In A Mist

This debut short fiction collection examines the lives of reclusive characters with obsessive interests and desires. Lonely protagonists find solace in early jazz, classic cinema and renaissance motets. In A Mist was long-listed for the ReLit awards and selected by the Globe and Mail as a debut of note.

“In these deft and engaging stories Devon Code explores the subliminal forces that shape people’s lives and reminds us how deeply mysterious the ordinary world is.”
—John Steffler, author of The Afterlife of George Cartwright

Reviews
“At its best, Devon Code’s writing utterly obscures itself: author invisible, art luminous.”
—Jim Bartley, The Globe and Mail

“While reading these meticulously constructed and intelligent stories, I also kept thinking about classic American cinema: where whiskey is kept in bedside tables, bartenders are confidants and men with names like Morty and Lloyd rule.”
—Sue Carter Flinn, Halifax’s The Coast