The World is But a Broken Heart by Michael Maitland
The eleven interconnected stories in The World Is But a Broken Heart follow the Fitzpatricks, a blue-collar family constantly followed by bad luck.
Short Stories
Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness by Danila Botha
Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness is Danila Botha’s third collection of short fiction. In these brilliant stories she observes with her signature vulnerability and humour what it’s like to struggle to find your place in the world.
End Times: Stories by Michelle Syba
End Times is an astounding debut collection of stories about evangelical culture, ideological polarization, and the messiness and mysteries of humanity.
Here is Still Here by Sivan Slapak
Sivan Slapak’s debut collection is an intimate and layered exploration of human connection and the complexities of identity. Told with compassion and wit, Here is Still Here is a poignant reminder that however far you may go, you remain yourself.
Fordmates by Ivo Maravec
The stories in Fordmates ricochet headlong between comedy and tragedy, balancing the tedium and gruelling demands of the automotive assembly line with the workers’ gutsy attempts to preserve spirits and some semblance of sanity.
This is How You Start to Disappear by Astrid Blodgett
This Is How You Start to Disappear shows all the heartbreaking ways we evolve when coping with change or trauma. A TMR Star Review!
Best Books of 2023: Short Fiction
Nine titles that our team of reviewers judged the “Best Short Fiction” of 2023.
Burn Man: Selected Stories by Mark Anthony Jarman
Drawing together the best of his short fiction published over the last four decades, Burn Man: Selected Stories showcases Mark Anthony Jarman’s sharply observed characters and acrobatic, voice-driven prose in stories that walk the tightrope between the commonplace and the mystical.
The Syrian Ladies’ Benevolent Society by Christine Estima
With imaginative aplomb and abiding passion, The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society masterfully traces the deep roots of the Arab immigrant experience.
Best Canadian Stories 2024 Selected by Lisa Moore
Selected by editor Lisa Moore, the 2024 edition of Best Canadian Stories showcases the best Canadian fiction writing published in 2022.
18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages (Part Two)
Part Two of Michael Greenstein’s review of “18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages”.
18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages (Part One)
Part One of Michael Greenstein’s review of “18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages”.
The Gull Workshop by Larry Mathews
The Gull Workshop is a collection of stories that features a unique combination of thematic seriousness and comic style.
A Fall Afternoon in the Park by Mehri Yalfani
With its twenty short stories, A Fall Afternoon in the Park invites the reader deep into the interior worlds of Iranian women living in both Iran and Canada.
Half-Wild and Other Stories of Encounter by Emily Paskevics
Half-Wild and Other Stories of Encounter, a remarkable collection of short stories by Emily Paskevics, invites us to examine our relationship to the natural environment in a fresh way – not as a wilderness to be managed by us, but as an encounter in which we are changed.
