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31 Days of Stories 2021

Brief EncountersInternational LiteratureShort Fiction

31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 21: “A Bear Hunt” by William Faulkner

May 21, 2021June 14, 2022

One of Faulkner’s most exuberant tales, this story of poetic revenge is also uproariously funny.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 20: “Serving” by Eva Crocker

May 20, 2021June 14, 2022

Eva Crocker’s dual father-and-son narration draws parallels between two characters trapped in their own lives.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 19: “Radium Girl” by Sofi Papamarko

May 19, 2021June 14, 2022

Sofi Papamarko’s superhero origin story takes a little-known historical tragedy and imagines a different outcome.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 18: “Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy” by David J. Schow

May 18, 2021June 14, 2022

The term “splatterpunk” refers to a highly disreputable, extreme subgenre of graphic horror, but its best practitioners do much more with the form.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 17: “Julia and the Bazooka” by Anna Kavan

May 17, 2021June 14, 2022

Kavan’s story is typical of her technical approach, which telescopes time and proceeds in a kind of modified stream-of-consciousness narration.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 16: “The Unfinished Novel” by Valerie Martin

May 16, 2021June 14, 2022

Valerie Martin’s long story is about a poisonous artistic rivalry.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 15: “How to Live Longer” by M.G. Vassanji

May 15, 2021June 14, 2022

Two time Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Vassanji’s story is about missed opportunities and unfulfilled dreams.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 14: “Tits for Cigs” by Téa Mutonji

May 14, 2021June 14, 2022

Mutonji’s story is an empathetic look at burgeoning female sexuality and the roles women are expected to perform in our capitalist system.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 13: “Firebugs” by Craig Davidson

May 13, 2021June 14, 2022

The language of the story is tightly calibrated and walks a tightrope between lyricism and incipient violence.

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31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 12: “Arsonists” by Chris Benjamin

May 12, 2021June 14, 2022

A story about a granddaughter on the day she euthanizes her grandmother is also a veiled critique of the residential school system.

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