In this remarkably extravagant collection, the author of Ruin of Feathers takes on settings ranging from the Prairies to the north woods to the city (and characters ranging from humans to subhumans to wild animals), to cast sometimes a tender and at other times a grimly or wildly humourous - and always intensely original - eye at the vicissitudes of life in Canada. From magic realism to gothic to satire, Lundin displays a broad and evocative range of style.

Of Ruin of Feathers:

"... original and intense debut collection." - Books in Canada

"There's that rare air of authenticity ... Lundin unveils a mythos that is as much Canadian as it is Central American. This book intorduces a strong new writer to Canada's literary cimmunity." - Clarke Blaise

"These finely crafted stories mark an impressive debut from an original and talented writer." - Jack Hodgins

Steve Lundin grew up playing goal in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the author of two short story collections, A Ruin of Feathers and Revolvo and Other Canadian Tales, and the novel This River Awakens, and is a past winner of the Three-Day Novel Contest (Stolen Voices, Anvil Press). After a brief stint in England, where he earned international acclaim for his Malazan Book of the Fallen series under the name Steven Erikson, he returned to his hometown with his wife and son to launch the novel When She's Gone. They now reside in Victoria, BC.

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