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Enter the Raccoon

July 13, 2017

I would never have known about the existence of Enter the Raccoon if it wasn’t for Beatriz Hausner herself, who came in as a plenary…

A Letter from the New Online Editor

May 31, 2015

Dear readers and contributors, My name is Shahin, and I am going to be The Spectatorial’s Online Editor for the coming year. It is an…

A Letter from the (Old) Online Editor

May 28, 2015

Good afternoon, This is an update on the transitions that are happening at The Spectatorial. We are in the process of changing our staff as…

The Dinosaur Experience: an Interview with Short Story Star Julia Drake

April 2, 2015

This interview has been edited for clarity. While fiction has for a long time been associated with the weight of a thick, white-paged novel in…

Gateways to Glory: an Interview with Brian Gottheil

March 7, 2015

Brian Gottheil is a University of Toronto Law alumnus and the author of Gateways, a self-published fantasy novel that he is launching March 29. As…

A Call for Blog Writers!

February 5, 2015

Do you want to get involved with The Spectatorial but don’t know how? Do you know a great fantasy, horror, dystopian, sci-fi, steampunk or otherwise…

Infinity, Ineffability, and Loss in Jorge Luis Borges’s “The Aleph”

January 13, 2015

First published in 1945, “The Aleph” became one of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges’s most beloved stories. Like many of Borges’s works, “The Aleph” is…

Winter Wonderland? Gethen and Narnia: the Lands of Perpetual Winter

November 13, 2014

I recently went on a cruise to Bermuda. It was awful. This was partially due to the incessant swaying of the boat, the boredom that…

Tales from the Midwest Writers Workshop

September 2, 2014

When my stepfather told me about the Midwest Writers Workshop in Muncie, Indiana, I didn’t know what to expect. I’d only ever attended conferences geared…

Spectatorial Summertime Zine: Deadline Extension!

August 12, 2014

We are extending the deadline for our zine contest. All entries will be due by August 25th at midnight. The form for all entries can…