Quill and Quire

Fiction: Short

Ex-Yu

By Josip Novakovich

In his new book of stories, Josip Novakovich, who was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize, presents a diverse, bracingly eccentric cast of characters. An essayist as well as author of the novel ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Act Normal

By Greg Hollingshead

Act Normal is Greg Hollingshead’s first book of short stories since his 1995 Governor-General’s Literary Award–winning The Roaring Girl, and it’s a refreshing reminder of his idiosyncratic take on the form. Few other writers represent ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Famous Last Meals

By Richard Cumyn

The David Cronenberg film Crash (based on J.G. Ballard’s novel) is about people who are sexually aroused by recreating celebrities’ fatal car crashes. The title story in a new book of three novellas by Kingston, ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Welcome to the Circus

By Rhonda Douglas

Rhonda Douglas’s debut collection of short fiction contains 10 eclectic stories that employ humour, metafiction, and pathos to varying degrees of effectiveness. Douglas is at her best when writing about the tumultuous emotional lives of ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Entropic

By R.W. Gray

R.W. Gray is determined to avoid convention; as a result, his stories both intrigue and occasionally alienate the reader. They are impossible to classify in terms of genre, and are set in a slightly off-kilter ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

What You Need

By Andrew Forbes

In his debut collection of short fiction, Ontario-based writer Andrew Forbes examines the delicate yet intricate nature of humanity. He does this by looking at the impact decisions or circumstances can have on individuals and ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short