FICTION

To Be Read by My Children in the Event of My Demise

In Katie Daubs' short fiction, a father writes a deathbed letter to his children, explaining the surprising way he really met their mother.

May 3, 2012 by Katie Daubs in Short Stories

Fiction Around Flying

Honourable Mention in Geist's 7th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

Nov 10, 2011 by Shari Willis in Postcards

Blue's

Honourable Mention in Geist's 7th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

Nov 10, 2011 by Lucia Corak, Virginia Star in Postcards (1 Comments)

Below

Honourable Mention in the 7th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

Nov 10, 2011 by Meghan Nesmith in Postcards (3 Comments)

Calypso

An orchestra, an audience and a conductor dancing the calypso to the national anthem in David Albahari's Calypso

Oct 31, 2011 by David Albahari in Short Stories

Under the Surface

Third Prize winner in the 7th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Sep 6, 2011 by Leslie Vryenhoek in Postcards (3 Comments)

East Van End Times Army

Second Prize winner in the 7th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Sep 6, 2011 by Jen Currin in Postcards (3 Comments)

The Glamour

First Prize winner in the 7th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Jul 26, 2011 by Leslie Stark in Postcards (10 Comments)

Please Send Help

Hi Chuck, Dear God, it’s horrible! Why hasn’t any help been sent? It’s three days we’ve been trapped down here and it doesn’t seem like anyone out there even cares. Hasn’t it been on the news? Please, as soon as you can, let the authorities know.

Jun 27, 2011 by Richard Long in Postcards

To Do Today

5. Get some concealer. 6. Buy brunette wig. 7. Pick Kathy up at school.

Apr 19, 2011 by Gail Buente in Postcards (2 Comments)

Still Life with Blake

I didn't know whether to throw my gas tank at him or leap from the stirrups and fall into his arms.

Apr 19, 2011 by Monica Kidd in Postcards (14 Comments)

Tenement Song

From Red Nest, Gillian's first book of poetry and the winner of the ReLit Award for Poetry in 2010.

Mar 14, 2011 by Gillian Jerome in FICTION (1 Comments)

Tilly Starblanket

"And if you haven’t yet learned which colour you are, it shouldn’t matter, one tends to think."

Feb 28, 2011 by Kelly Shepherd in Short Stories (3 Comments)

Lovetime

I’ve never had a romance that lasted longer than a bot­tle of sham­poo.

Feb 14, 2011 by Jill Mandrake in FICTION (3 Comments)

Peace Time

Love thy neighbour. Hate thy neighbour's dog.

Feb 13, 2011 by Julia Vella in Postcards (6 Comments)

Guanacaste Journal

The Central American vaction was all-inclusive, but she brought her own guilt, just in case.

Feb 8, 2011 by Evelyn Lau in FICTION (1 Comments)

Meditation

For summer vacation my family flew to Nova Scotia to stay in a cabin on Hubbards Beach, but it was foggy and moist and my son looked sad digging in wet sand under an umbrella, so we packed it in after two days and rented a car and drove to Dartmouth.

Feb 8, 2011 by Lisa Martin in Postcards (8 Comments)

Rat Lake

Another classic story from Geist's 20th Anniversary Collector's Issue.

Jan 17, 2011 by Salvatore Difalco in Short Stories

Gyre

Oct 12, 2010 by LM Rochefort in FICTION (6 Comments)

Gratitude

Oct 12, 2010 by Phoebe Wang in FICTION (4 Comments)

Boulez conducts Bluebeard

Oct 12, 2010 by Eleonore Schonmaier in FICTION (1 Comments)

Secondhand

Oct 12, 2010 by Bardia Sinaee in FICTION

The First Move

Oct 12, 2010 by Robyn Jeffrey in FICTION (3 Comments)

Holland Marsh

Oct 12, 2010 by Stefan Rinas in FICTION (1 Comments)

Spring Ice

Oct 12, 2010 in FICTION (2 Comments)