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Marie Jenner is at it again!As she tries-one more time with feeling-to pull her life together, she takes on the case of Honoria Lowe, a woman of interest in Eddie Hansen's gruesome murder by crucifixion.Since Marie knows where Eddie Hansen's spirit is, she figures it will be a slam dunk. All she has to do is ask him who nailed him to the tree, and she'll have one in the win column for her more or less boss, James Lavall.But James thinks Honoria's either crazy or lying, and doesn't want to take her case. Worse than that, Marie can't find Eddie. He should be right by the crucifixion tree, but he isn't. Of course.There's never a ghost around when you want one.

Luta Paixon has plenty of trouble on the Tane Ikai, with relationships in flux and the sticky problem of two captains on one ship. But when an alien artifact, the remnant of a long-ago war, shows up on the other side of a newly-discovered wormhole, the crew also find themselves pressed into the service of the Nearspace Protectorate. The Tane Ikai's task: covertly deliver an alien historian to the site to decipher its meaning-and possible threat.Jahelia Sord is a woman with a grudge against the world, and against Luta Paixon and her family in particular. She has her own secrets to guard, and an alliance with the notorious PrimeCorp-one she'll keep only as long as it suits her own hunt for vengeance.When a mysterious attack leaves them stranded in an uncharted new system, Luta, her crew, and Jahelia must try to put their differences aside and decide who to trust, while they uncover a shocking truth about the Chron war and what their old enemies are so afraid of . . .

When drama teacher Paul Samson decides to put on a High School production of Macbeth, he forgets that it isn't just The Scottish Play, it is The Cursed Play. And Paul soon learns just how cursed. After grappling with his principal, the PTA, his family, and his students, he must contend with witches, ghosts, and skeletons from his past. The show is destined from the outset to end badly, but no matter how desperate or dangerous circumstances become, Paul cannot cancel the play. Theatre has but one rule and one rule only: the show must go on.

At sixteen Kara Fonti still has no magic. But Mage Guild, the most powerful of all the Guilds in Tregella, has a use for her - they will force her to bear children for men who do have magic. Arabella Fonti, to protect her own status within the guild, pushes her daughter to do the unthinkable - run away to live outside the guild system.But unguilded are not welcome in Tregella, especially on the magical chain of islands of the capital Rillidi. In increasing danger of being arrested or killed, Kara finds refuge on Old Rillidi, the original island that was neither created by magic nor controlled by one of the guilds.On Old Rillidi, Kara discovers true friends, makes a home for herself, and learns more about her strange ability to "see" magic. But the Mage Guild will not let her go, and it is here where she feels safest that Kara is betrayed...

Luta Paixon, capitaine du vaisseau marchand Tane Ikai, veut comprendre pourquoi elle a l'apparence d'une femme de trente ans alors qu'elle en a en réalité quatre-vingt-quatre. Elle n'est toutefois pas la seule à vouloir mettre la main sur cette information...Sa mère, une généticienne qui a disparu près de soixante ans plus tôt, détient peut-être la clé de cette histoire. Cependant, admettant que sa mère soit toujours en vie, la traquer dans cette immense étendue parsemée de tunnels cosmiques qu'est l'Espace proche s'avère un défi de taille. L'impitoyable PrimaCorp est décidée à obtenir l'ADN de Luta, coûte que coûte, son mari âgé de quatre-vingt-dix ans lui demande une ultime faveur et sa fille, avec qui elle est brouillée, ne manque aucune occasion pour croiser le fer : la quête de Luta pour trouver la réponse qu'elle cherche la poussera à explorer les endroits les plus reculés de l'espace... et de son propre c¿ur.

Perfected by nature. Twisted by science. A miracle cure gone very, very wrong.An abandoned forest resort should have been paradise for a creature like Ishmael. Isolated from civilization, so far removed from human eyes, Ishmael could have reveled in his true nature without threat of discovery.But he had been abducted, drugged, and marooned there without a word, sent into exile by the cryptic Wyrd Council. And he's not alone.In this unholy quarantine, Ishmael is just another mouth to feed.And he's no longer the apex predator.

