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The Dancing Plague has arrived

October 11, 2022

The Fourth Collection of Utter Speculation and the debut book for Speculation Publications drops today and it is gorgeous. Nine stories from nine authors from all over the world, with masterful musings and terrific twists on what caused the dancing mania of 1518. This is one you do not want to miss. Pick up your Read more
Feature: David L. Updike, Author of “Shake, Rattle and Roll” in THE DANCING PLAGUE

October 10, 2022

I must admit I am a fan of David L. Updike’s work. I was lucky to get the chance to critique his award winning story “The Feral Wives” in a workshop, and co-edited SHOCKING VERBS, LAWLESS NOUNS which included two of his very unsettling stories. For this reason, I did not recognize “Shake, Rattle and Read more
Interview with Elizabeth Guilt, Author of Interdisciplinary in THE DANCING PLAGUE

October 7, 2022

“When a British university works out how to create a quantum link with the past, Malcolm Hendry is confident he’s the right man to conduct the world’s first ‘history field work’ in 16thC Strasbourg. Professor Hendry knows only he can make the project a success – and he will, despite the day-to-day irritations of students, Read more
Author Feature: Allison Thurman, author of “Searching for the Perfect Beat” in THE DANCING PLAGUE: A COLLECTION OF UTTER SPECULATION

October 3, 2022

One of the things that make the dancing mania so intriguing is that it calls to a sense of longing that is familiar to music lovers. “Searching for the Perfect Beat” captures this sense with the story of Avoye. Author Allison Thurman knows her way around a story, being a book reviewer as well. In Read more
Interview with JD Byrne, Author of “Consequences of Sin” in THE DANCING PLAGUE

September 30, 2022

There’s only so much heartache one can bear before they have to eat a bird with a few demons. At least, that’s what I though while reading JD Byrne’s contribution to The Dancing Plague: A Collection of Utter Speculation. His story, “The Consequences of Sin” is one of the more humorous inclusions in the book, Read more
Feature: C. Owen Loftus, author of “The Third Ministration” in the upcoming collection of utter speculation THE DANCING PLAGUE

September 28, 2022

C. Owen Loftus’s story, The Third Ministration is one of those stories that reveals itself in layers. Loftus has worked in journalism and business writing, as well as a teacher, but this story will be his literary debut, however, he has more in the works. “The Third Ministration experiences the Dancing Plague through the eyes Read more
Feature: Jennifer Lee Rossman, author of “Other People’s Tsunamis” in the upcoming collection of utter speculation THE DANCING PLAGUE

September 26, 2022

Jennifer Lee Rossman’s Other People’s Tsunamis is the first story you will see when you open The Dancing Plague. “An autistic witch finds themselves caught up in a whirlwind of chaotic cause and effect when they try to prove they have what it takes to join the elite witches in their office.” Rossman’s unique and Read more
Jocelyne Gregory, author of “Holy Harvest” in the upcoming collection of utter speculation THE DANCING PLAGUE

September 23, 2022

Our first open call for a collection of utter speculation yielded amazing results, and we were very lucky to get to work with nine fantastic authors, each one giving us a unique and fascinating story explaining the dancing mania of 1518. Jocelyne Gregory’s story ” Holy Harvest” stuck out in particular because of the sense Read more
DANCING PLAGUE COVER REVEAL

September 16, 2022

The Dancing Plague: A Collection of Utter Speculation coming this October “LCW Allingham and her two cohorts have come up with another thematic anthology in their Collection of Utter Speculation series. The Dancing Plague relates to a contagious 16th Century malady in what is now France leading to the victims convulsively dancing in the streets. Read more
The Dancing Plague is coming. A new Collection of Utter Speculation

September 12, 2022

This Speculation Publications debut is dancing in fast, dropping just in time for Halloween. Author interviews, cover reveals, and our pub date are all coming in the next weeks so stay calm, keep your feet on the floor and check in soon. Read more