Indian Horse

It’s easy to declare yourself conversant with the details and scope of a social or political issue after watching a few news reports and reading a column or two on the subject. A case in ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Halbman Steals Home

By B. Glen Rotchin

B. Glen Rotchin has published poetry and criticism, edited a pair of award-winning poetry anthologies, and was nominated for the 2005 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award for his fiction debut, The Rent Collector. Like ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Prick: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist

By Ashley Little

No longer the exclusive realm of outlaws, bikers, or jailbirds, tattoos are a rite of passage for many people. The role of the tattoo artist lies somewhere between that of a bartender and shaman: they ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ajjiit: Dark Dreams of the Ancient Arctic

By Sean A. Tinsley and Rachel A. Qitsualik; Andrew Trabbold, illus.

With Ajjiit, husband-and-wife team Sean A. Tinsley and Rachel A. Qitsualik, who individually have published many short stories and articles on Inuit cultural lore and shamanism, have employed traditional Inuit tales to create a collection ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Cannibal Spirit

By Harry Whitehead

George Hunt, the protagonist of British author Harry Whitehead’s debut novel, makes quite a first impression: “Disgusting orgies? I am guilty of it all. Blood dripping off my godless fangs, black in the flame-light roaring ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Maleficium

By Martine Desjardins; Fred A. Reed and David Homel, trans.

In French, the word ru means a small stream or, figuratively, a flow. In Vietnamese, ru is a lullaby. Kim Thúy establishes the disparate meanings of this single syllable as the launching point for a ... Read More »

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ru

By Kim Thúy; Sheila Fischman, trans.

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Dr. Brinkley’s Tower

By Robert Hough

Robert Hough returns to historical fiction for his fourth novel, a cautionary tale set in Corazón de la Fuente, a Mexican border town where the dust of revolution has not quite settled. The plot involves ... Read More »

January 30, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Beggar’s Opera

By Peggy Blair

“By the time he discovered he was dying, Ricardo Ramirez was the inspector in charge of the Havana Major Crimes Unit of the Cuban National Revolutionary Police.” This isn’t the opening line of Peggy Blair’s ... Read More »

January 23, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Winter Palace

By Eva Stachniak

Eva Stachniak’s first novel, Necessary Lies, won the 2000 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. That book told a contemporary story; her follow-up, Garden of Venus, and her latest, The Winter Palace, together should establish ... Read More »

January 16, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Indian Horse

Halbman Steals Home

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Ajjiit: Dark Dreams of the Ancient Arctic

The Cannibal Spirit

Maleficium

Ru

Dr. Brinkley’s Tower

The Beggar’s Opera

The Winter Palace

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