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"The Cobra and the Key is a funny and charming satire of writing advice and the people who give it." —The Paris ReviewSam Shelstad's brilliantly funny, slightly unhinged creative writing guide is How Fiction Works by James Wood meets Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov.To the untrained eye, Sam Shelstad may look a lot like a Value Village cashier who shares an apartment with his Uncle Herman and has ju. ... Read more

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Winner of the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards’ George Bugnet Award for FictionShortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award for FictionA Casual Optimist Book Cover of NoteAn exciting debut novel told in connected short stories that captures the diverse and complicated networks of people who stretch our communities—sometimes farther than we know.Set in the cities, reserves, and rural reaches of Alberta, Katie
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