Novels and short fiction by Nicholas Cain. Thoughtful, unsettling, and sharply observed stories that stay with you long after the final page.
Beau Holloway can’t wait to leave his small Southern Alberta town for school; first he and his siblings must carry out a father’s final wish: scatter his ashes over a remote British Columbia lake.
What unfolds is a wild, deeply human road trip as Beau, his rockstar brother and quietly haunted sister head west to fulfill that request from beyond the grave. Set against the ash-clouded skies of the Mount St. Helens disaster, the novel weaves personal upheaval with a world literally shifting under their feet.
The Chains We Choose is a bittersweet coming-of-age that blends 1980s nostalgia, slow-burn suspense, and emotional family drama into a story about the lies that protect us, the loyalties that bind us, and how far we’ll go to reclaim the past before it turns to dust.
A hook-up gone sour; a jilted lover’s incredible tale. Chief Matthew Ambrose believes he has a homicide to solve, but a mysterious scientist tracking a creature from the South Pacific warns it’s something much worse.
Together, as one attack becomes two and two becomes four, they reluctantly agree to work together, negotiating local and state political turmoil and a worried but curious community to put a stop to the carnage.
In his breakout novel, Nicholas Cain spins a tale fantastic in its possibilities but rooted in science and fact. Educational, cheeky and quirky, snakefish will keep you up through the night — even if it’s just to wonder what’s swimming about under your bed.
Explore selected short stories, excerpts, and standalone pieces. Some are offered free as entry points; others are sold individually or in an ever-expanding digital editions collection.
Nicholas Cain is an accomplished writer, photographer and communicator living in coastal Newfoundland with his wife and grandson. He is a former journalist and has a masters level education in professional communications.