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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

Short Peaks

33 Brief Mountain Tales

by (author) Jerry Auld

Publisher
Imaginary Mountain Surveyors
Initial publish date
Mar 2013
Category
Short Stories (single author)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780991807604
    Publish Date
    Mar 2013
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

33 brief mountain tales - from angels on summits to ghosts on ledges, from madmen on diamox to malevolent gurus on mountain tops - these intertwined and very short peeks at the mountains tell tales from the past, present, and future.

About the author

Jerry Auld’s short stories have been published in the Alpinist and in the Canadian Alpine Journal. He is a graduate of the University of Calgary and an alumnus of the Banff Writing Studio, where he worked under the direction of Michael Helm and Paul Quarrington. At the 2005 Banff Mountain Film Festival, Jerry was the co-recipient of the 2005 People’s Choice Award for the independent film Sister Extreme. Jerry’s knowledge of the mountains comes from full-time work on the trail crew for Kananaskis Country in the Alberta Rockies, as well as at the Banff Centre, Parks Canada, and the Banff Lodging Company. He is currently a self-employed consultant in website development and programming. Hooker & Brown is his first novel.

 

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Banff Mountain Book Festival Fiction Award

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