This fourth edition of The Journey Prize Anthology presents twelve outstanding stories by some of the finest new Canadian fiction writers.

By the big river /Judith Cowan -- Belle's story / Diane Juttner Perreault -- A man away from home has no neighbours / Steven Heighton -- Travelling / L. Rex Kay -- A theory of discontinuous existence / Michael Mirolla -- Silence / Carmelita McGrath -- No Rosa, no District Six / Rozena Maart -- Rainy day / Guy Malet de Carteret -- No miracles sweet Jesus / Maria A. Billion -- Traplines / Eden Robinson -- The bottom of the glass / David Bergen -- How beautiful upon the mountains / Steven Heighton.