A selection of subheadings from No Place More Suitable: Four Centuries of Montreal Stories. Published by Véhicule Press in 2018.

Severed Head Kept on Talking
Supposed Witch Outlasts Angry Priest
They Escaped Execution—One Way or Another
Scandalous or Modest?
Banqueting Left Him Exhausted
Summer’s Heat Was Hellish
Con Man’s Scam Sparked Fears of Invasion
Lachine Canal’s Birth Pangs Lasted Centuries
Nothing Funny in This ‘Jocular Persecution’
Supposed Cad Didn’t Know Dogs from Hounds
Dude’s Trial Had Them Laughing
Nudes Were a No-No in Victorian Montreal
Statue of the Virgin Fired City’s Passions
Hanged Murderer’s Relatives Defy the Body-Snatchers