Quietly, Loving Everyone: Stories

By Curtis McRae

A striking debut collection by one of Montreal's brightest young writers.

Quietly, Loving Everyone, Curtis McRae's debut collection of stories, assembles a meditative and often profound cycle of portraits pulled from everyday Canadian life. A young boy raises James Dean from the dead, only to find out the cult icon is not the playmate he' d hoped for. A university student riddled with ulcers silently spirals after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. A young girl takes a road trip with her older sister to Cape Cod, and years later reconstructs the tragic circumstances behind what she remembers. A couple goes on a date at an old porn theatre that is the last remaining vestige of a neighbourhood that has moved on. McRae plays witness characters at those crucial beginnings or ends of relationships, with lovers, friends, family, and most importantly themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550656759
• ISBN13: 9781550656756
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Esplanade Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.7"