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In British Columbia's remote and exotic Cariboo Plateau, "Everything is slow.

Jack Tartarus, a photographer, has returned to his family’s house on Crab, an island off the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Each of the six stories in Dave Bidini's playful, irreverent new book takes a headlong run at the hockey dressing room, and knocks the door down.

Cedric Johnson is a middle-aged insurance broker with an unusual problem. He seems to be physically flashing back to pivotal moments from his past.

With careful research and imagination, author Linda Goyette has created a collection of 25 stories based on the true stories of named children of the past and present.

Dancing Nightly in the Tavern, Mark Anthony Jarman's impressive debut collection of nine short stories, presents characters assembled from the depths of the local bars, under the influence, on

Winner, 2015 City of Victoria Butler Prize for Adult Literature, a Globe and Mail top 100 pick for 2014, and winner of the Bronze Medal for Short Story Fiction at the 2015 Independent Publisher (IP

Ted tells stories. High on a cloud above Mount Washington, he peers down at the earth, listening to the memories of the mortal folk he watches.

Climbing Patrick’s Mountain is bestselling author Des Kennedy’s haunting and elegant tale about coming to terms with one’s past.

At a dinner party, Beth — thirty-six, single, and working as much overtime as she can get her hands on — impulsively announces that she's going to spend a night on Vancouver's mean street

Cadillac Couches is a picaresque road trip novel that journeys from prairie to big city and back again.

Standing Together is a powerful expression of women's collective and individual strength.

In One Chrysanthemum, it is 1964 and Misako Imai is a young Tokyo housewife with a secret.

Adrift on the Ark is a collection of personal essays by Margaret Thompson that offers a straightforward study of the complex relationship between human beings and the natural world.

Trevor Wallace, a tractor salesman with a lost childhood and a stalled relationship, is en route to Africa on business.