ExtraOrdinary by Larry Gibbons

Boularderie Island Press

ISBN: 978-1-926448-79-4

$21.95

ExtraOrdinary is an engaging collection of stories bound together by the common theme of surviving life’s uncertainties. The characters navigate metaphorical and literal seas of change, relying on their mental agility and adaptability as they paddle the waters of their lives, often with just one oar.  Neither the past nor the present provide beacons to warn the travellers of dangerous reefs and shoals.The author’s blend of humour and poignancy, along with his thought-provoking accounts, offer a rich exploration of human experience and resilience.  The supernatural elements and quirky scenarios add intriguing twists to the tales—a ghost baited with onions; a truck with a mind of its own that refuses to be parked in the sun.

           ExtraOrdinary  is certainly entertaining, but at the same time provokes deep reflections on life’s challenges and the wisdom of pausing to think before taking action.

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Dead and Not Dead by Larry Gibbons

Boularderie Island Press

ISBN: 978-1-926448-62-6

$21.95

Calvin’s life is at a crossroads. He needs to figure out why he exists, or if he exists at all. He begins a relationship with Susie, who lives in Pi’tawk, a [fictional] First Nation’s reserve in Cape Breton. Susie is a bright, tell-it-like-it-is Mi’kmaw woman who teaches Calvin, often against his will, the strange and often mystifying ways of her people. To Calvin’s annoyance, Susie’s friends freely parade in and out of her trailer on Dream Road. One of them is Brucie who always wears sunglasses to protect him from the thick, red mist that descended on the reserve when Calvin arrived. Other strange things happen on the Reserve—including a phantom truck driven by a dead man and the spirit of the Woman in the Red Hat who follows Calvin around to keep him safe. It eventually becomes too much for Calvin and he heads back home to Ontario. At the  Crossroads he stops, knowing he must decide whether to keep going back to his old life, or to return to the seductive ways of  Pi’tawk and the woman he loves.

A graduate of Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario, Larry’s interests and work life have always been somewhat eclectic. He has been a library clerk, a photo technologist and a veterinarian technologist at various times. An enthusiastic hiker, cyclist, hockey player and cross-country skier, Larry’s short fiction has been published in anthologies and magazines in Canada and the US. Breton Books published his collection of short fiction, White Eyes, in 2011. Larry resides in Middle River, Cape Breton. Dead and Not Dead is his first novel.

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