Short stories
In the Shadow of Crows
- Publisher
- Baraka Books
- Published
- May 27, 2024
- Pages
- 100
- Price
- $19.95
- ISBN
- 9781771863476
- Language
- English
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The team behind the book
- Cover
- Alex Colville
Connected via the fictional town of St Anne’s, a community along Nova Scotia’s western shore, each story takes its title from the children’s rhyme Counting Crows.
One for sorrow, two for joy,
three for a message, four for a boy,
five for silver, six for gold,
seven for a secret never to be told.
Within each tale an individual (often from the same family, always from the same town) will note the number of crows in their midst and recall the poem as it relates to the prophecy and the story at hand. Between the last century and the current one, the characters (for the most part, women) walk a shifting landscape carved out by war, poverty, and patriarchal expectations. Beneath the gaze of a small town and these intelligent birds whose memories are unforgiving, we are as close as a heartbeat to the souls upon these pages.
Description from the publisher Baraka Books, seen in October 2026 · Source ↗
From Baraka Books
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Missy Whynaught Elizabeth Ball
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It’s All Coming Back to Me Now Jean-Michel Fortier
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Fragile Like a Bomb Catherine Fred Lavarenne
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The Guilt Trippers Philippe Mineau
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Northern Girls Michelle Willms
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Between the Island and the Turtle Karine Rosso
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All Kidding Aside Jean-Christophe Réhel
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Dobryd Ann Charney
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Tunes for Dancing Bears Irena Karafilly
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Eyes Have Seen Fred Anderson
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Saints Rest Luke Francis Beirne
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My Thievery of the People Leila Marshy
