Fiction

Watercolour illustration of a park with a pond and people reading books on a bench beneath a large weeping willow tree.

Summer Reading 2024

July 26, 2024August 19, 2024 - by Various Contributors

New fiction and poetry from Souvankham Thammavongsa, Bruce Taylor, and more

A group of women in a salon turn to look at a pigeon sitting on the widow ledge. The workers are in dark clothing with their hair in buns on the top of their heads. The customers are wearing white dresses and their blonde hair is worn down.

Fiction / July/August 2024

Pick a Colour

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Souvankham Thammavongsa

She hasn’t really looked at me. She knows I am there and what I do

A girl with short pink hair looks across the room at an identical girl sitting and writing in a journal. Silhouettes of trees are seen through the windows.

Fiction / July/August 2024

August 2150

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Tomas Hachard

The latest rain event had been scheduled for the night before, but something had gone wrong

Illustration of a couple camping. In the foreground, the man's worried face is visible in their tent while behind him the woman is swimming in a blue lake.

Fiction / July/August 2024

Heaven on Earth

July 26, 2024July 30, 2024 - by Dimitri Nasrallah

That was no raccoon. They both knew it sounded bigger than that

Illustrations of glasses, matches, a car, fountain pen, amulet, leaves, coins, flowers, fountains and a large house surround a black-and-white photo of a Sri Lankan family snipped by bird-shaped scissors.

Fiction / May 2024

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March 29, 2024March 28, 2024 - by Randy Boyagoda

We ate and drank and drove on and I went off the road, and so we discussed the situation and decided it would be a good idea to pull off the road

Black and white illustration of a female mermaid-like figure with a pink background. She is sitting on a stone with her feet and left hand dipped in the sea while her right hand holds a glowing box. Behind her is the outline of an orb through which the distant horizon is visible. A swirling border surrounds the scene with leering eyes drawn in the top corners, looking down at the figure.

Fiction / March/April 2024

Two Female Modes of Transportation

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 - by Jowita Bydlowska

The boy watches as the girl slumps over herself, the fire hair like a warning against coming closer

An illustration of a woman looking at an outstretched hand holding a gold watch in the middle of rummaging through a drawer. In the background is a body lying on the floor beside a table with a bottle of champagne and a champagne flute on top of it.

Fiction / January/February 2024

The Last Vacation

January 5, 2024January 4, 2024 - by Marlowe Granados

The face of the con was always someone who embodied the fashion of the time—a slob, a genius, or finally, a charismatic dum-dum

Fiction

20 Years of The Walrus: Fiction

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 - by Various Contributors

Novel excerpts and short stories by Tanya Tagaq, Heather O’Neill, Sam Shelstad, and more

An illustration of a father curled up next to his son in a hospital bed underneath green, red, and white-coloured string lights.

December 2023 / Fiction

Jude the Brave

December 12, 2023December 11, 2023 - by Claire Cameron

Everything looked the same as the year before—the rows of brick, a tree with lights, an inflatable Santa. Nothing was

Dog hiding in a desk, with yellow stuff on his mouth

Fiction / July/August 2014 / November 2023

Care and Feeding of the Amish

October 19, 2023November 1, 2023 - by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

They had snuck from their tents this fine morning, before the spring dew dried on the grass, and come back with their prize

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