Fiction, Urban & Street Lit
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Olduvai
by Steve Bull
Is a global economic, social, and political collapse imminent? Flowing from actual world events, a damaged environment, dwindling energy resources, and a manipulated market-economy all come crashing together in this tale about the social and...
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Kindred Lamp Posts
by Ron Sokol
This is the fourth in the Kindred series, preceded by Kindred Stories, Kindred Mischief, and Kindred Angels. You can find out more by visiting KindredAvenue.com
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Goodbye, Rudy Kazoody
by A.A. Freda
Who is the mysterious Rudy Kazoody, and what, if anything, did he have to do with the events that occurred to a group of teenagers during one fateful summer in New York City’s Bronx neighborhood in the early 1960s? Growing up is difficult enough....
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The Gift Horse's Mouth
by Joseph Sones
When Chuck Arbour, a Winnipeg boy, graduates high school, he receives two letters in the mail that invite him to study with the elite academics in the city. He had been lately receiving significant attention due to his talent and originality in...
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The Dive
by Robert Muir
The city has a lot to offer. It’s 1987, and the urban haze has lured young George Wentworth to the centre of Toronto for a summer of fun before seriously looking for work. But the reality is not what he had imagined. Months in, he is broke,...
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The Necessities of Life
by Gordon Self
When Father Bao finds an abandoned newborn, shades of his own past come back to haunt him. While the police search for the child’s parents, Bao struggles with how to better serve his community, despite detractors from within his own parish. The...
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The Kilted Lover
by M.D. Heathers
Meet Dylan. Focused. Energized. Career driven. Confident. Powerful. Dylan is a force to be reckoned with. As an editor of fashion magazine MyStyle, Dylan has done a stellar job creating the lifestyle she wants—one full of friends, a stylish loft...
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Like a Child to Home
by Bill Engleson
November on the Canadian West Coast; it’s often wet, miserable and dark. Lives get messy; streets are unsafe. Wally Rose is a brooding, sporadically up-beat, old-time social worker. Carla Prentice is an overwhelmed, single mother of two...
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Paula Takes a Risk
by Randi M. Sherman
After thirty-four years of just letting life happen to her, Paula Tenenbaum’s mundane existence was suddenly interrupted. It was bad enough to be fired from her job because she was “average”, but on that same day, her boyfriend also dumped her...