One Hundred Knives in the Air
Out came Jenny Balak, and out came the knives. Within seconds there was a cloud of them in the air above her head, at centre court of the school gymnasium, …
Read Morefiction
Montana Border
He drove into Lafayette at dusk, the air thick with swamp bugs outside the windows of his truck. The fights were already on.
Read More
Airplanes Couldn’t Be Happier in Turbulence
Ever since Madison watched King Kong on TV she’s been having fantasies about scaling the Empire State Building with him. That big ape carrying her into the clouds, clutching her …
Read More
They Call Him a Ghost
Chapter five of the author’s new book, Beyond the Pale
Read More
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 …
Read More
Beyond the Shore
Living in the South Tower of Phase One, my bedroom window overlooks the Malibu Club Spa and Fitness Centre, which means the first thing I see when I wake up …
Read More
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 …
Read More
Ultrasound
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 representing “of no interest to me” and 10 representing “of maximum interest to me,” the rapes in my neighbourhood rated a …
Read More
Who Will Water the Wallflowers?
The day before the flood, the girl slices lemons into a wide-mouthed Mason jar. She has been reading about storage devices in the sunroom. Jars will replace Tupperware, she reads, …
Read More