Mystory

A short novel in the form of a series of journals, in which the author seeks to establish his real presence through his prose, seeks to dispel the fear he’s had from childhood, that he does not exist. What the journal posits is not the tragic question, the Madman’s question ‘Who am I’, but the comic question, the Bewildered Man’s question: ‘Am I?’

Don Summerhayes was born in the Town of Dundas, in southern Ontario. He has published four collections of poetry: Winter Apples (1982), Heavy Horse Judging (1987), Watermelon (1992), and Remembering Sleep (1993), and in 1995 was named winner of the Stephen Leacock Poetry Prize for his poem, “Lines Before My Sixty-third Birthday” Don’s photographs, poems, and prose text have appeared in many Canadian Magazines. Before retiring, he taught at York University for many years. He is married to the artist and healer Merlin Homer who is also his co-editor at Deor Editions.