On Spec Magazine
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Canadian journal of Literature of the Fantastic
As we start the new year, the editors of On Spec want to thank all our friends, writers, poets, and artists for thirty-five years of support and trust. Best wishes to all in your future endeavours. And if you are new to On Spec, you can get some excellent deals at
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Our first magazines for 2026 are 2 days away, but in the meantime, we've just added
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Our final issue is now available. Twice as many stories as most of our issues!
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The final issue of On Spec is at the proofreading stage, and, with 21 stories and 4 poems, it’s our biggest issue in years! Watch for it!!!
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A very nice review of a story from On Spec #133!
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about 2 months ago
Since
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Pauline Barmby
2 months ago
GTA friends! Now you know what you’re doing on Saturday afternoon!
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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦
3 months ago
Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.
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She’s right about this. Our stories don’t get stale or go bad. Something we published 5 or 10 or 30 years ago still has an amazing shelf life.
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With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See
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David Jón Fuller 🇨🇦
3 months ago
In case you missed it: my story "Two Voices, One Song" a tale of overnight horror set in Iceland, will be in the next issue of On Spec magazine
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! More info here:
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On Spec Issue #133 Preview
Here’s a peek at what we’re offering in this issue: We’re happy to bring back some writers you’ve seen on our pages before. And equally happy to introduce new voices at the start of the…
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Stefani Cooke
3 months ago
Check out my story, "An Unsparing Harvest," in the latest issue of
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On Spec Magazine #133 VOL 35 No 3
Volume 35 No 3 issue of On Spec Magazine. This issue features short stories by Liz Westbrook-Trenholm ("The Bag of Holding"), Gillian Secord ("the love song of house and lake"), John Park ("When the S...
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Derryl Murphy
3 months ago
Thrilled to announce that the contracts have been signed and NeWest Press (
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We just added a few more back issues of On Spec to our Ko-fi shop. Yours for 99 cents or pay what you will. These and more can also be found at Weightless Books. Help us out with a small donation and enjoy the stories!
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Are you in Alberta? You can read On Spec along with many other Alberta-produced magazines by searching the digital magazine options at any Alberta public library!
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Issue #133 is at the proofing stage now. But you can buy and read #132 while you wait!
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We just added a few more back issues of On Spec to our Ko-fi shop. Yours for 99 cents or pay what you will. These and more can also be found at Weightless Books. Help us out with a small donation and enjoy the stories!
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Almost ready to send On Spec Issue #133 to the designer for a mid-September release. Please support us by making a small donation or purchasing a copy of issue #132 from our Ko-fi page.
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On Spec hasn’t had a Kickstarter to raise funds for production of new issues, but buying even a single issue from our Ko-fi page will add up if enough of you do it.
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If you buy a copy of our new issue, it helps us to pay more fabulous writers, poets and artists!
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7 months ago
New issue of
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On Spec's New issue is now ready! New fiction and poetry, along with author interviews and cool interior art. Beautiful cover by Dan O'Driscoll. Buy at
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Our friends at the Sunburst Award have announced this year's Long list of juried titles. These titles are a selection of the best Canadian-authored SFF books received for 2024. Check them out.
www.sunburstaward.org/node/143
Winner to be announced in the Fall.
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The Sunburst 2025 Longlist | The Sunburst Award Society
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Tyche Books 🇨🇦
7 months ago
Goood morning! It's time to announce the Table of Contents for the anthology Starship Librarians, edited by Shannon Allen and JR Campbell! đź§µincoming--and at the end, we will reveal the cover! (so stick around!) 1/5
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We would really appreciate some new sales on our Ko-fi page. It will help us to buy new stories. Every little bit helps.
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Issue #132 is close to completion after final edits done. Beautiful cover by Dan O’Driscoll.
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All set up for the weekend at Y-Con in Yarmouth NS. That’s our pet Tribble on the table.
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We are proofreading the new issue right now. Should be ready by early June.
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We are still looking for some new downloads and/or donations on our Ko-fi or Patreon pages. While it’s nice to be followed, we don’t exist in a vacuum. Help us to buy some awesome new stories!
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Looks like the link did not work for the Amazing Stories Clubhouse review. You can follow it if you go to our newest blog post at
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8 months ago
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On Spec has a Ko-fi account where you can pick up one (or more) of our recent issues to check us out. It's a great way for all our followers to show their support for what we are doing to publish new short speculative fiction and poetry.
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9 months ago
"Thanks" to Am*zon, we've added a "new" "feature"! In addition to never using DRM to ensure you don't own the ebooks you buy AND never selling AI-generated chum disguised as literature, NOW Weightless will never, ever use AI to "summarize" aka ruin the 100% human-made art you came here to enjoy!
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We are chuffed that
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for his podcast. It’s a great plan to bring the smaller magazines to the attention of the readers!
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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦
9 months ago
So thrilled Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Vol 2 is an Aurora Award nominee! It's especially meaningful THIS year. One great joy of doing this antho has been meeting and getting to know so many Canadian SFF writers, and its great to see so many familiar names on the ballot--congrats, all!
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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association
9 months ago
The 2025 Aurora ballot is live! Check out the finalists for each category here:
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On Spec is on the final ballot for this year’s Aurora Awards!
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Have you noticed how many On Spec back issues can be bought for a mere 99 cents?
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9 months ago
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Our newest issue is available for purchase!
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9 months ago
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If you watch Wil Wheaton’s trailer, you will understand why we are doing the happy dance. Just learned from the author that one of our stories will be read by Wil on his new podcast! We can reveal this as soon as we know.
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Wil Wheaton
10 months ago
I am so excited to announce It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th and is available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Hi friends! I am so excited to announce It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton, my new podcast. Our first episode drops on March 26th. This idea emerged from my creative self […]
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So happy to report that
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, a frequent contributor to On Spec, is shortlisted in FOUR categories for the BSFA Awards! Well-deserved!
10 months ago
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Welcome new followers! Our new issue will soon be available. Stories from Chadwick Gunther, Kelsey Hutton, Hugh A.D. Spencer, Danica Klewchuk, Brian D. Hinson, and others.
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