In Chad Pelley's Trigger Finger Blues, a sniper experiences a crisis of conscience when he falls in love with his next target - but are any of his feelings real? In The Snake Crosses the Tracks at Midnight by Daniel Karasik, a teenager must deal with the fact that his older sister is now a grown woman, and his crush-next-door has become a mystery, with depths beyond his comprehension. An accompanist must put up with a headstrong, condescending, and unprofessiona...

The stories in FPQ 8 explores the complex, usually subtle, and often dark paths roads people take to – and away – from relationships. In Wolves by Naomi K Lewis, a young boy craves the attention of a lie, and becomes an adult trapped in a cycle of building and destroying himself. In Jeff Dupuis’ Everything Must Go, a man takes his while life apart one Craigslist sale at a time to find out where his last relationship went wrong. In Scuzzy Love by Curtis S...

Collecting all sixteen stories published in FPQ volumes 5-8. Featuring stories by Michael Bryson, Laure Baudot, Jessica Westhead, Nancy Branch, Kirsty Logan,Marielle Mondon, Courtney McDermott, Pauline Holdstock, Chad Pelley, Kayt Burgess, Daniel Karasik, Andrew Forbes, Naomi K. Lewis, Jeff Dupuis, Curtis Snider, Suad Ali.

FPQ Complete Collection 1 contains sixteen exceptional stories that were hand-picked by the Found Press staff and originally published in FPQ volumes 1-4. With a stunning range of voices, the unforgettable narratives included in this anthology will take you on a journey around the world, and pull you from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. Featuring stories by Caroline Adderson, Meghan Rose Allen, Jack Bootle, Julie Dupuis, Cynthia Flood, Andrew Forbes, Danny...

In Caroline Adderson's Obscure Objects, a writer teaching at a private ESL college befriends an unexpectedly passionate and compelling subject. A hopeless teenaged boy starts a band with the brash object of his affection in The Oughts by Richard Rosenbaum. After a near-death experience, a man resolves to find out whether a secret buried in his past is proof he has a legacy after all in Bright Lights on Broadway by Dave Margoshes. In The Last Judgmen...

With sparing, incisive prose, Cynthia Flood's Addresses unravels what it meant to be a married woman in post-war era Vancouver. Kirsty Logan's In Our House by the Sea is about the romance of domesticity. Set in New York City, Danny Goodman's Somehow There Was More Here tells the story of Ben, a young man who spends his days fighting off adulthood, until the return of an ex-lover leaves him unsure of everything. In Lana Storey's Cross Yourself

In Michael Bryson's Survival, a couple sit in a lakeside Toronto condo, trapped by a crazed, mysterious sniper. The Lesson presents a self-absorbed wedding DJ as the newest addition to Jessica Westheads trademark cast of offbeat protagonists. In Laure Baudot's In the Afternoon, a babysitter's envy and its fallout come to the fore when a former client is accused of a crime, and she must decide whether to help exonerate him. In Mui'n by Nanc...

Betty is the sudden gust of wind that unknowingly knocks the sleepy town of Arbford to the ground in Grace O'Connell's Mike Mike Mike Mike. Set against the backdrop of vibrant Addis Ababa nightlife, The Expansiveness of My Sound by Andrew Forbes is an evocative account of the political discord in Ethiopia and the individuals caught in the tumult. In Lee Kvern's This Is a Love Crime, a human resources employee at a grocery store chain is confronted by an ethical d...

In Kirsty Logan's Suckers, a comic book-obsessed vampire learns that (eternal) life isn't about what you spend it on - it's about who you spend it with. In Off the Main Highway by Courtney McDermott, a young woman recalls her childhood at a family-owned motel under the thumb of her overbearing grandfather. A college music student and part-time nude model is awakened by her first truly passionate affair in Marielle Mondon's Cup Rings. After undergoing a cosme...

In Jack Bootle's Psalm 77, a man looks back on his school days, recalling the joy and torment of a secret love affair with a boy obsessed with the language of the King James Bible. Deep in Ontario cottage country, twins try to navigate the differences between the families we are born into versus the families we choose in Meghan Rose Allen's Eleven Miles There, Twelve Miles Back. On his final assignment, Father Michael is assigned to a war-torn country where he is tol...

Toronto in the twenty-first century: At night, a beacon on a lonely ancient lake, a drainage pond from the last ice age. In the daytime, a bulwark of glass, glinting in the radiant sun. Joe, Mary, and her cat, Sam, sit in a lakeside condo, trapped by a crazed, mysterious sniper. What has become of their lives? What has become of their city? What has become of their century? As the situation begins to unravel, Mary finds herself wondering, “What would Margaret Atwood do?”

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to ...