Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand

A Globe 100 Best Book of 2025
Finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

The first collection of short stories from award-winning author Tim Bowling, exploring childhood, work, and aging.

Set on the west coast of British Columbia and in Edmonton, the fifteen stories in this collection focus on moments of transformation: between parents and their children, between men and women, between humans and the natural world. In this collection that’s every bit as thoughtful and masterful as his past work, Tim Bowling explores the passing of time and the (sometimes desperate) desire for meaning to return, with depth and flashes of humour.

As a small boy, Tim Bowling liked to dream about one day publishing a collection of short stories. Fifty-five years later, his dream has come true! The author of twenty-four other works of poetry and prose, and a recipient of many honours (including five Alberta Book Awards and a Guggenheim Fellowship), Bowling grew up at the mouth of the Fraser River and now lives close to the banks of the North Saskatchewan River.