Quill and Quire

Fiction: Short

The Night Is a Mouth

By Lisa Foad

In The Night Is a Mouth, Lisa Foad’s first collection of short stories, the protagonists are almost exclusively women: vulnerable and downtrodden women, women who had it rough as girls, women who could use a ... Read More »

April 22, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Porny Stories

By Eva Moran

When Canadian writers turn to the subject of sex, they tend to become a tad prudish. Perhaps a vestige of colonial uptightness is to blame. Perhaps it’s our inherent politesse. Whatever the cause, sex in ... Read More »

April 22, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Fierce

By Hannah Holborn

Hannah Holborn’s short stories, often set in the north or in rural Canada, depict bleak landscapes peopled by the emotionally dispossessed. These characters are, without exception, damaged goods: families ripped apart by alcohol, affairs, resentments, ... Read More »

January 19, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Mother Superior

By Saleema Nawaz

The opening lines of the first story of Montreal author Saleema Nawaz’s debut collection are riveting and set the tone for the entire collection: “Joan won’t get an abortion … says [drinking] won’t hurt the ... Read More »

October 24, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Short