The Seaboard Review of Books
Volume 3, Issue 6, February 9, 2026
In this issue:
Blood Typed (Fiction)
He Who Would Walk the Earth by Griffin Bjerke-Clarke (Fiction)
Outspoken: A Journey from Olympic Athlete to Activist by Betty Baxter (Non-Fiction)
Nurse Fortescue and Doctor Paddon by Dave Paddon (Non-Fiction)
In the Shadow of Tungusuak by Chris Buckley (Non-Fiction)
Four-Square Poems by James Deahl
Thanks for reading this issue of The Seaboard Review of Books!
James M. Fisher, editor-in-chief
Fiction
Blood Typed by Jane Doucet
Blue eyes disapproving, Admiral Horatio Nelson surveys two police detectives investigating a murder. Wasteful, all the coffee they’re knocking back! Nevertheless, the legendary British naval hero can’t bring himself to look away.
He Who Would Walk the Earth by Griffin Bjerke-Clarke
He Who Would Walk the Earth starts out feeling like a dystopian novel, with a man wandering aimlessly over the hot, dry plains, faint with hunger and thirst, coming across burnt towns and evil men, then elements of fantasy as the man encounters flesh-eating caterpillars, talking crows, and emperors and kings. By the time we near the end of the book, it …
Non-Fiction
Outspoken: A Journey from Olympic Athlete to Activist by Betty Baxter
Outspoken: A Journey from Olympic Athlete to Activist shares the life story of Canadian Olympian Betty Baxter. Baxter played for Canada’s national Women’s Volleyball Team for a number of years, and Outspoken conveys the physical and mental demands placed on high-performance athletes in the 1970s. The memoir follows Baxter’s life trajectory, her conflict…
Nurse Fortescue and Doctor Paddon by Dave Paddon
Dr. Tony Paddon was a household name in Labrador, where he practiced medicine for decades, travelling first by boat and dog team, and later by airplane. Known for his medical skills, his compassion, his sense of humour, and his magic tricks, he was the first Labradorian to be appointed Lieutenant Governor of the province after he retired. Much of his l…
In the Shadow of Tungusuak by Chris Buckley
While I am currently an armchair adventurer, I was, during my youth, a member of my high school's outdoor club. This club organized weekend camping expeditions and a longer canoeing trip that necessitated portages over well-travelled trails. Although we were never far from civilization, the absence of cell phones dictated that we exercise extra caution.…
Poetry
Four-Square Poems by James Deahl
After William Blake’s The Four Zoas and T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets,” James Deahl measures symmetry in Four-Square Poems. The book’s four sections encompass a symmetry of “lost” and “north”: In the Lost Horn’s Call, No Star is Lost, North of Belleville, and North Point. In addition, the brilliant and subdued colours, frames, and shapes on the book’s co…
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Contributor News
Lisa Timpf’s interview with Lynn Hutchinson Lee, author of Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens and co-editor of Through the Portal, was published in Interstellar Flight Magazine, link below:
https://magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/fens-tobacco-fields-and-hopeful-cli-fi-e1e592878fea
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