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First heard over a headset, a nineteen-year-old Canadian meets Tacoshop22rl, an American teenager in San Diego. Together, they spend years sharing stories of heartbreaks and career failures - all while playing video games. Until one day, news of a motorcycle accident changes their lives forever.

Hildy has a secret. When she meets Ted, a delivery driver with an interest in German literature and philosophy, the two quickly bond. Soon, Hildy gifts him a trove of original books that she and her husband brought from the old country. But when Ted asks about the handwriting in the margins, she confesses to something worse than murder. And now she's asking Ted to do the most unthinkable act.

It's the hundredth anniversary of the annual Bachelor and Widows Christmas Party. Eva and Bessie pull out all the stops, scheming to bring a record number of former and current residents together for a homecoming match-up. But when a mysterious resident turns up, it takes everyone by surprise.

Go on a series of journeys, each messier than the last, to meet a cast of Curious Women and Other Creatures. It is less a prodding-of, and more a splitting-and-dancing-in-the-entrails-of, the idea of 'woman as monstrous' - an idea that variously brands women's bodies and minds as wild, slippery, dangerous, and (if we're lucky) miraculous. But don't be deceived by the mermaids, monsters, and metamorphoses; these are not some far-off lands of make-believe. These creatures roam among and live within us; they are in our mirrors and crouching in our futures. These are powerful stories, projected externally from those around us but also summoned from within as costumes for protection and self-possession. In these stories, the women have the agency to embrace their fantastic voices; be they delicate cheeps or deafening roars.

When Sydney gets the call that there's a pregnant dog named Snow lost in a storm, she sets out in the snowy Alberta night to find her. Joined by her childhood friend, Sam, the pair are in a race against time to search through the freezing night in hopes that Snow is alive.

When Jacob meets Alex in their 19th-century industrialism class, they learn to love each other in the little moments that define their lives. When a devastating accident throws their relationship into turmoil, Jacob seeks to numb his pain and questions if he'll ever recover.

High Heels for Ken Veals is a coming-of-strength-story about a rowdy tribe of young sisters in a small Alberta town. Their life is influenced by the an adjoined RCMP barracks, and their daily routine is influenced by babysitters, goat-soft sweaters, constable crushes, and beefsteak tomatoes. Living in this small town, each girl-in-the-making must decide who she wants to be.

Cyrus lives in Toronto where the gap between rich and poor has created a city of slums, black markets and beggars. Every day, Cyrus begs for money to provide for his family. But when his wife threatens to leave him, and take their daughter too, he is faced with a devastating choice.

Chosen is a contemporary fantasy romance short story featured in a chapbook. In the depths of night, Ava is lured from the safety of her home and into the forest. Here, she meets Baal and his brethren: winged beings, dark and ethereal. And they need her help. As war threatens their kind, Ava is faced with a choice from which there is no return.

A university professor retreats to the Rocky Mountains after a traumatizing incident with a student. After hiking to the top of his favourite mountain in Banff, he gets the feeling someone is watching him. When a creature suddenly appears, he discovers there is more to the natural world than he first imagined.

Laura returns to an amusement park with strong familial ties and meets a young girl, Audrey. Together, they go on a journey searching through a place they've both visited before. But while navigating through the crowd, Laura wonders if she will find the answer to her most important question.

At the Ship & Anchor on 17th Avenue, Drew defends his decision to work on the oil rigs despite the loneliness of the job. But when his former girlfriend wants to get back together, Drew has to decide, is the money and long weeks away really worth it?