A mother confronts an old Scottish myth in a desperate attempt to keep her son. A father realises the ghastly implications of his daughter’s all powerful love for him. A teenage girl outgrows her idolized brother after a road trip goes awry. Two brothers war against the backdrop of a divided America, with bitter consequences. A lonely woman discovers the treachery within her relationships after a shocking incident of violence. A grieving widow glimpses hope in the supernaturally dark waters of a childhood lake. Each must face losing what they hold most dear as they explore the eternal question: what is left after love is gone?

Darci Bysouth was raised in the ranchlands of British Columbia, and studied literature at the University of British Columbia and creative writing at the University of Edinburgh. She has been an artist, a naturalist, and a rather tuneless pianist, and has regularly imposed these gifts upon her students during her many years as a teacher. Above all, she is a lifelong reader and writer. Her stories have appeared in The Antigonish Review, The Bridport Prize Anthology, New Writing Scotland, The Bristol Prize Anthology and The Cutthroat Journal of the Arts.

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