"The Prescott Journals"
In the late eighties and early nineties, the small town of Prescott, Ontario, was stunned by claims of unspeakable crimes. The Prescott Journals is a fictional tale loosely based on actual events.
Sarah Berman, a struggling Toronto journalist is thrust into the alleged seedy underworld of her old hometown. Hoping to score a big story, she heads to the town she had never intended to revisit.
The novel is interlaced with tangled threads of haunting nightmares, racist imprints, hidden journals, horrific crimes, and Holocaust echoes, all of which the author doggedly untangles, then deftly weaves into a captivating wrap.
Sarah Berman, a struggling Toronto journalist is thrust into the alleged seedy underworld of her old hometown. Hoping to score a big story, she heads to the town she had never intended to revisit.
The novel is interlaced with tangled threads of haunting nightmares, racist imprints, hidden journals, horrific crimes, and Holocaust echoes, all of which the author doggedly untangles, then deftly weaves into a captivating wrap.
"I Say My Name"
A BITTER, ICY COLD NIGHT...
Mystery writer Michael Coleman, parks at a seedy donut shop on a bitter-sleety night. He enters, grabs a coffee, sits, and opens his laptop.
He notices a waif-like little girl sitting all alone and shivering. He sends over a hot chocolate and donut, takes a washroom break, then leaves.
He arrives home to discover the crouching child hiding in the back of his car.
The mystery builds as Michael and his wife, Claire, begin a covert investigation that leads to a shocking and gritty underworld of child abductions, human trafficking, and murder.
He notices a waif-like little girl sitting all alone and shivering. He sends over a hot chocolate and donut, takes a washroom break, then leaves.
He arrives home to discover the crouching child hiding in the back of his car.
The mystery builds as Michael and his wife, Claire, begin a covert investigation that leads to a shocking and gritty underworld of child abductions, human trafficking, and murder.
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"The Water Buffalo That Shed Her Girdle"
Rachel Morganstein forages through her library of muddled thoughts to try and find some semblance of sanity in the odd turn her life has taken. She has just discovered that her youngest child, Aaron, is about to get married and she has not been invited. In the twenty-two years of living at home with his mother and siblings, it was never apparent that such a volcanic reaction was brewing in Aaron's mind or heart. But, at twenty-three, hell erupted and Rachel was dubbed Satan.
While pondering the depth of her son's rejection, Rachel begins to scrutinize her own childhood memories in the hope of finding a clue as to what could cause such vitriol to surface after so many years. The tumultuous train wreck of Rachel's life steams down the track carrying us through tunnels of dry wit, untapped sadness and sanguine arrivals.
This Water Buffalo has indeed stepped away from the herd while searching for an oasis.
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"The Strange Spectrum of Mysterious Mishaps aka Curious Colour"
My next writing adventure dives into the domain of “The Strange Spectrum of Mysterious Mishaps aka Curious Colour.” A collection of short stories about the curious or deadly consequences of actions triggered by unsavoury characters.
I’ve detected that creatures of questionable character can often radiate an odious hue...hence the sub-title... “Curious Colour.”
Within the bitter seeds of forbidding plots lies humour that’s been carefully planted so you can comfortably wander into a garden of mysterious tales, ripe and ready for plucking.
"Canadian Voices Volume One"
Canadian Voices is a powerful and moving collection of stories that stretch across the boundaries of age, skin colour, language, ethnicity, and religion to give voice to their lives and experiences as told by some of our finest Canadian writers, including Ms. Stern.
"Canadian Imprints Volume III"
A collection of stories that reflect the Canadian Mosaic of Cultures. Stories that conjure up a kaleidoscope of human experiences are eloquently captured in this anthology. Ms. Stern was proud to be invited and included in this anthology.