One Sunday Without Desire

by CJ Frey

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Pub Date May 15 2026 | Archive Date Apr 30 2026

Literary Press Group of Canada | Inanna Publications

Literary Fiction | Novellas & Short Stories | Women's Fiction

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Description

In this unsettling allegorical tale, two sisters find themselves in a derelict European hotel during a mysterious plague. When faced with a life-changing decision, the older sister must grapple with their shared trauma, and begins to wonder how well she really knew her younger sister at all.

One Sunday Without Desire asks how well we can ever know the people we love the most, and explores love, loss, grief, and memory through a haunting narrative that raises more questions than it answers.

Advance Praise

"A contemporary feminist parable grounded in the lived experiences of sisterhood, Cecilia Frey’s One Sunday without Desire is a captivating descent into the Upside-Down of nostalgia and regret. Two sisters contend with the intersections of self, family, and social expectation in a surreal road trip peopled by dark-eyed strangers and a cauliflower-eared philosopher during a plague outbreak that seems both specific and uncannily universal." - Vivian Zenari, author of 'Deuce'