Excerpt: Skin by Catherine Bush
“Animals” is excerpted from Skin copyright © 2025 by Catherine Bush. Reprinted by permission of Goose Lane Editions. For more information, please visit www.gooselane.com.
short fiction
The Art of Forgiveness: Short Fiction by Chris Benjamin
In The Art of Forgiveness, Chris Benjamin presents readers with short fictions in grim tones about three friends — Gerry, Long, and Drew — in a collection that could have been called Men Without Women if Hemingway first, then Murakami, hadn’t used that title.
Northern Nights, Edited by Michael Kelly
From the introduction and “Rescue Station” by Nayani Jensen, I knew I was in for a wild and wonderful ride.
The Private Apartments by Idman Nur Omar
Moving, insightful, linked stories about the determination of Somali immigrants — despite duty, discrimination, and an ever-dissolving link to a war-torn homeland.
We Have Never Lived On Earth: Stories by Kasia Van Schaik
Kasia Van Schaik’s debut story collection follows the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a child of divorce raised by a single mother in a small town in British Columbia after moving from South Africa.
The Ghost of You by Margarita Saona
The English translation, The Ghost of You, originally titled in Spanish La ciudad donde no estás, gives these ghosts an English-speaking home, in the hopes they can remain in the memory of their readers the same way someone’s presence stills haunts a place.
Chrysalis By Anuja Varghese
Genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.
Magnetic Dogs, Stories by Bruce Meyer
Magnetic Dogs is a collection of short stories that examines how displaced individuals – those who have been snatched out of their time and place – struggle to adapt and reinvent themselves in an entirely new context or re-establish themselves in their former situations.
Animal Person by Alexander MacLeod
From Giller Prize finalist Alexander MacLeod comes a magnificent collection about the needs, temptations, and tensions that exist just beneath the surface of our lives.
Excerpt: The Running Trees by Amber McMillan (Part 1)
Part 1 of a three-part excerpt from The Running Trees by Amber McMillan.
Tom’s Wedding by Susan Sanford Blades
“Tom’s Wedding,” was published in Susan Sanford Blades’ debut novel-in-stories, Fake It So Real.
Toast Soldiers by Bruce Meyer
Toast Soldiers is a evocative short story collection from award-winning poet and author, Bruce Meyer. Stunningly dark and full of beautiful incongruities and absurdities, the stories center on characters grappling with a confounding universe.
The Sydney Hegele Interview
Sydney Warner Brooman (they/them) was raised in Grimsby, Ontario. They attended Western University in London, Ontario, and currently live in Toronto. The Pump is their debut short fiction collection. Their story “The Bottom” was shortlisted for The Malahat Review’s 2020 Open Season Awards, and they have recent work in American Chordata, Thorn Literary Magazine, and other literary journals.
