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  “Now what?” Tony asked, looking at the lake. Partway down, he could see the peninsula where his tent stood. “It’s getting late, he noted.”

  “There’s a dead bear close to the tent,” Connie noted.

  “We’d have to paddle the south channel in the dark.”

  “There’s no tent or sleeping bag for Phil.”

  Tony sighed. “Let’s get as far as we can while it’s light.” He leaned a little harder on the paddle.

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  Lenny Everson lives in Kitchener, Ontario, and can be reached at [email protected]

  List of Completed Works by Lenny Everson

  Novels

  Murder On a Small, Dark Lake. 67,700 words. Our hero snags a body in a remote lake.

  Death on a Rocky Little Island 71,500 words. Our hero convinces a friend to take a canoeing trip to the 30,000 islands.

  Mount Moriah 50,000 words. A strange sequence events involves a priest, a poet, a CSIS agent, a space alien, four horny teens, among others.

  Dark Lake 45,000 words. A dying writer goes back into the bush to off himself. Grimly literary.

  Novelettes

  Granite and Dry Blood. 9,700 words. Our hero wants to write a book on Massassauga Park. Various people would prefer that he didn’t.

  Murder on a Foggy Spring Portage. 11,800 words. One member of a paddling group is found dead on a muddy portage.

  Screenplays

  Murder on a Foggy Spring Portage. One member of a paddling group is found dead on a muddy portage.

  Plays

  Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont. Ghosts of the two Métis leaders meet in today’s world to remember their lives. A short (20-minute) play for two actors.

  Full-Length Poetry Books

  The Minor Odyssey of Lollie Heronfeathers Singer. A middle-aged woman tries to connect with her aboriginal ancestry.

  In The Tavern of Lost Souls. Four poets meet at a grungy bar once a month to give their poetic answers to random questions.

  Love in a Canoe. A set of five chapbooks about the love of canoeing. With illustrations.

  Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont are Dead. Ghosts of the two Métis leaders meet in today’s world to remember their lives. Includes the play.

  Poetry Chapbooks

  Encounter. Autumn. Midnight. Poet visits a small, old private graveyard.

  Fire and Ashes. Poems about life’s flames and regrets.

  The Empty Tarmac of a Long-Abandoned Airport. Poems about having a midlife crisis.

  Love Poems A compilation

  Pray for Me: 22 Poems Probably Slandering God and Jesus

  Gone Fishing: Poems from a fisherman

  Twimericks: Volume I. 60 limericks small enough to be tweets

  Co-Authored Poetry Chapbooks

  Who Would Be a God? Susan Ioannou and Lenny debate the merits of being a god.

  How to Dance Naked in the Moonlight. Katherine L. Gordon (Celtic pagan) and Lenny (skeptic) confront the ceremony.

  Cats and Dogs. With I. B. Iskov

  For Ko Aye Aung: A Plea for His Release from Prison. For Amnesty International, with other poets.

  Non-Fiction Chapbooks

  If You Condemn Gays: The Bible on Homosexuality and Other Items.

  The Architecture of Suburban West Kitchener. A light look at house styles.

  The Architecture of The University of Waterloo. A light look at the campus buildings.

  Making Tourist Attractions for Towns and Small Cities. Advice.

  Technological Solutions to Global Warming.

  Hyphens: A Guide for the Early Twenty-First Century.

  How to Review Draft Technical Writings

  Rebecca’s Trail (Grand River Trail) in Winter

  The legend of the lost temples to Bill Gates: a modern mystery