Pallbearing

Michael Melgaard’s debut collection of short fiction, Pallbearing, begins with a story of the same name. Jonathan is a pallbearer for his friend Alana, a young woman who was terminally ill for long enough to ... Read More »

February 3, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Good Citizens Need Not Fear

By Maria Reva

February 3, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

The Eater of Dreams

By Kat Cameron

The closing entry in Halifax writer Ryan Turner’s sophomore collection of short fiction is called “Moving.” It’s appropriate, given that the story literally begins in motion, with an opening sentence that reads, “As the train ... Read More »

January 2, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Half-Sisters and Other Stories

By Ryan Turner

January 2, 2020 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Bawaajigan: Stories of Power

By Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler and Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith (eds.)

In the introduction to Bawaajigan: Stories of Power, the 18th instalment of Exile’s Anthology series, co-editor Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler explains the volume’s title: “Bawaajigan,” he writes, is “the Anishinaabemowin word for dream, or vision.” ... Read More »

November 18, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Journey Prize Stories 31: The Best of Canada’s New Writers

By Carleigh Baker; Catherine Hernandez; and Joshua Whitehead (eds.)

When I lived in Manhattan as a fledgling writer, I often went into the big bookstores to browse the selection of literary journals on the racks. Flipping through their pages packed with new fiction and ... Read More »

November 11, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Even That Wildest Hope

By Seyward Goodhand

On the acknowledgements page of A Dark House, Ian Colford mentions the eight stories were written between 15 and 25 years ago, a period during which he regarded publication as an “impossibly lofty goal.” In ... Read More »

September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

★ A Dark House and Other Stories

By Ian Colford

September 19, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

Different Beasts

By J.R. McConvey

One of the most beguiling attributes of the short-story genre is its malleability. Stories are shape-shifters, tugging and testing the elasticity of the form in ways that often subvert readerly expectations. The title story in ... Read More »

September 16, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short, Reviews

How to Tell If Your Frog Is Dead

By Julie Roorda

September 16, 2019 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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