Random Acts Of Vandalism

Fiction

When seen from the suburbs, the city of Vancouver appears almost parallel with the clouds tethered to the surrounding mountains. Full of white, like crack smoke straight from the pipe, they're pearly, creamy, with a hint of grey along the edges, a sign of pending precipitation. Carrying temporarily, ready to burst, they eventually self-crack like egg whites and disgorge themselves over the hills, down the streets, into the gutters and finally the Pacific Ocean's deep blue abyss. . . .

A rookie novelist faces infamy and fortune when a young boy mimics the suicidal protagonist in his book. After close to five years covering trials, a court reporter suddenly finds his life entangled with the outcome of a manslaughter case. A fourth-year English major and rugby star wrestles with a growing disdain for academia as his mother succumbs to cancer. And rocked by the death of his best friend, a high school student stumbles into apathy and addiction while trying to enter the real world. Four stories. Four lives. One path. One end.

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