31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 23: “How Myrna Survives” by Diane Schoemperlen
Diane Schoemperlen’s plaintive tale is about what happens when youthful promise gives way to the creeping disillusion of adulthood.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 22: “Furry Night” by Joan Aiken
A fantastical story with origins in myth and fairy tale, Aiken’s narrative imagines the world’s greatest Shakespearean actor as a werewolf.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 21: “A Bear Hunt” by William Faulkner
One of Faulkner’s most exuberant tales, this story of poetic revenge is also uproariously funny.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 20: “Serving” by Eva Crocker
Eva Crocker’s dual father-and-son narration draws parallels between two characters trapped in their own lives.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 19: “Radium Girl” by Sofi Papamarko
Sofi Papamarko’s superhero origin story takes a little-known historical tragedy and imagines a different outcome.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 18: “Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy” by David J. Schow
The term “splatterpunk” refers to a highly disreputable, extreme subgenre of graphic horror, but its best practitioners do much more with the form.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 17: “Julia and the Bazooka” by Anna Kavan
Kavan’s story is typical of her technical approach, which telescopes time and proceeds in a kind of modified stream-of-consciousness narration.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 16: “The Unfinished Novel” by Valerie Martin
Valerie Martin’s long story is about a poisonous artistic rivalry.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 15: “How to Live Longer” by M.G. Vassanji
Two time Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Vassanji’s story is about missed opportunities and unfulfilled dreams.
31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 14: “Tits for Cigs” by Téa Mutonji
Mutonji’s story is an empathetic look at burgeoning female sexuality and the roles women are expected to perform in our capitalist system.