover by Elena Betti) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Once Upon a Time There Was ESFCAS · Diane L. Walton · ed 8 · Marvelous, Magnificent, Murderous · Ron Collins · ss 22 · The Guard Tower · Hal J. Friesen · ss 35 · The New America · Gary Pierluigi · pm 37 · The Terrifying Hope of Human Cells · Gary Pierluigi · pm 38 · The Skysinger’s Daughter · Janet K. Nicolson · ss; illustrated by Christine Moleski 51 · Bored · Paula Jane Remlinger · ss 53 · Ending Music of the Disoriented Soul · J. J. Steinfeld · pm 55 · Once Dad, Always Here · Paulo da Costa · ss 66 · An Addiction to Words [Paulo da Costa] · Roberta Laurie · iv 72 · Yellow River, Yellow Rocks · Allen Qing Yuan · pm 73 · Not Fit to Print · David Jón Fuller · ss 91 · Artist Interview: Elena Betti · Cat McDonald · iv; illustrated by Elena Betti 96 · The Little Car Dreams of Gasoline · Fiona Moore · ss 106 · When Phakack Came to Steal Papa, a Ti-Jean Story · Ace Jordyn · ss 116 · Contributors · Anon. · ms

On Spec [v28 #1, #104, March 2017] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 128pp, octavo, cover by Joel Hustak) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · About Whitefoot and Me · Barb Galler-Smith · ed 9 · Skywalkers · Marcelle Dubé · ss 25 · Banewort · Meghan Casey · ss 42 · The Angler · Emeniano Somoza · pm 44 · Second Born · Ashley Mullins · ss 56 · Ashley Mullins: Love Letters of Home · Roberta Laurie · iv 61 · November · Michelle Chen · pm 63 · Liminar · Christine S. R. Jackson · ss 69 · The Hero · Brent Nichols · ss 80 · Heaven by Storm · William Squirrell · ss 94 · Joel Hustak · Cat McDonald · iv 103 · In the Shadow of a Broken Man · Suzanne Church · ss 118 · A Clockwork Barista · Kevin Cockle · ss

On Spec [v28 #2, #105, (August) 2017] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 122pp, tp, cover by Jim Beveridge) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Creative Force · Constantine Kaoukakis · ar 8 · Gondwanaland · Gary Pierluigi · pm 10 · Missing in Action · Michael Johnstone · ss 24 · Trinkets · Story Boyle · ss 27 · Secret Worlds: Fifteen Dogs and the Canon of Animal Fantasy · Laurie Penner · ar 33 · The Call of Freezing Souls · Jean-Louis Trudel · ss 50 · Phases of the Moon · Paula Jane Remlinger · pm 52 · The Wisdom of the Serpent · Mary Pletsch · ss 68 · Playing with the Devil · Rebecca Schaeffer · pm 69 · Incident at Realm City · Ron Collins · ss 87 · Art of Jim Beveridge · Jim Beveridge · pi 89 · Words of Wisdom · Andrew Knighton · ss 105 · Sins of the Father · Colleen Anderson · ss

On Spec [v28 #3, #106, (December) 2017] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 122pp, tp, cover by Corey Lansdell) Details taken from online listing. 4 · The Writing Stick · Madison Pilling · ed 7 · Two Gentlemen of Science Fiction Are Gone [Hank Hargreaves; Brian Aldiss] · Candas Jane Dorsey · ob 14 · A Lab of One’s Own · Alec Austin & Marissa Lingen · ss 32 · Rising Cold · Al Onia · ss 48 · Transformation [Al Onia] · Roberta Laurie · iv 54 · Amos Adams Stops a Lynching · James Van Pelt · ss 68 · Love Song · Vanessa Cardui · ar 72 · A Joyful Life [Vanessa Cardui] · Tim Reynolds · iv 78 · Nothing Can Stop the Gravytrain! · Claude Lalumière · ss 86 · Alien Artifact Restoration · Daniel Ausema · pm 88 · Sermon on the Mount · Robert Runté · ss

