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Five Book Club Ideas for Short Story Month
1. Read a short story on receipt paper.
We may not be able to travel which means the Short Story Dispenser at the Edmonton International Airport is out of reach, but why not read some of the stories that you could find in this nifty little machine? May we recommend a few by Edmonton writers?
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- Superhero of the Supermarket by William Thompson
- The Hate Sponge by Paul Blinov
- Seeking Memphis by Ann Sutherland
- The Capital by Michael Hingston
2. Read Projections edited by Rebecca Romney.
It’s not December, so we’ll refrain from recommending the Short Story Advent Calendar (although this would be a perfect month to revisit it). Instead, we think you should crack open Rebecca Romney’s Projections–another expertly packaged book-in-a-box from the inimitable Hingston and Olsen. This is a collection of sci-fi stories that in some way predicted life in the present day.
3. Read Ian Williams’s Not Anyone’s Anything.
This book is a trio of trios: three sets of three stories, with three of those stories further divided into thirds. Mathematical, musical, and meticulously crafted, these stories play profoundly with form, and feature embedded flash cards and musical notations, literal basements, and dual narratives, semi-detached.
4. Buy some beer.
No, really. Blindman Brewing’s Super Stout or Super Session Ale features short stories (and other poems and lyrics) from local writers.
5. Read a super story from Tyche Books’ Masked Mosaic!
In these twenty-four tales, Canada’s most daring writers reimagine the super genre from its outer limits to its pulp origins, exploring the diverse landscape of Canadian identity and geography.
“No Definition of Alberta Culture is complete without recognizing the herculean efforts of Alberta publishers to bring the prodigious talents of Canadian writers to eager readers everywhere.”
~ Steve Budnarchuk, Audreys Books