Montreal Cats
Braun’s third collection of short fiction again reveals the unseen—the secret exceptions to the everyday hidden behind closed doors and inside her characters’ collective unconscious.“Lois Braun is a writer in the lineage of Flannery O’Connor.”—Rudy Wiebe, author of Scorched Wood People and The Mad Trapper“There is often an element o …
Penance Drummer, The
Short story specialist Lois Braun returns with a new collection, The Penance Drummer.With her remarkable eye for detail, Braun keenly observes the subtle dynamics and complexities of family relationships.In "Assassins" a teenage girl copes with her three quarrelsome aunts and confronts the serious illness of her uncle as she learns that the world a …
Pumpkin Eaters
These stories display again Braun’s skill at evoking haunting images which recall a vanishing prairie ethos.“Braun’s tales are peopled with characters who, in an instant, turn the world upside down or make a reader stop to contemplate human nature.”—Small Press Magazine
Stone Watermelon
These unsentimental, passionate stories of modern rural life were nominated for the 1986 Governor General’s Award. Retired farmers cruise and booze around the countryside; a farm wife contemplates an affair with the hired hand; a cropduster opens the No Place Bar and Grill.“... a diamond hard realism and authenticity.”—Books in Canada
