CONFLUENCE
Coming September 1, 2026 | Arsenal Pulp Press
A NOVEL-IN-STORIES | Alex Turner + Lucian Childs
The story simply teems with love—the unrequited, the joyously consummated, and for the authors, love undying.—Caroline Adderson, author of A Russian Sister and A Way to Be Happy
In 1956, fifteen-year-old Teddy—drawn to the water and woods around his hometown of Harrison Hot Springs—is overwhelmed upon meeting bad boy Wade. Over the next decade, Teddy struggles to shape an authentic life, while ultimately facing his love for his mercurial friend. This poignant tale opens a window onto the little-described period in queer Canadian history just prior to the 1969 Stonewall riots, the event that sparked the modern gay rights movement. | MORE |
The penultimate tale from Confluence
Advanced Praise for Confluence
[a] powerful novel—simply and directly told, with a great narrative engine and a fully realized emotional arc.—Trevor Corkum, author of The World After Us
Run to Confluence. It will give you a lifetime of goosebumps.—Daniel Allen Cox, author of I Felt the End Before It Came
Written with great care and feeling, it is testament to a love between two men that transcends the ephemeral.—Kristyn Dunnion, author
I can’t remember when I’ve become so fully immersed in fiction.—Ken Harvey, author of The Book of Casey Adair
A loving, warm, and turbulent page-turner.—Richard Mirabella, author of Brother & Sister Enter the Forest
A powerful novel about masculinity, repression, and the devastating consequences of love that cannot safely speak its name.—Danny Ramadan, author of The Foghorn Echoes
Confluence is a gushing hot spring of a novel, swirling with sex, self-discovery, and stories that bubble up to insist on being told.—Matthew J. Trafford, author of Runs in the Blood
Alex Turner, Chilliwack-Sardis Overpass, 2002, digital collage