Anecdotes
Rodney Cross
, Rosa Cross
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Barry Kazimer
, Lisa Ostrowski
, Reilly Robson
, cassandra schiemann
, Linda Leitch
, Pauline Holdsworth
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Mary Therrien
, Agnes Marshall
, Noelle Walsh
, Joshua Lewis
, Andrea Pole
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Natasa Ilic
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Sarah Schwartz
, Patricia Johnson
, Dani Kat
, Claudie Léveillé
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Tyra Antle
, Stacy Stafford
, Amanda Schempp
, Hoda Montazeri
, Alice Meems
, Haley Spencer
, Adele gallogly
, Kevin Wilson
, Nicole Haldoupis
, Melissa Kohlman
, Joe Mitchell
, Karen Nordrum
, Karen Kendrick
, Heather Belliveau
, Peter Halasz
, Sharon Bird
, Kym Marsh
, Prabh Toor
, Rhona Brinkman
, Christopher Evans
, C. Ray
, Lucian Childs
, Caleb Nault
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Laurie Burns
, Susan Terendy
, Charles Leblanc
, Robert Hykawy
, Paula Ritchie
, Claire Gear
, Randi Ann Doll
, Laura Patterson
, Deb Philippon
, Selina Hatt
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Corey Redekop
, Deanna Radford
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Mary Danieli
, Kathleen Mary Kilmer
, Trish Bowering
, Sandra Perry
, Ken Gilmour
, Jessica Murray
, Andrea Gillespie
, Melissa Poremba
, Kim Cappellina
, Janet Meisner
, Nicki D'Angelo
, Vanessa Seto
, Marissa Yip-Young
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Christa Seeley
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Annika Fotheringham
, Maureen Brownlee
, Meaghan Hackinen
, Allison Dube
, Shashi Bhat
, Natalie Lessard
, Michelle Onyango
, Margaret McKay
, Yolande Thivierge
, Lynn Andrews
, Susan Jang
, Nancy Daoust
, diana kirkwood
, Jenna Lyn Albert
, Rose Ghaedi
, Penelope Rambharose
, Benita Hartwell
, Janice Cournoyer
, Anne Baldo
editor@49thShelf.com
With dreamlike stories and dark humour, Anecdotes is a hybrid collection in four parts examining the pressing realities of sexual violence, abuse, and environmental collapse. Absurdist flash fictions in “The Boy is Dead” depict characters such as a park that hates hippies, squirrels, and unhappy parents; a woman lamenting a stolen laptop the day the world ends; and birds slamming into glass buildings. “We’re Not Here to Talk About Aliens” gathers autofictions that follow a young protagonist from childhood to early 20s, through the murky undercurrent of potential violence amidst sexual awakening, from first periods to flashers, sticker books to maxi pad art, acid trips to blackouts, and creepy professors to close calls. “This Isn’t a Conversation” shares one-liners from overheard conversations, found texts, diary entries, and random thoughts: many are responses to the absurdity and pain of the current political and environmental climate. In “My Dream House,” the past and the future are personified as various incarnations in relationships to one another (lovers, a parent and child, siblings, friends), all engaged in ongoing conflict. These varied, immersive works bristle with truth in the face of unprecedented change. They are playful forms for serious times.
