Cane Wood
Based on True Stories
by Stephen L. Howard

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There are billions of people in the world and they all have their stories. This is just one of mine. A man changes a lot over the course of fifty years and in Cane Wood, ten lovely, observant short stories chronicle this journey, from an irrepressible six-year-old trying to make sense of life and death, to a confused adolescence and uncertain young manhood, through higher education, family, a career as a surveyor, and on into the later years of a life well-lived. With a deft hand; evocative, slice-of-life style; and remarkable insight engagingly conveyed, Cane Wood offers ten illuminating glimpses into the different stages of a man’s life…with all the challenges therein.

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"In 'Saturday', Howard harkens back to his own experiences and writes about a young man sent to work with a survey crew up north." —The St. Albert Gazette On "Survey School": "We read it with pleasure ..." —Anne Burke, Literary Editor, "The Prairie Journal" On "Cane Wood": "It's nice receiving a heart-felt story that isn't sentimental, and which is well-written." —Ernest Hekkanen, Editor-in-Chief of "The New Orphic Review"

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Stephen L. Howard has a BA with a concentration in English literature. He also has a BEd in mathematics and has been a Nova Scotia Land Surveyor, a Canada Lands Surveyor, an Alberta Land Surveyor, and a British Columbia Land Surveyor. His stories have been published in The Prairie Journal and The New Orphic Review and he has been short-listed for the Howard O'Hagan Award for short story by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta.

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