Alice Zorn
Originally from Ontario, Alice Zorn now lives in Montreal. She has published short fiction in several magazines, including The New Quarterly, Room of One`s Own, and Grain, most recently placing first in Prairie Fire`s 2006 Fiction Contest. She participated in the Banff Writing Studio and the Quebec Writers` Federation Mentorship Program. She is currently at work on a novel set in Montreal and Morocco.
Arrhythmia
Joelle is about to lose her husband Marc, who has become obsessed with Ketia, a young Haitian woman. Ketia lies to her family to conceal her liaison with Marc. Joelle’s friend Diane does not realize that her boyfriend Nazim has never told his Muslim family in Morocco about her. Then Nazim gets a letter that threatens his secret.Alice Zorn leads r …
Ruins & Relics
These are short stories about people who harbour relics from their past: a postcard from Vienna, the cigarette burns that scar a boy's chest, a stolen USB pen, blue concentration camp numbers tattooed on a forearm, a man's sense of his own body as his HIV overtakes him. Alice Zorn’s remarkable debut collection displays these talismans of personal …
