The power.

Post published:July 10, 2013
Post category:Misc.People Places
Reading time:2 mins read

When the lights don't come back after an hour, I start to grow anxious, imagining the worst (it appears prolonged blackouts have had that effect on me since 2003). And then there are reports of flooding in Toronto, which make me doubly anxious after the terrible floods last month in…

Windows

Post published:May 8, 2013
Post category:Misc.Places
Reading time:1 mins read

Two views from my childhood home. Two sounds: lulling refrigerator hums and ticking clocks.

On running and (not) writing

Post published:May 1, 2013
Post category:Writing
Reading time:4 mins read

A couple of weeks ago, I took up running. I'm not exactly sure why. I'm not an athletic person by nature, and running had always felt like the sort of activity I'd dislike. To me it seemed overly focused on speed and power and pushing limits. I prefer nudging limits,…

I’m Samantha Garner, author of The Quiet is Loud, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. A Canadian of mixed Filipino-Finnish background, my character-driven fantasy and sci-fi novels explore themes of identity and belonging. View The Quiet is Loud on the StoryGraph, Bookshop.org, and Goodreads, or click the image below to learn more about it, and where to buy.