A collection of 15 dark stories with twists and turns from flash fiction to poetry and a short story!The darker side of what happens if you just . . . shouldn't. But really, wouldn't you try . . .Using an old sextant on a dark shoreline?Would you buy a build your own robot so you could make yourself a friend?Cooking a strange recipe from a gifted heirloom cookbook on a stormy night?Being a passenger on a discount ship h...

It’s time for the heroes to win . . . every road to victory is different.Cinz is trying to break free of the crushing debt and commitments to her evil step-family. A twisting tale of drones, a Drag King, techno music, and diverse characters.Deities at the food court are planning which human to help next . . . but Mimi never asked for that kind of help.Ilona and Kestrel come from opposite ends of the Southern Shores, burnt end to end by the elusive M...

How do Deities help humans? First, get caffeinated!A few friends are are having break time at the food court in the Scotia Square Mall and trying to figure out which human to help next. Horus nibbles on seafood, Freyr is constantly trying to charm everyone. And Kali wants to help Mimi, but for the occasional distraction of her ardent worshipers.No one asked Mimi if she needed help. And she certainly didn't ask for their kind of help.Mimi ju...

Cinz can't catch a break from her step-family.Cinz wants to break free of the crushing debt and commitments to her step- family.Stuff sucks since since her mum died. The new drones she built are super efficient cleaning buildings in the family biz. Enough side contracts and maybe she can get away. Her sisters' fave techno music is driving her nuts and all of them undermine everything.The Beat of a Different Drone is a modern LGBTI twist on C...

Squib spends a lot of time in the Line-for-Basics. Ill and scrabbling for more resources beyond what they could earn this week, Squib has to find a better way. A lot of ways exist to get ahead living in The Towers. It beats the harder scrabble for a safe place to live outside the protected dome. The high ranking citizens of The Towers have figured it out. Time for Squib to crack the code and get something better.What would you give up for something you...

A trio of creepy flash fiction for you to enjoy . . .Cut Throat's WifeBe wary of what is tucked away in the nooks and crannies of the coves of Nova Scotia. More history has been forgotten than we know. This tale comes from whispers over one such cove.The GardenerWhat does this Gardener grow? I do enjoy to garden. What you add as a soil amendment can be more important than what you plant.This tale rec...

In the beginning, fairy tales were all we had.Tales to explain the unexplained, to impart morality, and culture. But more often than not, to warn.From the editors of the From the Rock anthologies comes a new selection of stories, carefully curated from some of Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite authors. Between these pages, old tales are revisited, familiar foes lurk, and fairy tales for the modern age are born.Including the work of Bron...