CLUBHOUSE: Review: Lackington’s Magazine #23, Spring 2021.
all of the stories in this issue are interesting, stimulating, well-written, and thought-provoking
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “Axis of Andes: WW2 in South America, an Alternate History” by D.G. Valdron
…amount(s) to the contents of a history text book packed with concise detail and explanation of situation and events. Since this book begins with genuine history going as far back as the wars of independence from Spain…only gradually slips into alternate history mode… some readers, expecting a wham-bam military adventure novel, may find the text way too dry…
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “Dreams of the Moon,” collection by Lorina Stephens
Though an atheist, I was raised Baptist and have read the Bible from cover to cover. So I was able to appreciate the poignant, despairing musings of a blinded, battle-weary angel with a broken wing, the last of his kind
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Fantastic Literature” by Allan Weiss
A complete history of Canadian Fantastica! A lot longer than you think, but shorter than it could have been!
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “In Veritas” by C.J. Lavigne
You are pulled through the novel like the proverbial fly-on-the-wall riding on a character’s shoulders observing what’s happening with morbid fascination.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “The Dead Boy’s Game and the Broken Vow” by A. David Singh.
Wry humor, political intrigue and alternate history combine in this fantasy romp
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “Flight of the Siren” by Brendan Myers.
Apparently, you CAN rely on the human race for something, and screwing things up would be that thing.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Polar Starlight Magazine issue #1
Introducing Polar Starlight, a magazine of Canadian speculative poetry, offering a free download of its first issue
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “The Human Template,” a novel by Dale L. Sproule
It’s about trees. Trees that collectively form a super computer of unimaginable power. Trouble is each tree thinks of itself as a human being, and you know that means trouble.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: On Spec Magazine #115
Genuine Canadian Speculation. Got the stamp of approval and everything!
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Hexagon Speculative Fiction Magazine #3
a vision of presenting world SF&F in as great a variety as possible.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Augur Magazine #8, Vol. 3 No. 2.
Augur seems to be bounding from strength to strength. Quite an achievement.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Fusion Fragment Magazine #4
This publication features a Q&A with each author following their fiction.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Speculative North Magazine #3
A wide mix of stories in this latest issue
CLUBHOUSE: Review: A Quiet Afternoon, a Fantasy Anthology
Stories with low stakes and small rewards, little triumphs, happy chances.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Anathema Magazine #11.
An online tri-annual speculative fiction magazine of work by “queer POC / Indigenous / Aboriginal creators”
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Unnerving Magazine #14
a horror magazine with a Stephen King theme
Club House Review: Onspec #114
On Spec always offers an incredible variety of fiction. Not merely a case of something for everybody, but a whole bunch of stuff worth reading
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Neo-Opsis #31, November 2020.
Neo-Opsis returns, and goes digital
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Lackington’s Magazine #21
A review of Lackington’s cocktails themed magazine issue
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Speculative North Magazine Issue #2
Wouldn’t you know it, judging stories on their merits alone nevertheless results in a pleasing diversity of authors. Bonus!
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Stellar Evolutions, an anthology edited by Rhea E. Rose
Graeme reviews a collection of stories from the magazine he edits, though the anthology is edited by someone else.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Tales From the Deep End, a horror story collection by Dean Wirth.
In sum, a classic case of a self-published work that needs a final edit at multiple levels. However, nitpicky points aside, the variety of theme and approach exhibited is pleasing, and the sweep of Dean’s imagination impressive and exciting. It’s actually a fun read.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Wire Wings by Wren Handman
My grasp of the internal angst of being a misunderstood teenage girl in modern times is somewhat limited
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Augur Magazine, Vol. 3 #1
A review of Augur magazine, a publication which brings uncommon perspectives, and brings together the often disparate realms of literary and genre fiction
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Pulp Literature Magazine #27
A review of the stories, poems and interview in the latest issue of Pulp Literature magazine
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Dragon-Rain and Other Stories, by Eileen Kernaghan
The description in this tale is lush and vivid, conjuring up details of a spiritual reality quite different from Western tradition.
CLUBHOUSE: Review: When Words Collide Writers Festival: a “virtual” triumph!
Congratulations to R. Graeme Cameron for his Aurora win. Here, he fills us in on what it was like to attend When Worlds Collide
WHEN WORDS COLLIDE: Celebrating Canadian SF
Two of Amazing Stories’ Columnists – Steve Fahnestalk and Richard Graeme Cameron – are up for Aurora awards this year
CLUBHOUSE: Review: Unnerving Magazine #13
This issue a good mix of fun and creepiness, with some first class writing.
