Short Story Selections

  Craig gifts Mr. Harrington a phone. Mr. Harrington complains about digitization.

By: Asa Montreaux  It had without doubt been a frustrating loss, and a scenario becoming all too familiar, as the Oilers fell to the Panthers in Game six, to lost the Stanley Cup Finals. McDavid finished the season tied for the team, and league lead, for points with 33. Leon Draisaitl had also had 33 points in the playoffs, though McDavid led in points heading into the finals.  What might surprise you, was that this was a less productive post-season than usual by McDavid. But as you could guess, it was not by much. McDavid had averaged about 1.65 points per game, in the two playoffs seasons prior to this one. But in this one he only managed 1.5 points per game.  It is a sign of a scenario becoming too predictable for Oilers players, and fans as well. That ultimately, they do not come through in the end. Perhaps it is signs of deeper issues in the lineup. But it may also be a sign that the Oilers regularly meet their match against the Florida Panthers. With a few lineup tw...

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Translated by David Wyllie I One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. “What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table—Samsa was a travelling salesman—and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur ...