Stones Cast
for Life
A new career. A new beginning. A small Newfoundland outport, a century ago — where a schoolteacher's reputation is her entire livelihood, and fortune turns as fast as the North Atlantic weather.
Stone Pond Press is the publishing imprint of Punk Science Studios Inc., a creative media and technology company based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The mission of this press is to publish modern Canadian voices telling beautifully written stories.
We publish multiple genres, fiction and non-fiction. We only publish a few titles a year which fit a very discerning profile of high literary quality, beautiful prose, that informs as well as it entertains.
Early praise“His compassion, honesty and remarkable story telling captures the resilience of the human spirit in a way that touches your heart long after the final page.”
Gordon N. Wright
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland. Stones Cast for Life grew from years of research into the lives of the people who settled the Newfoundland coast, and from a chance encounter with his own family history at The Rooms. This is his first novel.
We will be open to submissions in Fall 2026
Atlantic Canadian voices, cross-genre fiction and non-fiction. Read the guidelines to see if your work might be a fit.