On Spec
On Spec is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres broadly grouped under the "speculative fiction" umbrella. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, On Spec was founded in 1989 by a small group of Edmonton writers who joined together to form The Copper Pig Writers Society. At the time, there was no paying market for English speculative fiction in Canada (though paying markets in French did exist). On Spec is Canada's longest-running, and according to author Robert J. Sawyer, arguably most successful English-language magazine in the field.
Much more like a traditional small literary magazine than the mass-market-styled American science fiction digests such as Analog and Asimov's, On Spec was founded to address the frustration that English-speaking Canadian SF writers faced having to "Americanize" their stories for the existing US markets.
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ALBUMS
- Transitions released: 2012
- Bedrock Classics, Series 7 released: 2011
- Sólid Sounds 2006.3 released: 2006
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Yellowman
by: Aeon Spokeis eyes are closed his face pale asleep
On the ground a newspaper reads
The blood has spilled again
And you just dream my...
Yellowman
Yellowman
The angels burn a torch to keep us warm
His lungs are wide-awake but he won't breathe
He spits out the ocean and we dream like goldfish in a bowl
They think we're free
Yellowman
You're tying rocks to clouds to stay above the crowds
The angels burn a torch to keep us warm
The blood has spilled again
And you just dream
Yellowman
You never see the bloodstains on the battlefield