Rod Carley

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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“White Tuna on Marble Rye” by Rod Carley

Submitted to Contest #42

WHITE TUNA ON MARBLE RYE By Rod Carley Our mom was dying.  It was the Sunday night of the Labour Day weekend. She was ninety-years old, and she knew she was dying in the next twenty-four hours. Don’t ask me how she knew, but she did. She complained of back pain during the summer. We all noticed she’d lost a few pounds at the August long weekend family barbecue. It didn’t cross our minds she was sick - Mom’s weight fluctuated depending on the season.            She decided she ...

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“GOING TO THE DOGS - by Rod Carley” by Rod Carley

Submitted to Contest #41

GOING TO THE DOGS My younger sister wanted to give birth to a dog, but had two children instead -- Jenny and Jerome. My sister, JoJo, has a thing for the letter J. As a kid, she put Jam on everything, from toast to watermelon to potatoes. Jello and Jiffy Pop were big hits too. Our mother took creole cooking classes so she could learn how to make Jambalaya. When my sister was eight she spent twelve hours in Emergency after a Jawbreaker got stuck in her throat. As a result, my parents missed their flight for a winter getaway they had booked a...

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“The Sebastian Variations - by Rod Carley” by Rod Carley

Submitted to Contest #41

THE SEBASTIAN VARIATIONS By Rod Carley            It wasn’t a heart attack and it wasn’t a stroke.   But, on the eve of his sixty-fifth birthday, Uncle Irving woke with a start. Before I go any further, let me try to provide a context for my uncle’s dark fright of the soul.   Ira Sandberg the painter married my grandmother. They had a baby boy, named him Irving, and had a modest happy life until Ira was conscripted by Prime Minister Borden to fight in Europe...

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Author bio

Rod’s first novel, A Matter of Will, was a finalist for the 2018 Northern Lit Award for Fiction. His second novel, KINMOUNT, is being launched in the fall in of 2020. A short story, A Farewell to Steam, was featured in the non-fiction anthology, 150 Years Up North and More, in 2018 - all with Latitude 46 Publishing. Rod is also an award-winning director, playwright and actor, having directed and produced over 100 theatrical productions to date including fifteen adaptations of Shakespeare. He was the 2009 winner of TV Ontario’s Big Ideas/Best Lecturer competition. Rod lives in North Bay with his wife, Marian, and their furry family: Arthur Poodle-bum, and a duo of feisty felines, Hilton and Zoe. Visit www.rodcarley.ca for more information and to book him for your book club or reading event.