Est. 2008

Est. 2008

Short Story

Conversation at Four A.M.

He kisses her neck, while she sleeps, with little pressure. Staring at her, he thinks of the warmth and desire her face inspires...

The Best and Most Intense

The hypnotist knows what he’s doing. The woman in the bed with him has her eyes closed. She was very susceptible. Not everyone is....

When You’re Gone

Patty boards the train in Calgary on her way back home to Vancouver and takes a seat near the window. Other passengers heft their...

Our Assassin

Dear Mom, It’s been a while since I wrote, I know, but there hasn’t been much to tell. We had a late bit of...

The House Where the Grifters Squat

I am sixteen and running away to the house where the grifters are squatting. A single story rectangle with a claustrophobic porch, the place...

The Man With the Divided Back

excerpted from the forthcoming novel The Man With the Divided Back There are only three cities in North America which can claim to be the...

Alice and Alex

She remembers them, Alice and Alex, not as they were, nor as they would have liked to be, nor even as they would have...

The Mariposa

Luis shared an apartment with his brother Hector and three other men, all of whom happened to be named Juan. Everywhere he turned there...

The Nude

If I'm not paying attention, I'll sometimes cross paths with an old friend. After wishing me a Happy New Year, they always ask,...

Claudia

It was 1960 and we hitchhiked through the middle of the United States. We slept wherever we could, on floors mostly, in the backs...