31 Days of Stories 2021 – Page 2 – That Shakespearean Rag

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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