Riel dead
Twenty policemen stood guard in the chilly morning under a clear sky. Their ghostly breath was visible as they waited for the prisoner to ascend…
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To the cat cave
I am lucky to have a friend who walks along the banks of the Seine River. One year ago, he took me to see one of…
A bug in your belly
For the average Canadian, cold-blooded crawly creatures may be feared or revered. If you fall into the “I barf at the thought of eating spiders…
Under the fur and skin
The scent of meat is great, when the meat is cold or cooked. When the flesh is warm and raw I experience a heady high,…
Wooden expressions
There’s a different kind of scary – a fearsome that comes not in the frightful facts of a moment, but through turning our gaze into…
Fright at the Fort
Close to two decades have passed since the last time I went to Lower Fort Garry. I definitely remember having an awkward mushroom cut and…
Uneasy Winnipeg
Have horror in mind? Here are some locally shot films and television shows, and novels by local authors to pick up in time for Halloween….
Teeming with life, history
Just over the creek is where it all began roughly 135 years ago. Standing over a sea of some 11,000 chalky white clonal tombstones in…
Lit up
It may be impossible to positively establish a statistically significant link between drinking and producing great writing. However, a sizable enough sample of what many…
Spectacularly Sober
I’ll be 22 years old in November, and I don’t drink. No, I’m not allergic, religious, a recovering alcoholic, or traumatized by some event from…