Write of Passage no. 4: The telegraph and other forms of social media
“What are you going to be when you grow up?” my friend’s grandmother, Mrs. Melchert, once asked me. She smiled the way she always did. There were...
Shanon Sinn
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Write of Passage no. 3: This column has been workshopped
I write both fiction and nonfiction. One of my current projects is a memoir about my tour in Afghanistan and return to Canada with cancer. I made it...
Sisters in Spirit
In many traditional Indigenous beliefs, the spirits of missing and murdered women are lost and trying to find their way back home. Every year,...
Write of Passage no. 2: Into the realm of the dead
The first ghost story I remember hearing came from my Irish-descended grandfather. I was about seven years old at the time, and we were sitting...
Write of Passage no. 1: Writers write
VIU students have been contributing to The Nav for 50 years now. During that time, they’ve also submitted to Omniverse, Stump, Shorelines, Atrevida,...
The Skull-Faced Bishop: The horrific image of one Vancouver Island ghost
Bishop Seghers’ apparition is one of Vancouver Island’s most terrifying visages. He is said to appear in full priest attire, gliding across the...