Tales for Late Night Bonfires is the long-awaited second work of fiction from Nłeʔkepmx writer G.A. Grisenthwaite. In 12 stories (some previously published), Grisenthwaite returns with the distinctive voice that characterized his debut, Home Waltz, a novel that was a finalist for the 2021 Governor General’s Award for Fiction. The opening story, “Splatter Pattern,” tells