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Michael Winter

Michael Winter is the author, most recently, of Into the Blizzard: Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Dead. He lives in Toronto.
Illustration of a goldfish in a bowl, a pair of brown shoes, and a pair of headphones in an airport security tray on a conveyor belt.
First Person / March 2020

How to Travel with a Goldfish

March 5, 2020October 8, 2020 - by Michael Winter

The weirdest things I’ve packed in my carry-on luggage

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Fiction / July/August 2010

Billy Bennett

July 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Michael Winter

The Cottage Tavern, he was barred from there. He still got in but if they called the cops he drank at his own residence.

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Illustration by Thomas Libetti
First Person / March 2009

House of Snow

March 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Michael Winter

A memoir of whiteout in Newfoundland

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Memoir / October/November 2008

The Incinerator Incident

October 12, 2008April 15, 2020 - by Michael Winter

I fell into a burning ring of fire

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Cities / January/February 2008

Beyond the Overpass

January 12, 2008October 1, 2018 - by Michael Winter

Canada Noir: Suspicion… in St John’s!

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Fiction / June 2006

What He Saw

June 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Michael Winter

Photograph by Amanda Tetrault Be that way then, she said. And wished she hadn’t. She touched the straps of her bikini and walked down to the sea. She preferred diving …

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