Fiction

"And so my future was decided, as it often is, entirely without my consent."

"Everyone either dead or dying on the walls."

"They appeared to be perpetually on the verge of some small ruin."

The fourth and final installment in our fiction series, wherein we’ve asked four authors to write a short story inspired by World War I. Commissioned in partnership with the Globe and Mail.

When celebrities become gods, the faithful become an army.

The third installment in our fiction series, wherein we’ve asked four authors to write a short story inspired by World War I. Commissioned in partnership with the Globe and Mail.

Meat is everywhere, once you start looking.

Two men and a pregnant woman are caught in a blizzard during the journey from Toronto to Windsor. An outtake from the acclaimed novel Emancipation Day.

The second instalment in a new fiction series, wherein we’ve asked five authors to write a short story inspired by World War I. Commissioned in partnership with The Globe and Mail.