Blood and Water

by Hayden Trenholm (Editor)

Conflicts over resources are as old as human history.

Climate change, along with continued population expansion and changes to the world economic order, adds a significant new factor to the equation. We can live without diamonds and gold, we can even find alternatives to oil, but water, food, land, and air are irreplaceable.

Blood & Water presents an impressive collection of writers representing every region of the country whose stories are set from coast to coast to coast.

Mostly science fiction, with a sprinkling of the fantastic, Blood and Water presents a bleak future – but also offers hope and even joy.

Perhaps that is the ‘uniquely Canadian perspective’- every conflict has a resolution, every problem has an answer.

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“I dare you to read the twenty stories in Blood & Water and not emerge thinking about possibilities. Arguing about potential. Wondering about what if.”
– Tanya Huff, author of The Silvered

“Hayden Trenholm has gathered an amazing array of stories about conflict over resources. He's attracted some of the best names in the business and found astonishing newcomers. A must-read for lovers of good fiction.”
– Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Triggers

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CONTENTS
Blood & Water, an Introduction by Hayden Trenholm
Drowntown by Camille Alexa
Bubbles and Boxes by Julie E. Czerneda
Phoebastria by Jennifer Rahn
Hard Water by Christine Cornell
Rabbit Season by Fiona Moore
And Not a Drop to Drink by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime
Scrabbling by Isabella D. Hodson
Bad Blood by Agnes Cadieux
We Take Care of Our Own by Kate Heartfield
The Parable of the Clown by Derek Künsken
Blue Train by Derryl Murphy
The Cows in the Meadow, the Blood's in the Corn by M. L. D. Curelas
A Rash of Flowers by Ryan McFadden
This Is The Ice Age by Claude Lalumière
Storm by Gerald Brandt
Little-Canada by Kevin Cockle
Spirit Dance by Douglas Smith
The Great Divide by Brent Nichols
Digging Deeper by Susan Forest
Watching Over the Human Garden by Jean-Louis Trudel

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Ebooks, Anthologies

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Alejandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

With conflict over resources as a theme, you would expect a very gloomy, dark book. And it is dark, but it is also full of very creative outlooks on how people deal with this, and how technology plays a role in it. I really enjoyed this book - it challenges you to dive into all sort of worse case scenarios, while maintaining hope on humankind.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This anthology was a bit of a mixed bag. Some had stronger world building than plot, others were all message and no fiction. Standouts for me were "Bad Blood", "Little-Canada", and "We Take Care of Our Own".

[Kimberly Hughes · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book of short stories has conflict over resources in the near future as a theme. There are some real gems in this collection. There is one completely awful piece that almost seems to be making fun of the whole premise. Overall, though it's worth reading.

[Brian Gaston · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have had this on my shelf to read for a long while. I was worried it would be more "messaging" than good fiction. I'm afraid I found the story messages better than the actual fiction.

[Shay]

Only four stories in so far.

Enjoyed "Drowntown."
Could not get into "Bubbles and Boxes" at all, so skipped it.
"Phoebastria" was interesting, but spent too much time up front when I would rather have read more about the cool science near the end.
I liked the concept of "Hard Water", and the location, but wasn't a fan of the interlaced flashbacks.