OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #24 – February 2025. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Abi Stevens Lucinda’s Espinosa’s Twenty-Seventh Death […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. CLUBHOUSE GUEST REVIEWER – Melanie Marttila CATS AND DOGS IN SPACE: Speculative Poetry About our Feline Friends and Canine Companions – by Lisa Timpf Publisher: […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Neo-opsis Magazine – Issue #36, 2024 Published out of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Editor: Karl Johanson. Assistant Editor and Art Director: Stephanie Johanson. Cover:  Mountain […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. CLUBHOUSE GUEST REVIEWER – Lisa Timpf Of the novel: THE STRAGORI DECEPTION – by Arlene F. Marks Publisher: Brain Lag Publishing, Milton, Ontario, Canada, January […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #130, Vol. 34 No. 4. Publisher: The Copper Pig Writer’s Society. Managing Editor and Art Director: Diane L. Walton. Issue Designer: […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. CLUBHOUSE GUEST REVIEW – by Arlene F. Marks. THE CONNECTICUT GUMSHOE TRILOGY – by Randy McCharles The novels: A Connecticut Gumshoe in King Arthur’s Court, […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pulp Literature Magazine #44 Autumn 2024 Published by Pulp Literature Press, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Winter 2024. Editor in Chief: Jennifer Landels; Senior Editor: Melanie […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. CLUBHOUSE GUEST REVIEW – by Lisa Timpf. THE INFINITE HEIST – by Stephen Graham King Publisher: Renaissance Press, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Published November 2024. Edited […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. SAROS SPECULATIVE FICTION MAGAZINE #1 – January 2025. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Megan J. Kerr Cover Art: by Barbara Candiotti Letter from […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. CLUBHOUSE GUEST REVIEW – by Paula Johanson. LADIES OCCULT SOCIETY – by Krista D. Ball Publisher: Krista D. Ball. Editor: Skyla Dawn Cameron Cover Art: […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #23 – November 2024. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Caitlin Fowler The Little Black Wand […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Commentary – by Karen Bingley on the novella “GRAMPS V THE REAL SANTA™” in “TALES FOR LATE NIGHT BONFIRES” – by G.A. Grisenthwaite Publisher: Freehand […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Carpe Noctem – edited by Megan Fennell and Leslie Van Zwol Publisher: Tyche Books, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 2024. Cover Art by Indigo Chick Design […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. The price of Memory and More Stories – by Sally McBride Publisher: Brain Lag Publishing, Milton, Ontario, Canada, October 2024. Cover Art by Alex Shuper […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Starlost Unauthorized and the Quest for Canadian Identity – by D.G. Valdron Publisher: Fossil Cove Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, October 2024. Cover Art – photo […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #129, Vol. 34 No. 3. Publisher: The Copper Pig Writer’s Society. Managing Editor and Art Director: Diane L. Walton. Issue Designer: […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Ghosts of Colossus: A Consensus Prequel – by Peter J. Foote Publisher: Peter J. Foote, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2013. Cover art designed by Miblart. Premise:  […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. THE ASCENSION CHRONICLES Publisher: Dean Wirth, June 2024. Cover Art: by Dean Wirth. Note: All stories are by Dean Wirth. Further note: The first three […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Ralph I24C4I+ – by Hugo Gernsback Publisher: Armchair Fiction, Medford, Oregon, USA, 2013. Cover art by unknown. Not stated. Premise:  The most popular man in […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #22 – August 2024. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Carly Allen-Fletcher Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Zebra Meridian and Other Stories – by Geoffrey W. Cole Publisher: Stelliform Press, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2024. Cover art: by Rachel Middleton Note: All stories […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. THE FIRST GEEKS: Ray Bradbury, Forrest J Ackerman, Ray Harryhausen and the Founding of Science Fiction Fandom – by Orty Ortwein Publisher: McFarland & Company, […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. REFUGEES AND OTHER STORIES – August 2022. Publisher: Kashallan Press, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Note: All stories are written by Celu Amberstone Refugees Premise:  Some […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #21 – May 2024. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Abi Stevens Elizabeth Yu is a […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. PARTIAL GUIDE TO CANADIAN INDIE PUBLISHERS Why only a partial guide? Because it is entirely based on (most) of the Canadian publishers mentioned in my […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #128, Vol. 34. #2. Publisher: The Copper Pig Writer’s Society. Managing Editor and Art Director: Diane L. Walton. Issue Designer: Jerry […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. The Gear Crew – by Jack Mackenzie Publisher: Rage Machine Books, British Columbia, Canada, April 2024. Cover art: M.D.Jackson Premise:  Two starship engineers hope to […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pulp Literature Magazine #42 Spring 2024 Published by Pulp Literature Press, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Winter 2024. Editor in Chief: Jennifer Landels, Senior Editor: Melanie […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Stowaway’s Luck and Other Stories – by Peter J. Foote Publisher: Engen Books, Canada, Jan 2023. Cover art: Ellen Curtis The Silence Between Moons Premise:  […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pale Grey Dot – by Don Miasek Publisher: Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, May 2024. Premise:  Humanity has conquered the Solar System but failed to […]