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Lynn Scurfield

Lynn Scurfield is an illustrator. Her work has appeared in The Scientist, the Globe and Mail, and Corporate Knights.
Illustration by Lynn Scurfield
Fiction / July/August 2017

Boat Trouble

June 23, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Lynn Scurfield

There was no moon the night they ran into boat trouble. The delicate crescent had set at five minutes to eleven while they drove up the lonely northern highway. The …

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illustration of two children looking into a cellar
Fiction / July/August 2017

In the Palace of Cats

June 23, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Lynn Scurfield

Hillary was weeding the flower bed, and questioning the weediness of weeds, some of which were just as beautiful as any flower, when an urgent message reached her from the …

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Fiction / July/August 2017

The Love Nest

June 16, 2017May 7, 2020 - by Lynn Scurfield

october 10, 2013 Dear Lucy and Dennis! Thank You from bottom of my heart for super stay! We from Los Angeles (before that from Moscow), and you helped to make …

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Illustration by Lynn Scurfield
Fiction / March 2017

Thin Crust

February 17, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Lynn Scurfield

The fisherman only got a quick glimpse. Normally the morning light that burst forth from the waves was a panacea; it made fumbling in darkness into a cold boat reeking …

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