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On Spec [v16 #4, #59, Winter 2004/05] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Adam Bowhey) 3 · Editorial on Special Theme Issue: Addictions · Steve Mohn · ed 4 · Rush Hour · Jonathan Cresswell-Jones · ss 6 · ...And a Pony · Kate Riedel · ss 18 · The Scaffold · Ian Creasey · ss 30 · Straight On to Mourning · Carol Johnson Fyfe · pm 31 · An Incubus in Love · Wes Smiderle · ss 41 · Bliss · Leah Bobet · ss 57 · Jacobson’s Organ Grinder · Trevor Nickel · ss 70 · Black Lace · Ursula Pflug · ss 80 · Angelic · John Unruh · ss 96 · Assumption · Catherine MacLeod · ss 111 · About Our Contributors · Anon. · bg

On Spec [v17 #1, #60, Spring 2005] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Ray Troll) 3 · We’re on the Move! · Diane Walton · ed 5 · Apex Predator · Kevin Cockle · ss 15 · The Ballad of Cindy Charming · Jess Stuart · pm 21 · Taste of Life · Paul Bartel · ss 25 · An Enchantment with Apples · Tony Pi · pm 27 · Because We Hear Voices · John Bowker · ss 32 · Festival · Fiona Heath · ss 42 · My Mother Believes in Voodoo · Rusti Lehay · pm 44 · When Johnny Comes Marching Home · Justin Stanchfield · ss 59 · Cerenkov Blue · Ernie Reimer · ss 71 · Do No Harm · Brian E. Moore · ss 79 · Yuhana AM · David Redd · ss 85 · Quilt Cirq · Susan Urbanek Linville · ss 100 · You’ve Got What It Takes · Rusti Lehay · pm 102 · Spring in the Shadows · Gordon C. McRae · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v17 #2, #61, Summer 2005] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Dan J. O’Driscoll) 3 · Editorial: The New Cornucopia · Steve Mohn · ed 5 · Rat Patrol · Kevin Cockle · ss 19 · The Land · Patrick Lestewka · ss 31 · Period Between Points · Kasey Kieler · pm 32 · Woman Born Fully Formed · Marlene Wurfel · ss 37 · Vivisection · Anna Mioduchowska · pm 39 · The Promised Land · Antonio Ruffini · ss 49 · Boys Night Out · Rob Hunter · ss 63 · The Ghostly Nymph of Creignish · Amy Julia McCormick · pm 64 · Surrealist World · Cliff Burns · ss 70 · Contexts · Sophie Joe · pm 72 · Search · Ceri Young · ss 76 · Alternate Narrative · Elizabeth Bachinsky · pm 77 · Like Monsters of the Deep · Hayden Trenholm · ss 91 · Happy There in My Agony · Jude Dillon · pm 92 · A Moment Before C · Tanya Allan-Johnson · ss 99 · Testing Edon · Robert J. Santa · ss 107 · High Priestess · Alyxandra Harvey-Fitzhenry · pm 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v17 #3, #62, Fall 2005] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jeff Lyons) 3 · Editorial: What Do Aliens Want? · Steve Mohn · ed 6 · Kenny’s Beach · Kevin Cockle · ss 16 · Future Poetry · Mary Soon Lee · pm 17 · Ashes · J. W. Anderson · ss 25 · The Coming Years of Good · Robert Burke Richardson · ss 31 · I Know What I Know · Diane Tucker · pm 32 · He Is Almost There · Rocco de Giacomo · pm 34 · Unravelling Biology · Robert Lake · ss 41 · Bugged · K. V. Skene · pm 42 · He Immortal, Evergreen She · Tony Pi · ss 59 · Harboring the Secret Artist · N. V. Bennett · pm 60 · The Tree · Jack Skillingstead · ss 70 · News release · Mildred Tremblay · pm 71 · Picasso · Mildred Tremblay · pm 72 · Neighbourhood Watch · Suzan Tessier · ss 80 · Fire and Ash · M. Thomas · ss 90 · Molly Dreams of Dolphins · Laura Price · ss 99 · Science from Rebecca · Kin Man Young Tai · pm 100 · Mourning Sickness · Robert Weston · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v17 #4, #63, Winter 2005] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Kazu Kibuishi) 3 · Always a Win-Win Situation · Diane Walton · ed 5 · Memories of the Dead Man · Douglas Smith · ss 29 · Ice Cream Doors · Alan Barclay · ss 44 · Los Empujadores Furiosos · Elizabeth Bear · ss 51 · The Smell of the Earth · Joan Savage · ss 60 · Playing Games · Susan Forest · ss 65 · Blues in the Shadows · Bruce Barber · ss 78 · Following Darkness Like a Dream · Lesley D. Livingston · ss 85 · Inquire Within · Jude Dillon · pm 86 · Metis · Leah Bobet · ss 92 · Ticker Hounds · Shawn Peters · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v18 #1, #64, Spring 2006] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jim Beveridge) Includes a separate chapbook containing corrected versions of “Fire and Ash” and “Ashes”. 2 · Errata and Other Notes from the Editors · [Various] · ms 3 · Writing the Fantastic · Susan MacGregor · ed 8 · Balance of Power · Marian Allen · ss 19 · Soul Hungry · Rebecca M. Senese · ss 26 · Carter Hull Recovers the Puck · Marissa K. Lingen · ss 44 · Dust to Dust · Scott Sakatch · ss 58 · The Tamale God · Jeffrey D. Johnson · ss 72 · Hell-Train · Nicole Luiken · ss 83 · Nothing and Its Starboard Healing · A. M. Arruìn · pm 84 · The Girl with the Half-Moon Eyes · Robert Burke Richardson · ss 90 · Only the Dead Flower · A. M. Arruìn · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg c. 4 · Fire and Ash · M. Thomas · ss On Spec Fll 2005 c.17 · Ashes · J. W. Anderson · ss On Spec Fll 2005

