Ryan Frawley
Bio
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Novelist, entomologist and cat owner. Ryan Frawley is the author of many articles and stories and one novel, Scar, available from online bookstores everywhere.
Stories (52/0)
5 Reasons You Should Spend More Time in the Forest
On a sunny Saturday, where else do you go but the forest? That’s the consensus around here. If you’re going to live in British Columbia, you’re obliged to like the outdoors. There’s not much else here. Vancouver has its charms, but they only go so far. It’s what’s outside the city that makes it so appealing.
By Ryan Frawley2 years ago in Earth
This is What Happens When You Disconnect
All I need is an Internet connection. Or at least, that would be all I needed if all I cared about was making money. I’ve been with my wife since before smartphones existed, so I’ve seen the world change as it has migrated online.
By Ryan Frawley2 years ago in Earth
The Gun That Changed the World
Nobody comes here. Not by choice. Sometimes, a bus full of school kids will pull up outside. The young minds of the future will be forced through the echoing halls like toothpaste through a tube, counting the hours until they can escape.
By Ryan Frawley2 years ago in Wander
Life And Death on Canada's West Coast
There’s nothing beyond here This is where Canada's West Coast runs out, the land finally faltering and fragmenting into a thousand rocky islands. There's nothing between here and Asia except a wild and shifting sea that brings fogs and storms and occasionally the wreckage of ships to the rocky shore.
By Ryan Frawley2 years ago in Wander
In Search of Hawaiian Sea Turtles
I’m not made for the tropics. My sluggish European blood is better suited to foggy moors and glasses of whiskey by firelight. As we drove along South Kihei Road, the golden ball of the sun hung directly overhead in a way it never does in the northern latitudes I live in. The air-conditioning was roaring, but still, I could feel beads of moisture rolling slowly down the trench of my spine.
By Ryan Frawley2 years ago in Wander
You Can Find Awe Where the Words Run Out
This is where the words run out Between white-crowned mountains striped with shadows and furred by forests, on the slow-breathing skin of an ancient lake. The reflective water turns the mountains upside down. The sun becomes a bright bar of gold that points at everyone who looks at it.
By Ryan Frawley2 years ago in Wander
The Eyes of a Wolf
It's not so much that the mountains rise. It's more like the land falls away. The plains of Alberta are thousands of feet above sea level, a high plateau that seems to stretch on forever into the Canadian prairies. But even the prairie ends eventually. Located on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Jasper National Park marks a shift from flat land to mountain. Approaching from the east, the road plunges along a river valley, and frowning mountains suddenly surround you.
By Ryan Frawley2 years ago in Wander
Grizzly Bears in the Great Canadian Wilderness
“Stand back. She’s coming.” We moved. Gathering up bags and tripods, we stepped back from the river. A random assortment of strangers, gathered in a dusty pullout next to the highway for a singular purpose. Biting black flies buzzed around our heads, but no one paid any attention. There was a tension in the air you could feel, the thrill of excitement and not a small amount of fear as we backed up.
By Ryan Frawley2 years ago in Wander
