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Anthology of strange and chilling stories with a winter theme.

Collection of science fiction and steampunk short stories.

Anthology about the librarians of the future.

Secrets of the Forsaken: Into the Depths of Dread is a compelling anthology of supernatural fiction that weaves together dark fantasy, occult horror, and ancient Indigenous oral traditions. Within these pages, readers will encounter restless spirits, forbidden rituals, uncanny visions, and creatures that haunt the edges of perception. Contemporary voices stand alongside classic authors to explore themes of fear, loss, and the mysteries that lie just beyond the veil.

"There was no point in telling Dorie that an education, even one in psychology, is no protection from the inherited mess with which we're let loose upon this life; that psychologists stumble and fall as hard, and with as much puzzlement, as anybody else." Growing up in rural Nova Scotia, Jen is a solitary and somewhat diabolical child who comes up with - at best - unusual ways of dealing with a life that never goes quite the way that she thinks it should.

What I Want to Tell Goes Like This is an intensely original first short story collection from acclaimed poet Matt Rader. The last story, "All This Was a Long Time Ago," is the 2014 winner of the Jack Hodgins Founders' Award for fiction from The Malahat Review, and other offerings from the collection have appeared in Event, The New Quarterly, Grain, Joyland, Forget Magazine and the Rusty Toque.

Harold Macy's newest book, a collection of short stories depicting life in British Columbia, resonates with the land and the people who inhabit it. Whether he's chronicling the death song of a Douglas fir, the brassy orchestra of trumpeter swans, or the sweet sap symphony of a tapped maple, Harold Macy contemplates the beauty of all that British Columbia has to offer with graceful lyricism and appreciation for the natural world, highlighting the particular magic of the West Coast.

"In this new collection Gaston's range is so wide, his technique so masterful, his tenderness, humour and intelligence so finely measured that he stops my heart."—Barbara Gowdy. A Mariner's Guide to Self Sabotage is populated by the lonely and alienated, holders of secrets, members (or would-be members) of shadowy organizations, screw-ups, joyriders and runaways.

The legendary Emily Carr was primarily a painter, but she first gained recognition as an author. She wrote seven popular, critically acclaimed books about her journeys to remote Native communities and about her life as an artist—as well as her life as a small child in Victoria at the turn of the last century. The Book of Small is a collection of 36 short stories about a childhood in a town that still had vestiges of its pioneer past.

In her debut short story collection, Quednau offers unsettling examinations of "what really happened" with rich, complex characters that might equally arouse our suspicions or sympathy: we pay attention.