TOWARD ANOTHER SHORE

“[a] powerful novel—simply and directly told, with a great narrative engine and a fully realized emotional arc.”—Trevor Corkum, The World After Us

A NOVEL-IN-STORIES BY ALEX TURNER AND LUCIAN CHILDS
Coming Fall 2026 from Arsenal Pulp Press

In 1956, fifteen-year-old Teddy—a lonely boy drawn to the water and woods surrounding his hometown of Harrison Hot Springs—is overwhelmed by his feelings upon meeting the bad boy Wade. Over the next decade, Teddy strives to shape an authentic life, while ultimately facing his unrequited love for his friend. This poignant tale furthers our understanding of a little described moment in queer Canadian history—the decade prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots, the event which sparked the modern gay rights movement.  | MORE |

The penultimate tale from Toward Another Shore appears in this summer’s issue of Prairie Fire.

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DREAMING HOME
A novel by Lucian Childs that explores with humour and insight the ways we search for home

WINNER | Fred Kerner Award
SHORTLIST | Rakuten Kobo Prize

A sister’s childhood act of betrayal awakens the father’s demons, ones spawned in the POW camps in Vietnam. For over forty years, the effects of the ensuing violence against the gay son ripple through this Texas family in six tales told from separate points-of-view. The resulting novel, while heartbreakingly poignant, is often surprisingly funny. | MORE |

Eminently accomplished… often deliciously droll.—The New York Times

From the opening sentence we know we’re in the hands of a master craftsman.—Fred Kerner Book Award

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BUILDING FIRES IN THE SNOW
A trailblazing anthology illuminating the lives of queer Alaskans

FINALIST | Lambda Literary Award

From contributing editors Martha Amore and Lucian Childs comes this groundbreaking collection that offers a window onto the lives of LGBTQ Alaskans. This collection shatters stereotypes to reveal the Alaskan urban experience, a little seen side of this unique state. | MORE |

...artful reflections that will place you...in Alaska and deeper wildernesses as well.—David Vann, Prix Médicis étranger winner

Let us see the state of literature made new by this state’s brilliant writers.—Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize winner

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