The stories in FPQ 8 explores the complex, usually subtle, and often dark paths roads people take to – and away – from relationships. In Wolves by Naomi K Lewis, a young boy craves the attention of a lie, and becomes an adult trapped in a cycle of building and destroying himself. In Jeff Dupuis’ Everything Must Go, a man takes his while life apart one Craigslist sale at a time to find out where his last relationship went wrong. In Scuzzy Love by Curtis S...

Collecting all sixteen stories published in FPQ volumes 5-8. Featuring stories by Michael Bryson, Laure Baudot, Jessica Westhead, Nancy Branch, Kirsty Logan,Marielle Mondon, Courtney McDermott, Pauline Holdstock, Chad Pelley, Kayt Burgess, Daniel Karasik, Andrew Forbes, Naomi K. Lewis, Jeff Dupuis, Curtis Snider, Suad Ali.

In Michael Bryson's Survival, a couple sit in a lakeside Toronto condo, trapped by a crazed, mysterious sniper. The Lesson presents a self-absorbed wedding DJ as the newest addition to Jessica Westheads trademark cast of offbeat protagonists. In Laure Baudot's In the Afternoon, a babysitter's envy and its fallout come to the fore when a former client is accused of a crime, and she must decide whether to help exonerate him. In Mui'n by Nanc...

With sparing, incisive prose, Cynthia Flood's Addresses unravels what it meant to be a married woman in post-war era Vancouver. Kirsty Logan's In Our House by the Sea is about the romance of domesticity. Set in New York City, Danny Goodman's Somehow There Was More Here tells the story of Ben, a young man who spends his days fighting off adulthood, until the return of an ex-lover leaves him unsure of everything. In Lana Storey's Cross Yourself

Betty is the sudden gust of wind that unknowingly knocks the sleepy town of Arbford to the ground in Grace O'Connell's Mike Mike Mike Mike. Set against the backdrop of vibrant Addis Ababa nightlife, The Expansiveness of My Sound by Andrew Forbes is an evocative account of the political discord in Ethiopia and the individuals caught in the tumult. In Lee Kvern's This Is a Love Crime, a human resources employee at a grocery store chain is confronted by an ethical d...

In Chad Pelley's Trigger Finger Blues, a sniper experiences a crisis of conscience when he falls in love with his next target - but are any of his feelings real? In The Snake Crosses the Tracks at Midnight by Daniel Karasik, a teenager must deal with the fact that his older sister is now a grown woman, and his crush-next-door has become a mystery, with depths beyond his comprehension. An accompanist must put up with a headstrong, condescending, and unprofessiona...

FPQ Complete Collection 1 contains sixteen exceptional stories that were hand-picked by the Found Press staff and originally published in FPQ volumes 1-4. With a stunning range of voices, the unforgettable narratives included in this anthology will take you on a journey around the world, and pull you from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. Featuring stories by Caroline Adderson, Meghan Rose Allen, Jack Bootle, Julie Dupuis, Cynthia Flood, Andrew Forbes, Danny...

In Caroline Adderson's Obscure Objects, a writer teaching at a private ESL college befriends an unexpectedly passionate and compelling subject. A hopeless teenaged boy starts a band with the brash object of his affection in The Oughts by Richard Rosenbaum. After a near-death experience, a man resolves to find out whether a secret buried in his past is proof he has a legacy after all in Bright Lights on Broadway by Dave Margoshes. In The Last Judgmen...

In Kirsty Logan's Suckers, a comic book-obsessed vampire learns that (eternal) life isn't about what you spend it on - it's about who you spend it with. In Off the Main Highway by Courtney McDermott, a young woman recalls her childhood at a family-owned motel under the thumb of her overbearing grandfather. A college music student and part-time nude model is awakened by her first truly passionate affair in Marielle Mondon's Cup Rings. After undergoing a cosme...

In Jack Bootle's Psalm 77, a man looks back on his school days, recalling the joy and torment of a secret love affair with a boy obsessed with the language of the King James Bible. Deep in Ontario cottage country, twins try to navigate the differences between the families we are born into versus the families we choose in Meghan Rose Allen's Eleven Miles There, Twelve Miles Back. On his final assignment, Father Michael is assigned to a war-torn country where he is tol...

When thirty-year-old event stylist Lena Brooks returns to Seabrook, the sleepy Atlantic town she once fled, she expects a quick turnaround: style her mother’s beachside wedding in four weeks, dodge small-town gossip, and get out. One problem—everyone expects her to show up with a date. Enter Evan Cole, the gruff, golden-hearted carpenter whose workshop shares a wall with Lena’s tiny studio…and whose six-year-old daughter, Maya, owns more dinosaur stickers than shame.What starts as ...

F.Scott Fitzgerald - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 02. O.Henry - The Gift of the Magi 03. Mark Twain - On The Decay of the Art of Lying 04. Sun Tzu - The Art of War 05. E.A. Poe - The Raven 06. Kahlil Gibran - The Madman 07. W.W. Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw 08. Anonymous - Aladdin 09. The Founding Fathers - The Declaration of Independence 10. Plato - The Apology of Socrates 11. Lord Alfred Tennyson - Charge of the Light Brigade 12. T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land 13. William Dean How...