Reading Across Canada 🍁 2025 (Bookworm Adventure Girl) - hosted by bookwormadventuregirl

A Canadian book ... of Short Stories
Here are 21 Short Story collections that were submitted for the Best Can Lit of the 21st Century Project.
Short Stories
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Open: Stories by Lisa Moore

Open: Stories

Lisa Moore

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry medium-paced
Dancing Girls by Margaret Atwood

Dancing Girls

Margaret Atwood

243 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction literary short stories reflective slow-paced
Death By a Thousand Cuts: Stories by Shashi Bhat

Death By a Thousand Cuts: Stories

Shashi Bhat

206 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung

That Time I Loved You

Carrianne Leung

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
The Octopus Has Three Hearts: Short Stories by Rachel Rose

The Octopus Has Three Hearts: Short Stories

Rachel Rose

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
A Dream of a Woman by Casey Plett

A Dream of a Woman

Casey Plett

277 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Goth Girls of Banff by John O'Neill

Goth Girls of Banff

John O'Neill

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Kim Fu

220 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism short stories speculative fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Chrysalis by Anuja Varghese

Chrysalis

Anuja Varghese

192 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced