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On Spec [v12 #4, #43, Winter 2000] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Robert Pasternak) 3 · Wrapping Up 2000 · Jena Snyder · ed 4 · Freeze Damage · Scott Mackay · ss 16 · Winter and Construction · E. L. Chen · ss 27 · Good Bones · Catherine MacLeod · vi 28 · Johnny B · Phil ‘The Mallet’ Voyd · ss 40 · Blind Faith [Light’s End] · Michael Vance · ss 49 · Home · Catherine MacLeod · vi 50 · With Pennies for Her Eyes · David William McKay · ss 58 · Mason’s Ladder · Thomas Claburn · ss 69 · Idle Hands · Catherine MacLeod · vi 70 · Balkan Star · D. Peter MacLeod · ss 82 · About Our Cover Artist · [Misc.] · bg 83 · Learning to Mind · Terry Hayman · ss 94 · Guardian · Melinda Hsu · ss 106 · To the Maxi-Blender 3000 · Mary Soon Lee · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v13 #1, #44, Spring 2001] ed. Jena Snyder (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jean-Pierre Normand) 3 · Now Entering Year 13 · Jena Snyder & Diane L. Walton · ed 5 · ConSpec 2001 · Derryl Murphy · ms 7 · Frontispiece: “The Saturn Ring Blues” · James Beveridge · il 8 · Precision Set · L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · ss 14 · The Saturn Ring Blues · James Van Pelt · ss 23 · On Film & SF: Rosemary’s Babies · Steve Mohn · ar 28 · Eleanor Rigby Day · Chris Turner · ss 35 · In memoriam: Gordon R. Dickson · Derryl Murphy · ob 36 · Feng Burger · John Aegard · ss 48 · Shelter from the Storm · Mark Anthony Brennan · ss 61 · Two Certainties · E. L. Chen · ss 68 · Neighbors · Kate Riedel · ss 81 · The Z-Burger Simulations · Hugh A. D. Spencer · ss 92 · Goodbye, Palindrome Bob · Steve Mohn · ss 102 · Foster Child · Catherine MacLeod · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v13 #2, #45, Summer 2001] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by James Beveridge) 3 · World Beat · Diane L. Walton · ed 4 · Swans · Vera Nazarian · ss 10 · Sedna’s Daughter · Elizabeth Westbrook · ss 20 · The Comfort of Thunder · David J. Schwartz · ss 27 · The Trickster’s Lot · Lena DeTar · ss 36 · Conjure Me · Jarret Keene · ss 47 · Kundela · Catherine MacLeod · vi 48 · The Red Bird · Douglas Smith · ss 59 · The Missing Word · Allan Weiss · ss 73 · Legend · Catherine MacLeod · vi 74 · Closing Time · Matthew Johnson · ss 85 · The Gate of Heavenly Peace · E. L. Chen · ss 97 · The Blue, Blue Grass of Home · Gary Archambault · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v13 #3, #46, Fall 2001] (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Louis de Niverville) 3 · Worth Mentioning · Derryl Murphy · ed 6 · The Super Man and the Bugout · Cory Doctorow · ss 24 · Father’s Dragon · James Van Pelt · ss 31 · On Folm & SF: Red Planet Blues · Steve Mohn · mr 35 · Mediation · Catherine MacLeod · vi 36 · Louis de Niverville: When Fantasy Is Reality · Gordon Snyder · ar [Louis de Niverville] 42 · Rings Like the Blast of Light · Vivian Zenari · ss; given as by Vivan Zenari in the Table of Contents. 53 · [untitled poem] · paulo da costa · pm 54 · Last One · Holly Phillips · ss 66 · Waking the Dead · Robert H. Beer · ss 74 · New Country · David Livingstone Clink · pm 76 · Flushed with Success · James Cross · ss 88 · Snow White Dreams · Elizabeth Matson · ss 95 · Nine-Tenths of the Law · Catherine MacLeod · vi 96 · The Valeherd · Lena DeTar · ss 100 · Green Time · Steve Mohn · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v13 #4, #47, Winter 2001] (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Grant Leier) 3 · Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Clone · Peter Watts · ed 6 · Puce Boy · Michael Libling · nv 28 · The Prodigious Daughter · E. L. Chen · ss 44 · All a Woman Needs · Catherine MacLeod · ss 52 · Quirk Express—the whimsy of Grant Leier · Gordon Snyder · pi [Grant Leier] 55 · Ouija · Catherine MacLeod · vi 56 · The Path to the Sun · Jaine Fenn · ss 70 · What I Did on My Summer Vacation · Kate Riedel · ss 83 · The Second Most Important Picture · James Stephen Forrest · ss 92 · Hedd · Susan Mayse · ss 98 · Adopting