book publications

 

serial and anthology publications

  • Short story “Honest Man” in University Avenues (1983)

  • Short story “My Mistake” in Event 21/3 (1992)

  • Short story “Survival Stories” in Event 22/3 (1993)

  • Review of Candyman by Simone Poirier-Bures in The Dalhousie Review 74/3 (1994)

  • Review of Hyper/Text/Theory edited by George Landow in The Dalhousie Review 75/1 (1995)

  • Review of Division of Surgery by Donna McFarlane in Pottersfield Portfolio 16/1 (1995)

  • Review of The Republic of Nothing by Lesley Choyce in Pottersfield Portfolio 16/1 (1995)

  • Short story “Missing” in Event 24/3 (1995)

  • Essay "What Writing Means" in Henry Street: A Graduate Review of Literary Studies 5/2 (1995)

  • Review of Stations of the Left Hand by Don Domanski in Pottersfield Portfolio 16/2 (1996)

  • Review of The Photographer of Wolves by John O’Neill in The Dalhousie Review 76/1 (1996)

  • Short story “The Ugly Girl” in Grain 24/3 (1996)

  • Short story “An Evening’s Entertainment” published in Zygote 4/1 (1996)

  • Short story “Seduction” online in Blue Moon Review (1997)

  • Short story “The Reason for the Dream” in Grain 25/1 (1997)

  • Short story “Lydia Crossing” in The Antigonish Review no. 109 (1997)

  • Review of Nine-tenths Unseen by Kenneth J. Harvey in The Fiddlehead no. 193 (1997)

  • Short story “Last Rites” in Event 27/1 (1998)

  • Short story “On the Beach” in Grain 26/3 (1998)

  • Review of Mapping the Soul by Stephen Morrissey in The Dalhousie Review 78/2 (1998)

  • Review of White Madness by Alden Nowlan in Pottersfield Portfolio 18/2 (1998)

  • Short story “Living With Prue” in the Dalhousie Review 77/1 (1998)

  • Short story “The Reason for the Dream” reprinted in the Journey Prize Anthology #10 (McClelland & Stewart, 1998) and shortlisted for the prize

  • Short Story “Stone Temple” in Canadian Fiction Anthology (formerly Canadian Fiction Magazine) no. 96/97 (1999)

  • Short Story “Imagining Rosalee” in The Fiddlehead Winter 1999 (#202)

  • Short Story “Episodes from a Life in Progress” in The New Orphic Review 2/1 (1999)

  • Short story “A New Life” published in LIT: The Little York Review 1/2 (1999)

  • Review of Man of Bone by Alan Cumyn in The Fiddlehead no. 201 (1999)

  • Review of Let the Day Perish by Christian Petersen in The Fiddlehead no. 203 (2000)

  • Review of Burridge Unbound by Alan Cumyn in The Fiddlehead no. 208 (2001)

  • Short Stories “Not So,” “Confessional,” and “Stones” in The Gaspereau Review #15 (Summer 2001)

  • “Editorial” in Pottersfield Portfolio 21/3 (2001)

  • Review of The Uncharted Heart by Melissa Hardy in The Fiddlehead no. 210 (2001)

  • Excerpts from novel manuscripts Sloan’s Way and The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard (formerly Sophie’s Blood) in Pottersfield Portfolio (2002)

  • Short Story “A Dark House” in The Antigonish Review #131 (2002)

  • Short Story “The Comfort of Knowing” in The Dalhousie Review 81/2 (2002)

  • Review of Entering the Landscape edited by Eric Henderson and Madeline Sonik in The Fiddlehead no. 211 (2002)

  • Review of Swimming Among the Ruins and Volta by Susan Gillis in The Dalhousie Review 82/2 (2002)

  • Review of Seasoning Fever by Susan Kerslake in The Fiddlehead no. 213 (2002)

  • Review of Down There by the Train by Kate Sterns in The Fiddlehead no. 214 (2003)

  • Essay “John Cheever: The Ascendant Voice” in The Antigonish Review #132 (2003)

  • Review of The Obstacle Course and The View from Tamischeira by Richard Cumyn in The Fiddlehead no. 218 (2004)

  • Short Story “Night Train” in Grain 33/1 (2005)

  • Short Story “Pirgi” in The Antigonish Review #141/42 (2005)

  • Review of A Perfect Night to go to China by David Gilmour in The Fiddlehead no. 225 (2005)

  • Short Story “Evidence” in the anthology Transits (Invisible Publishing, 2007)

  • Short Story “The Cure” in Front & Centre #16 (2007)

  • Short Story “Proof” in ATLAS 02 (2007)

  • Review of Bonk on the Head by John-James Ford in The Fiddlehead no. 232 (2007)

  • Review of Cathedral Women by Carol Malyon in The Fiddlehead no. 234 (2008)

  • Review of Silver Salts by Mark Blagrave in The Fiddlehead no. 240 (2009)

  • Article “The Author and the eBook” in Against the Grain v. 21, no. 5 (Nov. 2009)

  • Short Story “The Music Lover” in Riddle Fence no. 4 (2009)

