A Canadian Literary Journal
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For Sale: Heritage Home on Lakefront Property
by M.W. Irving
It’s a gravelly ten-minute walk from my parents’ place to the lake, with plenty of weeds, loose rocks, and thorny vines to trip on. A childhood spent walking along that path had resulted in countless scabby knees and hot tears. It’s a particularly awful trek at four o’clock in the morning, sleep-soaked and fretting in the dark. The relief when I spot Dad standing at the water’s edge is almost worth the torment. He’s a pale slash against the dark bush that lines the shore. I fish my phone from my jeans and text Mom that I’ve found him. She gets back to me right away.
Of course he’s at the bloody lake.
I tuck that conversation into my jacket pocket for later. The air’s damp chill is familiar and invigorating. I’d rather be asleep than invigorated. Dad’s insipid calves jut from […]
