Island Dreams Montreal Writers of the Fantastic

by Lalumière, Claude

• ISBN13: 9781550651713
• ISBN10: 1550651714
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Véhicule Press

Summary

Twelve all-new stories of the fantastic, the imaginative, and the weird are collected in this book of daring and imaginative tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and surrealism. Montreal's established authors and new voices alike serve up gruesomely disturbing tales, bizarre love stories, gender-bending police investigations, and alien cities literally dropped in the middle of an American desert. The authors include Yves Meynard, author ofThe Book of Knights; Glenn Grant, coeditor ofNorthern Stars and Northern Suns; Mark Shainblum, cocreator ofAnglomanandNorthguard; Melissa Yuan-Innes, a Writers of the Future contest winner; Mark Paterson, a leading voice in the Montreal spoken-word scene; Maxianne Berger, author ofHow We Negotiate; Martin Last, cofounder of New York's legendary Science Fiction Shop; Shane Simmons, creator of Longshot Comics; and Dora Knez, author ofFive Forbidden Things. Other contributors include Linda Dydyk, Elise Moser, and Christos Tsirbas.

Author Biography

Claude Lalumière founded Nebula, a Montreal bookshop devoted to fantasy and science fiction. He writes a weekly “Fantastic Fiction” column for Montreal's The Gazette. He is the author of Open Space, Telling Stories, and Witpunk. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(11)
Human Rites	11	(17)
Elise Moser
Burning Day	28	(42)
Glenn Grant
The Dead Park	70	(10)
Dora Knez
Report on a Museum Incident	80	(2)
Maxianne Berger
In Yerusalom	82	(23)
Yves Meynard
Carnac	105	(14)
Martin Last
Mrs. Marigold's House	119	(17)
Melissa Yuan-Innes
The Strange Afterlife of Henry Wigam	136	(21)
Linda Dydyk
Carrion Luggage	157	(16)
Shane Simmons
The Ketchup We Were Born With	173	(2)
Mark Paterson
Brikolakas	175	(8)
Christos Tsirbas
Endogamy Blues	183	(48)
Mark Shainblum
About the Editor	231