Evan Shumka is a writer, actor, and artist from the Cowichan Valley. His short stories have been published in Portal Magazine, GOOEY Magazine, and The Temz Review. His plays have been produced by the VIU Satyr Players at Malaspina Theatre and at Magical Theatre in Edmonton. This is his final year in the Creative Writing program at VIU, after which he will let loose on an unsuspecting but ideally receptive world, when he finally finishes the sixth or maybe seventh draft of his debut novel.