Overview
Fiction anthology collecting short stories by the best best short fiction authors. Included in the collection are:Stephen KingAlice MunroM C JoudreyEmma LaRocquePeter S. BeaglePeter O'DonnellLynn CoadyCharles de LintRobert E. HowardVan KunderAnais NinDahlia Kurtz (Foreword)
Alana Brooker
M. C. Joudrey, Canadian writer, artist, and designer. His collection of short stories, Charleswood Road: Stories, received a Manitoba Book Awards nomination for Most Promising Writer. He has been a member of the selection committee for the CBC Short Fiction Prize and a jury member for the Manitoba Book Awards. He is also a bookbinder with works held in various galleries internationally.
M. C. Joudrey
M. C. Joudrey is a Canadian writer, award winning artist and designer. His second novel Of Violence and Cliché was released September 2013, followed by his collection of short stories Charleswood Road: Stories in August 2014, which was nominated for a 2015 Manitoba Book Award. His novel Fanonymous was released in 2019 and was nominated for two Manitoba Book Awards, including the Margaret Laurence Award for best work of fiction. M.C. Joudrey has been a member of the submission selection committee for the CBC Short Fiction Prize and a jury member for the Manitoba Book Awards. His titles reside in permanent legislative and national government collections. He is also a bookbinder and a number of his works are held in galleries internationally.
Awards
-
IPPY Award Book of the Year 2014, Winner
Reviews
"A diverse collection of authors, celebrating the glory of women in literature. " --Independent Publisher Awards
Reader Reviews
Tell us what you think!
Sign Up or Sign In to add your review or comment.
Related Blog Posts
September 10, 2021
Twenty years since the tragic events of 9/11, Michelle Berry's haunting, domestic thriller
Everything Turns Away (Wolsak & Wynn) weaves together the story of two couples whose lives are about to be upended by the murder of a neighbour, a babysitter that has gone missing ... Read more
September 2, 2021
Growing up just outside of Toronto, Sheniz Janmohamed never felt like she belonged. But Kenya, as the place her ancestors emigrated to from India, felt familiar. In Sheniz's new poetry collection
Reminders on the Path (Mawenzi House) she explores the varied intersections ... Read more
August 26, 2021
Myth has long been a way to contextualize the present—ancient stories and folklore from the past that show us something of our own truths. The books below give new life to old tales full of mythical creatures and characters, blurring the lines between human and monster, the ... Read more
August 18, 2021
Week three of our August book club has us in the chatting with author of
Monster Child Rahela Nayebzadah about writing an adult novel with child narrators, which of her characters she connected with most, dialogue, and more.
August 8, 2021
Yesterday,
21 litterate felines shared their favourite books with us. Today for International Cat Day, 17 more bookish cats throw their paws up for some great reads.
July 30, 2021
Unlikely companions, childhood besties, and kindred spirits come together across this top 10 of book recommendations celebrating International Day of Friendship.
July 27, 2021
Selina Boan's debut poetry collection
Undoing Hours (Nightwood Editions) explores growing up as a white settler-nehiyaw woman and the process of unlearning, (re) learning and imagining new, decolonialized ways to exist and understand the world now and for the future. Below, ... Read more
July 23, 2021
Michaela Jeffery's debut play,
WROL: Without Rule of Law (Playwrights Canada Press) will resonate with any young woman who has ever been told she is "too much." Part Judy Blume, part Rambo, this darkly comic coming-of-age tells the story of a group of preteen "doomers" ... Read more
June 30, 2021
Barbara Black's debut collection
Music From a Strange Planet (Caitlin Press) is a genre-bending mix of provocative and philosophical stories that takes readers from the ravaged streets of dystopian cities to the inner battlefields of its characters. Mirroring the zest and ... Read more
