Quill and Quire

Fiction: Short

Welcome to the Circus

By Rhonda Douglas

Rhonda Douglas’s debut collection of short fiction contains 10 eclectic stories that employ humour, metafiction, and pathos to varying degrees of effectiveness. Douglas is at her best when writing about the tumultuous emotional lives of ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Entropic

By R.W. Gray

R.W. Gray is determined to avoid convention; as a result, his stories both intrigue and occasionally alienate the reader. They are impossible to classify in terms of genre, and are set in a slightly off-kilter ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

What You Need

By Andrew Forbes

In his debut collection of short fiction, Ontario-based writer Andrew Forbes examines the delicate yet intricate nature of humanity. He does this by looking at the impact decisions or circumstances can have on individuals and ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Specimen

By Irina Kovalyova

It’s no surprise to learn from Irina Koval-yova’s author bio that she is a senior lecturer in Simon Fraser University’s department of molecular biology and biochemistry. Or that she once interned for NASA. Or that ... Read More »

May 25, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Confidence

By Russell Smith

Russell Smith’s new collection of short stories won’t leave you feeling wonderful about the human race. His characters reveal themselves to be liars and cheats, manipulators, and careerists, all doing their best to hold things ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Boo

By Neil Smith

As a child in Illinois, Oliver is nicknamed Boo because of his ghostly, albino-like pallor. We meet Oliver in a branch of heaven known as Town, where all the inhabitants have died at age 13. ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Fiction: Short