Life and recovery
58 titles
For sale | nonfiction
Recovery Tools That Fit
Practical pieces for the days that do not go to plan
Small recovery tools for messy weeks, not perfect streaks.
Recovery / self help | short field guide, about 13,560 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Sleep Debt Ledger
Paying back nights without magical thinking
Track and repay sleep debt without shame or magic tips.
Health habits | short field guide, about 14,681 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Addiction Family Guide
Boundaries, care, and staying sane beside someone using
Boundaries and care for families living beside addiction.
Family recovery | short field guide, about 14,948 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
First Principles Money on AISH
Cash flow, dignity, and small moves that matter
Tight cash flow on AISH with dignity and first principles.
Personal finance / disability | short field guide, about 16,435 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Attention Reclaim
Getting your focus back from the feed
Practical experiments to take focus back from the feed.
Digital wellness | short field guide, about 16,706 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Grief Without Slogans
Living after loss when advice sounds like cardboard
Company for grief when slogans feel like cardboard.
Grief / memoir craft | short field guide, about 13,734 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Alberta Winter Mental Health
Light, cold, and getting through the long dark
Practical mood care for long Alberta winters.
Mental health / regional | short field guide, about 15,458 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Quitting Nicotine Slowly
Taper plans that respect withdrawal and relapse
Taper based quit craft without shame spirals.
Habit change | short field guide, about 13,873 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Reading as Medicine
Books that steady a mind without becoming a prescription
Use books to steady your mind without fake prescriptions.
Reading life | short field guide, about 14,168 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Asking Better at the Clinic
Questions, notes, and advocating without a fight
Prep questions and notes so clinic visits stop feeling foggy.
Health navigation | short field guide, about 13,228 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Renting While Building a Life
Home without ownership myths
Make a rental work while you rebuild a life.
Life skills / housing | short field guide, about 14,817 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Quiet Mornings That Stick
Routines for people who hate routines
Short morning stacks that survive real messy days.
Habits | short field guide, about 13,929 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Phone Free Evenings
Reclaim the hours after dinner without a lecture
Get evenings back without turning dinner into a sermon.
Habits / attention | short field guide, about 8,948 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Saying No Without a Speech
A Soft Margins field guide for small refusals that stick
Small refusals that stick without a lecture.
Boundaries / habits | short field guide, about 5783 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
A Better Conversation After Relapse
Family scripts after renewed use
Prepare the next conversation with clarity and limits.
Family recovery | workshop draft, about 7,808 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
A Notebook That Remembers
Paper systems for appointments, projects, money
Reduce mental load with one flexible paper system.
Productivity | workshop draft, about 8,867 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
A Repair Shop in Your Head
Troubleshooting habits and recurring failures
Troubleshooting habits and recurring failures
Self-management | workshop draft, about 9,685 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Addiction Recovery Without God or Group
Secular solo protocols for people allergic to rooms
Secular solo protocols for people allergic to rooms.
Recovery | short field guide, about 1659 words
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Boundaries With Love
Limits with an addict in the family
Limits with an addict in the family
Family recovery | workshop draft, about 9,803 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Boundary Scripts for Addiction Families
Short humane words for money, contact, emergencies, and relapse
Usable words for families living beside addiction.
Family recovery | workshop draft, about 9,285 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Community Care Without Burnout
Mutual aid that does not eat organizers
Mutual aid that does not eat organizers.
Community | short field guide, about 1819 words
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Fix It Forward
Repair as a recovery practice
Repair as a recovery practice
Recovery / makers | workshop draft, about 11,320 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Food Bank Dignity
Cooking well on hamper staples
Turn donated staples into decent meals without shame.
Food / poverty | workshop draft, about 10,141 words, 8 chapters
Free | nonfiction
Grief Admin Alberta
What to do when someone dies
Practical next steps after a death in Alberta without legal theater.
Life admin / grief | short pamphlet, about 1430 words
Workshop draft | nonfiction
January Doesn't End
Alberta winter mind survival for ninety days
Survive Alberta's long dark without influencer winter wellness theater.
