A few things to know about Tim

Timothy Paleczny

Publishing Bio

• Debut novel: Breath of the Adamastor (Cavalarico Books, 2026) Breath of the Adamastor is the second edition of A Life on Water (Cavalarico Books, 2023)

• A Bill to Pay: A play in two acts (Cavalarico Books, 2024)

• First book of poetry: The Tale of Indigo (Cavalarico Books, 2022)

• Edited the anthology, Stories from Blood & Aphorisms (Gutter Press, 1993)

• Tim co-founded and led Blood & Aphorisms, a Toronto fiction magazine from 1991 to 1997

• According to the Canadian Magazine Publishers Association, Blood & Aphorisms was Canada’s best-selling fiction magazine throughout its seven-year run in the 1990s

Education

• Master of Arts degree in English Literature, University of Waterloo

• Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, St. Jerome’s University

Breath of the Adamastor is a genre-blending novel about a marine biologist's tour of duty as an Allied spy in Portugal. Under the cover of turtle research, Ardis Lowney’s mission takes her to Lisbon’s sophisticated salons, rustic villages, and sunny beach towns. Just when her cover no longer holds water, she makes an extraordinary discovery at sea, yet comes face-to-face with her would-be lover, staring down the barrel of his luger. The narrative soars with sublime moments that clash with the absurd facades of Fatima, war, and romance. #DebutNovel #HistoricalFiction

Breath of the Adamastor is the second edition of A Life on Water (ISBN 978-1-7386433-2-5) first released in March 2023. The second edition features a new title, a new cover illustration, and description.

A Bill to Pay - Harking back to a time of simpler values, A Bill to Pay shows a young man and his grandfather grappling with the changes each faces. One is coming of age and deals with issues of relationship, agency, and purpose. The other wants to retire and invokes matters of succession, closure, and, ironically, romance. Both the past they’ve shared and their future confound them; their present needs are a humorous source of conflict. They are family, after all.

A Bill to Pay finds fun in showing audiences the price of life's little decisions. Set in 1988 to 1990 in Waterloo, Ontario, this comedy fixates on a big concern for all—the new U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling to mind what was lost and the price Canadians continue to pay. #theatreplay

The Tale of Indigo is a book of poetry that explores our most-enduring myth—creation—and the great issues of our time—greed, our war with pathogens, and climate change. #naturepoetry #climatechangepoetry #mythiccreationstories