Canadian writers let loose in an anthology of anonymous sexytimes stories
The stories here are entertaining enough, provocative enough, and spicy enough that their ultimate provenance doesn't really make any difference.
Valérie Bah and Kama La Mackerel “creolize” language in a story collection that examines the interstices between its characters and their identities
The individual entries are linked by characters that drift in and out among them.
Transition and stasis operate in tension throughout Anuja Varghese’s debut short fiction collection
Regardless of the narrative mode Verghese chooses, her thematic focus remains relatively constant.
Christine Estima’s debut collection mines the experience of Arab immigrants to Canada
Estima infuses her writing with sensitivity for the barbed points of human interaction.
The Spooky Season: Joyce Carol Oates offers up fifteen tales of body horror by women
Body horror is by nature a visceral mode, and many of the writers here take full advantage of the gooier elements in their tales.
The Spooky Season: Jordan Peele adds some Hollywood star power to new anthology of horror tales by Black authors
Bringing these stories together in one place highlights the genre contributions of Black writers.
Canadian writer Shashi Bhat on the jury for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Bhat's new collection is out from M&S in spring 2024.
Lisa Alward’s debut short fiction collection is a quietly potent cocktail
The stories display a surface placidity that belies their deeper structure.
The best stories in the horror anthology Found are those that interpret the book’s mandate broadly
It's hard to fault the contributors to the volume, or the ambition of the editors.
Precise language and patterns of imagery highlight the debut collection of stories from Amy LeBlanc
LeBlanc's short fiction is refreshingly resistant to closure.