Fiction | The Walrus

An illustration of a car about to collide with a white goat, illuminated in its headlights. On the side of the road, a crowd of people watch and react in surprise.

Fiction / March 2020

Witness

February 7, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Kaie Kellough

In this short story, a family in Guyana visits a cousin in a state asylum

A red lobster rests on a bright blue barstool. Below, blue sea plants wave in the water.

December 2019 / Fiction

The Sail and Scupper

January 10, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Georgia Ohm

In this short story, a lobster walks into a bar to reflect on the deaths of his fellow sea creatures

An illustration of a house and satellite dish, surrounded by mountains.

Fiction / January/February 2020

Saturday Project

January 3, 2020March 27, 2020 - by P.N. Van Den Bosch

It’s true: Laura listens well and says just enough at the right times. Geoff has even seen her do this and thought nothing of it. Still, he senses an undertone in Marcus’s gratitude

Fiction

The Decade in Fiction

December 27, 2019February 6, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From foot fetishes to the perils of poetic success this is the fiction that helped define Canada

A mountain behind a group of apartment buildings, with a woman in the window.

Fiction / May 2019

Going Up the Mountain

October 9, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Trevor Shikaze

A short story about what it means to resist the fast pace of modern life

Arts & Culture / Fiction / July/August 2019

The Space Between Trees

June 28, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Benjamin Hertwig

In this short story, a former female soldier leaves one macho world for another

Arts & Culture / Fiction / July/August 2019

Super Dads

June 19, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Randy Boyagoda

A short story about what happens when three men visit a theme park where nearly everyone is stoned

April 2019 / Fiction

Childhood

March 26, 2019March 27, 2020 - by David Bezmozgis

Mark didn’t know what to make of his son—he didn’t seem like an “ordinary” kid

Fiction / March 2019

Finissage

February 18, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Shary Boyle

A short story about the end of the world

Sausage shaped diagram meant to illustrate discovery of truth

December 2018 / Fiction

Plastic Parts to Help With Life

December 23, 2018March 31, 2020 - by M.A.C. Farrant

A Lego Farm is an environmentally friendly and vegetarian farm where there are no slaughterhouses, no feeding operations, no toxic lagoons, and no impoverished migrant workers