Best Canadian Stories 2020

Acknowledgements

“Government Slots” by Omar El Akkad first appeared in the 2019 Short Story Advent Calendar (Hingston & Olsen Publishing, 2019).

“The Drain” by Lynn Coady first appeared in Electric Lit.

“Daughter of Cups” by Kristyn Dunnion first appeared in Orca: A Literary Journal.

“Madame Flora’s” by Camilla Grudova first appeared in The Puritan.

“The Last Big Dance” by Conor Kerr first appeared in The Malahat Review.

“Phoenix” by Alex Leslie first appeared in Cosmonauts Avenue.

“If You Start Breathing” by Thea Lim first appeared in Granta.

“Victory Day” by Cassidy McFadzean first appared in PRISM international.

“Drago” by Michael Melgaard first appeared in Bad Nudes. From Pallbearing copyright © 2020 by Michael Melgaard. Reproduced with permission from House of Anansi Press Inc., Toronto. www.houseofanansi.com

“Jikji” by Jeff Noh first appeared in Carte Blanche.

“Hazel & Christopher” by Casey Plett first appeared in the 2019 Short Story Advent Calendar (Hingston & Olsen Publishing, 2019).

“Your Random Spirit Guide” by Eden Robinson first appeared in The Fiddlehead.

“Common Whipping” by Naben Ruthnum first appeared in Granta.

“The Gas Station” by Souvankham Thammavongsa first appeared in The Paris Review. “The Gas Station” from How To Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa, Copyright © 2020 Souvankham Thammavongsa. Reprinted by permission of McClelland & Stewart, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited; Bloomsbury Circus, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; and Little, Brown and Company, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Any third party use of this material, outside of this publication, is prohibited. Interested parties must apply directly to Penguin Random House Canada Limited for permission.