Elise Levine Knihy

Exploring the complexities of grief and risk-addiction, this dystopian psychological tale follows a woman's harrowing journey as she navigates her emotional turmoil. The narrative delves into her mind, revealing the surreal and often unsettling experiences that accompany her descent, ultimately challenging the boundaries of reality and perception. Through vivid imagery and intense psychological exploration, the story captures the profound impact of loss and the lengths one might go to escape pain.

Set against the backdrop of Toronto's vibrant urban landscape, the story explores the complexities of an unconventional family bound by love and regret. Key characters include Walker, a rugged horse dealer; Mimi, his fading lounge-singer girlfriend; Joy, his sister who works at a golf club; and Tanis, Joy's rebellious teenage daughter. As tensions rise and relationships fray, a tragic event forces them to confront their struggles and desires. With a mix of grit, humor, and emotional depth, the narrative delves into the challenges of finding one's place in a fractured family.

Fast-paced, character-driven, fabulist narratives mine our shifting allegiances to identities shaped by belief, geography, and love.

It's a cold spring in Baltimore, 2018, when the email arrives: the celebrity journalist hopes Eva will tell him everything about the sexual affair she had as a teen with her older cousin, a man now in federal prison for murder. Thirteen years earlier, Lenore-May answers the phone to the nightmare news that her stepson's body has been found near Mount Hood, and homicide is suspected. Following Eva's unsettling ambivalence towards her confusing relationship, and constructing a portrait of her cousin's victim via collaged perspectives of the slain man's family, these two linked novellas borrow, interrogate, sometimes dismantle the tropes of true crime; lyrically render the experiences of grief and dissociation; and brilliantly mine the fault lines of power and consent, silence, justice, accountability, and class. Say This is a startling exploration of the devastating effects of trauma on personal identity.