Ferryboat Ride is a child's eye view, crystallized in a sequence of colourful miniature poems. The exhilirating movement of the boat through this unparalled wrold of islands and lighthouses, seagulls and whales, tugboats and barges, ferries and docks...
A companion to the bestselling Ferryboat Ride, this book of evocative children's poetry about the experience of taking a ride on one of BC's ferries offers children the opportunity to colour Greta Guzek's fabulous coastal landscapes. Ages 5 and up....
All humanity is so accustomed to the passage of time that no one can fathom it coming to a stop. This is the case when a man, whose long day has fatigued him greatly, returns home only to find that his clocks have all stopped at seven. Strange, he be...
Lost love and the feelings of remorseful memories haunt human existence. One lone man, his heart as heavy as the scene surrounding him, finds himself alone in a cemetery with only the harsh memories of his pervious life standing before him like the c...
When a man, sickened by the Swine Flu, is sequestered in his bedroom, he has ample time to pass in staring out the window. One particular day, he sees in his yard below two boys staring up at him. He blinks, and they are gone. Were they present, or h...
A dense fog can hide and conceal so many scenes; it can even obscure the mind into believing the images seen are not what they appear. For a youth attempting to impress his friends, a foggy road sets the scene for a tumultuous night of pain, fear and...
Everyone's welcome
At the Seaweed Cafe,
Where seaweed tea
Is served all day...
If you've ever played restaurant, made mud pies or hosted an imaginary tea party, you'll welcome an invitation to the The Seaweed Cafe for an evening ...
When a lone man, whose drinking binge keeps him late at the bar, happens past a cemetery, he meets someone who says he is expecting Death to arrive. The man decides to wait with his new companion to see if the mythical figure actually comes, though h...
To sketch Vancouver
From dawn until dark.
From Spanish Banks
To Stanley Park
As young artist Marina explores Vancouver from dawn to dusk, she records her impressions in her sketchbook. From Stanley Park to Granville Island, from ...
A young hiker is out one day and ventures upon the old Witch's house nestled in the darkest part of the forest. She is dead, but the house seems to call to the young man, who brazenly enters. Once inside, he finds an old book and begins reading as th...
The ringing of the phone alarmed the sleeping man, and the frantic voice of his daughter sent chills through him as he learned the unthinkable: her mommy was trying to find her and kill her. After racing to his daughter's house, he sets out to carefu...
A young man is summoned to a remote location by his lover for a midnight rendezvous, but he harbors doubt that she will meet him and soothe his tortured and embattled heart. As the hours of darkness draws on, he loses faith and turns to drinking, onl...