Art Corriveau

Woven together by common threads of love and loss, this heartwarming collection chronicles the broken lives of people on the margins and the families and friendships that piece them back together. From a street hustler in Montreal and a priest in Burkina Faso, to the mother of a bride in Boston and a blind woman in Amsterdam, crisis gives rise to magical moments of shared recovery. Serving up equal portions of drama and resolution, these offbeat tales offer a satisfying glimpse into the universality of the human condition.

These stories often grapple with subjects and themes that may not be suitable for children. Parent discretion is advised.

Praise for Blood Pudding:

Time Out London
"Art Corriveau writes poignantly and unsentimentally about characters caught up in difficult, almost unbearable, situations. But he’s equally aware of the redemptive power of loving relationships and family ties."

Montreal Review of Books
"Art Corriveau's versatility is impressive: He writes men and women, gay and straight, blind and sighted, with equal verisimilitude...Corriveau is at his best with the relationships between people, where he almost always hits the perfect balance between illustration and exposition.

Toronto Globe & Mail
"These stories are convincingly rendered, with a quiet and controlled use of language that persuasively evokes place and character... Corriveau has penned a rich and varied contribution to the short story form."

Lynn Freed, author
"These are wonderful stories, beautifully written, evoking a world and a time that are fascinating. I read the book in one sitting."

OTHER SHORT FICTION

Art Corriveau's short stories have appeared in literary journals in the U.S. and U.K., including Faber & Faber London’s prestigious First Fictions series that launched the careers of such writers as Ted Hughes, Vikram Chandra and Kazuo Ishiguro.

"GPS"
Queen's Quarterly, Canada; Summer 2007

"Black Tie"
Southwest Review, USA; Spring 2006

"Castaway"
Lost, www.lostmag.com, USA; May 2006

"Framework of Loss"
NEONLIT: Time Out Book of New Writing
Edited by Nicholas Royle, Quartet, London; Autumn 1998

"Dan, In re: Christine"; "Blood Pudding"; "With Mirrors"; "We're from HQ"
First Fictions: Introduction 13, Faber and Faber, London; Autumn 1997

"Lurid, Psychotic Colors"
Crania On-line Magazine, USA; January 1998

"The Almond Eater"
Metropolitan Magazine, UK; Autumn 1997

"Blood Pudding"
American Short Fiction, USA; Summer 1995

"With Mirrors"
Story Magazine, USA; Fall 1993

"Blackjack"
New York Native, Fiction Section, USA; December 26, 1988