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In his confident debut, Greg Bechtel offers ten charged stories about the impossible-turned-possible—secrets, paranoia, sex, conspiracies, and magic—that the strangeness of the world around us.

"A high school math teacher drifts from a moored boat to a downtown trance club, while negotiating her problematic relationship with an alcoholic older brother.

"Keen, intense, darkly comic, and accident-prone, the short fictions of David Whitton are full of sullen underdogs: his characters clean up real nice, but can't help but unravel back to t

"Seen Reading is the exciting debut collection of microfictions from Canada's pre-eminent literary voyeur, Julie Wilson.

"""In any skin purple is a heavy tone that penetrates to the core."" paulo da costa's stories get under your skin, bruise your consciousness with their exploration of

"Are You Ready to Be Lucky? If so, meet Roslyn, a spirited divorc'e eager for new beginnings. Meet Duncan, a British conman with a penchant for collecting ex-wives.

I shall refer to her as Lizard here, but not because of the small lizard tattoo that I discovered on her inner thigh.

Faulkner examines the changing relationship of black to white and of man to the land, and weaves a complex work that is rich in understanding of the human condition.

"The world can be a perilous place. And the seemingly friendly world of Canada's favourite fictional family is no different.

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.