- Silent films, Fiction, English literature, American literature
This is a contemporary ghost story in which former Canadian film history teacher Lois Cairns - jobless and depressed in the wake of her son's autism diagnosis - accidentally discovers the existence of lost early 20th century Ontario filmmaker Mrs.
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About the book
- Author
- Gemma Files
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 324
- Publisher
- Chizine Publications, Open Road Media, ChiZine Publications
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781771483490
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Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her short story, "The Emperor's Old Bones", won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Story of 1999. Five of her short stories were adapted for the television series *The Hunger.* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Files, 7 February 2022
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