Read Greedy Little Eyes Online
Authors: Billie Livingston
“Georgia, It’s Me” first appeared in a shorter form as “Thin-skinned” in
Fiddlehead.
“Did You Grow Up With Money?” first appeared in
Other Voices Magazine,
and reprinted in
Sub-Terrain Magazine
.
“Before I Would Ever Hurt You” (as “Locusts & Honey”) first appeared in
Prairie Fire Magazine.
Stories in this collection have been awarded fiction prizes from
THIS Magazine
’s Great Canadian Literary Hunt, The Lawrence House Fiction Prize,
Prism Magazine
,
The Fiddlehead
and
Other Voices Magazine
. “You’re Taking All the Fun Out of It” was shortlisted for the Journey Prize.
BILLIE LIVINGSTON published her critically acclaimed first novel,
Going Down Swinging
, in 2000. Her first book of poetry,
The Chick at the Back of the Church
, was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Award. Her second novel,
Cease to Blush
, was a
Globe and Mail
Best Book. Her award-winning short fiction has been published in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Born in Toronto, Livingston now lives in Vancouver.
VINTAGE CANADA EDITION, 2010
Copyright © 2010 Billie Livingston
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.
Published in Canada by Vintage Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, in 2010. Distributed by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Vintage Canada with colophon is a registered trademark.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Livingston, Billie, 1965—
Greedy little eyes / Billie Livingston.
eISBN: 978-0-307-37433-2
I. Title.
PS8573.I916G74 2010 C813’.54 C2009-906707-2
v3.0