Mental health / seasonal | workshop draft, about 10,940 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Leaving the City Cleanly
Downsizing to small-town Alberta without romance
Downsizing to small-town Alberta without romance
Life / moving | workshop draft, about 10,930 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Money Talks with Aging Parents
Canadian guide to money wills and care talks
Canadian guide to money wills and care talks
Family finance | workshop draft, about 11,676 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
One Year Sober Notes
Month by month through the first year
Month by month through the first year
Recovery | workshop draft, about 11,830 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Paper Systems
Analog productivity for digital fatigue
Analog productivity for digital fatigue
Productivity | workshop draft, about 12,009 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Quiet Days
Low-energy mental health strategies
Low-energy mental health strategies
Mental health | workshop draft, about 7,965 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Recovery and Money
Earning and spending while your brain is rewiring
Earning and spending while your brain is rewiring
Recovery / finance | workshop draft, about 8,990 words, 6 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Sober Holidays Field Guide
Eight occasions, tested scripts, zero inspiration porn
Get through holiday parties and family tables without drinking or performing recovery.
Recovery | workshop draft, about 8,830 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The AISH Dignity Manual
Keeping humanity while navigating Alberta disability income
Plain language for Alberta disability income life without shame or hustle talk.
Personal finance / disability | workshop draft, about 12,642 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
The Alberta Paperwork Survival Kit
Benefits, appointments, receipts, deadlines
Keep consequential papers findable when energy is low.
Life admin | short field guide, about 11248 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Approval Letter
Navigating an Alberta AISH application without condescension
Navigating an Alberta AISH application without condescension
Disability admin | workshop draft, about 11,171 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Basement Flood Recovery Manual
Seventy two hour protocol for Canadian homes
Triage water damage without contractor folklore.
Emergency / home | workshop draft, about 8,404 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Broke Person's Dental Survival Guide
Pain and cost in Canada without coverage
Pain and cost in Canada without coverage
Health admin | workshop draft, about 9,271 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Difficult Conversation Field Guide
Twelve hard talks with sentence starters
Give usable openers for hard adult conversations.
Communication | workshop draft, about 8,990 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Dignity Budget
Managing money around fixed income in Canada
Real monthly money planning without bootstrap lies.
Personal finance | workshop draft, about 10,220 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Empty Chair at Christmas
When addiction is part of your holiday
When addiction is part of your holiday
Family recovery | workshop draft, about 10,025 words, 6 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
The Envelope Method for Real Life
Budgeting when you do not have extra
Budgeting when you do not have extra
Personal finance | short field guide, about 8694 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The February Gap
Surviving Alberta's hardest month
Surviving Alberta's hardest month
Seasonal health | workshop draft, about 9,141 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Friction Audit
Find tiny obstacles making life harder
Find tiny obstacles making life harder
Systems | workshop draft, about 8,049 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Grey Month
January mental health in northern places
January mental health in northern places
Mental health | workshop draft, about 9,368 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Local-First Family Archive
Photos documents passwords across decades
Photos documents passwords across decades
Technology | workshop draft, about 11,160 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Low-Energy Household
Chores and meals when capacity drops
Keep a home functioning without moral failure language.
Household | workshop draft, about 10,466 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Minimalist Prepping Manual
Ninety days of food without doomsday cosplay
Ninety days of food without doomsday cosplay
Preparedness | workshop draft, about 10,294 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
The Morning After
The first day after relapse
Stabilize the first twenty four hours after a slip without shame spirals.
Recovery | short field guide, about 1687 words
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The No-Drama Decluttering Method
Reduce friction without erasing history
Reduce friction without erasing history
Home | workshop draft, about 9,902 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Offline Weekend
Forty-eight hours without screens
Forty-eight hours without screens
Digital wellness | workshop draft, about 10,387 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Phone Call
When someone you love is using and the phone rings
When someone you love is using and the phone rings
Family recovery | workshop draft, about 8,160 words, 6 chapters
Free | nonfiction
The Renter's Maintenance Manual
Fix what you can; document what the landlord will not
Fix what you can; document what the landlord will not.
Housing | short pamphlet, about 1325 words
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Useful Apology
Responsibility without self erasure
Responsibility without self erasure
Communication | workshop draft, about 8,499 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Winter Vegetable Playbook
Root vegetables forty ways so February does not win
Root vegetables forty ways so February does not win
Cooking | workshop draft, about 8,790 words, 6 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Twenty-Four Hours
A sobriety method that starts this morning
A sobriety method that starts this morning
Recovery | short field guide, about 3468 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Winter Cycling in Alberta
Staying alive on two wheels below minus twenty
Staying alive on two wheels below minus twenty
Cycling | workshop draft, about 10,793 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Winter Light
Finding usable light in northern months
Finding usable light in northern months
Seasonal health | workshop draft, about 8,797 words, 6 chapters
Free | nonfiction
Sell What You Own
A Soft Margins pamphlet
Sell a small pile this week. Keep what keeps you housed.
