Canadian Fiction Magazine articles

Recent articles from Canadian Fiction Magazine

Canadian Horror Comes of Age.(history of the Canadian Fiction Magazine)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... IN THE SUMMER OF 1994, Canadian Science Fiction went legit. Not that there was anything nefarious about Canadian SF prior to the summer of 1994. It had always been read by a loyal following of fans and had been the subject of a few very well regarded anthologies, but had it ever been...

Mrs. Thurston's Instrument of Justice.(short story)(Short Story)
January 1, 2000... MRS. THURSTON'S BOY MARK found Alice McVeigh in the shadow of the viaduct, near the larger patch of nettles at the east river-bank. She had been sleeping there every night for nearly a week -- which, owing to the mid-July heatwave, was not a matter of grave concern. She was as safe in the...

Above It All.(short story)(Short Story)
January 1, 2000... RHYMES WITH FEAR. The words echoed in Colonel Paul Rackham's head as he floated in Discovery's airlock, the bulky Manned Maneuvering Unit clamped to his back. Air was being pumped out; cold vacuum was forming around him. Rhymes with fear. He should have said no, should have let...

Comes a Cool Rain.(short story)(Short Story)
January 1, 2000... THE LAUGHING, GIGGLING BOY is throwing a doll lazily into the air and letting it drop onto the grey wool picnic blanket. A small, sardonic smile is stitched across the doll's face in black thread. Swoosh. The doll goes up, reaching its apex then tumbling lazily, end over end, and landing with...

Sitters.(short story)(Short Story)
January 1, 2000... ROXANNE WAS SITTING on the corner of the mattress, trying to get an earring fastened to her ear, when the kid began bouncing on the bed. She had it -- no, she didn't, damn it -- she almost had it, but a jolt sent the earring spinning out of her fingers. It bounced and rolled across the...