Dalnavert

by Jonathan Ball

“Dalnavert” tells the story of a writer who sleeps overnight in a supposedly haunted museum and is possessed by the ghost of its previous owner. This ghost, disoriented to awaken in this strange body and inside a warped version of his home, finds the writer’s computer and begins to type out the story as his plea for help.

19 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 9, 2023

About the author

Jonathan Ball is the author of three books: Ex Machina (BookThug, 2009), Clockfire (Coach House Books, 2010), and The Politics of Knives (Coach House Books, 2012). He also wrote the academic monograph John Paizs's Crime Wave (University of Toronto Press, 2014) about the cult film classic, and co-edited (with Ryan Fitzpatrick) Why Poetry Sucks: Humorous Experimental Canadian Poetry (Insomniac, 2014). He holds a PhD from the University of Calgary, with focuses in Canadian Literature and Creative Writing. He is the former Managing Editor of Dandelion magazine, the former film/video section editor at Filling Station, and the former short films programmer for the Gimli Film Festival. He writes the humour column Haiku Horoscopes (http://www.haikuhoroscopes.com), and can be found online at http://www.jonathanball.com and on Twitter @jonathanballcom.