Following up the recent review of Once, Sheila Lamb interviews the author, Rebecca Rosenblum. Once, a collection of sixteen short stories, is the winner of the Metcalf-Rooke Award and published by Biblioasis. — When did you begin writing? Has writing been...
Once Author: Rebecca Rosenblum Biblioasis, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-897231-49-4 CAD .95/US .95 Once, by Rebecca Rosenblum, is a collection of short stories that immediately grabs our attention. The stories are grounded in the reality of our daily humdrum, portraying...
Bloodflower (US title: The Returning), by Christine Hinwood, is a fantastical tale of the people of Kayforl, and the town’s catalyst, Cam Attling. Cam has returned alone from war in the foreign north, where Lord Ryuu, an Uplander, rules from his castle in Dorn-Lannet....
“Floor ‘Z,’ please.” The school elevator was packed, but no one spoke. I noticed several kids glancing at me in the reflection from the brass doors. RING! “Excuse me,” I said, squeezing out into the hall. I was the only one. The doors closed and the elevator resumed...
Energy flowed through Michael’s hand, through the torch, into the metal. He didn’t plan in advance what he formed. There was no plan. It was only the desire to begin. Once he did, the forms took a shape of their own. The metal twisted, burned, and bent. Smoke...
“Roll them,” Asha said, setting down a round ball of flour she had kneaded into shape on the smooth marble slab. “Let’s make a circle, like this,” she gently massaged the dough with a rolling pin, Peter’s eyes growing more rounded as the ball of flour spread to the...
