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AwardsShort FictionThe Colophon

Canadian writer Shashi Bhat on the jury for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023

Bhat's new collection is out from M&S in spring 2024.

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Brief EncountersCanLitShort Fiction

Lisa Alward’s debut short fiction collection is a quietly potent cocktail

August 15, 2023August 16, 2023

The stories display a surface placidity that belies their deeper structure.

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Brief EncountersFilmShort FictionThe Horror Show

The best stories in the horror anthology Found are those that interpret the book’s mandate broadly

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023

It's hard to fault the contributors to the volume, or the ambition of the editors.

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Brief EncountersCanLitShort Fiction

Precise language and patterns of imagery highlight the debut collection of stories from Amy LeBlanc

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

LeBlanc's short fiction is refreshingly resistant to closure.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort FictionThe Colophon

Zero-Sum, the latest collection from Joyce Carol Oates, is a grab bag of goodies from various genres

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023

This latest volume offers an energetic point of entry as well as a strong argument for Oates's continued relevance.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

Agustina Bazterrica’s strange and uncomfortable short stories channel the ghost of Borges

June 29, 2023June 29, 2023

There are pleasures aplenty to be found in Bazterrica's bitter and poisoned bouquet.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 31: “Nine Lives” by Ursula K. Le Guin

May 31, 2023June 3, 2023

Le Guin had her pulse on the present and was able to anticipate where the human species was likely headed given its current trajectory.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 30: “Ancestral Links” by Yvonne Vera

May 30, 2023June 2, 2023

The narrative highlights the danger ordinary citizens faced while attempting even routine business during wartime.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 29: “Clytie” by Eudora Welty

May 29, 2023June 1, 2023

If Welty begins her tale as a moody Gothic throwback, by the conclusion she has injected a large dollop of ridiculousness.

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Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 28: “The Last Kiss” by Maurice Level; Alys Eyre Macklin, trans.

May 28, 2023May 31, 2023

Level was closely associated with Paris's notorious Théâtre du Grand-Guignol.

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