We Make The Village: An Anthology of Community - Paperback

by Asha Jade Goodwin (Editor)

What are Canadians writing about community?

From rejection to acceptance, support to sacrifice; in this anthology, you'll find a mix of it all, fiction and non-fiction, stories and poems. What does community mean? Who is a part of our community? How do we cultivate community in our own lives? What if we are rejected from our community?

• Every world you set foot in falls, but there are rumours of one that remains, enduring. Will you take the final jump?
• A little child wanders an alien market; all she wants is to buy her mother a present, but what will she do if she has no money?
• New school, new life, new cat tree - what about new friends?
• How does humanity survive among the stars?
• What happens when the autonomous driver goes haywire and your only companion is a cosplay racoon?
• If you were given the power to destroy those that shunned you, could you ever be talked off that cliff?
• A bad day made worse by finding too-small panties left in the bedroom - but do they mean more than what they seem to?
• All you need to fund your own lab is a couple days of drilling and fifteen years of environmental disaster; so what if the inhabitants of the planet haven't signed the mining treaty yet?
• An entire castle schemes to put a frisky Duke and Duchess to an early bed so that everyone can finally get some much needed rest... and perhaps have a little fun of their own.

The stories and poems in this anthology explore the theme of community, taking readers from ripped-apart worlds to garden planets populated by geriatrics; exploring the cosmos for a homework assignment, then coming home to have a cold drink at a lively local bar.

In this anthology, you'll have the chance to read over 40 never-before-published stories, poems, and essays from 30 Canadian authors.