PseudoPod 401: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife
- Author : Dave Beynon
- Narrator : Wilson Fowlie
- Host : Alasdair Stuart
- Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop
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“The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife” was published in Oct 2013 in the anthology TESSERACTS SEVENTEEEN: SPECULATING CANADA FROM COAST TO COAST COAST, edited by Colleen Anderson and Steve Vernon (Edge Publishing). The story is in the exact middle of the anthology – I like to think of it as the delicious, chewy centre of the book. “Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest freshwater island. It has a timeless, rugged beauty and I’d encourage anyone to visit if they have the chance. While the island boasts a number of lighthouses, each one the stuff of postcards, you’ll never find the one where William Jones so diligently kept the light burning. Misery Bay has no lighthouse.”
Also, Saladin Ahmed could really use your help.
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife by Dave Benyon“You’re too early,” said the owner. “No one drinks until eleven.”
The oiler pointed to William, leaning over a dram of rye whiskey.
“What about him? He has a drink in his hand.”
“He’s a special case. Mind your own business. No booze ‘til eleven.”
“I’ve never met a special case before,” the oiler said to William. “What makes you so special?”
The oiler smelled of stale sweat and grease. His trousers and shirt were filthy with weeks’ worth of spilled oil. A tattoo peeking from beneath one rolled-up shirt cuff caught William’s attention. “Show me that.”
He gestured at the tattoo with his glass, sloshing rye onto the table.
“You’re wasting good whiskey,” the oiler said, dragging back a chair. “May I?”
William nodded and tapped the cuff of the oiler’s shirt. “Show me that.”
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