Andy W. Taylor
@sooguy68.bsky.social
Canadian writer of speculative fiction who buys more books & comics than he can ever hope to read. Viable Paradise (VP19), Codex, TWUOC, CSFFA, Playwright Junction. Cancer Survivor. He/Him
And that brings us to Dave Wickenden, a former firefighter and current writer of action thrillers. Dave’s latest book “Origami Deception” is about terrorists blowing up Sudbury’s iconic Superstack.
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6/8
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And that brings us to Dave Wickenden, a former firefighter and current writer of action thrillers. Dave’s latest book “Origami Deception” is about terrorists blowing up Sudbury’s iconic Superstack.
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6/8
Next up is Liisa Kovala a writer and bookcoach who in addition to her historical fiction is releasing a cozy mystery series next year under a pen name AL Jensen.
Her historical fiction book “Like Water for Weary Souls” is set in depression era Sudbury and involves a mysterious disappearance
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Her historical fiction book “Like Water for Weary Souls” is set in depression era Sudbury and involves a mysterious disappearance
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November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Next up is Liisa Kovala a writer and bookcoach who in addition to her historical fiction is releasing a cozy mystery series next year under a pen name AL Jensen.
Her historical fiction book “Like Water for Weary Souls” is set in depression era Sudbury and involves a mysterious disappearance
4/8
Her historical fiction book “Like Water for Weary Souls” is set in depression era Sudbury and involves a mysterious disappearance
4/8
First up we have Scott Overton who writes SF thrillers that makes you think of Michael Crichton when you read them. Scott’s latest is called Zenith: Aftermath about super-high-speed train’s inaugural trip goes wrong and they are transported to a world where human beings have vanished.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
First up we have Scott Overton who writes SF thrillers that makes you think of Michael Crichton when you read them. Scott’s latest is called Zenith: Aftermath about super-high-speed train’s inaugural trip goes wrong and they are transported to a world where human beings have vanished.
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2/8
Last panel of the day/con! “Just Let me Sell a Canadian Story” with @arielkroon.bsky.social (Ariel Kroon), @ourmankoto.bsky.social (Stephen Kotowych), @ecwpress.bsky.social (Jen Albert), @ashhisson.bsky.social (Ashley Hisson) #cancon2025 @canconsffh.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Last panel of the day/con! “Just Let me Sell a Canadian Story” with @arielkroon.bsky.social (Ariel Kroon), @ourmankoto.bsky.social (Stephen Kotowych), @ecwpress.bsky.social (Jen Albert), @ashhisson.bsky.social (Ashley Hisson) #cancon2025 @canconsffh.bsky.social
Day 3 at Can*Con at Advice for Aspiring Writers panel with @nathanburgoine.bsky.social @brandoncrilly.bsky.social @julieczerneda.bsky.social and @aerospacewriter.bsky.social (Eric Choi). Always great advice doesn’t matter how long you been at this game. @canconsffh.bsky.social #cancon2025
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Day 3 at Can*Con at Advice for Aspiring Writers panel with @nathanburgoine.bsky.social @brandoncrilly.bsky.social @julieczerneda.bsky.social and @aerospacewriter.bsky.social (Eric Choi). Always great advice doesn’t matter how long you been at this game. @canconsffh.bsky.social #cancon2025
Monstrous Retelling panel with DOCTOR Derek Newman-Stille, @kateheartfield.com, Deanna Valdez, and @anuja-v.bsky.social (moderator) at #CanCon2025 @canconsffh.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Monstrous Retelling panel with DOCTOR Derek Newman-Stille, @kateheartfield.com, Deanna Valdez, and @anuja-v.bsky.social (moderator) at #CanCon2025 @canconsffh.bsky.social
Afternoons panel on novellas entitled “Short Kings: The Rise of the SF Novella” with @kercoby.bsky.social (moderator) Michele Laframboise, @kevinhearne.bsky.social and @davering.bsky.social
#cancon2025 @canconsffh.bsky.social
#cancon2025 @canconsffh.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Afternoons panel on novellas entitled “Short Kings: The Rise of the SF Novella” with @kercoby.bsky.social (moderator) Michele Laframboise, @kevinhearne.bsky.social and @davering.bsky.social
#cancon2025 @canconsffh.bsky.social
#cancon2025 @canconsffh.bsky.social
It’s still a few months away from release but I’m at @canconsffh.bsky.social in Ottawa promoting the anthology about small town Canadian superheroes called Super Canucks that Mat Del Papa and I edited together. Coming March 2026 from @latitude46pub.bsky.social I have postcards to share. #cancon2025
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s still a few months away from release but I’m at @canconsffh.bsky.social in Ottawa promoting the anthology about small town Canadian superheroes called Super Canucks that Mat Del Papa and I edited together. Coming March 2026 from @latitude46pub.bsky.social I have postcards to share. #cancon2025
Second panel of day 2 #CanCon2025 called “Worldbuilding Without the Nuclear Family” with Sonia Urlando (moderator), Claudie Arseneault, @cycling2asylum.bsky.social (Su J Sokol) and Rebecca Simkin. @canconsffh.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Second panel of day 2 #CanCon2025 called “Worldbuilding Without the Nuclear Family” with Sonia Urlando (moderator), Claudie Arseneault, @cycling2asylum.bsky.social (Su J Sokol) and Rebecca Simkin. @canconsffh.bsky.social
Day 2 at #CanCon2025 attending a panel on writing habits with speakers @carolyncharron.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @gregoryawilson.com and moderator @manahil.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Day 2 at #CanCon2025 attending a panel on writing habits with speakers @carolyncharron.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @gregoryawilson.com and moderator @manahil.bsky.social
I’m heading to #CanCon2025 next weekend in Ottawa and really looking forward to it! I’m not on any panels this year but I am there promoting the anthology I co-edited with Mat Del Papa called Super Canucks about small town Canadian superheroes that is coming out next spring.
