Earth and sky are devoid of colour. There are no beginnings or endings.

Then the snow melts.

Maybe it’s the dead cars. It could be the escaped bison roaming the downtown core. Mosquitoes? Sure. Dragonflies? Absolutely.

And it’s also entirely possible it’s the pomegranate tree at the corner of Portage and Main. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s the people, like Dickie Reimer. Any way you slice it, something’s going on in Winnipeg.

That’s really true.

At some point, every Peg will ask so why’d you move here? Jack hopes the city will be the one place no one will look for him. An infamous guerilla street artist, Jack is on the run. Again. Under scrutiny from international authorities, anonymity is his only protection. He promises himself he’ll quit, but blackmail is powerful persuasion.

Tracked by a relentless special agent, Jack navigates the absurdity of the city while befriending (and avoiding) the eccentric characters that proudly claim it as their home.

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Author’s note
• That was Then
  • This is Now
  • There are No Neon Lights or Modern Sounds in Winnipeg
  • Dearest, Burn the Letters
  • People are Bad for your Health
  • Friends, You Pick ’Em
  • You’re Nobody Until You’re Somebody
  • This City has the Shortest Amber Traffic Light in the World
  • The Past is in the Objects of the Past
  • The Candle is Out, The Canary’s Dead
  • Season With the Spice of Vice
  • There’s a Book of Numbers, and We’ve Counted Ever Since
  • The Gorilla asks for a Pet Kitten
  • If You Let Them, They Will
  • Up, Up and Away
  • Beware Those that Graze Apartment Hallways
  • All are Complicit in the Rhythm of Social Homicide
  • There are No Birds Inside the Winnipeg Airport
  • Four Winds Floating Fluffy Dandelion Umbrellas, Oh Chaos, Chaos
  • Don’t Read Signs
  • Out with the Old. In with a Few
  • There’s No Red Carpet in Paradise
  • This Loud Silence
  • Desperados Arm Yourselves with Friendship
  • It got Good Reviews
  • Peabody Found his Wayback
• Afterword
• Acknowledgments