Short Stories

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Three Stories and a Conversation

How would you react if you became ensnared by a clever illusionist? Suppose your car broke down on a mountain road and men who offered help are escaped convicts? What would you do if people you cheated prove to be smarter than you? How would you respond if your world was reduced to voices speaking in the darkness? Read this collection of stories to seek answers to these perplexing questions.

The Potlatch and Other Stories

Read eleven stories that reveal ways in which First Nations people in British Columbia interact with non-aboriginals. Sit in on a poker game with Bill and Tom Harold and a logger who casually gives their sister a child. Find out about a father and daughter who trick two land developers. Follow the story of Nella who wants to be a nun, and the tale of Ellen Jacky who figures out why the social welfare system wants to help her. Meet these and other characters in these memorable stories.