A new creation by the author of Severance, Bliss Montage crashes through our carefully built mirages. What happens when fantasy tears the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end?In Bliss Montage, Ling Ma...
Short Stories
- Author:Ma, LingSummary:
- Author:RANKIN, IanSummary:
Twenty-one stories stretching from suburban murders of loved ones, the sinister workings of a serial killer's mind and of a bent cop with a terminal approach to his work. These tales not only explore the human condition but also...
- Author:Baker, CarleighSummary:
Finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award.
Carleigh Baker likes to make light in the dark. Whether plumbing family ties, the end of a marriage, or death itself, she never...
- Author:Kerr, ConorSummary:
Avenue of Champions is a collection of interlinked stories that investigates the inherent connection of Indigenous peoples to the land and the permanence of culture, language and ceremony as a form of resistance to displacement. Based...
- Author:Kincaid, JamaicaSummary:
This collection is Jamaica Kincaid's earliest published writings: her inspired, lyrical short stories. These stories plunge the listener gently into another way of perceiving both the physical world and its elusive inhabitants. Her...
- Author:MONTGOMERY, L.MSummary:
Collection of 19 funny and romantic short stories from the author of "Anne of Green Gables" novels.
- Author:Rabinowitz Green, RhodaSummary:
Like the many surfaces of a gemstone, the varied aspects of human experience link the short stories in this collection, titled Aspects of Nature. Themes of finding one’s identity; conflicts of family, career and romance;...
- Author:Kingett, RobertSummary:
An own-voices story collection that captures the many layers of blindness and, for once, puts visually impaired protagonists in the driver's seat, letting us glimpse their lives. When we think about it, we're not really...
- Author:Wiebe, ArminSummary:
Showcasing a selection of stories from Armin Wiebe's 30 year writing career, Armin's Shorts features tales from the familiarly fictitious Mennonite community of Gutenthal, re-imagined origin stories from the Tlįchǫ of the...
- Author:Leggat, AlexandraSummary:
Finalist, Trillium Book Award.
The stories in Animal depict people on the brink of major life change. Often at a crossroads they are oblivious to, Leggat's characters seem to be captured in a cinematic slo-mo, teetering on the...
- Author:COOPER, Dr HarrySummary:
Popular Australian TV vet and star of Harry's Practice recounts stories about his life with animals and their owners.
- Author:Batistich, AmeliaSummary:
A collection of stories centred on Dalmatian families in New Zealand.
- Author:Cho, AllanSummary:
A wide-ranging anthology of Asian Canadian literature to celebrate 20 years of Ricepaper.
2015 marks the 20th anniversary of Ricepaper magazine, a pioneering periodical devoted to Asian-Canadian writing. Over the years, Ricepaper... - Author:Macleod, AlisonSummary:
FINALIST FOR THE 2017 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS FOR FICTION
Longlisted for the 2018 Edge Hill Prize for Short Story
Hovering on the border of life and dealth, these stories form a ground-shifting collection,... - Author:Burnham, ClintSummary:
Drinkin’ rye and water with Grandma. Guns in False Creek. Frat boy homies from the North Delta ghetto. Samuel L. Jackson. Phantom Lord & Metallica. A kid who’s got the hots for his mom… Hunh? That’s right. It’s all here in this...
- Author:Chekhov, Anton PavlovichSummary:
Elusive and subtle, spare and unadorned, the stories in this selection are among Chekhov's most poignant and lyrical. The book includes well-known pieces such as 'The Lady with the Little Dog,' as well as less familiar work like 'Gusev...
- Author:Musial, CharlotteSummary:
A Touch of Elegance is a lavish collection of heart-warming, witty, sometimes mystical tales of love and loss, betrayal and redemption…and other angst-ridden issues of the human condition. Take young Willow, for instance, whose elegant...
- Author:Archer, JeffreySummary:
From London to China, and New York to Nigeria, Jeffrey Archer takes the reader on a tour of ancient heirlooms and modern romance, of cutthroat business and kindly strangers, of lives lived in the realms of power and lives freed from the...
- Author:Howard, KatSummary:
Kat Howard has already been called a "remarkable writer" by Neil Gaiman, and her "dark and enticing" (Publishers Weekly) debut novel, Roses and Rot, was beloved by critics and fans alike.Now you can experience her...
- Author:Brown, PeterSummary:
Always on the verge of something better, Brown's characters in this short story collection are often hard drinking and fast driving--tending to be both violent and religious. And as they grasp for hope, they sometimes make a leap into a...