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How do you handle an encounter with Medusa on the New Jersey interstate? What's the best way to take down a minotaur?

Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus?

"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again.

The loosely linked stories read, "almost like a novel", with characters whose lives are given form by the past but undergo change as the world reshapes beliefs and circumstances.

Following on the heels of her critically acclaimed first collection Hot Town and Other Stories, an examination of relationships within communities continues in this new collection of short fiction,

Longlisted for the National Book Award.

New York Times Bestseller "A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner." - The New York Times.

Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction. A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America.

Includes a special introduction by USA Today bestselling author, Mia Sosa, author of The Worst Best Man and The Wedding Crasher! It's the end of the world as they know it—or so they think...

A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, NPR.

In Two-Man Tent, one of Canada's most celebrated writers, Robert Chafe, offers his long-awaited collection of short fiction.

An exhausted security guard dreams of home. A sculptor and a pothead have great sex - in the shadow of wax ex-lovers. A diversity workshop devolves into a familiar nightmare.

Us, Now is a collection of stories connecting Newfoundland and Labrador to the world via racialized NL Newfoundlanders.

In Racket, editor and acclaimed fiction writer Lisa Moore introduces us to ten of the most exciting new writers currently at work in Newfoundland.

Following an unprecedented explosion of literary talent in Newfoundland over the past twenty years, The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Short Fiction assembles the very best work by th