Story “Suite in Dark Matter” to be published by Granta online, possibly even this week. Their latest issue is the Horror issue, and from what one of the editors said I wonder if that’s what gave my story an edge… Granta says: “I’m so glad we’ll be publishing this story. I’ve been a fan of [...]
Tag Archives: short fiction
Vancouver’s Main Street Mag
Thursday August 18th 6pm-10pm Vancouver is showing off its Literary Journals. I’d really like to go to this year’s Main Street Mag, but am busy this week introducing 7-12 year-olds to music through group piano classes at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. Go if you can!
Michael Larson – The Woods in Malahat Review
So, the Malahat Review’s Spring Edition 174 came out a while back and Michael Larson’s short story “The Woods” caught my attention. I haven’t read anything by him before, but his story has been knocking around my brain from the first read. If you haven’t read it, this would be a good edition of the [...]
Will Johnson’s Award Winning Short Story – Fiddlehead Magazine
So fellow UVic-ite and soon to be UBC-er Will Johnson won the The Fiddlehead’s Short Fiction competition this year with his piece “Sea to Sky”. It’s a fine read, with clean, straight forward prose, and MiriamToews-esque characters that are full of honesty and heart. You can read a clip here: The Fiddlehead Sea to Sky Congrats [...]
UVic’s the Ring does an Article
Thanks John for putting this together, and to Matthew for his help and encouragement this year! UVic’s The Ring says…. “Erin Fisher is $2,000 richer, thanks to her first-place win for a story originally written as a first-year assignment for the University of Victoria’s Department of Writing. Fisher, now a third-year Writing student and winner [...]
PRISM international posts 2011 Fiction/Poetry Winners
PRISM says: This year we received over two-hundred and fifty short stories and over three-hundred and fifty poems! Needless to say, the decisions were difficult and the quality of the work was phenomenal. But after weeks and weeks of deliberation, the editorial board and the editors decided on the final shortlists. The poetry shortlist went [...]
Shortlisted for PRISM International
Just received an email including this: Congratulations! You’re on PRISM international‘s 2011 Fiction Contest shortlist. Some Game, Sarah Leipciger Is Alive and Can Move, Kris Bertin Squatters, Robert James Hicks Casualties, Ayelet Tsabari The Beauty of Dandelions, Leslie Palleson Bridges, Erin Fisher The Ghost, Mark Jacquemain Porcupine, Mark Jacquemain Invisible Friends, Janette Plantana Halo, and, Epiphany, [...]
Writing, Birthdays
Today I bought a book: 20 under 40, a Summer Fiction Issue from the New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/20-under-40/writers-q-and-a) and spent the morning reading and working on a story about consumption–about being consumed and consuming oneself. Yes, some cannibalistic qualities, which resonated a little weirdly when I headed over for a rib dinner with my sister for [...]
What it is Like
I have been puzzling over a number of stories. The words are there, but still. Something. What it is like–it is like they need to be raised by bears. ~sorry, pic source unknown
January 2011
Back in school and at the piano after a Christmas on North Pender (check out the awesome view from the cabin!) This year my fiction workshop is lead by Matthew Hooton, and I’m curious what he’ll have to say about writing–I saw him earlier last year give a reading from his recent novel at the [...]