A quiet night of mother and son camping explodes into a firsthand experience with the SWAT team. Originally published in Geist magazine.
In addition to Residual Desire, J. Jill Robinson is the author of one novel, More In Anger (Thomas Allen 2012), and three other collections of short stories. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have been anthologized, and have appeared in many literary journals. Her awards include two Western Magazine Awards, two Saskatchewan Book Awards, two prizes for creative non-fiction from Event magazine, the PRISM international fiction contest and the Howard O'Hagan award for short fiction. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Calgary.
