FICTION

The Night Before She Died

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:52:01 GMT

One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books).

Maria, 1878

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:49:00 GMT

One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books).

Easter Day

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:00 GMT

One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books).

Belaia Dacha

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:43:00 GMT

One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books).

Chekhov’s Sister, 1873

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:41:00 GMT

One of five poems for Maria Chekhova. From Susan Paddon's first collection of poetry, Two Tragedies (Brick Books).

Circus Girl

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:01:00 GMT

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.

Malarky

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:12:00 GMT

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'."

Show Business

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:49:00 GMT

A young girl gets a taste of show business by acting as Sleeping Beauty in a sideshow.

Members

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:32:00 GMT

Honourable mention in the 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Another Ventriloquist

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:11:00 GMT

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.

Fireman's Carry

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:40:00 GMT

In this excerpt from Steven Heighton's new book The Dead Are More Visible, a firefighter must decide what lives are worth saving in the heat of a four-alarm fire. The official line is that firefighters save people - but what about reptiles?

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

Thu, 03 May 2012 13:17:00 GMT

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

Calypso

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:20:00 GMT

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

Tilly Starblanket

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:00:00 GMT

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

Guanacaste Journal

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:35:00 GMT

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