Everybody / Loves a winner / So you have to love me…

Posted by on Jan 26th, 2026 in News | 0 comments

I’ll get to Saturday’s book fair and a few other things in a moment, but first…

That’s right. I won the MoonLit Getaway short-fiction contest this year.
“The Madness East of St. George” beat all other contenders. They gave me money and everything.

You can read the story online here.

But wait! There’s more!

I submitted two short stories to the same contest, and the second one, “CanLit Book Club”, was shortlisted. That one’ll be published online on February 16, they tell me. No money for this one though.

I’ll keep you posted on that. Assuming anybody reads this bloody website.

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This Saturday, I’ll be back at the annual Sharp Words book fair in Hamilton.

Same times, same venue (Bridgeworks). But this year, I’ll have two novels for sale – my new one, Performance Reviews, and my 2022 debut, Hate Story. Hopefully we won’t get snowed in like last year. Maybe Mère Nature decided to get it all out of her system yesterday.

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Performance Reviews is still available at Book City in the Beach, and I’m in the process of arranging events and/or consignment at other Toronto bookstores. Stay tuned. And look out for my upcoming Echo Poetry feature at the Only Cafe in April.

Speaking of yesterday’s snowstorm… here’s some advice from Messrs. Parker and Stone.

Happy shovelling.