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Shawn Syms has written about culture, politics, gender and sexuality for the past 24 years. His essays and stories have appeared in 5 anthologies and his literary short fiction was shortlisted for the Journey Prize in 2009. His writing has appeared in over 50 publications, among them Spacing, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, The Rumpus and The Collagist.

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Average rating: 4.1 · 109 ratings · 31 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Nothing Looks Familiar 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friend. Follow. Text.: #storiesFromLivingOnline 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hibernation and Other Poems by Bear Bards by Ron J. Suresha (Editor), David Bergman (Contributor), Albert Skip Brushaber (Contributor) 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plenitude Magazine (Issue 4) by Trevor Corkum (Guest Editor), Andrea Routley (Goodreads Author) (Managing Editor), Faye Guenther (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retro Vol. 1 No. 2: Selections from Joyland Magazine by Joyland Magazine (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emily Schultz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Megan Stielstra (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Yellow Vengeance

I was happy to recently be asked to blurb the latest novel by mystery writer Liz Bugg, called Yellow Vengeance.

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Liz Bugg displays great capacity for suspense, humour, as well as tragedy in this absorbing novel. Yellow Vengeance is at once a classic mystery with a tenacious and loveable private investigator at its heart — and a modern and moving meditation on the me