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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 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

A man bikes past the brick facade of Toronto's Massey Hall building

Fiction / July/August 2022

Saving Robert Zimmerman

August 5, 2022August 15, 2022 - by Jay Teitel

They saved Bob Dylan. I know, because I was there

Deep red flag flag on flagpoles with yellow stars in front of a cloudy pastel sky

Fiction / September/October 2022

The Gate of Heavenly Peace

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022 - by Yan Xi Li

I hoped my aunt had found peace, even if the revolution hadn’t

Two men, one white and one Black, sit on a couch watching a basketball game on TV

Fiction / July/August 2022

Bro

July 11, 2022July 13, 2022 - by Ian Williams

When he tried to visualize the kind of Black friend he wanted, he could come up with only minor variations of Bro

An illustration of a house with a white picket fence in front of it but a strom cloud overhead and a rainbow coming out of it.

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

Illustration on a blue and purple background of a woman walking from right to left, with illustrated flames and a rainbow of colours following her.

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

Illustration of a woman in a blue dress running across a field. In the distance are white buildings. In the dark purple sky is the figure of a woman's face.

Fiction

This Wicked Tongue

June 12, 2020 - by Elise Levine

In this short story, set in 1372 AD, an anchoress departs on an epic journey

Illustration of a woman in khaki pants and a green jacket, sitting on a tree stump and smoking. In her other hand she holds a shovel. In the background is a forest of pine trees.

Fiction / June 2020

Rookie

May 28, 2020February 9, 2021 - by Josiah Neufeld

A short story about desire and unforgivable offences in a tree planting camp

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