The Shadow Over Portage and Main: Weird Fictions

Winnipeg is a place of extremes. Winters are fierce and relentless. Summers are unbearably hot. It has been both the murder and auto theft capital of Canada and the Slurpee capital of the world. It is a place that exerts an influence, that marks and changes its inhabitants. This anthology features writers who have all lived in Winnipeg for a time and been inspired, horrified, changed by that experience. The stories here capture a tone of history, dread, violence, weirdness, and sometimes even whimsy; a tone that only Winnipeg exudes.

About the Author

KEITH CADIEUX’s 2010 novella Gaze was listed for a Manitoba Book Award and the ReLit award. His short fiction has most recently appeared in Prairie Fire, Grain, ELQ, and the Exile Book of New Canadian Noir. He lives and writes in Winnipeg, Manitoba. DUSTIN GEERAERT holds degrees in literature from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba. After eight years in Winnipeg, he has nearly completed his PhD. He has one previous collection of stories, The Celestial Puppeteer (Kindle edition 2012) and his academic work has appeared in The Lovecraft Annual (2014) and The Journal of the William Morris Society (2012). Preface by Jonathan Ball, Afterword by David Annandale and contributions from: David Annandale Eric Bradshaw Keith Cadieux Richard Crow Dustin Geeraert Joanna Graham Christina Koblun Zacharie Montreuil Josh Moore Daria Patrie Brock Peters Géza A.G. Reilly John Stintzi Jeremy Strong Elin Thordarson

Reviews

News