On Spec [v18 #2, #65, Summer 2006] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $5.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Elaine Chen) 3 · Notes Toward a Smart Space Program · Steve Mohn · ed 5 · An Obtuse Argument Against Foreign Products · Daniel LeMoal · ss 17 · Lagtime · Leah Bobet · ss 29 · Outside Chance · Matthew Johnson · ss 45 · The Exterminator · John Southern Blake · ss 54 · Androids and You · Bill Stuart · ss 59 · A Line of River Through · Jude Dillon · pm 60 · Everybody’s Mother · S. Evans · ss 71 · The Jekyll Effect · Kevin Cockle · ss 84 · Black Silhouette · Helena Krobath · ss 89 · After Hours at the Black Hole · C. June Wolf · ss 95 · Coming Back to Kabul · Dave Whittier · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v18 #3, #66, Fall 2006] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $6.95, 128pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Richard Yot) 3 · Thinking About the Past, Thinking About the Future · Derryl Murphy · ed 5 · Sticky Wonder Tales · Hugh A. D. Spencer · ss 18 · Tidal Maneuvers · Derek Künsken · ss 30 · Finish the Game · Stephen LeClerc · ss 45 · Vision Quest™ · Alexander Polkki · ss 51 · Spiked! · Saint James Harris Wood · ss 61 · The Restraining (Disorder) · Saint James Harris Wood · pm 62 · Why Does the Freed Tiger Glare, If Indeed It Glares at All? · Robert Lake · ss 70 · Silicon Singularity · Ernie Reimer · ss 82 · The Carving of Hours · Corrine De Winter · pm Space and Time Spr 1999 85 · And Its Noise as the Noise in a Dream; And Its Depth as the Roots of the Sea · Leah Bobet · ss 96 · A Bit of the True Material · John Bowker · ss 106 · The Art of Solitude® · Mark Shainblum · ss 126 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v18 #4, #67, Winter 2006] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $6.95, 128pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · Colonica · Kenn Brown & Mondolithic Studios · cv Thoughts on a Year Gone By · Diane Walton · ed From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain · Minister Faust · ex Lifebuoy · Matthew Johnson · ss Eight Precious Spiced Jewels · Kevin Cockle · ss Commentary on the Game · Daniel J. Bishop · ss Night Transit · Nancy Chenier · ss Dark Blood · D. T. Mitenko · ss Sagebrush Inn · Kay Weathersby Garrett · ss The Sangoma · Scott Mackay · ss Rainmaker · Kim Goldberg · pm

On Spec [v19 #1, #68, Spring 2007] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $6.95, 128pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · Emotional Wave · Robert Pasternak · cv How We Do It · Diane Walton · ed Stop Plate Tectonics · Robert Weston · ss The Other Side · D. T. Mitenko · ss Made · Paul Hosek · ss Making Light · Allan Weiss · ss A Day Without Kings · Adam La Rusic · ss Old People and Dogs: A Death in the Desert · Jennifer Rachel Baumer · ss Why the Poets Were Banned from the City · Jerome Stueart · ss Crave · Claire Litton · pm Thanksgiving · Claire Litton · pm

On Spec [v19 #2, #69, Summer 2007] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $6.95, 128pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · Sampan · Susan Owen Kagan · cv Terraforming Terra · Steve Mohn · ar The Laws of Motion · Catherine MacLeod · ss Manna · Leslie Brown · ss The Boatman · Joanne Merriam · ss Hollywood Roadkill · Cat Sparks · ss Perfect Violet · Will McIntosh · ss The Baby Blues · Julia Campbell-Such · ss Quiet Empire · Michael Vance · ss Living Under the Conditions · James Moran · ss Somewhere in Oregon · Gary Pierluigi · pm Revelation · Gary Pierluigi · pm Morocco: Djema el-Fna · Claire Litton · pm

On Spec [v19 #3, #70, Fall 2007] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $6.95, 128pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · The Last Necronomicon · Adrian Kleinebergen · cv Building Community · Diane L. Walton · ed The Sorceress’ Assistant · Leah Bobet · ss The Night Visitor · Rose Hunter · ss The Pursuer · Scott Mackay · ss Rainy Season · Chandra Rooney · ss Nine Sketches, in Charcoal and Blood · Marie Brennan · ss ...But with a Whimper · Greg Wilson · ss A Coil of Thread · Trevor Morrison · ss The Blood of a Virgin Is Hard to Come By Legitimately · Wesley Herbert · ss Falling · David Clink · pm The Lullabye Stream · A. M. Arruin · pm It Being · Gary Pierluigi · pm

