Hi Friends,
Here are a few photos of our dear friend and Kegedonce Press author, Basil Johnston. He invited Renee and me over for lunch, a few stories, and a bit of music. He’s a man of many talents!
Ahnee my neechees. It’s been a while but wow, is there a LOT going on here at Kegedonce.
We’ve got TWO new releases this fall.
Upon hearing of the passing of the great Joane Cardinal-Schubert
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Joane, our dear aunty, please save a slow waltz for us all in the sweet hereafter. I was told once by an elder that you’ll never see two colours in heaven: red and black. But I am sure that you’ve advocated for your favourite red cowboy boots up there, and I’m sure you’re wearing them now, laughing it up, celebrating, checking up on us all and seeing that all of your hard work, all your trailblazing has paid off. We enjoy so many things now because of your hard work and all you’ve inspired. Yes, save a slow waltz for your friends and family. There’ll be a long line. And we’ll visit in line to see you once again. I hear the bannock and jam up there is superb. And the tea? Handpicked by angels and ancestors all laughing together.
I love zombies because zombies are already here: in addictions, in what could have been, in empty promises made and believed and held onto, in the horror of our future if we don’t turn things around. Let’s just say they’re the perfect metaphor.
Someone once said, “I wrote a novel because I didn’t have time to write a short story.” For those of us who write novels and short stories, we know how wise these words are because a short story will either work or it won’t. What you don’t want to publish is a story that works as a story but is so sterile it’s both forgettable and without soul. This is what I call “a safe short story” or a “workshop story”, a story that satisfies everyone but the spirit of the story itself.
As we (the fine team at Enfield & Wizenty and I) find ourselves on the home stretch with my new collection of short stories, The Moon of Letting Go, it hit me tonight that I should say something about my approach to short stories. I remember sitting in high school, college and university listening to instructors and authors speak about the form of the short story. I remember thinking to myself, “There has to be more to the short story than the classic set up, build tension, climax, denouement and pay off. I don’t want to keep writing a predictable form to convey my stories.”
