Fiction

Articles in Fiction


April 2010

Bystanders

Adapted from the author’s new novel, Every Lost Country


March 2010

Paul Farenbacher’s Yard Sale

Excerpted from the author’s forthcoming debut collection


January 2010

Breaking Fast


December 2009

Kawabata


November 2009

Noughts & Crosses

An unsent reply


October 2009

Long Live Annie B.

Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
— Talmud


September 2009

Summer of the Flesh Eater

Field notes on the tendency of varieties to depart indefinitely from the original


July 2009

Three Tales of Terror

Three new horror stories by Rivka Galchen, Lee Henderson, and Stephen Marche


June 2009

Water Everywhere, 1982

An excerpt from Lisa Moore’s new novel, February, published by Anansi.


May 2009

The Intruder

A suspenseful new short story by Craig Boyko

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The Saddest Music In the World
The Saddest Music In the World
by The Walrus | MAY 2008
From The Kinks to Kermit the Frog, we chose our 30 favourite sad songs. What are yours?

To Skate, Perchance to Dream
To Skate, Perchance to Dream
by Michael Enright | JANUARY 2006
Ottawa’s ribbon of ice, the Rideau Canal, beckons.