The Isles of Dr. Moreau
Grandfather often enjoyed telling my brother about how, when he was younger, he was a ladies’ man. “I never had any trouble getting girls,” he’d exclaim. “None whatsoever.” It was …
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They Call Him a Ghost
Chapter five of the author’s new book, Beyond the Pale
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The Coffin Load
Vámonos was the last human word we heard out there, but even with the shouting I could hear the coyotes’ feet grinding past us over the rocks and sand, heading …
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My Husband
A graphic poem
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Chez l’arabe
It was the year of our tenth anniversary when Antoine and I separated. I stayed in the house and he occupied a loft in Old Montreal, an outdatedly slick place …
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The Comeback
An excerpt
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Wallflowers
An excerpt
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The Social Life of Ink
An excerpt
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The Betrayers
A thousand kilometers away, while the next great drama of his life was unfolding and God was banging His gavel to shake the Judaean hills, Baruch Kotler sat in the …
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The Back of the Turtle
The man stood at the boundary of the beach, in the shadows of the hanging cedars, and listened to the heavy surf run in from deeper water. The beach pitched …
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