Quill and Quire

Fiction: Short

By Cynthia Flood

Journey Prize–winning short-story writer Cynthia Flood has a new collection, her fourth, and it showcases her narrative sensitivity, historical range, and courage in using foul language. This relatively slim collection of 11 stories features a ... Read More »

October 22, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Douglas Glover

There are familiar reasons why more people don’t recognize Douglas Glover as one of Canada’s best writers – chief among them the fact that he mainly writes experimental short fiction published by small presses. One ... Read More »

October 22, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Darryl Joel Berger

So-called “realistic” fiction often fails to capture exactly how bent, how strange the business of living is. The quest for realism often belies the odd, the ugly, and the liminal, facts and dialogue substituted for ... Read More »

September 27, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Shaena Lambert

Shaena Lambert’s second collection of short stories continues to exhibit the narrative prowess of her previous collection, 2002’s The Falling Woman, and her novel, Radiance. With a subtle but consuming strength, the 10 stories in ... Read More »

August 26, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Lynn Coady

For several years, Lynn Coady – whose 2011 novel, The Antagonist, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize – hosted a “group therapy” advice column for The Globe and Mail, an experience that may ... Read More »

July 15, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

By Colette Maitland

Strictly speaking, there’s not much new about Colette Maitland’s debut short-story collection. Fifteen of the 19 pieces that make up Keeping the Peace have been published elsewhere, and Maitland is remarkably consistent in her themes: ... Read More »

June 18, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Short