31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 18: “Brutto” by Helen DeWitt
Helen DeWitt's story is about the fraught tension between artistic integrity and fame.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 17: “The Piazza” by Herman Melville
Herman Melville's tale is a story of disillusionment and thwarted idealism.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 16: Seventy-two Canadian stories, curated by Kevin Hardcastle
The Canadian novelist and short story writer has put together a list that provides a robust cross-section of Canadian short fiction in the 21st century.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 15: “The Swan Suit” by Katherine Fawcett
In "The Swan Suit," Katherine Fawcett updates the tropes of classical folk tales, lending them a feminist spin.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 14: “Mr. Molt” by Anosh Irani
Anosh Irani's story is about a grieving mother who is convinced her dead son has been reincarnated as a penguin at the local zoo.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 13: “The Pugilist at Rest” by Thom Jones
Thom Jones’s most famous story is about one U.S. Marine before, during, and after deployment to Vietnam.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 12: “Slumming” by Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh uses humour to drive home a deadly serious point.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 11: “Planting” by Matsuda Aoko; Angus Turvill, trans.
Matsuda Aoko's story is a surrealistic allegory about the psychological fallout from the 2011 Japanese tsunami.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 10: “The Parachute” by Seyward Goodhand
Seyward Goodhand's ambitious and risky alternate history imagines a meeting between Simone Weil and Leni Riefenstahl.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 9: “Wild Blue Yonder” by Jenny Diski
Jenny Diski's story is about female domestic confinement and the promise of a more fulfilling life.