Money / declutter | short pamphlet, about 576 words
Craft and work
54 titles
For sale | nonfiction
Edmonton Maker Notes
Workbenches, winters, and selling what you build
Making and selling in Edmonton with winter honesty.
Local business / makers | short field guide, about 11,594 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
How to Commission a Book
Briefs, scopes, revisions, and what you actually buy
How to buy (or sell) a book commission without fog.
Publishing craft | short field guide, about 11,232 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Cheap Websites for Small Business
Live pages that undercut agency theater
Honest site scopes for shops that need live pages, not theater.
Small business / web | short field guide, about 14,124 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Learning in Public
Share the work without performing expertise you do not have
Share process honestly without fake expert cosplay.
Creative practice | short field guide, about 11,570 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
PC Repair Shop Ethics
Quotes, data care, and trust at the counter
Fair quotes and data care for repair shops that want trust.
Trade ethics / tech | short field guide, about 12,419 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Journal Craft
Pages that stay useful after the mood passes
Journal habits that stay useful after the mood fades.
Writing craft | short field guide, about 14,474 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Voice Note Memoir Method
Talk the story first, shape it later
Capture memoir by voice first, then shape it into chapters.
Memoir craft | short field guide, about 14,102 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Consent in True Stories
Naming people, changing names, and living with the page
Ethics for naming, changing names, and living with true stories.
Ethics / memoir | short field guide, about 15,692 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Dual Timeline Life Writing
Then and now without losing the reader
Braid past and present without losing your reader.
Writing craft | short field guide, about 15,601 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Scene Cards for Chaos
Outline tools when your life will not sit still
Beat cards for writers whose life will not sit still.
Writing craft / ADHD friendly | short field guide, about 14,468 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Building Offline Apps
Useful software that still works when the network fails
Local first apps that keep working when the network fails.
Software craft | short field guide, about 12,957 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Honest Marketing for Makers
Sell without inventing a fake life
Sell your work without inventing a fake life online.
Marketing / makers | short field guide, about 11,184 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Kitchen Table Business
Start small, stay legal, ship from home
Start and ship a small business from a real kitchen table.
Small business | short field guide, about 13,088 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Shipping from Home Canada
Boxes, carriers, and not losing money on postage
Pack and ship from home without postage eating your margin.
Small business / logistics | short field guide, about 12,772 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Fix What You Own
Repair basics before you buy another thing
Repair habits that beat landfill speed and impulse buys.
DIY / thrift | short field guide, about 12,355 words, 8 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Canadian GST for Freelancers
When to register, what to track, what to ask an accountant
Plain GST map for freelancers before the guessing hurts.
Taxes / freelancing | short field guide, about 12,155 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
AGI Engineering for Dummies
A Soft Margins workshop joke
Workshop joke. AGI engineering without the grant theater.
Humor / tech parody | workshop joke pamphlet, about 546 words (display only)
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Jupiter Brain Scaling Principles and Computronium Harvesting Logistics for Dummies
A Soft Margins workshop joke
Workshop joke. Jupiter brains, computronium, and apartment power bills.
Humor / sci fi parody | workshop joke pamphlet, about 621 words (display only)
Workshop draft | nonfiction
A Small Business After the Good Idea
Systems after the product exists
Systems after the product exists
Small business | workshop draft, about 11,828 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Canada Post for Makers
Rates routes and realities
Rates routes and realities
Shipping | workshop draft, about 14,002 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Computer Offline
Local-first computing for real life
Local-first computing for real life
Technology | workshop draft, about 12,627 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Draft Fast Edit Slow
A writing method for short books
A writing method for short books
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 10,577 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Drafting Place-Based Fiction
Setting without tourism brochure prose
Teach place as character using Alberta examples.
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 11,967 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Home Shipper Canada
From kitchen table to Canada Post
From kitchen table to Canada Post
Shipping | workshop draft, about 12,474 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Honest Cover Design for Self-Publishers
Genre-right covers in Canva without lying
Genre-right covers in Canva without lying
Publishing craft | workshop draft, about 9,462 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Local-First Home Office
Files and backups without subscription ransom
Build a dependable home office around ownership.
