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The Crooked Thing: Stories by Mary MacDonald
Instructor by Beth Follett
You are Eating an Orange. You are Naked. by Sheung-King
Boy With a Problem by Chris Benjamin
How does a teenager deal with grief? Where do you turn in the aftermath of tragedy? What can ease the shame of a dark secret? Who can help when things feel helpless? In sparse but emotive prose, Chris Benjamin’s collection … Continue reading
Hearts Amok by Kevin Spenst
In language that twists together hobo slang and flights of troubadourish diction, Hearts Amok scrutinizes the history of the love sonnet in Surrey, England and simultaneously celebrates the tickings and tollings of one love-struck heart in Surrey, British Columbia. Examining … Continue reading
Crocuses Hatch From Snow by Jaime Burnet
Jaime Burnet’s novel tells an urgent, socially relevant story firmly rooted in time and place. Crocuses Hatch From Snow is first and foremost a novel of Halifax, Nova Scotia, one that addresses the good, the bad and the ugly from … Continue reading
Waiting for the Small Ship of Desire by Allan Cooper
I don’t often read poetry, but when I do, I like it to be moderately straightforward and logical, able to reach my heart and stir emotions, buried deep as they are. The poems in Allan Cooper’s latest collection, Waiting for … Continue reading
The Place of Us by Karen Draper
Karen Draper and her husband are ecstatic to welcome Preston, their first child, into their lives. Joyful anticipation turns to fear when they are told they must prepare to lose him.
We’ve all lost someone. It hurts. Horribly. Most often … Continue reading
Tacet by Suzanne Chiasson
Reproduction by Ian Williams
The Forbidden Dreams of Betsy Elliot by Carolyn R. Parsons
Prague by Maude Veilleux, Translated by Aleisha Jensen and Aimee Wall
The Philistine by Leila Marshy
The Deserters by Pamela Molloy
Brunswick-born Pamela Molloy’s The Deserters (2018 VĂ©hicule Press) is just about as perfect a story as you can get in under 200 pages. Practically a novella, The Deserters is about Eugenie a woman who inherits her grandmother’s derelict farm in … Continue reading