Let Me Be the One

Elisabeth Harvor published her first collection of short stories in 1973; her second, If Only We Could Live Like This Forever, appeared over a decade later after a literary silence fed by marital dissolution and ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Stupid Boys Are Good to Relax with

By Susan Swan

Reading Susan Swan is often exhilarating. Her first novel, The Biggest Modern Woman of the World, was a delight and, thankfully, the second half of Stupid Boys – “Cyber Tales” – has a similar sense ... Read More »

March 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Kiss Me

By Andrew Pyper

“In this story I have made for myself I am a troll who lives under the bridge... closing my ears to the clamour of love as it passes over my head.” So mourns the narrator ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Traplines: Stories

By Eden Robinson

Remember the name Eden Robinson. You will be seeing it again, on other covers.Born on the Haisla Nation Kitamaat reserve in British Columbia, Robinson, 27, is a writer of startling promise, someone with unique material ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Season of Apples

By Ann Copeland

In Season of Apples, Ann Copeland’s new collection of stories, the author proves herself masterful at evoking the rich content and drama in what would otherwise appear to be simple incidents and humdrum lives. In ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Only Wounded: Ulster Stories

By Patrick Taylor

Two young women are going on a pre-wedding shopping spree when their outing is cut short. A young boy wants to surprise his big brother with a newly polished gun, with unexpected consequences. Two professional ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Inappropriate Behaviour

By Irene Mock

The title of this short story collection – Inappropriate Behaviour – is brilliant. Few of Irene Mock’s characters can evade the charge – certainly not, for example, the woman writing a novel (about her husband’s ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Dust to Dust: Stories

By Timothy Findley

The Canadian Booksellers Association deemed Timothy Findley Author of the Year in 1996, a sensible choice. Findley does not insult the intelligence of Canadian readers, nor overestimate media-addled attention spans. He publishes often, and each ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Hellmouths of Bewdley

By Tony Burgess

An insane doped-up doctor, a 30-year-old gay virgin, a redneck transvestite, and 20 guys named Jesus Christ reside in Toronto writer Tony Burgess’s first collection of short stories. Set in Bewdley, Ontario, The Hellmouths of Bewdley ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Comfort Zones

By Pamela Donoghue

The ties that bind the stories of Comfort Zone often do so in unexpected ways: the pharmacist uncle who goes fishing with Wanda Lee’s ex-boyfriend turns out to be married to a woman in another ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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