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December 2021 / Fiction

The Mission

November 30, 2021January 4, 2022 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Saint Mary’s River coldly wrought the edge of the Mission to the north, blocking its expansion toward the reserve’s hoodoos

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Fiction / November 2021

Binge on Three Quick Stories by Douglas Coupland

October 13, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Douglas Coupland

New fiction on pandemic isolation, bored border guards, and getting grandkids

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Fiction / September/October 2021

Seahorse

August 26, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Alix Ohlin

Mr. Simbatye’s body had not yet begun to wither, but she opened the window in case his soul required an avenue of escape. Also because of the smell

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The legs of two people, both reading and reclining on beach chairs, are in the foreground. They are facing a lake and trees with a bright sun overhead.
Fiction / Poetry

Summer Reading 2021

July 2, 2021July 27, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

New fiction and poetry for the times we live in

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The face of a woman is in the foreground. She is lying down and looking up. In the background is a forest landscape at night with mountains and stars visible. The silhouette of a creature peeks out above the treetops.
Fiction / July/August 2021

Giganto

July 1, 2021January 4, 2022 - by Charlotte Gill

Giganto is known by various names: almasty, migyhur, meh-teh, dzu-teh. Around here, the common term is a bastardization of a word from a Coast Salish language, Sásq’ets, or “wild man”

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Fiction / July/August 2021

Little Sanctuary

June 25, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Randy Boyagoda

The bus sped past abandoned houses, burned-out cars, skinny cows, masked and bandaged people running to the road at the sight of a vehicle, any vehicle, and others running away

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A man, in the background and mostly out of frame, holds a large guitar. A smaller man in the foreground stands at the start of a curvy golden path, drawn in place of the strings of the guitar, which leads to a dandelion in the distance.
Fiction / July/August 2021

Private Hands

June 16, 2021January 4, 2022 - by Michael LaPointe

My job title was personal assistant, but all my duties pertained to Harvey’s collection. Provenance was everything. A purchase had to be like a royal marriage, the lineage assured

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Fiction / March/April 2021

The Startup

March 11, 2021April 26, 2021 - by Rachel Jansen

The startup’s simulations are so good that the main complaint from users is how difficult they are to differentiate from reality

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Fiction / July/August 2020

The Ones We Carry With Us

July 20, 2020July 23, 2020 - by Sara O'Leary

Here’s the thing I now know about dying. It looks like almost anything else

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Fiction / Memoir / Poetry

Summer Reading 2020

July 16, 2020July 20, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

New fiction, memoir, and poetry for the times we live in

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