Fiction. When a mad dentist steals people's teeth, Miss Lamp comes to town. When Miss Lamp comes to town, she stays in Room 32 of the Peachland Hotel. As she waits for a well-crafted grilled cheese sandwich--with pickle on the side, of course--and a bowl of tomato soup, she drifts back to her past, picking and pocketing, her memories along the way: meet Delano, Paper Boy, Abby and Grandma, and see Room Service Boy and Banana Tray Hair as their romance blossoms. Their stories all hum around the luminous Miss Lamp, a remarkably attractive litigator with a bag full of discoveries. MISS LAMP invites you to smell the flowers, walk in someone else's shoes, eat a peach and watch a magpie pick for gold. MISS LAMP is a story about stories, a story to set things right. "To read Miss Lamp is to see daily life again in clear, sharp lines and delightfully bright colours"--Larissa Lai. Chris Ewart lives in Calgary, where he recently received his MA in English. His play Billy's Drums will appear in 2006.