Maplenation Stories

*NOTE: New chapter published every Friday! In Greece, even love has its ruins: Before the Last Laurel Falls is a powerful travel memoir and love story about a Canadian man who returns to Greece with his Greek wife to confront the cracks in their midlife marriage. Amid ancient ruins, mountain monasteries, olive groves, and symbols like the owl, the olive, and the laurel, he follows a trail of myth and memory that forces him to face aging, identity, and the fear of losing the woman he loves. Blending humour, Greek folklore, spiritual reflection, and vivid travel writing, this book explores what endures in love, what must fall away, and how a journey through Greece can transform a marriage. Perfect for readers who love literary travelogues, emotional healing journeys, stories set in Greece, and memoirs about rediscovery at midlife.

A family retreat. A gunshot in the quiet woods. A stranger's threat echoing in the trees. When peace shatters, a father must defend his family - and hope the wilderness isn't the only thing hunting them.

A tender poem celebrating love's resilience and beauty, symbolized through a single rose chosen with care and offered from the heart.

A meditation on progress, pressure, and the instinct to flee the modern world's relentless noise.

In a kingdom of spectacle and shadow, a princess watches as good and evil collide - and a single battle determines fate.