By Helen Whistberry Jim Malhaven is a lonely hack reporter stringing along on assignments no one else wants at the local paper until he gets the scoop of his life. There’s a mysterious wraith haunting the local cemetery, and it’s up to him to get to the bottom of the ghostly goings-on. Along the way,…
By Carol Rose Goldeneagle There are too many stories about Indigenous women who go missing or are murdered, and it doesn’t seem as though official sources such as government, police or the courts respond in a way that works toward finding justice or even solutions. At least that is the way Wren StrongEagle sees it.…
By Minka Kent After barely surviving a brutal attack, Brienne Dougray rarely leaves her house. Suffering from debilitating headaches and memory loss, she can rely only on her compassionate new tenant, Dr. Niall Emberlin, a welcome distraction from the discomfiting bubble that has become her existence. But Brienne’s growing confidence in her new routine is…
By Clare Pooley Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren’t really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes–in a plain, green journal–the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It’s run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica,…
I suppose this is more of a “What Jon Watched,” cause there’s only 12 fu***** episodes! I know there is a movie. Haven’t watched that yet. But I have seen a bunch of mixed reviews about it. Some saying, it’s really creepy, pervy, and gross. Others said things like it was really neat, and the…
Happy Valentines Day to everyone and Happy Birthday to Jon! As per tradition, this week’s blog is a birthday interview with questions picked by the rest of the team. Please enjoy Jon’s answers along with all the chocolates we’re sure you’ll be receiving <3 Question 1: You’re a new addition to the crayon box. What…
So, I was looking for something to watch on my own. I have a bunch of shows on the go, but I’m watching them with Amanda so I can’t really get ahead in my free time. While scrolling through Netflix, I came across an anime called Maid-Sama. The description said there is a girl who…
The music plays and my person wakes up. I don’t know why, but he always gets up so much earlier than everyone else. I jump up onto the bed and lick his face. You see, it’s my job to make sure he’s up. It’s sort of an unspoken agreement. Once he’s up it’s time for…
This novel was originally serialized in Pulp Literature magazine in 2014 and 2015 as novella: ‘Stella Ryman and the Case of the Third Option’, Winter 2014; ‘The Poison Pen Affair’, Summer 2014; ‘Stella Ryman and the Four-Digit-Puzzle’, Winter 2015; and ‘Stella Ryman and the Case of the Vanishing Resident’, Summer 2015. I picked up this…
The west coast usually has fairly mild winters, and sometimes I miss the true snow of the north. However, we just got a dump of dry snow. It’s incredible! (For those who may not be sure why I labeled it dry: Dry snow you can make snowballs and snow angels in. If you tried to…
