42 -- short story

Pushkin's Gray Suit--short story

In Pushkin's Gray Suit, a young writer works a construction job while waiting for his big break. An evening spent with a mysterious co-worker and his fantastic story of Luka in the fraying gray suit make him rethink his choice of career. Get the ebook "A Physicist's Guide to Love" [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086SDZ8H6] to read more stories by this writer. Find more short story podcasts at Fresh New Shorts [https://freshnewshorts.podbean.com/]. Subscribe to hear new stories.

42 -- short story

In 42, a 20-something works random midnight shifts at a fast-food joint to connect with a youth he lost. During these graveyard shifts, he competes in burger-making contests with his younger colleagues, hiding his sense of being mismatched with his age behind a calm, confident demeaner. Get the ebook "A Physicist's Guide to Love" [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086SDZ8H6] to read more stories by this writer. Find more short story podcasts at Fresh New Shorts [https://freshnewshorts.podbean.com/]. Subscribe to hear new stories.

1994 -- short story

In 1994, a girl and her father travel up from Newfoundland for work as the economics of home become worse and worse. Staying with friends dredges up a past incident, and the girl questions her father’s choice to put them in this predicament. Their situation is not unique; everyone and everything on the island is making such calculations on their past and future. Get the ebook "A Physicist's Guide to Love" [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086SDZ8H6] to read more stories by this writer. Find more short story podcasts at Fresh New Shorts [https://freshnewshorts.podbean.com/]. Subscribe to hear new stories.

Where Things Rise, Unannounced

“Where Things Rise, Unannounced” by Erin MacNair won EVENT magazine’s 2018 Creative non-fiction contest, and was also long listed for the 2018 CBC nonfiction contest. EVENT magazine contest judge Lori Ann Wilson said: (MacNair) is acutely aware what’s on the surface is always underwritten by the past, the unknown and the unseen.” The various themes of mental illness, eco-anxiety, and parental guilt are woven into this story of struggle and acceptance. Erin MacNair is a published non-fiction and fiction short story writer. Her work has appeared in The Walrus, Room Magazine, EVENT and other journals and anthologies. She has an upcoming speculative fiction piece in the spring issue of Prairie Fire magazine. She is currently working on a book of fictional short stories and a novel, and infrequently pens a blog: “Views from the Obtuse Angle.” Visit her website www.erinmacnair.com [http://www.erinmacnair.com], for more of her work. Find more short story podcasts at Fresh New Shorts [https://freshnewshorts.podbean.com/]. Subscribe to hear a new story each week.

Ark in Cinnamon -- short story

Cinnamon, Sask, is perhaps the driest place on earth, with a drought spanning years. After her divorce, a woman and her son move to the town to teach. They are not the only fish out of water or waterless plain. A Dad and his daughter are building a huge boat on the prairie, attracting the suspicion and ire of a local family. Get the ebook "A Physicist's Guide to Love" [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086SDZ8H6] to read other stories by this writer. Find more short story podcasts at Fresh New Shorts [https://freshnewshorts.podbean.com/]. Subscribe to hear a new story each week.