Hurtling
I have a suspicion that this piece would benefit from some introduction, but I am unsure that I can give it, so I guess you will just need to make of it what you can. Hurtling So, we’re on this train,...
View ArticleSilas: A Fairy Tale
Once there was a man named Silas, a good and quiet man, a farmer, and known in all the country around for his honesty and his generosity. He had three children: two older girls, now grown with...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Sang To The Sun
Once there was a baby boy named Chairon who was born into a family so large that even his parents were not sure how many children they had. There were children old enough to go and find their own way...
View ArticleAll the Other Fish
This story, like The Dune, is one in a collection that I am writing based more or less on the summers I spent on Manitoulin Island as a child. It needs some editing yet, but I am sick of revising it...
View ArticleCutting Trail
This is another of the Manitoulin stories that I am writing. I have now posted these stories in a single file in the Island Stories section of the Longer Works page for those who might like to read...
View ArticlePel Mel
This is one of the Manitoulin stories. I have also included it in the Island Stories section of the Longer Works page for anyone who would like to read them altogether. Pel Mel Oh glory of sun-haloed...
View ArticleNight Swim
This is one of the Manitoulin stories that I am writing, but it is different in at least two ways from those I have written so far. Firstly, it is not a story that I planned to write for the...
View ArticleThe Diner
This is another of the Manitoulin stories. As usual, I have added it to the Island Stories file on the Longer Works page for anyone who would like to read all the stories together. The Diner The diner...
View ArticleSnapper
There is a turtle in the hoopnet, I can see right away, a snapper, almost always, lured by the fish through the narrowing hoops, one after the other, its claws now gripping the netting. We aren’t...
View ArticleIsland Pieces Hits the Presses
I am pleased to announce the publication of Island Pieces, a collection of short fiction, poetry, and photography that recall the summers I spent on Manitoulin Island as a youth. Many of the pieces...
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