Dawn Kostelnik: 77 books

Fasten your seatbelts, this storey jumps time and space and content, you are smart people you will figure it out. Bored was a word that I don’t recall using as a child or hearing other kids use either. My grandfather stated, “Idle persons had weak minds.” “If you had nothing to do...

We will be moving yet again. This move will take us to the Arctic Ocean and into the domain of the “Eaters of Raw Meat.” Coppermine which is now called Kugluktuk, is located on the Coronation Gulf, this is part of the Northwest Passage. Kugluktuk means the Place of the Moving Waters. Coppermine...

Alexi is dead! What do you mean Alexi is dead? He was here this morning, I just saw him he can’t be dead. No, those guys were out in the river and he fell overboard. That river took him, he’s dead, he’s gone. It can’t be. Alexi works with my dad, he is a terrible tease. He sings stanzas of...

My first conscious perception of North and South came years ago at Marsh Lake. I was visiting my friend Verna at the time. Her father Charlie Taylor asked me when I had moved “North” to Whitehorse. I remember considering that perception, I had not prior to this question. I replied.” this is...

Lying on the wind swept beach, a giant bank of snow has started to soften and reveal the outlines of a brooding hulk. A curve of ribs is displayed against the skyline. A dark splash begins to show on the rib line as the sun finds it attractive against the vast whiteness, the sun concentrates its warmth...

The Captain is asleep with his good hearing ear in the pillow…I can feel the weight of it as it as it gets closer, roaring like an old Whitepass steam engine determined to run us down. The Audrey Eleanor is pulsating with the sound… It has been a handful of years since the magnificent,...

Intrusion, invasion, attack and violation. Under the cover of darkness they creep over the gunnels and crawl into the bowels of The Audrey Eleanor. It is apparent that they have settled in and been onboard for possibly months. Access was gained on the aft deck, sneaking into holes that were gnawed...