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Vanilla and Other Stories
Vanilla and other stories gathers together a selection of twenty-five years of the mainstream and slipstream short fiction by Dorsey. In sharp contrast to the raw and sometimes harsh realities depicted in this collection, Dorsey's stories are couched in beautiful, lucent language that is cumulatively lyrical and relentless.
Contents:
Couple of lines on a page, no big deal, right?
Artifacts
Mapping
Hammond organ to the stars
Wishes
Once upon a time
Sally go 'round the roses
Touring with Stef
Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn
The dancing master
Blood from a stone
Cows
Going up to Heaven
Vanilla
What we wore
Contents:
Couple of lines on a page, no big deal, right?
Artifacts
Mapping
Hammond organ to the stars
Wishes
Once upon a time
Sally go 'round the roses
Touring with Stef
Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn
The dancing master
Blood from a stone
Cows
Going up to Heaven
Vanilla
What we wore
161 pages, Paperback
First published May 16, 2000
About the author
Candas Jane Dorsey
45 books50 followersCandas Jane Dorsey (born November 16, 1952) is a Canadian poet and science fiction novelist.
Born and still living in Edmonton, Alberta, Dorsey became a writer from an early age, and a freelance writer since 1980. She writes across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, mainstream and speculative, short and long form, arts journalism and arts advocacy. Dorsey has also written television and stage scripts, magazine and newspaper articles, and reviews.
Dorsey currently teaches, does workshops and readings. She has served on the executive board of the Writers' Guild of Alberta and is a founder of SF Canada. In 1988, Dorsey received the Aurora, Canadian science fiction and fantasy award.
Dorsey was editor-in-chief of The Books Collective (River, Slipstream and Tesseract Books) from 1992 through 2005.
- Source: Wikipedia
Born and still living in Edmonton, Alberta, Dorsey became a writer from an early age, and a freelance writer since 1980. She writes across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, mainstream and speculative, short and long form, arts journalism and arts advocacy. Dorsey has also written television and stage scripts, magazine and newspaper articles, and reviews.
Dorsey currently teaches, does workshops and readings. She has served on the executive board of the Writers' Guild of Alberta and is a founder of SF Canada. In 1988, Dorsey received the Aurora, Canadian science fiction and fantasy award.
Dorsey was editor-in-chief of The Books Collective (River, Slipstream and Tesseract Books) from 1992 through 2005.
- Source: Wikipedia
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December 7, 2014
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Wishes
Once upon a time
Sally go 'round the roses
Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn
Going up to Heaven
Vanilla
What we wore
OK:
Couple of lines on a page, no big deal, right?
Artifacts
Mapping
Hammond organ to the stars
Touring with Stef
The dancing master
Blood from a stone
Cows
Wishes
Once upon a time
Sally go 'round the roses
Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn
Going up to Heaven
Vanilla
What we wore
OK:
Couple of lines on a page, no big deal, right?
Artifacts
Mapping
Hammond organ to the stars
Touring with Stef
The dancing master
Blood from a stone
Cows
Displaying 1 of 1 review