31 Days of Stories, Day 3: “A Degree of Suffering Is Required” by Christine Estima
The speaker in the story is Azurée Ghiz, the descendent of Arab immigrants in Toronto.
31 Days of Stories 2025, Day 2: “The Real Thing” by Henry James
The story is on one level a comedy of manners; on another, it is a careful and cutting critique of capitalism.
31 Days of Stories 2025, Day 1: “The Easter Lilies” by Jane Gardam
The bare bones of Gardam's story appear minor and parochial; this belies the depth and complexity the author infuses into her tale.
Gothic tropes and lush language characterize A Song for Wildcats, the debut story collection from Caitlin Galway
Galway's rich feel for language and her ability to inhabit a wide range of characters and milieus is impressive.
A chilly chamber quartet: Four Canadian writers craft uncanny tales in different registers
Each entry in the book contains, perhaps unsurprisingly, references to at least one dead writer.
Joyce Carol Oates continues a late-career hot streak with a collection of subversive suspense stories
Oates's pervading theme across her entire career involves an investigation into the nature of consciousness and the mysteries of personality.
“The language drives the story”: Caroline Adderson on process, Chekhov’s influence, and the importance of laughter in short fiction
"The problem in this country is that people seem to feel that if it's funny it's not serious."
Latin American shivers: Mariana Enriquez’s latest collection locates the uncanny in the lives of women and marginalized Argentinians
The twelve stories in A Sunny Place for Shady People, ably translated by veteran collaborator Megan McDowell, hold their social subtexts more or less on their metaphorical sleeve.
Naben Ruthnum, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Camilla Grudova are included in an anthology perfect for shorter days with chillier temperatures
The most blazingly unforgettable tale in the anthology has to be EC Dorgan's "Prairie Teeth."
Literary nightmares: Nineteen writers contribute to an anthology about the spooky side of literature
The books in these stories are dangerous not just for the ideas they contain, but the wounds that they inflict.