Concerning ‘Sidequest’ & Introducing ‘Ellan’s Lair’

And so that was Sidequest, the story of Judy the street punk, who became a bike messenger for the off-the-grid creators of a near-future Montreal. I first got the inspiration for this story from a conversation with my boyfriend’s family; they were talking about people they knew and the creative ways they made ends meet …

Sidequest pt. 1 – The Object

The pillars of a highway overpass cast pale blueish shadows on the Montreal streets beneath it — long bars of cool darkness in the yellowish-orange morning light. The square pillars are half-covered in colourful graffiti. Some of them are cracked, too, cement chipped and broken off, revealing the metal reinforcements within. Attached to the side …

At the Bookstore

Hello all! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve spent a month and a half job-hunting, which can sometimes be discouraging, and so I had not felt inspired much. Or rather, I have felt the impulse, the drive to write — maybe a therapeutic need for it — but no new ideas. So instead I’ve …

Cassis Daemonis (and the Fringe, again)

Hello again, everyone! I have a storytelling video for you from my Fringe fest show last June, Myth Mirrors Punk. This is the first myth story from that show, Cassis Daemonis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybs6x98KeKw Those of you who have read the first of my Liminaris stories, Ferentes Draconem, might recognize this story as a version of the …

A Story for Wintertime

So the evening is winding down quietly here, at our winter retreat in the woods: my folks are finishing their preparations for tomorrow’s new year's party with the rest of the family. I, meanwhile, am reworking a story from a few winters ago to tell aloud as part of the festivities. Should turn out pretty …