Short stories
A student is found hanging in the bell tower. An old man indulges his passion for tripping people. A young woman finds more than brisket in her uncle’s chest freezer.
Jillian Grant Shoichet’s short fiction pulls the reader into the lives of others, revealing intimate details, half-acknowledged fears, and hidden desires. There may be a body, there may be a secret. There is always a sense of discovery.
Stargazing
A dead ostrich. A nuclear mishap. A forgotten people. A devastating wildfire. A missing hippopotamus. Northern Alberta coroner Kyle Miller-Hanson unearths life’s mysteries in this short story collection about relationships, loss, and the sometimes otherworldly beauty of grieving.
Bitter Waters
She’s the only female scholar at the Sura rabbinic academy—and the only person who can catch a killer.
When a kitchen maid is found dead in the academy infirmary, Lior Ben Yochai’s apothecary brother is accused of the girl’s murder. Lior is convinced of Caleb’s innocence, but seventh-century Persian politics and cultural expectations make it difficult for the quick-witted young scholar to uncover the truth.