FICTION
UnCanadian Tales
Geist authors write prose and poetry set beyond the Great White North.
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Maria Chekhova
The Night Before She Died
One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books). more »
May 15, 2013 by Susan Paddon in Poetry
Maria Chekhova
Maria, 1878
One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books). more »
May 15, 2013 by Susan Paddon in Poetry
Maria Chekhova
Easter Day
One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books). more »
May 15, 2013 by Susan Paddon in Poetry
Maria Chekhova
Belaia Dacha
One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books). more »
May 15, 2013 by Susan Paddon in Poetry
Maria Chekhova
Chekhov’s Sister, 1873
One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books). more »
May 15, 2013 by Susan Paddon in Poetry
Circus Girl
Jenny didn’t have to run away to join the circus—it came to her. But not with midgets, bearded ladies or elephant men in tow. No sir, the circus had gone out and bought itself some style. more »
Mar 28, 2013 by Joel Fishbane in Short Stories
Malarky
Irish-Canadian writer Anakana Schofield addresses the hardships of widowhood. "'Men,' I said. 'Naked men. At each other all the time, all day long. I can't get it our of my head'." more »
Oct 3, 2012 by Anakana Schofield in FICTION (3 Comments)
"Gypsy Goat Woman" by Jake Genen
Show Business
A young girl gets a taste of show business by acting as Sleeping Beauty in a sideshow. more »
Aug 13, 2012 by Angela Mairead Coid in Short Stories
Members
Honourable mention in the 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest. more »
Jul 23, 2012 by Jannie Edwards in Postcards
Another Ventriloquist
In this excerpt from Adam Gilders' Another Ventriloquist, a father builds his daughter a swan's nest, a ventriloquist revises his act, and a beaver terrorizes a neighbourhood. more »
Jun 4, 2012 by Adam Gilders in Short Stories
