Martha kills Bluesy and is left with the girl he’d abducted. She has to decide to keep pretending or find the life that was taken from her.
A Girl Named Janie
Author: Alison Gadsby
Alison Gadsby is a first-generation Canadian who writes in Toronto, where she lives in a multigenerational home that includes several dogs. Her short fiction appears in The Ex-Puritan, Blank Spaces, The TƐmz Review, Blue Lake Review, and others. Some are included in her collection of short stories, Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive (Guernica Editions, March 2026). Her debut novel, Dreams of the Weary, will be published in 2028 (Palimpsest Press). Alison holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia, and a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from York University. She is the founder/host of Junction Reads, a prose reading series in Toronto and co-host on HOWL, a literary radio show on CIUT, 89.5FM.