Review of Lori Hahnel’s “Vermin”
By Kathryn Shalley Vermin by Lori Hahnel Great Plains Publications (2020) ISBN: 9781773370460 Though disparate in time and location, the stories in Lori Hahnel’s Vermin are bound by a common…
Review of Oscar Martens'”No Call Too Small”
By Crystal Mackenzie No Call Too Small by Oscar Martens ISBN: 9781771681957 Oscar Martens’ No Call Too Small is a collection of short stories about moments: a flash, if you…
Review of John O’Neill’s “Goth Girls of Banff”
by Skylar Kay Goth Girls of Banff by John O’Neill NeWest Press (2020) John O’Neill’s Goth Girls of Banff captures so many aspects of life in and around Banff in brilliant ways.…
Review of Sharon Berg’s “Naming the Shadows”
by Ed Hamer Naming the Shadows by Sharon Berg The Porcupine’s Quill (2019) ISBN 9780889848665 The Stories Themselves: Sharon Berg has written a collection of short stories, really a powerful gallery of…
Review of Traci Skuce’s “Hunger Moon”
by Skylar Kay Hunger Moon by Traci Skuce NeWest Press (2020) ISBN 978-1-988732-80-0 Traci Skuce’s Hunger Moon is a well-crafted collection of short stories. While only two of these stories have the…
Review of dee Hobsbawn-Smith’s “What Can’t Be Undone”
by Tia Christoffersen What Can’t Be Undone by dee Hobsbawn-Smith Thistledown Press (2015) ISBN 978-1-927068-89-2 From the award-winning culinary writer and poet dee Hobsbawn Smith comes her first collection…
Crystal Mackenzie’s Book Review of “On Huron’s Shore” by Marilyn Gear Pilling
Crystal Mackenzie A review of: On Huron’s Shore by Marilyn Gear Pilling Demeter Press (2014) ISBN 978-1-927335-34-5 We all have to grow up, some of us are just better at…
J.D Mersault’s Book Review of “7 Ways to Sunday” by Lee Kvern
J.D Mersault A review of: 7 Ways to Sunday …
Book Review of “Hellgoing” by Lynn Coady
Crystal Mackenzie A review of Hellgoing by Lynn Coady House of Anansi Press (2013) ISBN: 978-1-77089-308-5 $19.95 We are all going to hell–or so they say–in a tightly woven basket.…
Book review of “Better Living Through Plastic Explosives” by Zsuzsi Gartner
Chase Baird A review of Better Living Through Plastic Explosives by Zsuzsi Gartner Hamish Hamilton Ca ISBN 978-0670065189 $30.00 Zsuzsi Gartner’s second short story collection, Better Living Through Plastic Explosives,…