{"id":5459,"date":"2020-11-25T23:43:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T07:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/?p=5459"},"modified":"2025-04-22T19:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T02:19:04","slug":"joe-by-guest-author-sharon-mcinnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/joe-by-guest-author-sharon-mcinnes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Joe&#8221; by guest author, Sharon McInnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #333333;\">An everyday interaction. \u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">An almost-missed opportunity.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Life, circumstance, death.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How do we find meaning?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re hosting a short story written by Sharon McInnes.\u00a0<strong>Joe,<\/strong><em> originally titled \u201cThe Neighbour<\/em>\u201d was shortlisted for the 2020 Federation of BC Writers Short Fiction contest.<\/p>\n<p>Podcast uploaded November 25th 2020, (the pandemic election year) the day before the US Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharon McInnes,\u00a0<\/strong>a writer from\u00a0Cumberland, British Columbia, is the author of\u00a0<em>Across a Narrow Strait<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Up Close &amp; Personal: Confessions of a Backyard Birder<\/em>. In 2020, four of her short stories, including\u00a0<em>The Neighbour<\/em>, were published, shortlisted, or took first or second prize in four different writing contests across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/sharonmcinnes.com<\/p>\n<p>Illustration by Gord Halloran: https:\/\/www.theispot.com\/artist\/ghalloran<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-26-at-5.53.34-PM.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5469\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-26-at-5.53.34-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-26-at-5.53.34-PM.png 412w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-26-at-5.53.34-PM-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above illustration created by G Halloran for Pat Skidmore&#8217;s memoir, <strong><em>Dear Father<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16962773\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/603aa9\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy the book from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=A+Theory+of+Expanded+Love&amp;i=stripbooks-intl-ship&amp;crid=3VQ6SXTCG3I7P&amp;sprefix=a+theory+of+expanded+love%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C152&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon HERE<\/a>, or from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunburypress.com\/collections\/historical\/products\/a-theory-of-expanded-love?variant=40985249775709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunbury Press HERE<\/a>. Get the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chirpbooks.com\/audiobooks\/a-theory-of-expanded-love-by-caitlin-hicks?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audiobook version HERE<\/a> <\/strong>from Chirpbooks.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Back to:<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/podcast\/\">ALL MY PODCASTS PAGE\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An everyday interaction. \u00a0 An almost-missed opportunity. Life, circumstance, death. How do we find meaning? We\u2019re hosting a short story written by Sharon McInnes.\u00a0Joe, originally titled \u201cThe Neighbour\u201d was shortlisted for the 2020 Federation of BC Writers Short Fiction contest. Podcast uploaded November 25th 2020, (the pandemic election year) the day before the US Thanksgiving. 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