Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories
Richard Van Camp
4.13 · 8 ratings · Published: 05 Apr 2019
While this is Van Camp’s most hilarious short story collection, it’s also haunted by the lurking presence of the Wheetago, human-devouring monsters of legend that have returned due to global warming and the greed of humanity. The stories in Moccasin Square Gardens show that medicine power always comes with a price.
To counteract this darkness, Van Camp weaves a funny and loving portrayal of the Tłı̨chǫ Dene and other communities of the North, drawing from oral history techniques to perfectly capture the character and texture of everyday small-town life. “Moccasin Square Gardens” is the nickname of a dance hall in the town of Fort Smith that serves as a meeting place for a small but diverse community. In the same way, the collection functions as a meeting place for an assortment of characters, from shamans and time-travelling goddess warriors to pop-culture-obsessed pencil pushers, to con artists, archivists and men who just need to grow up, all seeking some form of connection.
- sc-fi 4
- horror 3
- funny 3
- indigenous mc 2
- protagonists of colour 2
- colonization 1
- lgbtq+ 1
- literary fiction 1
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- format - reader age
- anthology 2
- adult fiction 1