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 […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. The New Empire – by Alison McBain Publisher: Woodhall Press, Norwalk, CT, USA, 2022. Cover art: Alison McBain Premise:  In 1751, the youngest son of […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Girlfriend on Mars – by Deborah Willis Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Penguin Random House, Canada, 2023. Cover art: by Richard Ljoenes & akinbostanci /Getty Images Premise:  […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. The Good Soldier – by Nir Yaniv Publisher: Shadowpaw Press, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2024 Cover art: by Nir Yaniv Premise:  A “Confirmed Idiot, second class,” […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. ON SPEC MAGAZINE issue #127, Vol. 34 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. The Bloodstone – by Arlene F. Marks Publisher: Brain Lag, Milton, Ontario, Canada, March 2024 Premise:  A typical Canadian teenager, dreaming of achieving stardom in […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. The Downloaded – by Robert J. Sawyer To be published by Shadow Paw Press, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, in May 2024. Cover art by Bibliofic Designs […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. The Golden Amazon Returns! – by John Russell Fearn Publisher:  Toronto Daily Star Newspaper, Ontario, Canada, 1945. Cover art: by Bill Book Note: A health […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #20 – February 2024. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Abi Stevens What the Sky Recalls […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol 1 – edited by Stephan Kotowych Published by Ansible Press, 2023. Cover art – by Tithi Luadthong […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. A Blanket of Steel – by Timothy S. Johnston Published in 2024 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, 209 Wickstead Avenue, Unit 51, East York, Ontario, […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Mecha-Jesus and Other Stories – by Derwin Mak Published by Brain Lag, Milton, Ontario, Canada, 2024 Cover art – by Catherine Fitzsimmons Note: All stories […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Pulp Literature Magazine #41 Winter 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. A God in Hiding – by Matthew Hughes Published in 2023. Premise: A quest for a sacred object risks restoring a god to full power. […]

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. Indigent Earth – by Scott Overton Publisher:  No Walls Publishing, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 2023. Premise:  The best and the brightest fled the dying Earth, establishing […]