Sandy Frances Duncan

Bernice Carswell's journey begins in the tumbledown shack that she calls home. Into the fixed ritual of her daily life enters George the dragonslayer. Together they begin a quest that takes them across Georgia Strait to the shores of Galiano Island.
Fugitive and seeker, Bernice is pursued by cruelly mocking images that she cannot control. The fragments of a terrifying past imprison her. But as the bountiful ocean draws a struggling Bernice towards renewal, the trauma that afflicts her gives way …

Pattern Makers, the surreal journey of three women and a spider, is equally "fantastical, epic and allegorical." Yvonne first moves into her refrigerator in her own short story in Baker's Dozen: Short Stoies by Women. For some time she has been content if not cramped decorating and furnishing her fridge, passing out food to her family on request.
Pattern Makers begins when Yvonne's refrigerator turns to sand. With only her own unexplored powers, not even a map or credit card, Yvonne is forced to …

In Gold Rush Orphan Sandy Frances Duncan has woven a fascinating tale of hardship and adventure based on her grandfather's gold rush journal entries of his 1898 trip to the Klondike. The arduous trek to the goldfields comes alive in the fictionalized story of Jeremy Britain, a young teen who joins James Fraser and his companions to search for the gold that would make their fortunes. Duncan begins the story in the gold rush port of Skagway where Jeremy has a run-in with the infamous Soapy Smith a …

A novel for young adults