Mara Joly

Montréal Dead End

A fantasy anthology of 15 segments each dealing with a specific neighbourhood of Montreal and its signature idiosyncrasies. This terrifying tour-of-the-town captures neighbourhoods, buildings and iconic locations from North America's Amsterdam, shedding the straightforward storyline for a narrative melting-pot filled with demons, shadowy humanoids and disgusting otherworldly beings.

Sacred Hair

A fortuitous life-changing encounter between a young boy and a Muslim woman in a Montreal park.

Robeth

Beth is 31 and, since yesterday, single. She lives alone with an old cat found in her alleyway and barely makes a living working at her sister's café. Beth is also a robot. Beth is in a strange place, really.

The Yellows

An epidemic of yellow crawling brains threatens the lives of inhabitants in a recluse Northern Quebec town.