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I get at least five of these "opportunities" a day. This is the most enigmatic so far. So... understated. So... subtly ironic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Mark and I talk to Diane Walton, a founding member and long-time managing editor of On Spec: The Canadian magazine of the Fantastic.

#podcast #onspec #canadiansf

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Diane Walton and On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic
Season 4 Episode 72 Originally presented January 27th 2026
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January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Lynda Williams of Reality Skimming Press invited me to contribute to her latest online series: "Things About Governance."

So I wrote about good leadership. Which I think is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today.

#essay #leadership

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Reality Skimming Press. 509 likes · 8 talking about this. Reality Skimming Press makes books, sponsors a writers' group, hosts and expands the legacy of the Okal Rel Universe, and experiments with...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Back in her own body, Marie-Josée tries to help Commander Saito against impossible odds in the concluding chapter of Captain’s Away! A Strange Dimensions Book.

#Serialization #sf #sciencefiction #spaceopera

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Captain's Away! Chapter Sixty
"Heavy the Head"
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January 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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The correct response to this kind of solicitation is simply to report it as spam and block it.

But this one time, I wanted to see where it would go.

#writing #books #marketing #scams #fakebookclubs

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A Scam? Or Not a Scam? You Be the Judge
This is the kind of nonsense most writers are dealing with these days
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January 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Look what I just found. An alternate review of Mark A. Rayner's The Gates of Polished Horn (Donovan Street Press) by Toronto Star literary critic Alex Good on his own site, AlexonSF:

#books #sf

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The Gates of Polished Horn
The Gates of Polished Horn By Mark A. Rayner The title for Mark Rayner’s whimsical yet unsettling collection of stories comes from the poet Homer’s notion that dreams come to us having passed throu…
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January 19, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Check out this gorgeous cover for our upcoming release of science fiction legend David Gerrold’s short story collection Shadows & Reflections: Diving in the Sea of Time (edited by Ira Nayman).

#sciencefiction #startrek #davidgerrold #books #shortstories

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Cover Reveal! A new collection from sci-fi legend David Gerrold: Shadows & Reflections
"Diving in the Sea of Time" will be available May 5th 2026
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January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Mark A. Rayner and I revisit childhood with Canadian author Arlene F. Marks, as Arlene introduces us to one of her favourite paintings, Children’s Games by Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
#podcast
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Arlene F. Marks and Children’s Games
Season 1 Episode 12 Originally presented May 31st 2023
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January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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In this brand new episode of Re-Creative, Mark A. Rayner and I dive into a fascinating conversation with author and publisher Lynda Williams, the “obscure Canadian Tolkien.” For her "homework," Lynda chose Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes series.

#tarzan

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Lynda Williams and William Rice Burrough's Tarzan
Season 4 Episode 71 Originally presented January ? 2026
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January 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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From the vaults!

(As we wait for me to get off my butt and edit new episodes of Re-Creative).

In this episode from the first season of Re-Creative, Mark and I discuss Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut.

#novels #satire #fiction #kurtvonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle
Season 1 Episode 11 Originally presented May 22nd 2023
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January 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Here's three books I enjoyed last year, up on Shepherd.com, a terrific site that's doing its best to help both readers and writers discover books.

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#books
Shepherd - Explore the books that readers love.
Join the rebellion and meet the indie book platform readers deserve! Meet the books that you will love, not just like. 
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January 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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I should be writing about something seasonal but… that’s not how my brain works. This is what’s on my mind right now. How the limited, sporadic (but enjoyable) martial arts training I’ve received over my 60 years all dovetails together.

#karate #shotokan

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Shotokan karate, Matsubayashi-ryū karate, and Wally Slocki
And how they all fit together. Well, for me, anyway.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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There’s a Donovan Street Press title in here! Our own @markarayner.com’s The Gates of Polished Horn! Amazing! Congrats Mark. 🤓
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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We welcome back writer and editor Ira Nayman to discuss the work of actor, comedian and filmmaker Buster Keaton, in particular his stunning 1924 action/comedy Sherlock Jr.

#busterkeaton

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Ira Nayman on Buster Keaton and his classic silent film Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Season 4 Episode 69 originally presented Dec 8th 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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My memoir about working at CBC Radio, Adventures in the Radio Trade, is featured in Toronto Metropolitan University's Alumni Gift Guide this year. Really appreciate the support from my alma mater!

#books #tmuuniversity #memoir

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Wish List Ready: Staff Picks from the Alumni Gift Guide
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December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Author Michael Antman joins Mark Rayner and Yours Truly to talk about the recent release of his novel Cherry Whip: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, explain his love for Japanese culture, share with us some of his favourite haiku, and more!

#podcast #haiku

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Michael Antman on Cherry Whip: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, and Haiku
Season 4 Episode 68 Originally presented Nov 28th 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Every now and then you meet someone who knocks you back a step.

Sensei Lucien was such a man. Literally. More than once he knocked me back a step with a twist of the hips and a perfectly executed tsuki-chuudan.

Remembering Sensei Lucien Pomar.

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#karate
The Tiger
Remembering Sensei Lucien Pomar
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November 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Season Four of Re-Creative begins!

Author and critic Michael Antman joins Mark and Joe for Michael's second appearance on Re-Creative. Michael tells the lads the origin of his love for Japanese culture, including his passion for haiku.

#podcast

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Episode 68: Haiku – Re-Creative
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November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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A little chat with the world.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Remembering a pillar of the Canadian speculative fiction community.

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#sf #sciencefiction #canadiansf #speculativefiction
Jean-Louis Trudel
Remembering a pillar of the Canadian speculative fiction community
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November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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The traditional publishing industry is kinda nuts. My thoughts on how, and why, and what to do about it.

#traditionalpublishing #agents #publishing #writing

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The Publishing Industry is Kinda Nuts
And what to do about it
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November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Two days away!
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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On this episode of Re-Creative, Mark and I talk to emergency physician and award-winning writer Melissa Yuan-Innes. We discuss balancing day jobs with the process of creating art, fringe festivals in Canada, and “reverse catfishing.”

#writing #theatre #fiction

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Melissa Yuan-Innes on A Grimm Night
Season 1 Episode 8 Originally presented May 10th 2023
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November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Join me tomorrow for the first ever Pages in the Province book fair!

11am to 5pm Sat Nov 8th at the Capital Exhibit Centre, 355 Smythe St, Fredericton.

A giant celebration of books, creativity, and community!

#books #bookfair #newbrunswick
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM