Fall 2023, Volume 44, No. 3

What keeps you up at night? Memories of lost loved ones? Racial and social injustice? Or maybe the fear that there’s someone outside the window... This issue, we’re talking about all things that ‘Haunt’ us with Haunted: Things that keep us up at night! Featuring new writing from Cory Lavender, Zilla Jones, Gordon Turner, Laura Maija Clarke & many more!

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Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50

Prairie Fire is giving centre stage to women writers over fifty! This special issue is a celebration that honours and recognizes the enormous contribution of living Canadian women writers, who have helped shape CanLit and continue to do so.  If you are a woman, aged...

Our 2023 Annual Donation Drive is on NOW!

It's our annual Donation Drive! Your donations are vital to helping us publish Prairie Fire and to continue offering programs like our student practicum. Those who donate before December 31st, 2023 will be entered to win a prize package containing: $300 gift card to...

“Museum of Winter” by Willy Blomme Takes Second Place in Fiction at National Magazine Awards

A big 'ol congrats to Will Blomme whose fiction piece "The Museum of Winter" took second place at the National Magazine Awards! Great Job, Willy! And also a shout out to Duncan Mercredi whose poem "Misipawistik" received honourable mention! Way to go, Duncan! Both...

Happy World Poetry Day!

Happy World Poetry Day, everyone! To celebrate, we have a poem from our 2022 McNally Robinson Booksellers Poetry Award Winner Jody Baltessen! Thank you Jody, for allowing us to publish this fabulous poem digitally for World Poetry Day! Before we get to the poem, if...
Biblioasis’s 2023 A Ghost Story for Christmas Collection

Biblioasis’s 2023 A Ghost Story for Christmas Collection

It’s that time of year again! As the year winds down, the temperature drops and snow covers the ground, the Christmas season lurks. The holiday tunes start a little earlier each year, stores start getting in their Christmas merch in September, and as we get closer to...

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Bleeding Light by Rob Benvie

Bleeding Light by Rob Benvie

Content warning: gun violence in a school (there are dark themes and drug use throughout, but the most shocking, triggering event is a school shooting that is mostly averted but could be very triggering) Rob Benvie is the author of two previous novels, Maintenance and...

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Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50

Prairie Fire is giving centre stage to women writers over fifty! This special issue is a celebration that honours and recognizes the enormous contribution of living Canadian women writers, who have helped shape CanLit and continue to do so.  If you are a woman, aged...

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Our 2023 Annual Donation Drive is on NOW!

It's our annual Donation Drive! Your donations are vital to helping us publish Prairie Fire and to continue offering programs like our student practicum. Those who donate before December 31st, 2023 will be entered to win a prize package containing: $300 gift card to...

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