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New #bookreview up @onspecmag.bsky.social Last Dance at the Kitten Club, by @noahchinnbooks.com onspec.ca/book-reviews...

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If you watch Wil Wheaton’s trailer, you will understand why we are doing the happy dance. Just learned from the author that one of our stories will be read by Wil on his new podcast! We can reveal this as soon as we know.

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I am so excited to announce It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th and is available wherever you get your podcasts.

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So happy to report that @drfionamoore.bsky.social , a frequent contributor to On Spec, is shortlisted in FOUR categories for the BSFA Awards! Well-deserved!

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Welcome new followers! Our new issue will soon be available. Stories from Chadwick Gunther, Kelsey Hutton, Hugh A.D. Spencer, Danica Klewchuk, Brian D. Hinson, and others.

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Check out my #shortfiction @metastellar.bsky.social "A Bear at the Fridge". Sometimes spirit guides aren't easy. www.metastellar.com/fiction/a-be...

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Heck of a deal to read some classic On Spec and see what we’re all about!

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Just a reminder that if “Buy Canadian Products” is high on your To Do list, here we are, right in front of you!

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Great post from @rollwithheather.bsky.social on indie bookshops in Canada. All of them now in my #StarterPack.

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I concede that on one level the ‘Gulf of America’ idiocy is just a toddler screaming in his sandbox. On another, I wrote a novel 35 years ago, TIGANA, about how tyrants erase (or try to) names, history, art to consolidate their control of people. So, it matters. Symbols do. So does acquiescence.

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We certainly appreciate the number of new followers. Did you know that if each of you were to purchase one issue from our Ko-fi page we’d be able to continue publishing for another year or more? Just look for ko-fi.com/onspecmagazine

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Get your Canadian novel fix right here with our #canadianwriters #starterpack. Did we miss you or your favourite Canadian author? Give us a shout! #writers #writingcommunity #canlit #booksky #IReadCanadian go.bsky.app/TdLZDjo

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If you would like to support diverse Canadian books, consider donating to @thefoldcanada.bsky.social. Or attend their upcoming festival, which always has a virtual component for accessibility! 💙📚

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Canadian SFF writers! Our submission period ends soon. Don’t wait until the last minute!

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Lovely review from Alex Brown at Punk-Ass Book Jockey (and reviewer for Reactor): "This is a great anthology with a ton of stories from a wide variety of authors. There’s something for everyone here, including poetry...If you’re looking to broaden your reading you can hardly go wrong here."

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If you are Canadian, and a SFF fan, you can spend $10 and vote for the Aurora Awards. Csffa.ca

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If you are having trouble registering to submit new work to On Spec, send us an email onspecmag@gmail.com and we can add you while the problem is being investigated.

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Onspec.ca open to new submissions today!

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News at onspec.ca with a new issue ready to download!

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There’s a new blog post at onspec.ca in which your editor reminisces about a story from Christmas past. If you subscribe to get new posts, you can see this and also our next submission announcement in your email.

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People ask when we will open to submissions. Probably early in 2025. With a slight change. This round of submissions will consider stories and poems written by Canadians only. While we’ve found wonderful work by non-Canadians, we need to return to our roots.

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The offer is still available. Just sayin’

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By the way if you are interested in getting a taste of On Spec, we recommend “Casserole Diplomacy and Other Stories”, an anthology of editor favourites published by @tychebooks.bsky.social .

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On Spec #129 is currently available in both print and digital. Canada’s postal worker dispute means we can’t mail copies, but you can still buy it through @weightlessbooks.bsky.social . Stories from @julieczerneda.bsky.social , @drfionamoore.bsky.social , @alexlanger1993.bsky.social and others.

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Ellen Datlow has released her Recommended List of works from 2023 that deserved mention alongside her new Years Best Horror anthology. Pleased to see that On Spec is represented by Cale Plett and KT Wagner for their stories “The Other Half” and “Frozen Charlotte”, both in issue #127! Well done!

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If you like #horror, @datlow.bsky.social's annual year's best is a must read. She scours every piece of short fiction in magazines and anthologies, and selects the best. If you're an aspiring #writer, reading a year's best will show you the cutting edge of the field in one quick volume!

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Just launched my latest project. You can probably guess the inspiration, but read all about it at igg.me/at/protest2025.

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We don’t know how long the postal disruption in Canada will take to settle. If you start an On Spec subscription for yourself or a friend, we will send a digital copy of the current issue until we can mail out the paper copies.

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So many followers! Just want to remind you that the small magazines can only exist with reader support. Starter packs are fun, but we can’t take them to the bank. Working hard to deliver excellent new genre fiction and poetry for our readers. Hope you can support one or two with your wallets!

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Check out the review of our issue #129 from Eamonn Murphy of SFCrowsnest HTTPS://www.sfcrowsnest.info/on-spec-129-vol-34-no-3-magazine-review/

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Welcome new followers! If you are curious about On Spec, we still have an incredibly cheap offer of Issue #129 for $1.99 or pay what you will. Ko-fi.com/s/4c8d947924 . Best opportunity to check us out!

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Happy to report issue #129 is in the mail to our subscribers and we haven’t got a postal strike in Canada yet.

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Issue #129 of On Spec is currently with the printer. For new stories by @julieczerneda.bsky.social , @drfionamoore.bsky.social , @swantower.bsky.social , @alexlanger.bsky.social , @rachelunger.bsky.social and others, just order a copy or buy it now at local-fi.com/onspecmagazine

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“Casserole Diplomacy and Other Stories” is an anthology of editors’ picks from the past years of On Spec issues. Available from Tychebooks.com

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Welcome new followers! Many of you must be curious about us. For a brief period, we offer you a chance to get our new issue for $1.99! See us on Ko-fi. The offer won’t last long! HTTPS://ko-fi.com/s/4c8d947924

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