On Spec [v28 #4, #107, (April) 2018] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 122pp, tp, cover by Chris Harms) Details taken from online listing. 4 · But My Butt Is Sore... · Virginia O’Dine · ed 7 · Ursula Le Guin in the Underworld: An Elegy · Sarah Tolmie · pm [Ursula K. Le Guin] 12 · When Winter Comes · Hayden Trenholm · ss 25 · Dirty Wings · Chelsea Vowel · ss 30 · Writing to Resist [Chelsea Vowel] · Roberta Laurie · iv 38 · The Fat Man · Susan Forest · ss 54 · Death and Natalie, Natalie and Death · Jordan Taylor · ss 68 · Theodroid · Josh Pearce · pm 70 · Ashwright · Robert Luke Wilkins · ss 84 · Chris Harms Artist Interview · Cat McDonald · iv 87 · Thank Yew Very Much · Sally McBride · ss 100 · Can-Con 2017 Report · Diane Walton · ms 102 · Side Effects May Include · C. J. Lavigne · ss

On Spec [v29 #1, #108, (August) 2018] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, tp, cover by Bill Tracer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Love the Art; Hate the Artist: A Dilemma · Barb Galler-Smith · ed 9 · Medicus · Robin S. Carson · ss 17 · Light in the Darkness · Sarah Johnson · ar 22 · Tamarack and the Stone · Timothy Reynolds · ss 34 · Canada’s Twistorian: An Interview with Tim Reynolds · Roberta Laurie · iv 40 · When You Invite a Maenad to Dinner · Allison Floyd · ss 43 · The Last Jedi and the Emotional Wringer · A. J. Wells · mr 49 · Why the Blue Whale Risked Its Neck · Mark McCutcheon · pm 50 · Tide Child · Sean Robinson · ss 66 · The Saffron Curse · Marcelle Dubé · ss 80 · Artist Interview [Bill Tracer] · Cat McDonald · iv 92 · A Fire Across the World · David Versace · ss 108 · Dirty Sheets in the Acreage · Chris Kuriata · ss 117 · The Cloaked Lady Butterfly · Lisa Carreiro · ss

On Spec [v29 #2, #109, (December) 2018] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 104pp, tp, cover by René Martinez) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Everybody Deserves to Be Conned · Brent Jans · ed 10 · Sinkhole · Al Onia · ss 27 · Bots · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ms 28 · To Boldly Go Where No Teacher Has Gone Before · Constantine Kaoukakis · ar 33 · When They Burned My Bones · Lee Chamney · ss 39 · Spirits’ Price · Van Aaron Hughes · ss 56 · Author Interview [Rati Mehrotra] · Cat McDonald · iv 59 · Death Is a Blindfold · Rati Mehrotra · ss 68 · The Artificial Intelligence of Grief · T. D. Walker · pm 70 · Artist Interview [René Martinez] · Cat McDonald · iv 78 · What Goes Up · Michael Penny · pm 80 · Joyhound · Calder Hutchinson · ss 89 · Two from the Field, Two from the Mill · Geoffrey W. Cole · ss

On Spec [v29 #3-4, #110, (March) 2019] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, 104pp, tp, cover by Dan O’Driscoll) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Seeing Double · Diane Walton · ed 6 · The Care and Conservation of Unusual Properties · Julia August · ss 8 · Afterlife · Alison McBain · ss 23 · Bots · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ms 25 · Spider Robinson: The Luckiest Man on Earth · Joshua Pantalleresco · ar [Spider Robinson] 33 · On the List · Brad Preslar · ss 50 · Song of Singularity · Romie Stott · pm 52 · Ice Singer · J. S. Veter · ss 58 · Bots · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · ms 59 · Strings · Mike Rimar · ss 70 · Mike Rimar Serves Up Armageddon and Submarine Sandwiches · Roberta Laurie · iv 77 · Mnemosyne · Catherine MacLeod · ss 93 · When You Tinker with a Body · Joe Baumann · ar 96 · Men of Fire · Ruth Gilbert · ss 106 · Checking In with Dan O’Driscoll · Cat McDonald · iv 113 · How “Bitcoin” O’Brien Met the Queen of the Fair Folk · Robert Dawson · ss 127 · Leaf · Carolyn Watson · ss 134 · Free-Birding Through the Zombie Apocalypse · Jeff Stehman · ss 143 · Elegy · Sarah L. Johnson · ss 153 · I Don’t Care About Clifon Clowers · B. Morris Allen · ss 168 · In Jove’s Eternal Embrace · Janet K. Nicolson · ss 182 · Comics · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · cs

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 · br

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 · br

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 · br