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TOWING THE LINE

TOWING THE LINE
TOWING THE LINE

TOWING THE LINE

by: STÉPHANE C. ROY

A census worker documents a lakeside camp and watches a torch-fisher draw something from the dark. When the line claims a life, she faces a place whose name, and memory, will not be contained.

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A census worker documents a lakeside camp and watches a torch-fisher draw something from the dark. When the line claims a life, she faces a place whose name, and memory, will not be contained.

Reader's Review:

A measured, clinical encounter-story that builds terror through what the line transmits rather than what the eye sees, anchored by a genuinely respectful handling of Cree place-names and a final image of a name written in full with space left beneath it. However, the fisherman stays too opaque and the middle's torch-fishing explanation leans slightly didactic.

Author Details:

STÉPHANE C. ROY

Stéphane Roy is a lifelong reader and writer with a deep love for science fiction, apocalyptic worlds, and tightly constructed mysteries. This is his first novel. He lives in the Yukon with his dog and his aquarium, where long winters, silence, and wide, sometimes glowing, skies leave plenty of room for imagining the end of the world, and what might come after it. He is also waiting, with cautious optimism, for the aliens to finally reveal themselves and straighten us all out.

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THE LONG-TAILED BEAST

THE LONG-TAILED BEAST

COLE’S GIRL

COLE’S GIRL

COLE’S POND

COLE’S POND

COLE’S FEAR

COLE’S FEAR

THE RIDE

THE RIDE

PIE IN THE SKY

PIE IN THE SKY

THE DATE

THE DATE

ANTIBIOTIC ITERATION

ANTIBIOTIC ITERATION

NIGHT OF THE LIVING TOES

NIGHT OF THE LIVING TOES

THE WALLED CITY

THE WALLED CITY

THE TREK

THE TREK

DISCOLOURATION

DISCOLOURATION

THE NETWORK

THE NETWORK

OGOPOGO/N’HA-A-ITK

OGOPOGO/N’HA-A-ITK

MOKSGM’OL

MOKSGM’OL

HAIDA GWAII

HAIDA GWAII

THE NURSE

THE NURSE

THE BRIDGE

THE BRIDGE

RED

RED

THE HILL

THE HILL

THE FLESHING

THE FLESHING

THE DAM BUILDERS

THE DAM BUILDERS

VICTORIA-BY-THE-SEA

VICTORIA-BY-THE-SEA

THE SPUD

THE SPUD

THE FAMINE

THE FAMINE

THE QALUPALIK

THE QALUPALIK

THE KINGZ DAUGHTERS

THE KINGZ DAUGHTERS

TIRED

TIRED

SAINTE-ANNE

SAINTE-ANNE

THE SILENCE

THE SILENCE

THE BORE

THE BORE

ULRIC THE GREAT

ULRIC THE GREAT

CRITICAL WEATHER REPORT

CRITICAL WEATHER REPORT

THE SEWER

THE SEWER

THE CARRIONS

THE CARRIONS

JOB HUNTING

JOB HUNTING

CORNY

CORNY

THE APOTHECARY

THE APOTHECARY

SOPH

SOPH

THE WHALE

THE WHALE

TUCKER

TUCKER

SANDRINE’S CROSSING

SANDRINE’S CROSSING

IJIRAIT: TOO FAR NORTH

IJIRAIT: TOO FAR NORTH

SUNLESS CITY

SUNLESS CITY

THE EXPECTED

THE EXPECTED

FLIN FLON’S HOLE

FLIN FLON’S HOLE

THE SAHTUGOT

THE SAHTUGOT

ADLIVUN

ADLIVUN

MEAT COVE

MEAT COVE

TRIOXIDE

TRIOXIDE

COBB

COBB

NOMI

NOMI

CLARENCE

CLARENCE

THE STILLNESS

THE STILLNESS

REGINA: QUEEN CITY

REGINA: QUEEN CITY

THE LEGACY

THE LEGACY

SPECIAL DELIVERY

SPECIAL DELIVERY

RIBS – A TALE OF THE LAST DAYS

RIBS – A TALE OF THE LAST DAYS

THE HUNGER

THE HUNGER

THE WOLF

THE WOLF

THE VALLEY

THE VALLEY

BERNA

BERNA

THE SECRET

THE SECRET

THE COLONEL

THE COLONEL

ZONING WARS

ZONING WARS

THANKSGIVING APPERCEPTION

THANKSGIVING APPERCEPTION

THE PEN PUSHERS

THE PEN PUSHERS

THE LULLABY

THE LULLABY

THE CARVER & THE STONE

THE CARVER & THE STONE

HEADING WEST

HEADING WEST

RENÉE FROM THE SUMP

RENÉE FROM THE SUMP

THE PENGUINS

THE PENGUINS

THE SUB

THE SUB

OSMIUM

OSMIUM

THE TOE

THE TOE

THE DELIVERY

THE DELIVERY

THE BUNKER

THE BUNKER

SHALLOW GRAVE

SHALLOW GRAVE

THE CHEMIST

THE CHEMIST

THE MISSION

THE MISSION

ENGORGED

ENGORGED

FUNGI

FUNGI

A MARI USQUE AD MARE COMPILATION IV

A MARI USQUE AD MARE COMPILATION IV

TALES OF THE LAST DAYS VOLUME I

TALES OF THE LAST DAYS VOLUME I

THE FINAL QUARTET

THE FINAL QUARTET

LAST PROTOCOL

LAST PROTOCOL

A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear Canada

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stéphane Roy is a lifelong reader and writer with a deep love for science fiction, apocalyptic worlds, and tightly constructed mysteries. This is his first novel. He lives in the Yukon with his dog and his aquarium, where long winters, silence, and wide, sometimes glowing, skies leave plenty of room for imagining the end of the world, and what might come after it. He is also waiting, with cautious optimism, for the aliens to finally reveal themselves and straighten us all out.

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