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    Chance Does Not Exist

    By Richard Stanford

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    CHANCE DOES NOT EXIST is a collection of short stories exploring the worlds of artists and thieves, prisoners and taxi drivers. We travel from Montréal 1947, to Québec City 1905, to Boston 1947, Italy 1975, and back to Montreal 2005 as the diverse characters struggle to discover their identity while surrounded a world of hostile lies.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMar 13, 2013
    ISBN9781105625657
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    Chance Does Not Exist
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    Richard Stanford

    Richard is a photographer, filmmaker and writer living in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec.  His photography has been exhibited at The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Vehicule Art Gallery Arbor Gallery, Skelly Gallery, Cornwall Art Gallery, Abbey for the Arts, and Critical Eye Gallery.  He has written and directed 50 documentary films and feature films.  The Adirondack Review, Montage, P.O.V., Canada's History Magazine and Ovi Magazine have published his stories and essays.

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