ECW Press

Paranoia, pills, and torrent after torrent of glorious porn. A marriage devoid of both sex and emotion. A broken hand, a perpetually surreal home reno, a dying dog.For Jules, a successful professional with a wife and kids, all of this would be manageable if it wasnt for Charlie. Because fifteen-year-old girls, dear reader, are something...

A Heartwarming Tale of One Dog's GiftPhoebe's Way is the story of a Saint John Ambulance therapy dog whose unsentimental lessons on ageing propel this powerful work of fiction from author Pamela Ditchoff. Phoebe's cross is carried throughout the rooms of Mersey House, a nursing home in Safe Harbour, Nova Scotia. Each chapter...

Ronnie, a hairdresser with a history of recklessness, feels stifled by the predictable, comfortable life laid out before her with her live-in boyfriend. Charlie is an anxiety-ridden award-winning writer, burdened by his literary success and familial responsibility, including a bread-winning wife and a child with autism. When the unlikely pair...

Joe, a 35-year-old advertising copywriter for a slick New York company, feels disillusioned with his life. Soon he starts dreaming of a mysterious man and, not long after, begins seeing him on the street and hearing his voice. The voice overwhelms Joe and he starts to listen to it, camping out on the front steps of his stoop, waiting for...

a novelA great love comes with bellsFlip is an unemployed writer with a heart of gold and limited social skills hes also very much in love. And you? Youre invited to witness the carnage .Its a story were all familiar with: just as the right girl finally comes along, Flips leg is broken, his roommate has gone nuts, and his fathers threatening...

Shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction, 2011 By having Normie tell the story, Arthur Ellis Awardwinning Emery allows readers to walk beside the girl as she deals with her second sight, the abuse of other children, and the anguish she feels when the peace of her home life is threatened. Not since Robert K. Tannenbaum's Lucy...