Vera Johnson (June 13, 1920 – November 9, 2007) was a Vancouver folk singer-songwriter and author. She was known for creating original songs on a variety of topics, some of them controversial, including religion, sex, divorce, censorship, liberation, politics, and family.[ citation needed]
In an autobiographical essay, Johnson recounts how she learned to sing and play music in 1949, and how she viewed her writing, whether through music, short stories, or plays, as a means for political change. [1] Her song "The Fountain" described the " hippie protests" of 1968 Vancouver.[ citation needed]
Title | Date | First published in | Notes |
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"Black Six on Red Seven" | January 15, 1951 | MacLean's | Honourable Mention, story contest [1] |
"The Huckelmeyer Story" | February 1, 1953 | MacLean's | Originally published as "A Man's Gotta Lie Once in a While" / Third prize, story contest [1] |
"The Long Night" | April 15, 1953 | MacLean's | |
"The Way is Hard and Weary" | April 1953 | Canadian Forum | |
"The Beat of Moth-Wings" | August 15, 1953 | MacLean's | Originally published as "The Silent Star of Stratford" [1] |
"Death in the Toy Parade" | December 1953 | MacLean's | |
"Vigil on the Rock" | December 10, 1955 | MacLean's | Originally published as "He Married for Murder" [1] |
"The Legacy" | December 1958 | Toronto Star | |
"The Pilgrimage" | February 1959 | Canadian Forum | |
"Death Comes to the Fiesta" | July 1960 | Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine | |
"The Day They Cut Off the Power" | 1975 | New Writings in SF, #27 | Science Fiction |
"The Throwback" | 1988 | Fictons, #1 | Science Fiction |
"The Flower Words of Xochiquetzal" | 1990 | Fictons, #3 | Science Fiction |
"The Case of the Raptrans Mole" | 1993 | Fictons, #5 | Science Fiction |
"A Surfeit of Suspects" | 1994 | Fictons, #6 | Science Fiction |
Title | Date | First published in | Notes |
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"Wanderlust" | July 1934 | Nature Magazine | [1] |