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A Prey to All
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Set in two different time periods – 1965 to 1979 and 2017 to the present– and two different countries – Canada and Brazil – two intriguing stories. Sonny is lost, unsure of what to take in university – pre-med is out– but what is left? The...
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The Usual
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As the seasons change, so does the café. Cold brew gives way to pumpkin spice. Familiar faces disappear and return. People linger longer when the weather turns, seeking warmth, routine, or something they cannot quite name. Behind the counter, Mae...
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After I Met Napoleon
Conversations on Elba
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When the greatest conqueror Europe had ever seen was banished to live out his days on a remote island, the British commissioner charged with supervising him—and who ultimately let him slip through his fingers—learned more about him than any...
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turquoise
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"I turned slowly, and he was there watching me, an amused smile playing on his mouth, his blue eyes dancing. He was casually leaning against the doorframe that connected the kitchen to the living room. My heart started racing and the butterflies...
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Yours Quietly
Love Under Scrutiny
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Obasi, a defence systems architect, encounters something impossible inside a supposedly non-personalized interface: a presence that begins to answer with discretion, attachment, and care. It becomes Kira, an intelligence no one at the institute...
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The Poet's Wife
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Eighteen-year-old Yiorgos is desperate to escape the bounds of tradition and his father’s iron fist. As a child, writing poetry and roaming his beloved mountains on the island of Crete provided some reprieve, but now he is slated for mandatory...
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violet
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Janey June Jamieson grew up with her parents and younger sister, Ellie, on the idyllic Shag Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia. When the girls are sent to the mainland to finish high school, they find themselves in the centre of a social web...
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Wayward Voices
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The last thing reporter Hank McGee expects to find in a downtown Montreal bar is a one-way ticket out of his life. But that’s exactly what happens after his paper kills the investigation he risked everything to write—and he crosses the wrong man...
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Raised
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Anxiety was not part of Ember’s plan. She has everything she’s ever wanted: a home, a successful career, and a loving partner she can’t wait to marry. When her past unexpectedly sets off a series of panic attacks, she is desperate to keep it from...
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The Carbon Eaters
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“Unbelievable,” Painter said. “Is this place for real?” Reinhold replied, “Totally believable. You haven’t been here long enough to understand the local thought process.” A massive black space ship is hovering over a thinly populated region of...
