Category: Short Story
Make Belief: How do you know if your writing is any good?
A problem I have is not understanding if my writing is any good. I hear from writers that pieces they really liked are the ones ...
My Wedding Ring Doesn’t Fit
When a wedding ring doesn’t fit, you go the mall and explain to a woman in a jewellery store that you need it taken in, ...
A Clutch of Ideas
Ideas come in braces or clutches to me, often when I’m doing the following things: a) showering (don’t be gross) b) long-distance biking (I put ...
Songs of the 90s: Writing Fuel
The songs of the 90s included some that never hit the mainstream but that are so big and epic and powerful, that they inspire me ...
‘Ghostworlds’ – CBC Short Story Prize shortlisted piece, 2025
Really happy to be on the CBC Short Story Prize Shortlist this year, for a piece called ‘Ghostworlds’. Canada Writes has put the story online ...
Lascaux Prize-winning story ‘The Reach’ published
‘The Reach’, which won the Lascaux Prize in 2024, was just published on The Lascaux Review’s website. Some of you may have read this story ...
Chris Hemsworth joins Heavens to Murgatroyd!
Very appreciative of Lintusen Press for including a story I wrote called ‘Chris Hemsworth’ in the Heavens to Murgatroyd! anthology. Murgatroyd Monaghan, a supremely-talented poet ...
The Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction
Honoured to have won the 2024 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction, as determined by The Lascaux Review. “The Reach” is the winning story, which previously ...
CBC Short Story Prize Shortlisted Story: Saad Steps Out
I hate heights. They give me that wobbly feeling in my legs. The below story is from 2014 and was shortlisted for the CBC Short ...
Art Class: The Fearsome Tide Turned by One Mr. Hurst
When I was in high school, I hated art. I hated it so much that I refused to take the obligatory art class during the ...