From author Robert David Duncan comes a novel of artistic passion, adversity and triumph in The Mansion.Joel is new to university and big city life, while Tessa is working toward her PhD in art history. Alec and Gwen have been retreating from their previous lives as street artists. Moira is a newcomer, having been painfully jettisoned out of a marriage she realizes was an illusion. Together, they share a ramshackle old apartment house on the edge of campus. When developers...

The band of friends and allies that formed in the novels "The Mansion" and "The Tenant in 1b" face exciting new challenges and opportunities in "The Block," the eagerly anticipated third novel from Robert David Duncan. Add in a ghost, a couple of cats, and a cast of supporting characters and you have a recipe for a fun and rollicking celebration of found family and shared intensities.

In this follow-up novel to The Mansion by Robert David Duncan, the artistic tenants of a ramshackle old apartment house on the edge of a university campus continue to evolve to face challenges and opportunities as life presents a number of intriguing twists and turns. Add in a ghost, a couple of cats, and a cast of supporting characters and you have a recipe for a fun and rollicking celebration of found family and shared intensities.

In the days and weeks following their friend's memorial in Paris, friends Dave, Aisling, Marie and Jeff ponder what to do next in life, each finding that they have reached some sort of crossroads. Meanwhile, street artist Spirit has a trick or two up his sleeve.Après Paris adds to the story world shaped by other Robert David Duncan works such as Genius, Spirit Falls, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Alley of Lost Friends and Spinoza Hotel.

Dave is twenty-four and spending a few weeks studying acting in New York before heading off to grad school. Sharing a room with a fellow student at an old hotel to save money seems like a good idea, except his roommate's bizarre habits begin to make Dave wonder if he is losing his mind, or perhaps even more.Spirit Falls adds to the story world shaped by other Robert David Duncan works such as Genius, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Alley of Lost Friends and Spinoza Hotel.

Journey along with a group of friends, connected through experiences earlier in life, who struggle to meet life's challenges and disappointments with a ceaseless drive for selfhood and the realization of their youthful promise. The Life Collection presents six novelettes by Robert David Duncan including Genius, Spirit Falls, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Après Paris and Spirit Alley, along with a preface by the author.

Paris Remains revisits characters Dave, Aisling, Jeff and Marie later in life as sad news causes them all to return to Paris. Though they haven't been in close touch over the years, they are inextricably linked together by their shared pasts, and the act of revisiting Paris challenges each of them to reconsider their direction in life and the choices that have led them to the present.This novelette by Robert David Duncan shares some intriguing connective tissue with other works inc...

Newly retired Jeff makes a last-ditch attempt to find a long lost childhood friend he hasn't seen in decades. Following his intuitions, and clues he has been picking up over the years, Jeff travels across the country to the street art filled alleys of Vancouver to try to rejoin the trail of his childhood pal.Spirit Alley brings full-circle the six-part story world that begins with Genius, and includes Spirit Falls, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains and Après Paris.

A nautical dreamer, a midlife acting student, a robotic worker and a foul-mouthed influencer are among the vivid characters in this compelling set of short stories by Robert David Duncan.

Eccentrics, questing spirits and oddball friends are among the offbeat, funny and intriguing characters in this collection of short stories by Robert David Duncan.

A celebrity poodle, an indie filmmaker, a lost king and an alley wanderer are among the unique characters in this collection of short stories by Robert David Duncan.

An aging former politician looks back on a life of idealism while enjoying a favourite spot in nature in this experimental flash fiction companion piece to the award-winning thirty-film "The Politician's Truth" story world created by Robert David Duncan.