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The Unspooling of Mrs. Devlin
âWithout hope, a dream is a wretched curse that only fools endeavor.â  Mrs. Devlinâs son, Roderick, is expelled from the parishâs only school, one run by a deliciously wicked Mother Superior.Mrs. Devlin sees his re-admission as both his ticket out of the inevitable village tedium and as proof that she is worthy ofâ¦something, finally.Sheâll stop at nothing to see him schooled, quickly realizing sex and subversion are tools not only the Church can wield with knife-edge precision. âRory dâEon writes a sensual tale of a motherâs boundless ambition. His lyrical prose captivates as well as compels.â Sylvia McNicoll, author of Last Chance for Paris
Réal
...if God wasn't who you thought He was... In the quest to keep the fabric of the village from unraveling, Réal, keeper of the most sought after secrets, battles divine and secular forces that conspire to bend him to their needs. Worse, the revelation of his true identity, the most shocking secret of all, renders him powerless. The resulting chaos redefines the tenets of love and fidelity, guilt and grief, religion and faith. And God.
Cold Comes Through
Life is about loss. In the end, we all die. Yet we may face illness and reduced capacity, expected and unexpected, with fear or courage, faith or despair. These poems are about that experience. They include love and hope woven by human beings, against the darker background of inevitability. There is some escapism in these pages also, and a couple of funny bits as well. The untimely death of my father was the inspiration for more than one of these poems. Sometimes funerals seem to come in flocks, with a new loss every few weeks. Sometimes a chance remark will bring back an image, a laugh, a ghost. I have captured some of that in this volume.You will find cinquains, mirrors, rhymed stanzas, a rondeau, one prose poem, and blank verse. You will find deliberate ambiguity and harsh accuracy. Some poems are easily accessible, and others may benefit from a second reading. Some are literal and some figurative.You'll figure all this out. These poems were written for us, that is, for you
Behind the Lime Kilns
This collection is about relationships. Some are underway, some are non-starters, some are going bad, some are going well. Some are trying to get started, and some are being sorted out. Some are in serious trouble. Most relationships are better than the one captured in the title piece. These poems are told from various points of view, depending on the situation involved. There are rhymed verses, rhymed irregular, blank verse, cinquains, multiple cinquains, a haiku, three mirrors, a rondeau, and an aptly named villanelle. Some comic relief pieces are included. As always, ambiguity may be present, and it is deliberate. Some poems may benefit from extra readings. You'll figure all this out. These poems were written for human beings living in today's world, that is, for us, and thus for you.
Retirement Clock: Poems 5
What would happen if the clock ran backward? This is a volume of other times, of the cold war, of bomb shelters and nuclear submarines, of Formula One races at Watkins Glen. Sad and scary events in the United States, and a couple of Canadian tragedies too. Poetry is about experience. It has the power to deliver experience to you. Retirement Clock explores retirement, the past, and regret for the passing of time. If you are approaching or of retirement age, these poems will speak directly to you. If you have a friend or relative in that situation, it will help you gather a clearer idea of what they are going through. Retirement Clock includes 54 somewhat longer poems, including free verse, cinquains, multiple cinquains, rondeaux, rhymed verse, one lyric, one mirror, and a compound poem-chosen around a theme. As always, ambiguity may be present. You're encouraged to explore the multiple meanings. You'll figure this out, as these poems were written for you.
Crush. Candy. Corpse.
Last year, Sunny served forty hours volunteer time on an Alzheimer's ward, where she developed a crush on Cole, another volunteer. Now she is on trial for manslaughter.
Fortress: Poems 6
This book is about challenges. How do we handle loneliness, lust, desire, failure, and despair? How do we handle a lifelong sense of worthlessness? How do we handle admitting we needed to be rescued? Who am I? Am I in this book? You will recognize yourself, and learn about others' challenges, mixed in with fun reads, wordplay, and other comic relief. This book is not pornographic, but it is not for young children.
The Scroll of the Violin: Poems 4
Poetry is about experience. What it means to be alive and mortal is explored here. These poems cover a range of philosophy, religion, belief and unbelief: religious poems, atheist poems, questioning poems, and answering ones. There is trial, failure, success, relationships, and joy in this volume of 69 poems. There are mirrors, sonnets, rondeaux, some rhymed irregular, one haiku, and blank verse. The title poem was a satisfying one to write; I had tried this concept in other ways before. As for religion, I am convinced that there is deep value in all beliefs. Perhaps in some sense every religion is true. Or, to slightly misquote Richard Dawkins, if there is a God out there, it could be a lot bigger and more complicated than what's in an easily stated religious description. As always, ambiguity may be present and it is deliberate. Some poems will benefit from second and third readings. You'll figure this out, as these poems were written for us, and that includes you.
Swimming in the Dark
In this first book, Ross Belor invokes four essential elements: the vastness of the Canadian landscape, the natural world, longing for another and the religious. These elements are used to develop an arc through the five sections of the book that focuses on the theme of self exploration.
Body Swap
2019 Hamilton Literary Award for Fiction — Winner A fatal collision — who’s to blame? Two bodies, two souls switch in search of justice. When fifteen-year-old Hallie gets knocked flying by a Hurricane SUV, her life ends without her ever having kissed a boy. At an otherworldly carnival, she meets and argues with the eighty-two-year-old driver, Susan. Both return to life, only with one catch — they’ve swapped bodies. Now Hallie has wrinkled skin and achy joints while Susan deals with a forehead zit and a crush on a guy who’s a player. Hallie faces a life in a long-term care residence. Susan gets picked up for shoplifting. As they struggle with technology, medications, and each other’s fashion foibles, they start to understand and maybe even like each other. But can they work together to prove that a defect in the Hurricane caused the deadly crash? Or will their time run out?
