“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
– Stephen King
Reading fiction allows us to escape to a new world; one that is separate from our own. It allows us to imagine things outside of our consciousness and puts us into the mind of someone else. It breeds empathy for a human experience that may be completely different than our own. Good fiction will make you forget that you’re not actually living in the world you’re reading about.
Luckily, there’s no shortage of amazing fiction out there to read! Whether it be a full-length novel, a short story, or a piece of flash fiction, there are many ways to delve into the magical world of fiction. Here are a few of our favourite pieces of fiction published in Canadian publications in the last year.
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Fiction
The Coming of the Tempest
Cottage Life
Lisa Moore
Contributor: Liann Bobechko
Moon in Fragments
EXILE Quarterly
Christina Brobby
One Woman’s Memories
Maisonneuve
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Mentir, venir de loin
Nouveau Projet
Paul Serge Forest
The Museum of Winter
Prairie Fire
Willy Blomme
Looking for more amazing work coming out of the Canadian publishing industry? Check out our full list of nominees for the 2023 National Magazine Awards, Digital Publishing Awards, and National Magazine Awards: B2B.