31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 17: “Penetrating Wind Over Open Lake” by Elise Levine
There is a tension between the free-floating style and structure of Levine's story and Paisley's notions regarding claustrophobia and confinement.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 16: “The Mouse and the Woman” by Dylan Thomas
First published in 1936, "The Mouse and the Woman" is one of Thomas's oddest and most elliptical pieces.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 15: “Needlework” by Ch’ǒn Unyǒng; Na-Young Bae and Bruce Fulton, trans.
Pak uses her artistry as a means of control, both over her clients and herself.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 14: “Roxanne (After Edmond Rostand)” by Catherine Bush
Bush maintains the characters' original gender roles but switches the focus from the play's title character to that of the romantic interest.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 13: “How to Be an Other Woman” by Lorrie Moore
The power dynamics at work in the relationship are drawn out teasingly, through language and the specifics of the characters as Moore has crafted them.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 12: As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories
Pierre has done a good job bringing together pieces that cover a range of styles and subjects.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 11: “Run for Your Life” by Nat Cassidy
In "Run for Your Life," it's not that the Beatles never existed, but that they were prevented from forming and therefore changing the course of music history.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 10: “The Thunberg Pledge” by Robert McGill
The attention Tim pays to language is not incidental; it is in fact significant character information.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 9: “F.A.Q.s” by Allegra Goodman
There are indications in the story that the traditional generational roles in the family have long been subverted.
31 Days of Stories 2026, Day 8: “The Old Woman” by Daniil Kharms; Matvei Yankelevich, trans.
Kharms frequently approaches his fiction by focusing on literature's limits or failings.