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When PhD candidate Glen Harrison proposes researching the origins of the earliest known tarot cards, the Visconti-Sforza deck, for his thesis, his art history professors are dubious.

Some people claim they'd like to walk away from their lives -- Shelley A. Leedahl had the nerve to do it. Was it selfishness, or self-preservation?

There's a deadly August heatwave and Inspector Aliette Nouvelle is looking forward to her upcoming vacation. She's been working hard, without much reward.

It's spring in Toronto and the Hollywood movie crews are back. This is where art meets commerce full force.

One summer afternoon in 1954 a jealous four-year-old girl named Cherry Ring bites her baby brother Pete on the cheek.

This debut short-story collection showcases Mary Hagey's uncanny ability to capture the essence of being human.

"May you live in interesting times." So goes the ancient Chinese curse. In Quebec, we are always living in "interesting" times.

In his heyday, Jacques Normand was France's Public Enemy Number One, a glamorous rogue who captured the imagination of the entire country.

The stories in Night Watch, a new collection from Susan Zettell, delve deep into dark waters.

A movement in the sonata form traditionally comprises thee sections -- exposition, development and recapitulation -- which explore two themes according to set key relationships.

Bertha Rand, Winnipeg's Cat Lady, was a familiar figure in the news; many knew her as the mad woman who lived in squalour with over fifty felines.

Another summer, and The Pleasant Inn is filled to capacity. This season is especially exciting, as perennial guests Miss Miller and her long-time admirer Mr.

What happens when a 56-year-old fiction writer decides to ditch it all and attend professional pastry chef school for a year?

It's 1970, and the optimism of Trudeaumania is starting to give way to fears of wage and price controls.

Brilliant is a collection of short stories set in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, a polyglot city where cultures collide and converge, where money -- and sometimes justice -- is no