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  • Stuart Ross Creates a Place for a Weirder, Wilder, More Innovative CanLit with 1366 Books
    Stuart Ross Creates a Place for a Weirder, Wilder, More Innovative CanLit with 1366 Books
    February 27, 2023

    Stuart Ross Creates a Place for a Weirder, Wilder, More Innovative CanLit with 1366 Books

    The rules for what a novel or short story can—or must—be have been in flux since the forms first began. And yet, truly out-of-the-box fiction and successful formal experimentation is hard to find. ...

  • Guest Essay: A.G. Pasquella on Slipstream, New Weird, and the Wonderfully Strange History of "Weird Fiction"
    Guest Essay: A.G. Pasquella on Slipstream, New Weird, and the Wonderfully Strange History of "Weird Fiction"
    October 25, 2022

    Guest Essay: A.G. Pasquella on Slipstream, New Weird, and the Wonderfully Strange History of "Weird Fiction"

    A.G. Pasquella knows weird. He can do straight-laced and tightly plotted fiction, like his celebrated Jack Palace noir series, but he's equally known for his experimental, offbeat, and wonderfully wacky ...

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