Bad Land
Ashley Raskovsky
, Ryan Woods
, Trisha Corkwell
, Tanya Blake
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Benita Hartwell
, cassandra schiemann
, Val Ross
, Susan Hroncek
, Stephanie Dayes
, Brad MULLER
, Julie Kaniak
, Jude Castillo
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Janet Miller
, Marilyn Stanley
, Rodney Cross
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Beth Dekoker
, Dot Mann
, Martine Fabris
, Vaishnavi Shanoj
, Sandra Bales
, Stacey Shackel
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Sharon Forzley
, Bronya Mazereeuw
, Sandra Lackie
, Chris Carvalho
, Rosa Cross
, Brittney Warren
, toni velthuis
, Cheryl Johnson
, Sandra Furlotte
, Elle Kishia
, Sarah Schwartz
, Alanna Virtue
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Noelle Walsh
, Natasha Andres
, Laura Patterson
, Kevin Smith
, Jane McRobb
, Nicole Maxwell
, Mary Therrien
, Emmet Matheson
, Isisus Western
, Agnes Marshall
, Ariane Béland
, Danielle Kat
, Carol Brown
, Arvia Chen
, Isabella Rose
, Andrea Pole
, Barry Kazimer
, Louise Walsh
, Jennifer Behal
, Cherryl Koylass
, Holly Elisabeth
, Maureen Brownlee
, Presley Robertson
, Ashley Duke
, Lynn Andrews
, enid wray
, Mike Broderick
, Dorothy Wong
, Debra Fisher
, Jessica Casas
, Joseph Chirayil
, Anita Jones
, Kim Carswell
, Tori Levang
, Jessica Currier
, LISA NELSON
, Sara Conway
, Faye Lilley
, Anne McGouran
, GLORIA KONELSKY
, Patricia Johnson
, Liz Moreau
, Katherine Koller
, Reilly Robson
, Wendy Burleson
, M. Ingibergsson
, Dru Edmiston
, Roland Schigas
, Julie M.
, Jenn Watt
, Paula Ritchie
, Margaret McKay
, Michelle Arsenault
, Kartik Gupta
, Diane McPherson
, BJ Underwood
, Pat Johnston
, Barbara Leckie
, Michelle Reddick
, Janice Cournoyer
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Sandra Storey
, Emily Johansen
, diana kirkwood
, Kim Fenton
, Lynn Bechtel
, Chris Lantz
, Penelope Penner
, Taylor MaGee
, Karyn Newton
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Kim Cappellina
, Shannon Leclerc
, Lisa Mallia
, Heather Belliveau
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Syl Grady
, Tanis Anne
, Caley Clements
, Huguette Settle
, Lindsey Andronak
, Mary Woods
, Katie Mac Macalister
, Tami Osato
, Jen Bailey
, Filomena Falocco
, Alice Meems
, Kate Kostandoff
, Ken Gilmour
, Hailey Slaviero
, Randi Ann Doll
, Stef Novakowski
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Sophie Wensel
, Stacey Paton
, Deanna Carney
, Katie Kah
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Meghan Barton
, Christa Seeley
, Anushka Tankala
, Hannah Branham
, Andre Labonte
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Hoda Montazeri
, Meaghan Krygier
, Georgia Aliphtiras
, Janet Hosokawa
editor@49thShelf.com
A slow-burning story exploring the generational effects of repression and transgression, set against the raw, eerie landscape of the badlands
Regina is a socially awkward loner who is content to live a life withdrawn from everyone except her cherished pet bunny. But after seven years of silence, Regina's brother, Ricky, shows up unannounced on her doorstep, along with his daughter, Jez - a peculiar six-year-old with an unnerving vicious streak - upending Regina's quiet life.
It's clear to Regina that something terrible has happened, though the truth won't come to the surface easily. After all, Regina and Ricky lived a childhood fraught with secrets buried as deep as the fossils in the desolate landscape around them. But this secret is one that cannot stay buried for long, and its exposure sets off a calamitous journey through the plains and mountains of Alberta's badlands to the coast of BC, forcing Regina to confront the brutality of family love and to question how far she is willing to go to preserve it.
By turns thrilling and heartwarming, rife with gothic tension, and carried by fervent compassion, Bad Land is a story about the toxic nature of guilt, the fragility of memory, and the ways we shape our own versions of the truth in order to survive.
