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Written by an inimitable new voice, The Age of Calamities is a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist, funny, and speculative short stories. In this bold debut collection, Senaa Ahmad pushes the boundaries of history and its figures, sending...

In Clea Young's arresting sophomore collection of stories, friendships fail, families stumble, and neighbours know each other's business Distinctly rooted in the Pacific Northwest, Young's characters make their marks and take their missteps on the beaches, in the mountains and...

"Combines both emerging and established voices for a fascinating glimpse at the most exciting short fiction coming out of this country."--Open Book Selected and introduced by Zsuzsi Gartner, Best Canadian Stories 2026 provides a distinctive sample of the best Canadian short fiction...

Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar. With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales...

Beautifully crafted stories in which older men and women from the Caribbean islands confront their pasts, with regrets and wonder as they discover subtle epiphanies. The stories consider the briefness of life, not only its final outcome but the losses accumulated over the years. Many of the...

Longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize * A Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 * A CBC Best Fiction Book of the Year Short stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness. On New Year's Eve, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order...

"Powerful short fiction that lingers."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Lozada-Oliva shines in this scintillating collection . . . Readers will be enthralled."-Publishers Weekly "Melissa Lozada-Oliva writes with a perfect blend of intoxicating magic and...

Finalist, ForewordINDIES Book of the Year (Short Stories) Now, for the first time, a blistering book of short fiction from one of Canada's most loved novelists. In Skin, Catherine Bush plunges into the vortex of all that shapes us. Summoning relationships between...

A collection of intersecting stories about Indigenous love and loneliness from one of contemporary literature's most boundless minds. Across the prairies and Canada's west coast, on reserves and university campuses, at literary festivals and existential crossroads, the characters...

Winner of The Story Prize * Longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize * Shortlisted for the 2025 Toronto Book Award * A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2025 The award-winning author of Fifteen Dogs conjures up worlds - real, invented, uncanny - in this ingenious,...

The author's first collection Weather Permitting & Other Stories was centred on the predicament of new immigrants who are coping with the challenges they face immediately upon arrival in Canada. In this new collection, the focus is on the other side of immigration, exploring the often-neglected...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory."--People "Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious."--Miranda...

From the author of New York Times bestseller Real Americans, a brilliant short story collection about love, life, and the anguish of becoming oneself in a time when it's so easy to be someone else "Surreal and mind-bending, My Dear You proves Khong to be just as...

A CBC Best Book of 2025 A groundbreaking anthology of haunting stories by Black Canadian writers Edited by esteemed poet Terese Mason Pierre, this bold and innovative anthology of speculative short fiction reveals and uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reveries, reflections,...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, PEOPLE, TIME, HARPER'S BAZAAR, OPRAH DAILY, AND VULTURE "Groff is one of this country's most successful and versatile...

"[A] spectacular collection. . . . A staggering sense of empathy infuses the stories. With its range of voices and styles, this puts Erdrich's powers on full display." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise...

"A Canadian master of the form."--Gregory Cowles, New York Times A former military policeman, a veterinarian, and a French poet walk into a bar and debate the Vietnam war. A couple of men who are part of a commune discover two dead bodies while out sailing. A woman hits a boy with her car...

The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers, including Wendell Berry, Alice Hoffman, Dave Eggers, Ling Ma, Lori Ostlund, and Anthony Marra. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary...

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR AND ELECTRIC LIT * A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 BY LIT HUB, THE OC REGISTER, THE MILLIONS AND MORE * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF AUGUST 2025 BY PEOPLE MAGAZINE * NAMED A MUST-READ BOOK BY THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF...