He stood out among the line of desperate people. It was the baby in his arms that drew me across the street. Was it alive? I couldn’t tell. The flies crawling over its lifeless face might be a sign. Then again, flies were crawling over everyone, everything. I spent my first few weeks in India, […]
Photo by Jennifer Lim-Tamkican Unsplash During my research for the historical fantasy book XNOR, I came across several colourful eighteen-century characters and unusual events. One item that certainly made me go hmmm, was George Washington’s three-seated outhouse. Today’s trend is to vilify leaders from the past for actions or words they made in a setting […]
Canada has always been a mixed bag of people, beliefs and customs. Lately, it seems to be veering far from the ideals I imagined in my youth. We started out well as a country and a people. While our American friends were shouting Liberty, Freedom and Equality under the Law, we quietly spoke of the […]
1759 was a defining year for the colonies that became Canada. It was also the year the British Empire rose to preeminence over other European nations and empires. All that changes when technology deployed in 2047 to shield Canadians from an escalating world conflict inadvertently teleports a group of scientists, engineers, teachers and medical people […]