Quill and Quire

Fiction: Short

Contrary Angel

By Mike Barnes

The stories that comprise Mike Barnes’ lopsided second collection of short fiction are brought together under no overarching concern or theme, except perhaps one as tenuous as the struggle of characters against themselves.Barnes, who has ... Read More »

April 12, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Hopeful Monsters

By Hiromi Goto

In this, her first collection of short fiction, Hiromi Goto brings us characters grappling with the metaphorically and literally monstrous in themselves. Rooted as they are in notions of family and self-identity, these stories address ... Read More »

April 8, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The King of Siam

By Murray Logan

Each of the 13 stories in Murray Logan’s debut collection is a treat, but none embodies so compactly his themes as the first, “Everett and Evalyne.” The tale, which unwraps the birthday present that the ... Read More »

March 31, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Eyehill

By Kelly Cooper

In a collection of short stories, creating a portrait of a community – almost as if it were a character itself – can be the whole point. In Kelly Cooper’s first book, all 17 stories ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Iterations

By Robert J. Sawyer

A caveat to start: this new collection of short stories from Toronto writer Robert J. Sawyer isn’t new. Rather, it’s a reprint of a 2002 Quarry Press edition, published here under Sawyer’s own imprint with ... Read More »

March 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

What Passes for Love

By Stan Rogal

Stan Rogal’s voice in his new story collection, What Passes for Love, is immediately familiar and appealing. His dense sketches (no paragraph breaks, little punctuation) are interior monologues that draw us quickly into his narrators’ ... Read More »

March 19, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short