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Canadian Short Stories
To help you locate short stories...
On the shelf look for the symbol S.S. on the spine of the book.
A book of stories by one author is shelved alphabetically by the author's
last name. A book of stories by different authors is shelved
by the title of the book.
In the catalogue search in Titles/Series Keyword under short stories, canadian or by Subject under short stories, canadian.
At the Information Desk at Central Library the Short Story Index is available if you want to locate a specific short story.
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Title
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Author
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| A Hard Witching: & Other Stories | Baker, Jacqueline |
| Saskatchewan is the setting for these stories of a hardened people dealing with a weather-pounded place. 2003 | |
| Play the Master Blind: Stories | Coady, Lynn |
| Funny, poignant and full of unforgettable characters, these stories explore many facets of the human condition. 2000 | |
| Getting Lucky | Cohen, Matt |
| These stories take us from Moscow to Muskoka, drawing us into the lives of people, who, like the settings, range from the exotic to the ordinary. 2000 | |
| Great Stories from the Prairies | |
| From rural to urban, classic to modern, native to immigrant, Great Stories from the Prairies creates a mosaic of that most influential literary character, the Prairie landscape. 2000 | |
| Brick and Mortar | Gresik, Alison |
| Like its solid title, this is a substantial collection of short fiction. Comprised of nine interwoven stories, Gresik's first book looks closely at a range of characters from the congregation of Calvin Park Presbyterian Church. 2000 | |
| The Journey Prize Anthology | |
| Short fiction from the best of Canada's writers. For over a decade, the Journey Prize Anthology has established itself as one of the most prestigious anthologies in the country, introducing readers to the best new Canadian writers from coast to coast. | |
| Japanese Baseball and Other Stories | Kinsella, W.P. |
| A collection of baseball stories that is sure to delight all lovers of engaging storytelling as well as fans of the sport. 2000 | |
| All the Men are Sleeping: Selected Fiction | MacDonald, D.R. |
| This collection of fifteen stories, all set in Cape Breton demonstrate the writer's genius. 2002 | |
| Island: the Collected Stories of Alistair MacLeod | MacLeod, Alistair |
| The excellence of these stories earned MacLeod a worldwide reputation that made the appearance of his novel, No Great Mischief, a major literary event. 2000 | |
| The Vinyl Café Unplugged | McLean, Stuart |
| Meet the folks from the Vinyl Café neighbourhood, as they undergo the mistakes, misunderstandings and muddles of modern life. 2000 | |
| Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories | Munro, Alice |
| The title comes from a counting game young girls play with the names of potential boyfriends. The stories here deal with the stuff of adult life - love, sex, success, failure, hope and death. 2001 | |
| Country of Cold: Stories of Sex and Death | Patterson, Kevin |
| Bartenders, accountants, spent lovers and rootless wanderers - this is what has become of Dunsmuir, Manitoba's class of 1984. Country of Cold is a history of sorts of Dunsmuir's graduates. 2003 | |
| The Roseate Spoonbill of Happiness: Stories | Pilling, Marilyn Gear |
| These 16 engrossing stories are about the lives of Canadian women. Themes include the chain of generations, home and homecoming, mothers and daughters, and women and men. 2002 | |
| Dressing Up for the Carnival | Shields, Carol |
| This collection of love stories concerns itself more with the long haul, rather than the coming together of relationships. 2000 | |
| Story of a Nation: Defining Moments in Our History | |
| Inspired by history, this beautifully illustrated collection of original stories come from some of Canada's most celebrated authors, including Margaret Atwood, Timothy Findley and Roch Carrier. 2001 | |
| Simple Recipes | Thien, Madeleine |
| Thien's debut stories circle around and through the emotionally charged territory of family relationships. 2001 | |
| The Path of Totality: New and Selected Stories | Thomas, Audrey |
| Selected by Thomas herself from six published volumes spanning thirty years, this collection tells its own story of the remarkable development of her craft. 2001 | |
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JL ~ May 2003
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