Quill and Quire

Fiction: Short

Most Wanted

By Vivette J. Kady

A certain playfulness characterizes much of the new generation of Canadian short fiction, and Vivette Kady’s debut is no exception. These stories progress swiftly, in clipped passages linked by white space, so that one can ... Read More »

January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

A Short Journey by Car

By Liam Durcan

Uncommonly ambitious, Liam Durcan’s debut story collection is also unusually mixed in quality. Beginning authors tend to underimagine their fictional worlds and remain cautious in style, arriving at neither bold achievement nor outright failure. But ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Worthwhile Flux

By Corey Frost

Corey Frost, a veteran of Montreal’s spoken word scene, spent a decade writing, performing, and collecting the bits and pieces that make up The Worthwhile Flux, his second book. The book encompasses prose, photos, and ... Read More »

November 22, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

★ Runaway

By Alice Munro

Alice Munro’s 11th collection is exactly what readers expect from this writer, quintessential Munro at top form. At the same time, every story in it is surprising, turning on unexpected, even inexplicable human actions.With each ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Learning to Swim

By Larry Lynch

Learning to Swim, the first collection from New Brunswick author Larry Lynch, presents seven stories that range in style from straightforward narrative to magic realism-tinged metafiction. It’s a mix that is always interesting, but not ... Read More »

October 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Summat Else

By Royston Tester

Over the 13 linked stories comprising this debut collection from Birmingham, England-born, Toronto resident Royston Tester, our protagonist, Enoch, is clubbed with one revelation after another: his father’s illiteracy, his own nascent and tumultuous sexuality, ... Read More »

September 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short