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20 Years of The Walrus: Fiction

Over the past twenty years, The Walrus has been a steady bellwether of must-read writing. For our 20th anniversary, we’ve collected works that still surprise us, impress us, move us.

Here are some of the best pieces of short fiction that we’ve published.



My Pleasure

BY ALIX HAWLEY
The McDonald’s had been there for decades, built in sunnier days, but it couldn’t last



And They Danced by the Light of the Moon

BY HEATHER O’NEILL
The principal stared at the boy sitting on the chair across from his desk. Jules Tremblay was wearing a pair of penny loafers with gym socks



We Come in Peace

BY ZSUZSI GARTNER
Unlike Baal and Asmodeus, we were not, are not, fallen angels. Not even Rachmiel, who no longer resides among us



The Click

BY SARAH TOTTON
Sometimes we look younger than we are, sometimes much older, depending on how we’ve chosen to live with what we’ve seen



Wireless

BY LYNN COADY
Jane salutes you from an age where to be an aficionado is to find yourself foolishly situated in the world



Split Tooth

BY TANYA TAGAQ
We pile our hair as high as it will go, even though the wind destroys our hairdos to the point that every time we come in from outside, the girls’ bathroom is a haze of Final Net



Buddy West

BY SAM SHELSTAD
Lawrence stepped out of the office in a foul mood



Witness

BY K.D. MILLER
As soon as Harriet’s in, the second she hears the screen door bang shut behind her, she feels an arm come round her neck

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