“As for ‘genre fiction’ — mystery, horror, romance, science fiction — none of it is for children.”
Ursula K. LeGuin

The July/August summer reading issue of The Walrus is finally online, featuring fiction and reportage from the best of Canada. As well as reports by John Lorinc on Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, Christopher Frey on African Pentacostalism, and James Glave on eco-funerals, we’re also proud to present four short genre stories composed by four of Canada’s hottest young writers. Read:

SCIENCE FICTION! The Crow Procedure by Stephen Marche

ROMANCE! The Nerve by Lee Henderson

HORROR! Real Estate by Rivka Galchen

COWBOYS! The True Sorrows of Calamity Jane by Joseph Boyden

And also, coming soon next week… Marche, Henderson, Galchen and Boyden attack The Walrus’s own “Mad Libs… OF TERROR!” Plus, don’t forget to try out for our Guilty Pleasures writing contest.