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Duncan Shields is a computer games animator, spoken-word poet, and flash-fiction writer. He is a staff writer at 365tomorrows.com. He made it to the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize long list. He is also a two-time Vancouver Haiku, Ghost Story, and Nerd Poetry Champion. He has five small volumes of poetry in print but he’s happy to present this first book of flash fiction. He lives in Vancouver, BC, with his wife and daughter and their cat.

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An interesting and thoughtful look at a few days in the life of a busy but uptight line cook. A lesbian with collection of bi and lesbian friends, she's a caregiver for her declining father, her boss is a creep, the kitchen where she works is falling ...more
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Very well-researched and in-depth depiction of the witch trials of Salem and the aftermath and repercussion leading all the way up to today from born-and-raised Salem native Ben Wickey. While it I did find it hard to plough through this hefty tome, I ...more
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A frustrating read. I was all in until we got bogged down in the day-after-day, chapter-after-chapter, aimless descriptions of the main character's dalliance with a young man. It felt like a quarter of the entire book. Very self-indulgent and I could ...more
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