for the Deep · Holly Phillips · ss 107 · Pisces · Carl Sieber · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v14 #1, #48, Spring 2002] (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Angus Pecover) 3 · The Day the World Changed · Derryl Murphy · ed 6 · The Sounds That Come After Screaming · Ian Creasey · ss 20 · Nothing Is Normal · James Van Pelt · ss 33 · About our cover artist · Angus Pecover · bg 36 · The Second Rat · David Barr Kirtley · ss 50 · Mrs. Wolf · Siobhan Carroll · pm 52 · Ynngla · Natalka Roshak · ss 68 · Home · Paul E. Martens · ss 81 · Orion · Zoë Landale · pm 84 · Taking Pains · Julia Helen Watts · ss 95 · Death, Taxes, and Mackerel · Karen Traviss · ss 104 · A Stone for Mr. Crowe · James Allison · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v14 #2, #49, Summer 2002] (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jeff de Boer & Ken Woo) 3 · Editorial: That Kind of Thing · Holly Phillips · ed 6 · The New Ecology · Holly Phillips · ss 24 · Show Me Where the Mudmen Go · Barth Anderson · ss 38 · About Our Cover Artist [Jeff de Boer] · [Misc.] · bg 42 · Where Magic Lives · S. A. Bolich · ss 53 · Homing Instinct · Ann Marston · ss 62 · Hounds and Moonlight · Harry Connolly · ss 72 · Pearlie Little · Randy D. Ashburn · ss 84 · Enter the Worms · Jean-Claude Dunyach · ss 93 · On Film & SF: Time Travel Template · Steve Mohn · ar 98 · The Frontier Archipelago · Charles Coleman Finlay · vi 100 · Kolorado · Steve Mohn · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v14 #3, #50, Fall 2002] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by James Beveridge) 3 · Editorial: Why pride and determination keep us from wearing tinfoil hats · Derryl Murphy · ed 6 · Imprint · John Park · ss 21 · About Our Cover Artist [James Beveridge] · [Misc.] · bg 22 · ’Sthetics · Marc Brutschy · ss 25 · Prix Aurora Awards · [Misc.] · ms 26 · Beauty to the Beholder · Susan Urbanek Linville · ss 40 · Kid Brother · Kate Riedel · ss 52 · Soul Taster · Ken Rand · ss 62 · The Gathering · Michael Dewey · ss 74 · Suit Man · David K. Yeh · ss 86 · Chocolate Kings · Karen Traviss · ss 92 · A Gift for Michael Mooney · Jancis M. Andrews · ss 106 · On Film & SF: Personal FX · Steve Mohn · ar 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v14 #4, #51, Winter 2002] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon) 3 · Editorial: “O for a muse of fire...” · Holly Phillips · ed 6 · More than Salt · E. L. Chen · ss 22 · Legends: Leo & Diane Dillon · [Misc.] · ar [Leo Dillon; Diane Dillon] 28 · What Part of “Forbidden Planet” Did You Not Understand? · Steve Mohn · ss 42 · ConSpec 2002 · Derryl Murphy · ar 45 · Fiction-writing rules · Michael Bishop · ar 50 · Aurora winner: James Beveridge · [Misc.] · ar [James Beveridge] 56 · Fox and Otter · Leslie Brown · ss 70 · Speak for Yourself, John · Brandon D. Rabin · ss 77 · With the Help of Your Good Hands · Leah Bobet · ss 86 · Chasing Chickens · Kate Riedel · ss 94 · An Instant Remedy · Holly Phillips · ss 109 · Yorick · Catherine MacLeod · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v15 #1, #52, Spring 2003] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Frank Wu) 3 · Editorial: Get Political! · Diane L. Walton · ed 5 · Gone Fishin’ · Ken Rand · ss 18 · Coyotes Are an Urban Animal · A. B. Goelman · ss 29 · Moebius Mice · Christian McPherson · pm 30 · Company Man · Kevin Cockle · ss 40 · Blackbirding · Wes Smiderle · ss 54 · The Science of Forgetting · Steven Mohan, Jr. · ss 67 · Tomorrow Station · Daniel Ksenych · ss 79 · No Life Like It · Steven Mills · ss 96 · Tunitis · Gary Archambault · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v15 #2, #53, Summer 2003] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Bob Eggleton) 3 · Margaret Atwood and the Hierarchy of Contempt · Peter Watts · ed 6 · The Children of Port Allain · A. M. Dellamonica · nv 30 · Northern Affairs · Harvey Walker · ss 38 · Jasmine Tea · James Wilson · ss 52 · Piece Corps · Cat Ashton · ss 61 · Tentative Episcopal Pointers · Michael Bishop · ar 64 · Attaché · Laurie Channer · ss 84 · Morning in the House of Death · Siobhan Carroll · ss 88 · A Cause for a Haunting · Patricia Rutale · ss 98 · Chasing Goodbye · Steven Mills · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v15 #3, #54, Fall 2003] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Dariusz Jasiczak) 3 · Editorial: “The Dreaded Rewrite” (part 1) · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · Njàbò · Claude Lalumière · ss 18 · Meat · Craig Strickland · ss 28 · The Oak Secretary · Melissa Hardy · ss 45 · Dropouts · Terry Hayman · ss 52 · Blood Factors · Patricia Dischner · ss 61 · The Kasou of Sam McGee · Carolyn Clink · pm 64 · Under a Full Moon · Joshua Prowse · ss 72 · A Case of Port · Randy D. Ashburn · ss 84 · Dragon’s Dust · A. B. Goelman · ss 96 · Rainbow Bridge · Steve Mohn · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v15 #4, #55, Winter 2003] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Karen Tristao) 3 · Editorial: “The Dreaded Rewrite” (part 2) · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · The Oxygen Man · Jay Lake · ss 11 · First Through the Post · Mike Lewis · ss 22 · Shoot to Kill · Gary Archambault · ss 31 · ...And the Red Light Was My Mind · Ron Horsley · ss 47 · The Madhouse · Christian McPherson · pm 48 · The Art of Dying Well · Wes Smiderle · ss 66 · Plastic Stars in Heaven · Philip Raines & Harvey Welles · ss 74 · What the Dead Know · Jean-Claude Dunyach; translated by Wildy Petoud · ss; translated from the French (“Ce que Savent les Morts”, Territoires de l’Inquiétude #9, 1996). 84 · An Open Prison · Karen Traviss · ss 94 · The Black Man · A. Merry Arruìn · ss 102 · Provisions · Catherine MacLeod · vi 103 · Quarry · Catherine MacLeod · vi 104 · Speak! · Elizabeth Bear · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v16 #1, #56, Spring 2004] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Martin Springett) 3 · Editorial: What I Learned as a Stand-Up Comic · Susan MacGregor · ed 6 · Printed Matter · Cliff Burns · ss 21 · On Film & SF: Choosing the Way of Pain: A Dialogue on Lord of the Rings · Steve Mohn & Peter Watts · ar 28 · View of a Remote Country · Karen Traviss · ss 40 · Resurrection Radio · Patrick Johanneson · ss 51 · Ribbons. Lightning. · Joanne Merriam · vi 52 · Gallery Feature: Fantasy, the Connecting Link · Martin Springett · pi 58 · Jumpstart Heart · Michael Brockington · ss 75 · Alternate Therapy for Your Computer · Karl Johanson · ss 81 · Reunion · Jack Skillingstead · ss 88 · Seven Years · Megan Crewe · ss 90 · Ruby Bloom · Todd Bryanton · ss 104 · Stick House · Catherine MacLeod · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v16 #2, #57, Summer 2004] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk) 3 · Travelin’ Shoes · Jena Snyder · ed 6 · The Moment of Truth · E. L. Chen · ss 25 · Room · Catherine MacLeod · vi 26 · Midnights on the Bloor Viaduct · Leah Bobet · ss 33 · Talk-Down · Catherine MacLeod · vi 34 · Discontinuity · Tom Sweeney · ss 47 · Shape-Shifter · Catherine MacLeod · vi 48 · Alabaster · Melissa Hardy · ss 63 · Underground · Catherine MacLeod · vi 64 · The Dead Boy [Emily and Bailor] · Holly Phillips · ss 80 · Grief · Patricia Sarrafian Ward · ss 95 · Vampire · Catherine MacLeod · vi 96 · Windchimes · Catherine MacLeod · vi 97 · X-Out · Catherine MacLeod · vi 98 · Pizza Night · Laurie Chamber · ss 110 · Zombies · Catherine MacLeod · vi 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v16 #3, #58, Fall 2004] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Peter Thorpe) 3 · “I think we’re all Bozos on this bus...” · Diane Walton · ed 4 · A Surfeit of Rabbits · Pauline Clift · ss 18 · The Ravinini Box · Jeffrey D. Johnson · ss 35 · Pornzilla · Hugh A. D. Spencer · ss 51 · Judgement · Catherine MacLeod · pm 52 · Bridget’s Blessing · Peter Hynes · ss 63 · Violation · Lance Bond · ss 75 · Smart Card · Kristopher Horton · ss 80 · Pianogeist · Angelo Norman · pm 85 · Conservation · Valerie V. Deacon · ss 100 · Maelstrom · Angelo Niles · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg