A Crown of Stars follows Rose on an unexpected adventure deep into the elite social scene of 1922 Victoria BC.
Crown of Stars
Shipwrecks, lost treasure, monsters, and disasters: ten short stories about Canadian history told by Circus Salmagundi performers.
What happens when you mash together Jane Austen and HP Lovecraft? Fall in love with cosmic horror country romance.
In this collection of stories, ten Comox Valley authors explore their relationship with nature, creativity, and exploration.
Follow Rose the Tattooed Lady as she solves crimes around Vancouver Island in the 1920s.
The strange, the eldrich, the unsettling: our monster books will keep you awake all night long.
Short stories for busy readers, offering new voices in Canadian literature.
Discover the dark, gritty underbelly of British Columbia at the end of the Victorian era.
Moody, misty rainforests.
Roaring wild Pacific waves.
Raven croaks echoing between stony mountain peaks.
The mysterious and the mystical, haunting a rugged landscape.
Based on Vancouver Island, Bear West Books publishes fiction that is rooted in the West Coast experience. We love stories that are strange and spooky, emotional and adventurous. Our books explore the unique coastlines, islands, wilderness, and people that populate the wild edge.
We give thanks to the people who are today called K'omoks, consisting of the Pentlatch, Ieeksan (eye-ick-sun), Sasitla (sa-seet-la), Xa’xe (ha-hey) and Sathloot (sath-loot) people. We are grateful for the privilege to live in this unceded territory and to participate in the stewardship of land and waters. gilakas’la / čɛčɛ haθɛč