Mostly Reviews: March 2025 Update

February 2025 made up for the previous year’s lack of snow, keeping us busy with clearing efforts. While not busy with that, I managed to make some progress on writing projects. One of them was a review of Arlene F. Marks’ The Stragori Deception (cover at left). The review was published on the Amazing Stories Clubhouse page. Thanks to Graeme Cameron for the opportunity, and to Arlene for arranging a review copy.

 

A lovely review of my speculative poetry collection Cats and Dogs in Space, written by Sandra J. Lindlow,  appeared in the SpecPo Blog:

https://specpo.wordpress.com/2025/02/24/dogs-and-cats-in-space-a-book-review/

 

 

Recent Publications

Cartoons and Illustrations:

“Dragon Reading Material,” Spaceports and Spidersilk February 2024, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/spaceports-spidersilk-february-2025

Fiction:

“Stealing Time,” Havok: Kytt Windthorn, posted February 4, 2025.

 

Nonfiction:

“Insects work hard to get their liquid-only diets,” Simcoe Advocate, February 27, 2025, https://www.granthaven.com/simcoe-advocate

 

“New Participants Welcome for Great Backyard Bird Count,” Simcoe Advocate, February 13, 2025, https://www.granthaven.com/simcoe-advocate

 

Poetry:

“After the Storm,” Sublimation, Volume 2, Issue 1, “The Heart of Winter,” published February 17, 2025,

 

“At the Spaceport Bar,” Polar Starlight Issue 17, February 2025, published February 1, 2025, https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/POLAR-STARLIGHT-17-February-2025.pdf

 

“A Dog’s World,” Spaceports and Spidersilk February 2025, https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/spaceports-spidersilk-february-2025

 

“We Could Do Worse,” Lotus Magazine (newsletter for the Norfolk Field Naturalists). February 2025, https://norfolkfieldnaturalists.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/February-2025-Lotus.pdf

“Winter’s Heart,” Sublimation, Volume 2, Issue 1, “The Heart of Winter,” published February 17, 2025.

Reviews:

“Bowness’ Book Offers Advice for Freelancers,” a review of The Feisty Freelancer: A Friendly Guide to Visioning, Planning, and Growing Your Writing Business, by Suzanne Bowness, published February 24, 2025, on The Seaboard Review, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/bowness-book-offers-advice-for-freelancers

 

Eat Better, Sleep Better: 75 Recipes and a 28-Day Meal Plan That Unlock the Sleep-Food Connection, by Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, and Kat Craddock, posted on The Seaboard Review, February 3, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/eat-better-sleep-better

 

Dinner on Mars: The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth, by Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser, Interstellar Flight Magazine Best of Year Five, February 3, 2025, https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/best-of-interstellar-flight-mag.html

 

“Finding a Place in the Medieval,” a review of Thinking Queerly, by Jes Battis, Interstellar Flight Magazine Best of Year Five, February 3, 2025, https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/best-of-interstellar-flight-mag.html

 

“Out of the Ordinary: New Poems by Tom Wayman Lives Up to Its Title,” a review of Out of the Ordinary: New Poems, by Tom Wayman, The Seaboard Review, February 17, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/tom-wayman-out-of-the-ordinary-poems

 

The Stragori Deception, Book One of the Sic Transit Stragon series, by Arlene F. Marks, Amazing Stories: Clubhouse Guest Review, posted February 17, 2025, https://amazingstories.com/2025/02/clubhouse-guest-review-the-stragori-deception-by-arlene-f-marks/

 

“Tips for Winning the Travel Game,” a review of How to Win at Travel by Brian Kelly, The Seaboard Review, posted February 10, 2025, https://www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/tips-for-winning-the-travel-game-brian-kelly

 

 

What I’m Working On

I’ve been mainly working on reviews and nonfiction pieces, with a few poems thrown into the mix, and expect that will continue.