On Spec [v19 #4, #71, Winter 2007] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $6.95, 128pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · Soup’s On · Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · cv A Happy New Year · Susan MacGregor · ar Feature Artist Interview - Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk · [Misc.] · iv Feature Author Interview - Lady of the Banjo - a chat with Kate Riedel · [Misc.] · iv Daystar · Sarah Carless · ss Pressina’s Daughters · Angela Slatter · ss Re-Annunciation · Nancy Chenier · ss Sea Change · David Yeh · ss Controlled Release · Greg Wilson · ss Widow’s Walk · Bruce Barber · ss Full Moon Hill · Matthew Moore · ss Pest Control · Kate Riedel · ss Cymbeline · Gary Perluigi · pm All the Water in the World (Will Wash It Away) · Saint James Harris Wood · pm When the Dead Do Not Depart · I. B. Iskov · pm

On Spec [v20 #1, #72, Spring 2008] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $6.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · The Doodle Pods Have Landed · Luke Ramsey · cv 3 · Editorial: Mom Always Like You Best · Diane Walton & Susan MacGregor · ed 7 · Aesop’s Last Fable · Tony Pi · ss 17 · Haeland (1000 AD) · Claire Litton · pm 18 · Carter Hall Sweeps a Path · Marissa K. Lingen · ss 31 · The Pack Rat’s Manifesto · Leah Bobet · pm 32 · Jakkar’s Servant · Marion Bernard · ss 44 · Feature Artist Interview: Luke Ramsey, Islands Fold · Lyn X · iv 53 · The Masque of the Red Clown · Tyler Keevil · ss 67 · The Sea at Bari · Claude Lalumière · ss 79 · Feature Author Interview: Yearning for Utopia: A Conversation with Claude Lalumière · Roberta Laurie · iv 85 · Trickster · Steve Stanton · ss 110 · About Our Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

On Spec [v20 #2, #73, Summer 2008] ed. Diane L. Walton (Copper Pig Writers’ Society; Edmonton, AB, Canada, $6.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · Hive · Dave Birkbeck · cv Because We Hear Voices · Diane L. Walton · ed Hand of God · Liz Shannon Miller · ss Love in Its Season · Hayden Trenholm · ss Three Pillows · Saint James Harris Wood · ss Beach Head · Daniel LeMoal · ss Those Among Us · Lisa Carreiro · ss The Devil’s in the Details · Kevin Cockle · ss A Ragman’s Vow · Brent Knowles · ss The World’s Oldest Vase · Michael Meyerhofer · pm Do You Know Mandika? · Gary Pierluigi · pm A Kind of Witness · Steve Sneyd · pm These Are the Days I Know · Desi Di Nardo · pm Feature Artist Interview: James Birkbeck’s “Mind Babies” · Lyn X · iv Feature Author Interview: From Talking Heads to Man-Eating Ants: Daniel LeMoal · Roberta Laurie · iv

On Spec [v20 #3, #74, Fall 2008] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, octavo) fc. · Burning Feathers · Kevin McPherson Eckhoff & Justin Pasieka · cv The New Tale-Tellers · Barb Galler-Smith · ed Too Long to Forgive · Brittany McCartney · ss Lifeshop · Susannah Ripley · ss A Cat Named Wellington · Seanah Roper · ss Mad Science · S. R. Kriger · ss No Entry’ Signs and Other Cosmic Mysteries · Stephanie Gray · ss The Finale · Yuri Fabrikantov · ss Blank · Leah MacLean-Evans · ss Paddywhackers Come Home · Don Norum · ss With Love · Ashlin McCartney · ss Emily’s House · Andrew Campana · ss Charlotte’s Eyes · Patricia McGreer · ss Burning Feathers · B. L. Trogen · ss With Ray Guns Poised · Brian Bosma · ss Interview with Nicole Luiken · Roberta Laurie · iv Interview with Cory Doctorow · Roberta Laurie · iv

On Spec [v20 #4, #75, Winter 2008] ed. Diane L. Walton (The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, $6.95, octavo) fc. · Demonquellers · Herman Lau · cv Editors and the Rules of Engagement · Diane L. Walton · ed Children of the Ackermonster · Barry Hammond · ar [Forrest J. Ackerman] Every Single Round a Last Call · Ryan Laliberte · ss Taming the Beast · Hannah Strom-Martin · ss Hesitant Ripples · Alexander Curnow · ss Glamour · B. C. Holmes · ss Graveyard Orbit · Jon Martin Watts · ss Coolies · Suzanne Church · ss The Corrections · Jared Young · ss She Is Immaculate · Desi Di Nardo · pm Three Ways to See the Sky · Evan Hazenburg · pm Simurgh · Michael Meyerhofer · pm Interview with Herman Lau · Lyn X · iv Interview with Jared Young · Roberta Laurie · iv