This unusual, trippy historical epic is sure to stick in readers’ minds. A headstrong art critic embarks on a dark journey that bends the historical without breaking it in the... Read More

Carleigh Baker’s characters can’t seem to hide their quirkiness—their oddities stick out, obvious to everyone but them. They’re all uniquely inept and unqualified to... Read More

His stories offer compelling insights into the denizens of the region and their complicated, hardscrabble lives. The stories in Martin West’s impressive debut short-story... Read More

Gudgeon’s first poetry collection is a quirky valentine to irreverent readers, full of stark and pretty imagery, wry quips, and glorious bursts of vulgarity. Its foci include... Read More

Literary escapades enlighten and entertain in this boundary-pushing collection. This off-the-wall collection of character sketches paints eccentric women in darkening shades of... Read More

This sexually charged cautionary tale deftly uses interior monologue and psychological tension. Nelly Arcan writes with keen insight into the lives of young adults in... Read More

Award-winning Montreal author, poet, editor, and Concordia University creative-writing instructor Jon Paul Fiorentino writes the thoughts that we all might have, especially... Read More

This atmospheric character study is a biting commentary on the cracks beneath social facades. Winner of the 35th International 3-Day Novel Contest, "Thorazine Beach" is a... Read More

For nearly forty years, Jim Christy had been tossing odds and ends—the memorabilia of his peripatetic life—into an old tin box that had at one time held a “Sweet... Read More

Canadian author Annette Lapointe presents a moody, atmospheric portrait of small-town life in Whitetail Shooting Gallery. Set on the Saskatchewan prairies, the novel catalogues... Read More

"Budge" is one of the more quirky, unconventional, picaresque novels to come along in a while. It can be pleasurable, if the reader is willing to roll with Osborne’s approach... Read More