A rich mix of acclaimed and award-winning stories.

Containing a rich mix of acclaimed and award-winning stories, Cut Road is a masterful exploration of the loss and scars that conflict always leaves behind. Where soldiers abandon too much of themselves in war zones, parents relinquish control of their children, and friends struggle with change and tragedy. From the working soul struggling with grief to the wounded veteran seeking redemption in a coffee shop to the sweaty tree-planter fleeing a burning forest, in this collection no one--least of all the reader--is left unscathed.

Brent van Staalduinen is the author of the novels Nothing But Life, Boy, and Saints, Unexpected. His short stories have won the Bristol Short Story Prize, the Fiddlehead Short Fiction Award, and the Lush Triumphant Literary Award and have appeared in numerous literary journals in Canada and abroad. A former high school English teacher, tree planter, and army medic, Brent now finds himself writing, working at the local library, and wandering around Hamilton looking for stories.