Seeds and Other Stories is cross-genre collection including prose poems, literary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, and slipstream, previously published in award-winning venues in Canada, the U.S., and the UK. Many of the stories have an element of fantasy: witches, and magical objects, at least as concepts, occur several times. Many of the stories provide a window into the lives of marginalized youth who are almost but not quite street people, as they often find shelter even if it is no more than a campsite. The characters are lost souls, drifting, just getting by, looking for safety from sexual abuse, suffering loss, and a bit muddled by drugs and/or alcohol. Dislocations in the text match the ambiance of both fantasy and drug-induced delusions. Mothers are missing children. Young adults are trying to make family-type connections with other lost souls. Some are trying to be artists or recovering from substance abuse. These stories span decades in the author's life and include one of her earliest fiction publications, as well many experimental, speculative and literary pieces that were were appeared in prestigious publications in Canada, the U.S. and the UK.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2020.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 1771337486 9781771337489 9781771337465 1771337478
- LCCN
- PR9199.4.P487
- LCCN Item number
- S44 2020eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (x, 297 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00240914 (OCoLC)1143657803 (CaOOCEL)458923
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright 3
- Title Page 4
- Table of Contents 8
- Mother Down the Well 12
- The Lonely Planet Guide to Other Dimensions 26
- Big Ears 45
- A Room of His Own 68
- Washing Lady’s Hair 78
- Seeds 92
- Unsichtbarkeit 97
- As If Leaves Could Hide Invisible Beings 108
- The Dreams of Trees 112
- On Fire Bridge 120
- Castoroides 126
- One Day I’m Gonna Give Up the Blues for Good 128
- Kaolani, from Kaua’i 148
- Fires Halfway 168
- Hamilton Beach 183
- Judy 207
- Myrtle’s Marina 213
- The Dark Lake 226
- Harker and Serena 237
- The Meaning of Yellow 248
- Trading Polaris 256
- Bus Owls 271
- A Shower of Fireflies 275
- Daughter Catcher 277
- No Woman Is an Island 293
- My Mother’s Skeleton 302
- Acknowledgements 306
