Super Dads
A short story about what happens when three men visit a theme park where nearly everyone is stoned
Read MoreAuthor: Randy Boyagoda
Randy Boyagoda is a professor of English at the University of Toronto, where he is also principal of St. Michael’s College and holds the Basilian chair in Christianity, arts, and letters. He is chair of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize jury and currently writing a new novel, entitled Dante’s Indiana, on which this story is based.
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