Short Stories

CBC Short Story Prize – Reader

Wayne is so pleased to be among a group of talented writers reading for the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize longlist. Every year, CBC Books enlists the help of established writers and editors from across Canada to read the thousands of entries submitted to our prizes. The readers compile the longlist, which is given to the jury. […]

Gibson guitar on fire

Writer’s Bone publishes “The Black Sheep”

Wayne is thrilled that Writer’s Bone, a primo podcast network and platform for superb reads and authors, has published his short story, The Black Sheep, where music and the burdens of race and ambition meet someone devilish. Many thanks to Ottawa jazz guitarist Roddy Ellias and drummer Mary Gellner along with Sandra Nicholls, for their […]

The Feast of Peleus. Artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Ricepaper Magazine Publishes Short Story

Wayne is thrilled that Ricepaper Magazine, a literary magazine that he has always admired and respected, has published his short story, Julian’s Feast: a dark, thriller about the macabre lengths we go through to fit in.  Cannibalism was an exercise his writing group played with many years ago. Though it won a second place at […]