OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Ghost to Ghost to Ghost: An Anthology of Haunting Tales from Canada – edited by M.M. MacLeod Publisher: Frost Zone Press, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2025. […]

  BOOK REVIEW by Arlene F. Marks TITLE: TIARIS: When the Oceans Kissed AUTHOR: D.M. Buehler GENRE: YA Eco-Historical Fantasy, Timeslip PUBLISHED: January 2025 by Ridgecrest Books AVAILABLE: on Amazon or from the publisher https://ridgecrestbooks.com/?product=tiaris-when-the-oceans-kissed […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #133, Vol. 35 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. I had intended to review the penultimate edition of On Spec Magazine, but I now know which poetry submissions were accepted by Rhea and I, […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pulp Literature Magazine #46 – Spring 2025 Published by Pulp Literature Press, Langley, British Columbia, Canada, Spring 2025. Editor in Chief: Jennifer Landels; Senior Editor: […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #132, Vol. 35 No. 2. 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. THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST – by Premee Mohamed Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates/Tor Publishing Company, New York, NY, 2024. Cover Art and Design: by Andrew […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Northern Nights – edited by Michael Kelly Published by Undertow Publications, Pickering, Ontario, Canada, October 2024. Cover art: by Serena Malyon There are 20 stories […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol 2 – edited by Stephan Kotowych Published by Ansible Press, November 2024. Cover art: Summon – by […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #131, Vol. 35 No. 1. 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. Shatter Dark – by R. Graeme Cameron Publisher: Celticfrog Publishing, Clearwater, British Columbia, Canada, May 2025. Cover art by M.D. Jackson. Premise:  After a limited […]

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: […]