Heather Douglass: 6 books

Auntie Beryl is a career optimist, unable to see the bad side of anything or anyone. But can she keep her cool in the hot place no one likes to talk about?

Speculative/magical realism short fiction - single story

There is a spaceship that appears to be abducting itself a crew from different planets. Some will fear it, some try to explain it. David Travis tries to escape, and gets free more than once. Yet each time, life on Earth gets trickier (and shorter). Eventually it's clear this job offer can't...

Three hours on a bus from Moose Jaw to Swift Current -- crossing terrain that used to be the bottom of an ocean, now long dried out. Arny worries the best friend she puts on that coach is in danger of losing vitality, and comes up with a strange remedy.

The things women do ....If a body is meant to be noticed, why does there need to be less of it? Pandora goes about things the usual way--fills her fridge with nothing but 'good' foods. Or so she thinks.

Two couples meet for their regular Monopoly night, but because they don't all play the same game, it's hard to be sure who has won. The third short story in a series.