The raven and the first men / Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst -- The two sisters; The lost island / Pauline Johnson -- Silence and pioneers; D'Sonoqua; Sophie / Emily Carr -- Down at English Bay; Hurry, hurry / Ethel Wilson -- The woman who got on at Jasper Station / Howard O'Hagan -- The bravest boat / Malcolm Lowry -- Earthquake / Jack Hodgins -- The jade peony / Wayson Choy -- Was that Malcolm Lowry? / Sandy Frances Duncan -- Head cook at weddings and funerals / Vi Plotnikoff -- Mill-cry / Patrick Lane -- A short story / George Bowering -- Kill day on the government wharf / Audrey Thomas -- Les rites / Sean Virgo -- Summer wages / Caroline Woodward -- There are more dark women in the world than light / Keath Fraser -- Cadillac at Atonement Creek / Kathryn Woodward -- White shoulders / Linda Svendsen -- Gold mountain / Caroline Adderson -- The gridlock mechanism / Rebecca Raglon -- Marriage / Evelyn Lau -- Heart red Monaco / Christian Petersen -- Say the word / Jean Rysstad -- Out on Main Street / Shani Mootoo -- Queen of the north / Eden Robinson.