October 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’m heading to #CanCon2025 next weekend in Ottawa and really looking forward to it! I’m not on any panels this year but I am there promoting the anthology I co-edited with Mat Del Papa called Super Canucks about small town Canadian superheroes that is coming out next spring.
How is this a real headline/article? Why is this somehow “normalized” behaviour for a world leader just because it’s Trump?
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How is this a real headline/article? Why is this somehow “normalized” behaviour for a world leader just because it’s Trump?
Here's the same shot from Feb 2017 with a meeting with Justin Trudeau. No gold leaf in sight.
October 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Here's the same shot from Feb 2017 with a meeting with Justin Trudeau. No gold leaf in sight.
Big shout out to the staff and my fellow classmates from 2015 Viable Paradise. Especially to those we’ve lost in recent years.
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Big shout out to the staff and my fellow classmates from 2015 Viable Paradise. Especially to those we’ve lost in recent years.
How has it been 10 years since I went on an epic writing adventure that was Viable Paradise?
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
How has it been 10 years since I went on an epic writing adventure that was Viable Paradise?
Spent Saturday afternoon tooling around Toronto’s annual Word on the Street and talked to a lot of publishers, booksellers, writers, poets, and artists.
Ended up picking up 8 items. Most of which were shockingly NOT Spec Fic!
Ended up picking up 8 items. Most of which were shockingly NOT Spec Fic!
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Spent Saturday afternoon tooling around Toronto’s annual Word on the Street and talked to a lot of publishers, booksellers, writers, poets, and artists.
Ended up picking up 8 items. Most of which were shockingly NOT Spec Fic!
Ended up picking up 8 items. Most of which were shockingly NOT Spec Fic!
Here’s the promised picture of the two pieces I was talking about earlier. Please forgive the glare. Picture on the left is by Agi Art and the print on the right is by Scott Ford.
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Here’s the promised picture of the two pieces I was talking about earlier. Please forgive the glare. Picture on the left is by Agi Art and the print on the right is by Scott Ford.
This reminds me of my Danzig/Herzog shirt that I used to own
August 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This reminds me of my Danzig/Herzog shirt that I used to own
I’m putting together this Lego Star Wars sign and it’s got the cutest hidden element. A miniature Star Destroyer chasing the Tantaive IV
July 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I’m putting together this Lego Star Wars sign and it’s got the cutest hidden element. A miniature Star Destroyer chasing the Tantaive IV
We saw you from across the bar and we liked your vibe.
July 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
We saw you from across the bar and we liked your vibe.
I’m going to start naming characters in my stories after random Coke bottle pairings. Should this one be Jeffrey Nova or Nova Jeffrey?
July 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I’m going to start naming characters in my stories after random Coke bottle pairings. Should this one be Jeffrey Nova or Nova Jeffrey?
12 year old me would be floored to know I finally got to see Devo play live this past Monday night in Toronto. They’ve always been a huge part of my musical identity. It was a great show and the best part was it ended before 10 pm.
July 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
12 year old me would be floored to know I finally got to see Devo play live this past Monday night in Toronto. They’ve always been a huge part of my musical identity. It was a great show and the best part was it ended before 10 pm.
I share with your timeline a freshly groomed senior pupper who I adore 🥰 🐶
May 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I share with your timeline a freshly groomed senior pupper who I adore 🥰 🐶
And tariffs against Canada and Mexico are still in place and unaffected by the pause.
April 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
And tariffs against Canada and Mexico are still in place and unaffected by the pause.
My sister gifted me a copy of Philip K Dick’s 1964 novel The Unteleported Man she found online. It’s a 1976 UK Paperback with covert art by Chris Moore who I just found passed recently. PKD expanded this in 1983 shortly before his death and was published as Lies, Inc.
March 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My sister gifted me a copy of Philip K Dick’s 1964 novel The Unteleported Man she found online. It’s a 1976 UK Paperback with covert art by Chris Moore who I just found passed recently. PKD expanded this in 1983 shortly before his death and was published as Lies, Inc.