Quill and Quire

Fiction: Short

By Natalee Caple

There’s a certain strain of contemporary women’s lit – particularly the “textural” short story – that’s very big on oblique domestic scenes, memories of childhood, protracted silences, windows, kitchenware, loss, and secrets. At times these ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Robert Thomson

The best short stories (think of those by Alice Munro, James Joyce, and Raymond Carver) resonate with the reader long after the covers are closed, and yield more on each subsequent reading. Most short stories ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Mike Barnes

Mike Barnes’s first book, a poetry collection, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. His follow-up, Aquarium, a collection of stories, falls short of superlatives, though it ought to earn the writer a label ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short