On Spec was a magazine I really wanted to break into back when I was starting out. If you love SF and want to support up and coming writers, toss a few coins to this Canuck Witcher, would ya?
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Diane Walton and On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic Season 4 Episode 72 Originally presented January 27th 2026

Mark and I talk to Diane Walton, a founding member and long-time managing editor of On Spec: The Canadian magazine of the Fantastic.

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Book Reviews Page -Lorina Stephens Lorina Stephens’ short fiction has appeared in On Spec, Neo-Opsis, Polar Borealis, Pulp Literature, Postscripts to Darkness 5, Strangers Among Us, Stories of the Deluge, and Sword & Sorceress X…

So grateful for this reviewer's mention of and quote from my story "Water & Oil" (published by Exile Editions in "Through the Portal - Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia") !
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