31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 14: “Amberine” by Camille Hernández-Ramdwar
Camille Hernández-Ramdwar's story addresses the nuances involved in the anti-vax movement via the eponymous character.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 13: “Title” by John Barth and “Elements of the Short Story” by Stuart Ross
Barth, like Ross, writes in a highly ironic mode.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 12: “Rhubarb” by Lauren Carter
The key symbol for reclaiming something of youth's vigour and potential is the rhubarb that serves as the story's title.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 11: “Doves” by Carol Bruneau
Bruneau's story is about human suffering and the willingness of people who witness it to intervene
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 10: “A North American Education” by Clark Blaise
As much as it is a story about sex, "A North American Education" is also a story about fathers and sons.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 8: “The Raincoat” by Martha Bátiz
Bátiz's story examines the class divides that permeate the city through the prism of a Mexican immigrant.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 6: “End Times” by Michelle Syba
Faith is, to those who don't subscribe, a kind of pandering to scared people.
31 Days of Stories, Day 3: “Meet You at the Door” by Lawrence Hill
Hill's short story was first published in the Walrus in 2011.
Carolyn Whitzman’s history of a notorious 19th century Toronto murder illustrates how much has not changed in the interim
A detailed and propulsive true crime story, Clara at the Door with a Revolver is also a work of social history.
In Letters to Little Comrade, Dan K. Woo offers a satirical, ultimately tragic view of womanhood in modern China
The brief novel's overall structure is frequently at odds with the specificity of the narrative that is unfolding.