A New Kind of Literary Pulse

Short Édition Logo
Image of Edward Ya.

Edward Ya.

Born in Welland, Ontario. Lived in Australia & backpacked the world. Survived the 1979 Grenada Revolution. Spent 32 years with Edmonton Fire Rescue. First author to write Canadian firefighter crime novels. He swam with a marlin in Honduras, climbed the Great Wall of China, was accused of throwing eggs at an Aussie PM, and has won several author awards.

1 325 Readings on his works

Published works

Short Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Portrait Society  3 min

Ponos Road

Edward Ya.

PONOS was the personified Greek spirit of hard labor and toil.   The wide, gravel path snaked through a scrub meadow joining two working-class neighborhoods. Every kid in the neighborhood walked ... [+]