Use Your Imagination!

A woman becomes obsessed with a story about her family from 1890 when a naked, mute girl stumbled onto their property and whether or not it really happened. A self-help guru and his chief strategist take their most affluent and unstable clients on a harrowing nature hike that destroys their company. A young convict in a prison creative writing class chronicles the rise and fall of his cellblock's resident peacemaker. A rural neighbourhood becomes obsessed by the coming of a strange and powerful new homeowner who is in the middle of reinventing herself.

The stories ofUse Your Imagination!are about stories, about the way we define and give shape to ourselves through all kinds of narratives, true or not. In seven long stories, Kris Bertin examines the complex labyrinth of lies, delusions, compromise, and fabrication that makes up our personal history and mythology. Sometimes funny, strange, or frightening, these stories represent Bertin's follow-up to his critically acclaimed, award-winning debut,Bad Things Happen.(FromNimbus Publishing)

• Kris Bertin wins ReLit Award for short story collection Bad Things Happen
• Part Twin Peaks, part Hardy Boys, New Brunswick expats create spooky graphic novel
• Kris Bertin wins $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award for best first short story collection
• 9 Canadian short story collections to read during Short Story Month

Interviews with Kris Bertin

The Next Chapter1:39Kris Bertin on "Bad Things Happen"

Author Kris Bertin on his debut collection of stories.

Other books by Kris Bertin