Tag Archives: James Gallant

JAMES GALLANT: He Avoided Those Year-end Blues

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Treeless, he burned unopened Xmas cards, turned a blind eye on Scrooge and the Wonderful Life. For plugged ears, there were no jingle bells, and the Salvation Army lady was clapperless. An invitation to drinky midnight hoopla declined, sound asleep at ten, he was in fine fettle on the first.

James Gallant is the winner of the 2019 Schaffner Press Prize for music-in-literature for his story collection, La Leona, and Other Guitar stories, just published. His e-novel, Whatever Happened to Ohio? from Vagabondage Press, and a collection of essays and short fiction, Verisimilitude: essays and approximations, published by Fortnightly Review press (UK), appeared in 2018.

JAMES GALLANT: Divine Intervention

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The hemp rope used to hang Joseph Samuel, found guilty of murder in Australia, failed three times. The Almighty had obviously intervened. Samuel’s sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and it was during his daring prison escape by boat on a stormy night the Almighty saw fit to drown him.

James Gallant’s story collection, La Leona, and Other Guitar stories, winner of the 2019 Schaffner Press prize for music-in-literature, is available from Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Learn more at jamesgallantwriter.com.

JAMES GALLANT: Just Like Home

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The Tokyo lad bicycling Canada had been warned in advance: Nature there would frighten a city boy. Wheeling around a shaggy tree-lined bend at dusk, he understood what they’d meant. But then the road straightened, and when McDonald’s golden arches dawned in the West, Quebec felt a lot like home.

James Gallant’s short story collection, “La Leona and Other Guitar Stories,” which won the 2019 Schaffner Press prize for music-in-literature, has just been published, and is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.