31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 1: “The Finkelstein 5” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's story is a satire about the cascading violence that results from institutional racism.
The eyes have it: “I Am the Doorway” by Stephen King
Stephen King's short story "I Am the Doorway" rides the line between science fiction and horror.
Till death do us part: the literary bait-and-switch of Jill Ciment’s The Body in Question
Jill Ciment‘s novel begins as a courtroom thriller, but transforms into a fraught examination of desire and culpability.
Hustle and flow: the Beat sensibility of John Rechy’s City of Night
John Rechy's 1963 debut novel is simultaneously a product of its time and somehow outside of time altogether.
Nobel Prize in Literature continues to court controversy
After a year in which it tried to put a series of controversies behind it, the Nobel committee for literature finds itself the subject of new protests.
Hingston and Olsen’s Short Story Advent Calendar celebrates five years
Editor Michael Hingston and designer Natalie Olsen celebrate five years of producing the Short Story Advent Calendar.
Family matters: Ashleigh Young on seeing, place, and her debut essay collection
Ashleigh Young draws on her own confusion, family history, and an idiosyncratic sensibility in her book of essays.
A small derangement of consciousness: the challenging fiction of Jung Young Moon
Jung Young Moon’s novel eschews traditional notions of plot, character, and conflict in favour of a digressive dreamscape.
Busting borders: the gut-punch fiction of Don Winslow
The American crime writer Don Winslow opened the 2019 Toronto International Festival of authors with an insightful conversation about writing, genre, and the U.S. war on drugs.
Thieves in the night: “The Body-Snatcher” by Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1884 chiller “The Body-Snatcher” is a tale of supernatural horror with moral overtones.