{"id":79,"date":"2017-10-11T21:20:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specfic.vaults.ca\/?p=79"},"modified":"2018-02-12T02:03:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T02:03:42","slug":"the-cicada-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/specfic.vaults.ca\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"The Cicada Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m pleased to announce that my short story, “The Cicada Year,” has been published by Bundoran Press in their anthology\u00a049th Parallels: Alternative Canadian Histories and Futures<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a response to Canada 150 (the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, for any non-Canadians who might read this), Bundoran Press put together a collection of stories and poems from across the country comprised of visions of Canada’s past and future.<\/p>\n

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Cicada illustration from: \u2019A monograph of oriental Cicadid\u00e6\u2019 By W.L. Distant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The Cicada Year” came together at the axis of two intersecting narrative lines. The first was a story told to me by a friend, like so many stories we are hearing lately, of an aggressive professor pursuing a student\u2014and how the ways in which women are taught to respond to such aggression (with politeness and deference usually) can trap one in a timeline over which one often feels little control.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the second story line\u2014about the effects of climate change and how narratives around climate change are being talked about for various political aims\u2014is one about how attempts to control a narrative often lead to unintended consequences.<\/p>\n

This is an early story of mine and the first in which I tried to ratchet up the tension for a thriller-like pace. I’m pleased it’s found a home with so many other great Canadian stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m pleased to announce that my short story, “The Cicada Year,” has been published by Bundoran Press in their anthology\u00a049th Parallels: Alternative Canadian Histories and Futures. In a response to Canada 150 (the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, for any non-Canadians who might read this), Bundoran Press put together a collection of stories and poems … <\/p>\n

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