Book One of the Gairden ChroniclesPrince Aidan Gairden's life was planned out for him 800 years before he was born. On his sixteenth birthday, he will take up Heritage, the magical sword wielded by his mother and generations of Gairden ancestors before him, and lead the kingdom of Torel into a new golden age of peace and prosperity.That's how his mother envisions his impending reign. Aidan prefers to see it as decades of sitting in an uncomfortable chair listening to old men bicker over property lines and taxes. If Aidan had his way, he would leave the sword and throne behind for a life free of responsibility.To Aidan's utter shock, Heritage grants his wish. In front of his parents and the entire kingdom, the sword rejects Aidan, leaving Torel without an heir.While Aidan struggles to find his place, an ancient evil awakens and provokes a war between Torel and the warrior tribes of the west. Thrust upon a bloody trail of deception and corruption, Aidan is forced to make a desperate choice: lead Torel in a war he does not believe in, or be banished from his home and family forever.

On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the FantasticFrom its modest beginnings with a single test issue to its Aurora Award-winning present, On Spec has delighted its fans with tales of the fantastic for 25 years. What better way to celebrate On Spec's silver jubilee than showcasing some of its best stories? Spanning two decades of On Spec's history, these twenty-four stories and poems offer a tantalizing taste of the wondrous, dark, humorous, and surreal tales that have appeared in its pages. Mind-bending tales of adventures and worlds where: ~ Once a generation the clouds part to reveal the stars . . .~ A widow gives a lesson in Newfoundland hospitality to a trio of aliens . . .~ A psychic ex-con must help the detective who put her in jail . . .~ The wives of Sur la Mer hide horrific secrets behind their locked gates-and under garden toads . . .~ The past and future collide when a Medieval Welsh king washes up on the shore . . .~ In a post-apocalyptic world, a young man learns what it means to be a railman . . .

Trained to fight, lead, and sail the ocean that is space, Nel Vaughn has the makings of a hero. She should have been the best, but Nel forsake a career with the Alliance and now sails the Free Lanes on the Tantamount with its misfit crew, Kitsune cabin girl, and absent-minded captain.During a stopover for repairs, Nel and the Tantamount are coerced into ferrying medical cargo to a planet at war. Complicating the job are the Tantamount''s unwanted passengers-a Guildswoman; her golem; and a charming, mysterious stranger-each with their own agenda.When Nel discovers the sinister truth behind their mercy mission, her simple goal of keeping her ship intact and her crew safe seems impossible . . . unless Nel chooses to be the hero she was meant to be.

Captain Luta Paixon of the far trader Tane Ikai needs to know why she looks like a woman in her thirties-even though she's actually eighty-four. She isn't the only one desperate for that information.The explanation might lie with her geneticist mother, who disappeared over sixty years ago, but even if her mother is still alive, it's proving to be no small task to track her down in the vast, wormhole-ridden expanse of Nearspace. With the ruthless PrimeCorp bent on obtaining Luta's DNA at any cost, her ninety-year-old husband asking for one last favor, and her estranged daughter locking horns with her at every turn, Luta's search for answers will take her to the furthest reaches of space-and deep inside her own heart.

Thrilling Tales of Canadian superheroes... and villains!75 years ago Canadian cartoonist Joe Shuster co-created the world''s premier superhero: Superman. Over the decades the genre has gone from camp to counter-culture, from pop art to postmodern, from noir to new wave. Today''s superheroes feature in bestselling novels, hit TV shows, Hollywood blockbusters ... and Masked Mosaic: Canadian Super Stories.Mexican luchadores wrestle primordial evil in Vancouver ... The Intrepids battle Nazis in Nova Scotia ... A mysterious masked man rescues an adventuring heiress in a steampunk Gold Rush-era Yukon ... Zombies and ancient Viking magic are unleashed in downtown Toronto ... A godlike oracle wanders Calgary with her cyborg handler ... The fearsome Iron Shadow stalks the streets of Kingstonia ... The Coachwhip and Cat-Girl fight crime in lurid wartime Montreal ...In these 24 tales Canada''s most daring writers reimagine the super genre from its outer limits to its pulp origins, exploring the diverse landscape of Canadian identity and geography.With stories by:Marie Bilodeau ~ Chantal Boudreau ~ Kristi Charish ~ E.L. Chen ~ Michael S. Chong ~ Kevin Cockle ~ Emma Faraday ~ Patrick T. Goddard ~ Alyxandra Harvey ~ David Nickle ~ Silvia Moreno-Garcia ~ D.K. Latta ~ Michael Matheson ~ Derryl Murphy ~ Jonathan Olfert ~ Rhonda & Jonathan Parrish ~ David Perlmutter ~ Lisa Poh ~ Jason S. Ridler ~ Rhea Rose ~ Mike Rimar ~ Jason Sharp ~ Emma Vossen ~ A.C. WiseFeaturing an Introduction by Mark Shainblum, creator of Northguard.Editors: Claude Lalumière & Camille Alexa