— Essays · Memoirs · Humour —
The Skunk Ridge Lake Chronicles
Tales of Northern Ontario
Writing as Acutrix
Ten clicks beyond the end of the asphalt on Highway 808 north, turn left onto a logging track. Cross an Irish bridge and enter the world of Skunk Ridge Lake.
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Night Train to Santiago
Personal Essays
Personal essays on travel, memory, what we carry forward, what we leave behind. With a foreword by Eva Seidner.
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The Dueling Daves, Maybelle
Stories
A collection of short stories about travel, food, family — and the strange ways that seemingly normal people behave when left unsupervised.
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January 2027
More Skunk Ridge Lake
Dispatches from the Dock
Writing as Acutrix
A second gathering of tales, this time from the end of the dock at Skunk Ridge Lake.
Publication January 2027
The Mariana Prosperity
A Novel
A novel of the low country — of land, inheritance, and what happens when the guardrails we trust turn out to be an illusion.
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Dead Hogs
A Novel
The sequel to The Mariana Prosperity. Sometimes past violence follows non-violent men — especially when there’s unfinished business involved.
Buy on Amazon →Derrick Bloch is a Canadian writer and founder of Squared Spiral Press.
His essays and stories move through memory, travel, food and family,
and the small rituals that bind generations.
His novels trace darker currents in place and character.
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