Fiction, Urban & Street Lit
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Ally
An erotic mystery by Angel May McKay
The first novel out of this Canada-based series has it all; Allison McKean, a product of the system, having been placed in foster care, quickly learned to run from authority, often landing in police stations and courtrooms. Still a minor, Allison...
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Today's Thomas Sawyer
Frank Minetti by Butch Arnold
This story begins where it ends, followed by a whimsical search for lucidity. The reader is taken for a particle infused gambol, a continuum circling spacetime. Isolation propels our hero, Thomas Sawyer. Exploring truth in blackholed fiction, our...
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Lives & Spaces
by Subhas
The stories in LIVES & SPACES range from twisted emotions to tenderness; from greed to brutality; from ascendency to failure; from loneliness to death. The broad range of circumstances provide the scope of the stories. Each story encapsulates the...
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Garbage Boy
The High Bar of Low Expectations by Michael McMullen
Garbage Boy—a.k.a. Scarface, a.k.a. William—has had it rough his entire life. Facing off against a deadbeat dad and his mom’s abusive boyfriend, he’s had to fight every step of the way just to survive. Not only that, his family’s low social...
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Daria's Plan
by Thomas E. Reid
Daria is a wife. A mother. A petty criminal. And a victim of abuse. After suffering years of mistreatment at the hands of her partner, Ray, she decides it’s time to make her escape. While Ray is on a boys’ trip to Las Vegas, she packs up her...
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Jac Be Nimble
by James Peters
Jac Pencuri has been a busker, magician, and thief for most of his life. After growing up on the streets of Sydney, Australia, he’s made his way to Victoria, BC, living on his stolen tugboat, Scrimshaw. Jac performs regularly at the inner harbour...
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The Opiate Murders 3
Vancouver's Pain and Wastings by Justin Sand
The book is intended for those who know and think they know about the opiate crisis in Canada. The book sets to explain how the east end got the way it is and will not be changing until safe supply measures and health care intervention is...
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Arbutus Manor
by James Darren
Escape with a dynamic group of young adults that meet at a Vancouver West End room and board house named Arbutus Manor. Follow Matt the “lovable scoundrel”, Mina the beautiful runaway bride, Carol the physically challenged woman with a zest for...
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The Opiate Murders 2
The River Man of Dundas Street by Justin Sand
Some might describe the secretive organization known as the Legion as cold-blooded killers. Others might label them as a group with the courage to do what politicians, civil servants, and the general public have been too weak to do: end the drug...
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When Everything Falls Apart
Book One: The End by Simon Heath
"An impressive achievement. Much more than a cautionary tale or a back-to-the-land parable, Simon Heath's trilogy of novels is foremost a warm, generous meditation on an abiding truth underpinning individual lives and societies alike. Always,...
