Qedipus at ColonnusSome say originality in fiction is no longer possible.  When did this happen?  When did we exhaust the creative potential of humanity to tell new stories? Did originality begin and end with the ancients, and has everything …

This afternoon I had the opportunity for a metaphysical interview with Doug Ford, Toronto city councillor and brother to the mayor, Rob Ford. You’ve probably heard of Rob Ford: his pro-taxpayer, anti-downtown-fatcat policies have been featured in news media all over the world, and Youtube is full of amateur videos of his impromptu political…

I’d hoped to make it back to Ukraine for another metaphysical interview for a while now, but with my work schedule it just hasn’t been possible. It takes time, you know, speculating about a transatlantic flight. Finally, while doing laundry this afternoon I managed to get back to Kramatorsk, in the self-declared sovereign state…

This is my first blog post and it may also be my last.  I am plagued with the question, “Why blog?” It seems to me a self-indulgent and also somewhat pointless endeavor.  Do I really need to add my voice to the millions already shouting …

Beverley McLachlin cleared her throat. She’d been teaching junior high for thirty years, long enough that she’d started thinking of things in self-coined aphorisms. There are all sorts of troublemakers, went one of them, but the smart ones are the worst. That definitely applied here. “Stephen,” she said sharply, and tapped her foot until…