Fiction

Fiction

20 Years of The Walrus: Fiction

September 15, 2023 - by Various Contributors

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

Illustration of a light pink couch with two cushions and a white blanket draped over the top.

Fiction / July/August 2023

Buddy West

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 - by Sam Shelstad

“How much for the cowboy in the window?”

Illustration of two wolves, drawn in a childish style, riding a bicycle. In the background is a rock and tree branch.

Fiction / July/August 2023

Dispatches Regarding the Woeful Origins of the Town’s Bicycle Race

August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 - by Tom Froh

Today a ranger spotted two wolves on a carbon-frame Ibis tearing down a hill at fifty kilometres per hour

Illustration of four wooden chairs around a table with empty drinking glasses on top.

Fiction / July/August 2023

Like a Mother

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 - by Fawn Parker

I imagined, with each feeding, that I might become less of a mother and more of my old self

Fiction / July/August 2023 / Poetry

Summer Reading 2023

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 - by The Walrus Staff

Sizzling new fiction and poetry to enjoy in the sun

An illustration of a woman's shadow casting over a framed photograph of a young woman wearing Mughal-era clothing, bangles, rings, and jasmine flowers

Fiction / March/April 2023

The Photograph, 1889

February 27, 2023March 7, 2023 - by Nazneen Sheikh

She looked up at the wall, and the young woman with dramatic eyebrows gazed back at her from the frame

Fiction / January/February 2023

The Money

January 23, 2023January 20, 2023 - by Lynn Coady

Ever since childhood, words would desert Helen when she got angry—if she felt any kind of strong emotion, really

A soldier leans against a tree while a helicopter flies in the distance

December 2022 / Fiction

Going to Afghanistan

November 18, 2022 - by Benjamin Hertwig

Leadership had already noticed the change in morale since the official announcement. This was the new Canadian military

People reading books sit on a brick building's fire escape

Fiction / July/August 2022 / Poetry

Summer Reading 2022

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 - by The Walrus

A man and woman walk down an empty street with houses on either side and the ocean behind them

Fiction / July/August 2022

The Click

August 5, 2022 - by Sarah Totton

Sometimes we look younger than we are, sometimes much older, depending on how we’ve chosen to live with what we’ve seen

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