Here

by Heidi Wicks

One house, one hundred years — Here is a collection of interconnected short stories that bend time with a complex and varied cast of characters passing through a single mansion in Newfoundland, confronting the ghosts of family, perseverance, redemption, and survival.


Here is a collection of interconnected short stories that trails the inhabitants of a colonial mansion on Circular Road in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, over a span of 100 years. Aristocrats, hippies, housemaids, an all-girl rock band, a politician, a theologian, a biologist, a ballerina, a crow—over the decades, the house has a way of bending time for its varied occupiers, making readers question how our histories shape us and whether we can ever truly escape, or make peace with, the ghosts of the past.

Genres: Short Stories, Canada, Fiction

232 pages, Paperback

Published May 13, 2025

Reviews

[B.R. Myers]

Generations of stories all told in the backdrop of the same house. Wicks uses distinct dialect to showcase the array of unique characters that breaths life into each short story. Instead of cinematic boldness, the characters deal with life, including themes of mental illness and drug addition, with matter of fact tenderness. A comfortable escape that allows the reader to consider how homes can absorb all the joys and heartaches spent there.

[Sophie Thornton]

This book was so charming. I love a book of intertwining short stories and I love NL history !!
I’ll never drive down Circular Road the same way <3

[Sarah Mackey]

Beautiful book. Must-read for a townie. Would love to read thru and keep notes to find all the nuanced connections between the short stories but lovely all the same. Lost me a bit in the last few chapters but still raving about it!

[Janalynn]

I adore books that connect all the characters. Bonus: Interesting Newfoundland history I'd never heard before.

[Stephanie]

Stunning, full circle book. The concept of this magical, haunted house throughout the story, telling its tales, is truly special.

[Becky]

I love an anthology story, especially one that centres around a specific place, like a home. I found this to be a love it read. I really enjoyed that some of the stories were interconnected, that some characters appeared in other stories. After having recently been to Newfoundland myself it was really cool to know different areas mentioned in the stories.

[Chad Pelley]

What a great concept for a book. And that's all I want these days. A great concept, well executed.

[Jillann]

Interconnected short stories set in one historic house in St. John's. I'm not usually a fan of short stories, but I loved the way these stories came together.

[Calvin Daniels]

Solid 3.5

[Constant]

this reminds me of North Woods but the canadian version