Canlit Stories

World War 1 has broken out, but seems oddly far away for Egyptologist James Grimshaw, living in Halifax and working on research. However, a strange machine slides across...

A world-famous artist considers his legacy as he passes the torch to his protege. - Winner 2nd Place, 2008 Toronto Star Short Story Competition.

The story of an endless and conflicted love between a young man and woman. They play with fire and nearly lose their lives doing it. The story of one of the largest and...

Can I give you words-the kind that sting & kiss, both at once. As does this storm, fiercely blowing at the leaves within your belly, green and supple to the tongue. Ca...

First published on Fiction on the Web, July 2016. See it there - http://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2016/07/nothing-to-lose-by-mitchell-toews.html

I hope you enjoy this excerpt of my novel STILL MINE, now available in stores and online! *** THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN meets THE SILENT WIFE in this taut psychological thri...