Cathee with two e鈥檚 finds herself under a tree. Something ancient, West Coast, Herculean, heavy. She is pinned. Minutes ago, she was not. Minutes ago, she was picking blueberries, picking up after her dog, brushing needles from her boots and searching for pitch. Where鈥檚 Barney? His red leash is not in her hand, but she鈥檚 sure she can hear him. His panting and jingling. His circling. His loyalty. Was it lightning? She can鈥檛 smell it, the forest on fire. Smoke doesn鈥檛 sting her eyes. What is it she鈥檚 lying on?
Bio:
Ali Bryan is an award-winning novelist and creative nonfiction writer who explores the what-ifs, the WTFs, and the wait-a-minutes of every day. Her first novel, Roost, won the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and was the official selection of One Book Nova Scotia. Her second novel, The Figgs, was a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Her debut Young Adult novel, The Hill, has just been released. She lives in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies.