The Decade in Fiction
From foot fetishes to the perils of poetic success this is the fiction that helped define Canada
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Split Tooth
We pile our hair as high as it will go, even though the wind destroys our hairdos to the point that every time we come in from outside, the girls’ bathroom is a haze of Final Net
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The Second Coming of the Plants
Hear the piercing chorus of the cacti, the beat boxing of the giant redwoods. This is our lullaby for you, sprouts, and only you
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The Queen of Zilch
My dad had come downstairs that morning to warn me not to wear anything crazy at the party or do my face up like a drag queen
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Boat Trouble
There was no moon the night they ran into boat trouble. The delicate crescent had set at five minutes to eleven while they drove up the lonely northern highway. The …
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In the Palace of Cats
Hillary was weeding the flower bed, and questioning the weediness of weeds, some of which were just as beautiful as any flower, when an urgent message reached her from the …
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My Pleasure
The McDonald’s had been there for decades, built in sunnier days, but it couldn’t last
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An Occurrence on the Beach at Varosha
The evening’s last light has drained out of the sky behind the procession of dead hotels lining the beach. Up to twenty storeys high, they were built so close together …
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A System from the North
For losing a child, she knew she would be fired. She had plenty of experience with fireable offences
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