Contents Introduction 1 Post-words, Past Words, Passwords 2 Ghostly Transmogrification: Paul Yee\'s Dead Man\'s Gold and Other Stories 3 Mimetic Desire: David Bergen\'s The Case of Lena S. 4 Labyrinthine Manners: Mary Lawson\'s Crow Lake 5 Imaging Old Age: Rohinton Mistry\'s Family Matters 6 Migrant Authorship: Anne Ireland\'s Exile 7 Garden of Prophecy: Nino Ricci\'s Testament 8 Public Statement: Austin Clarke\'s The Poltshed Hoe Conclusion: Negotiations with the Living Bibliography