Technology | workshop draft, about 12,544 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Offline by Default
Calendars, notes, files, and maps without constant cloud dependence
Local first tools for a digital life that still works offline.
Technology / privacy | workshop draft, about 12,751 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Pack Small, Ship Often
Micro shipping for Canadian makers
Micro shipping for Canadian makers
Shipping | workshop draft, about 11,166 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Repair Before Replace
Diagnosing ordinary broken things before buying replacements
Teach household troubleshooting questions and stopping points.
DIY / repair | workshop draft, about 11,612 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Repair Clinic in a Box
Run monthly community fix-it events that cover costs
Run monthly community fix-it events that cover costs
Community / repair | workshop draft, about 10,713 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Repair Pile to Ready
Finishing the projects you started
Finishing the projects you started
Makers | workshop draft, about 9,449 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Selling Handmade Without Content Theater
Marketing for makers who would rather make
Marketing for makers who would rather make
Marketing | workshop draft, about 12,068 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Ship It From Canada
Packaging, postage, customs, and profitable small orders
Canada shipping math for makers who pack at the kitchen table.
Small business / shipping | workshop draft, about 14,569 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Shipping Zines and Small Print Runs
Mail art and chapbooks from Canada
Mail art and chapbooks from Canada
Publishing / zines | workshop draft, about 7,407 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Shopify from a Basement Suite
Profitable small shipping without startup cosplay
Profitable small shipping without startup cosplay
Ecommerce | workshop draft, about 13,619 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Alberta Freelancer's Tax Survival Kit
T2125, GST, quarterly math for solo operators
Demystify CRA basics for Alberta freelancers without pretending to be an accountant.
Tax / freelance | workshop draft, about 12,827 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Broke Writer's Publication Map
Lit mags that pay, ranked by dignity per hour
Help writers submit without wasting months on vanity traps.
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 9,454 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Daily 500
A writing habit that fits a working life
A writing habit that fits a working life
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 8,048 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Gig Economy Dignity Project
Real hourly after Skip Uber DoorDash costs
Show how to calculate real hourly after costs.
Work / gig | workshop draft, about 7,007 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Honest Cover Letter
Job applications without corporate fog
Job applications without corporate fog
Career | workshop draft, about 8,738 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Offline Business Handbook
Local clients without feeding the algorithm
Get customers through local presence, not content theater.
Small business | workshop draft, about 12,776 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The One-Table Workshop
Make, fix, pack, and finish from one ordinary table
Turn one table into a repeatable make and ship station.
Makers | workshop draft, about 10,356 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Paperback Storefront
Selling books direct without Shopify overhead
Selling books direct without Shopify overhead
Publishing business | workshop draft, about 8,669 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Plainspoken Revision Checklist
Final pass for clarity claims and trust
Final pass for clarity claims and trust
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 7,201 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Small Batch Pricing Manual
Materials, labor, overhead, mistakes, packaging, profit
Price handmade work honestly enough to keep making it.
Makers | workshop draft, about 10,995 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Two-Hour Product Photograph
Low budget shots for handmade work
Make trustworthy product images with household light.
Makers | workshop draft, about 8,286 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
The Weekend Workshop
Making things while working full time
Making things while working full time
Makers | workshop draft, about 10,173 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
When the Package Comes Back
Returns, damage, hard customer messages
Handle returns without losing money or dignity.
Ecommerce | workshop draft, about 9,303 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Workshop Notes for Ordinary Writers
Exercises for sharper scenes and truer voice
Exercises for sharper scenes and truer voice
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 10,307 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Workshopping Your Own Fiction
Self-editing when you have no workshop
Self-editing when you have no workshop
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 9,958 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Write Where You Are
Place-based writing practice
Place-based writing practice
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 9,659 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Writing a Short Book That Finishes
No-guru production for useful short books
Plan, draft, revise, and ship a short book without cult personality.
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 10,872 words, 8 chapters
Brief ready | nonfiction
Writing Alone
Craft for the writer without a workshop
Craft for the writer without a workshop
Writing craft | about 12,000 words target, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | nonfiction
Your First Fifty Pages
Starting when you have stalled
Starting when you have stalled
Writing craft | workshop draft, about 9,489 words, 6 chapters
Fiction
28 titles
For sale | nonfiction
The Quiet Apartment
A short book of small rooms and long listening
A Soft Margins field guide for thin walls and living alone on purpose.