  • Short Story “Edgar’s Inheritance” published in The Toronto Quarterly no. 5 (2010)

  • Review of Love Minus Zero by Lori Hahnel in The Fiddlehead no. 243 (2010)

  • Short Story “Laurianne’s Choice” in Numéro Cinq January 8, 2011

  • Article “The Author and the eBook” reprinted in Numéro Cinq February 10, 2011

  • Review of What We’re Made Of by Ryan Turner in The Fiddlehead no. 246 (2011)

  • "All the Heroes Are Dead: An Interview with Ian Colford" by Darryl Whetter in The Antigonish Review #164 (2011)

  • Review of All Those Drawn to Me by Christian Petersen in The Fiddlehead no. 248 (2011)

  • Review essay “Hidden Treasures” in The Fiddlehead no. 249 (2011)

  • Profile and interview “My Search for Jesus Hardwell” in Numéro Cinq January 16, 2012

  • Short Story “The Dictator Considers His Regime” in The Dalhousie Review 92.1/2 (2012)

  • Review of Easy to Like by Edward Riche in The Fiddlehead no. 251 (2012)

  • Profile and interview “Small Things Define: A Profile of Tess Wiley” in Numéro Cinq June 2013

  • Review essay “Better With Age” in The Fiddlehead no. 256 (2013)

  • "A Fictional World of Moral Ambiguity: An Interview with Ian Colford" by Tony Tremblay & Ellen Rose in The Antigonish Review #176 (2014)

  • Review of Harbour View and A Certain Grace by Binnie Brennan in The Antigonish Review #177 (2014)

  • Review essay “Infinite in Their Variety” in The Fiddlehead no. 262 (2015)

  • Story “How the Laughter of the Nation Led to the Pitiable Deaths of Claudia and Francisco Cordoba’s Ten Children” in Numéro Cinq February 2015

  • Review of Riptides: New Island Fiction edited by Richard Lemm in The Antigonish Review #180 (2015)

  • Review of The Freedom in American Songs by Kathleen Winter in The Fiddlehead no. 263 (2015)

  • Review of Like Any Other Monday by Binnie Brennan in The Fiddlehead no. 264 (2015)

  • Review of Our Lady of Steerage by Steven Mayoff in Galleon IV (2015)

  • Review of The Birthday Lunch by Joan Clark in The Fiddlehead no. 266 (2016)

  • Short story "The Writing Workshop" in The Antigonish Review #184 (2016)

  • Review of Confidence by Russell Smith in The Fiddlehead no. 267 (2016)

  • Review of The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Short Fiction edited by Larry Mathews in The Antigonish Review #186 (2016)

  • Review of This Marlowe by Michelle Butler Hallett in Galleon V (2016)

  • Review of Wild Pieces by Catherine Hogan Safer and Debris by Kevin Hardcastle in The Fiddlehead no. 270 (2017)

  • Memoir "Always Teaching, Always Learning" in The Nova Scotia Book of Fathers, edited by Lesley Choyce and Julia Swan (Pottersfield Press, 2017)

  • Review of I Am What I Am Because You Are What You Are by Carole Glasser Langille in The Antigonish Review #188 (2017)

  • Review of Willem De Kooning's Paintbrush: Stories by Kerry Lee Powell in The Antigonish Review #190 (2017)

  • Review of The Museum at the End of the World: Stories by John Metcalf in The Fiddlehead no. 272 (2017)

  • Review of Zolitude by Paige Cooper in The Antigonish Review #195 (2018)

  • Review of Bookshops: A Reader’s History by Jorge Carrión in The Fiddlehead no. 277 (2018)

  • Short story “A Homecoming” in My Nova Scotia Home: Nova Scotia's best writers riff on the place they call home, edited by Vernon Oickle (MacIntyre Purcell Publishing, 2019)

  • Review of An Exile’s Perfect Letter by Harry Mathews in The Antigonish Review #196 (2019)

  • Review essay “Readable Riches” in The Fiddlehead no. 280 (2019)

  • Review of Eye by Marianne Micros in The Fiddlehead no. 281 (2019)

  • Reviews in The Miramichi Reader (2020-2023)

  • Review of Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Stories by Maxim Osip in The Antigonish Review #201/2 (2020)

  • Review of Crow by Amy Spurway in The Fiddlehead no. 285 (2020)

  • Review of Good Mothers Don’t by Laura Best in The Antigonish Review #203 (2020)

  • Review of Reaching Mithymna by Steven Heighton in The Fiddlehead no. 287 (2021)

  • Review of Aubrey McKee by Alex Pugsley in The Antigonish Review #204 (2021)

  • Review of The Love Olympics by Claire Wilkshire in The Antigonish Review #208 (2022)

  • Review of Horseplay: My Time Undercover on the Granville Strip by Norm Boucher in The Fiddlehead no. 292 (2022)

  • Review of All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac in The Fiddlehead no. 293 (2022)

  • Short Story “Captive” in Horseshoe I.i (Fall 2022)

  • Review of Quiet Time by Alexandra Harvey in The Antigonish Review #212 (2023)

  • Review of The Broken Places by Frances Peck in The Fiddlehead no. 297 (2023)