Fiction: Short

Better Living Through Plastic Explosives

Zsuzsi Gartner’s 1999 debut story collection, All the Anxious Girls on Earth, effectively captured millennial jitters by presenting readers with a gallery of relatable heroines driven to extreme actions by the centrifugal force of the ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Divinity Gene

By Matthew J. Trafford

In these unique and wildly imaginative stories, Matthew J. Trafford pairs crisp diction with unpredictable plots: you think you’re going to arrive on the third floor, but the elevator takes you to another floor altogether, ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Jewels and Other Stories

By Dawn Promislow

As Canadians, we frequently pride ourselves on our social tolerance and inclusiveness. The cultural mosaic has become one of the country’s foundational myths, and our three most populous urban centres – Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Lives: Whole and Otherwise

By H. Nigel Thomas

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Bats or Swallows

By Teri Vlassopoulos

Montreal writer Teri Vlassopoulos’s debut collection contains stories about characters coming of age, suffering through severed relationships, and searching for their own identities. The author mixes kitchen-sink realism with elementary philosophy to portray the confusion, ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ The Beggar’s Garden

By Michael Christie

Michael Christie’s debut collection of nine linked stories is dazzling. Drawing on his experience working in a homeless shelter in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Christie explores the intense humanity of people living on the margins of ... Read More »

February 7, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Young in Their Country

By Richard Cumyn

Richard Cumyn is a writer who doesn’t like to be boxed in. The stories collected here resist pigeonholing: they are narrated by young and old voices belonging to men and women, Jews, Muslims, and old-money ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Are You Married to a Psychopath?

By Nadine Bismuth; Donald Winkler, trans.

Quebec writer Nadine Bismuth covers well-traversed ground in her second short story collection: the 10 stories, primarily narrated by female characters, explore various aspects of romantic relationships. The subject matter may be nothing new, but ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Punishing Ugly Children

By Darryl Joel Berger

Darryl Joel Berger’s debut short story collection is filled with distinctive characters, many pining for luck amidst bad situations and mile-long losing streaks. Whether his characters get what they want is ultimately less important than ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark

By Christopher Meades

While the label ChickLit may seem condescending to some, and the genre itself – which typically involves the adventures of emotionally immature shopaholic women – demeaning, things look even worse on the other side of ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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