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To mark Goose Lane Editionss 60th anniversary, the editors at Goose Lane selected six tiny perfect stories for your reading pleasure. Authored by some of Canadas finest writers, they come from the sweep of Goose Lanes publishing history. Each story is part of this collection or they may be purchased individually in eBook singles. Heres what you can expect to find in this sexagenarian sextet: ALDEN NOWLANs A Boys Life of Napoleon, a brilliant piece of short fiction adapted from Nowlans first novel, The Wanton Troopers, written in 1960, but published posthumously in 1988. The beguiling Woman Gored by Bison Lives from DOUGLAS GLOVERs 1991 GG-nominated story collection, A Guide to Animal Behaviour. Giller Prize-winner LYNN COADYs unforgettable Christmas story The Three Marys, adapted from her award-winning debut novel, Strange Heaven, published in 1993. Commonwealth Prize winner SHAUNA SINGH BALDWINs glittering story Simran from her 1996 debut collection, English Lessons and Other Stories. KATHRYN KUITENBROUWERs haunting What Had Become of Us, from her 2003 debut book of short fiction, Way Up. The extraordinary Knife Party from Knife Party at the Hotel Europa by MARK ANTHONY JARMAN, published in the spring of 2015.