They don't go into the woods…Every full moon, the Beast rises within the woods. Every full moon, some poor soul is sent into that forsaken forest as a sacrifice. Every full moon, the village holds its collective breath that the sacrifice will be enough. Any other time, the woods are supposed to be safe, but no one dares take a chance.Not until Sloane Whelan.When she runs afoul of a whole different type of monster within the village walls, she must make a choice: stay and face certain death as the next sacrifice to the Beast, or flee into the cursed woods with the slim hope of finding the grandmother who abandoned her as a child before the full moon rises.With nothing but her infamous red riding cloak on her back, Sloane makes the decision to run for her life, straight into the unknown.She soon finds that the woods are far more vast than she imagined, and the Beast isn't the only danger waiting. Just when all seems lost, a devilishly handsome stranger saves her life and offers her sanctuary within his home. Despite his best efforts, the fiery connection between them cannot be denied. But dark secrets and even darker magic surround Garrett and his home, secrets that could tear the first bit of happiness Sloane has ever known apart at the seams.What will she risk to save the man she loves?Everything.   

Longlisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor AwardIn a linked collection that presents the secreted small tragedies of an Anglican congregation struggling to survive, All Saints delves into the life of Simon, the Reverend, and the lives of his parishioners: Miss Alice Vipond, a refined and elderly schoolteacher, incarcerated for a horrendous crime; a woman driven to extreme anxiety by borderline-abusive sex; Owen, “The Shitblood Man," who, lost in the woods, loses himself in a fit of rage; a receptionist and her act of improbable generosity; a writer making peace with her divorce. Effortlessly written and candidly observed, All Saints is a moving collection of tremendous skill, whose intersecting stories illuminate the tenacity and vulnerability of modern-day believers.Praise for All Saints"Fictional places have been mostly secular of late: the home, the bar, the workplace. Standing at the centre of K.D. Miller's touching and...

Late Breaking is a collection of linked short stories inspired by the paintings of Alex Colville. Each character appears in at least two of the stories, in a greater or lesser role. The most common link is a ghost who directly or indirectly "haunts" the book throughout. There is more than a hint of the uncanny in some of the stories, and a strong whiff of the gothic. At its lightest, this book is dark, refelcting the edgy, distrubing quality found in much of Alex Colville's work. The common theme is the vulnerability of the elder heart. Many of the characters are aged sixty and up. Inwardly, however, they are ageless - yearning for each other sexually and emotionally, falling in and out of love, forming new ties or rediscovering old ones. Not all characters are human...a dog, a horse and an octopus play small but pivotal roles. Death is a constant, taking both peacful and violent forms. Its presence redners the characters' lives and relationships all the more poignant for being...