Life | short field guide, about 2329 words, 6 chapters
For sale | nonfiction
Letters Never Sent
Drafts that almost became mail
A Soft Margins field guide for unfinished notes you can finish or release.
Life | short field guide, about 1874 words
For sale | nonfiction
River Bench Thursdays
Friendship fiction along the North Saskatchewan
A Soft Margins field guide for weekly friendship check-ins that actually happen.
Contemporary literary | short field guide, about 1881 words
For sale | nonfiction
The Last Open Mic
A short book about rooms that listen
A Soft Margins field guide for one more room that still listens.
Literary / music | short field guide, about 1618 words
For sale | fiction
Snow Day Orphans
Found family when the city shuts down
Blizzard found family in a midrise when the city stops.
Contemporary fiction | short field guide, about 1793 words
For sale | nonfiction
The Borrowed Garden
Plots, fences, and second chances
A Soft Margins field guide for shared plots and borrowed growing space.
Literary contemporary | short field guide, about 1737 words
For sale | nonfiction
Night Bus Catalog
Linked stories from the last seats
A Soft Margins field guide for late routes and a pocket kindness catalog.
Recovery / life | short field guide, about 2301 words, 6 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
Blue Bin Season
Winter sorting and the work of beginning again
Winter sorting and the work of beginning again
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 16,904 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
Four Rooms
Four Edmonton tenants, one landlord's death, seventy two hours
Four tenants, one empty landlord suite, seventy two hours to decide.
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 16,315 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
Night Clerks
Linked stories from Edmonton graveyard shifts
Working class night shift lives without fake redemption arcs.
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 15,606 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
Night Shift at the Print Shop
Flyers unfinished books and strangers changing course
Flyers unfinished books and strangers changing course
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 16,899 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
Paper Trail
A bookkeeper finds a forty-year town secret
A bookkeeper finds a forty-year town secret
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 14,059 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
Receipt for a Quiet Life
Small purchases old grief and a remembering cashier
Small purchases old grief and a remembering cashier
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 14,174 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
Still Life with Coffee
Three mornings in an Edmonton cafe
Three mornings in an Edmonton cafe
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 13,254 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Backyard in November
First November sober in Alberta
First November sober in Alberta
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 15,032 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Borrowed Snowblower
Favours and neighbour debt in deep winter
A borrowed machine exposes uneven neighbour obligations.
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 15,279 words, 8 chapters
Brief ready | fiction
The Commute Void
Bus driver invents passenger lives then follows one
Bus driver invents passenger lives then follows one
Literary fiction | about 15,000 words target, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Edmonton Bus at Closing Time
A quiet novella of missed connections
A quiet novella of missed connections
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 16,279 words, 8 chapters
Brief ready | fiction
The Landlord's Grief
Property manager finds a tenant dead
Property manager finds a tenant dead
Literary fiction | about 17,000 words target, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Last Community League
A neighbourhood fights to keep their hall open
Board politics, developer offer, winter vote.
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 15,259 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Last Good Day
One December day and an estranged brother
One December day and an estranged brother
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 16,092 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Last Parcel on 118 Avenue
A closing repair shop and an undelivered box
A closing repair shop and an undelivered box
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 16,516 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Long Thaw
Waiting for news while spring takes months
Waiting for news while spring takes months
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 13,362 words, 8 chapters
Brief ready | fiction
The Shelf
Bookstore employee steals one book a shift
Bookstore employee steals one book a shift
Literary fiction | about 16,000 words target, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Spare Room
Adult child returns home to recover
Adult child returns home to recover
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 14,901 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Tenant Upstairs
Apartment sounds, borrowed tools, quiet survival
Two isolated tenants become familiar through ordinary survival.
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 14,907 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
The Thaw Line
Basement water old tools and spring secrets
Basement water old tools and spring secrets
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 16,772 words, 8 chapters
Workshop draft | fiction
What We Keep
Connected stories about objects families keep
Connected stories about objects families keep
Literary fiction | workshop draft, about 12,647 words, 8 chapters
Soft Margins
Ask the Unsaid
Pick a coming soon title. One hushed question. Answers tease the workshop draft. They never dump endings, and nothing here is for sale yet.