Martha Baillie lives in Toronto. Her novels include The Incident Report, The Search for Heinrich Schlögel, and If Clara. Sister Language, co-written with her sister, Christina Baillie, was published by Pedlar Press in September 2019.
Her Body
Martha Baillie
Materials for making a death mask:
one handful alginate
sufficient tap water
plaster bandages
half a bedsheet, torn
one plastic garbage bag, torn
a good pound of beeswax
Tools: one large bowl, a long-handled spoon, a single-burner stove, a saucepan, . . .