Night Terminus begins with a chance encounter in 1985, an unnamed narrator embarks on a physical and spiritual sojourn over four decades, where he encounters a cast of exiles, fugitives, rebels, and artists. From a one-night stand in Paris with the troubled and enigmatic Louis, to Montreal, then through a divided Europe, and into the Iranian desert with the sick, yet determined Yuri, and finally to Provence, where he meets the gregarious, but wistful Frank.

In a journey across continents and decades, we watch the impacts of one of the greatest health crises of the last hundred years through the eyes of those who both survived it and must now remember those who didn’t. At once an odyssey through time and a love story to the narrator’s found family, this haunting, lyrical novel in five parts explores questions of grief, statelessness, and memory and is a meditation on survival in the age of AIDS. It’s an evocative debut novel reflecting the determination and resilience of a gay diaspora as it faced extinction.

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Ellis Scott was born in the U.K. and grew up in Canada. He has published nine stories in literary journals, including The Iowa Review, Yolk, and The Fiddlehead. His first short story was nominated for a 2020 Pushcart Prize.  Night Terminus is his first novel.

About the Author

Bryen Dunn is a freelance journalist based in Toronto with a focus on tourism, lifestyle, entertainment and community issues. He has written several travel articles and has an extensive portfolio of celebrity interviews with musicians, actors and other public personalities. He’s willing to take on any assignments of interest, attend parties with free booze, listen to rants, and travel the world in search of the great unknown. He’s eager to discover the new, remember the past, and look into the future.