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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

Shooting the Bitch

by (author) Nicole Chin

Publisher
House of Anansi Press Inc
Initial publish date
Sep 2013
Category
Short Stories (single author)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770894853
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $0.99

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Short, sharp, and unexpectedly disturbing, “Shooting the Bitch” is the award-winning story from newcomer Nicole Chin.

While doing chores with his father on a summer afternoon, a young boy is asked to take care of a lingering problem in their household. Set in rural Ottawa, “Shooting the Bitch” reveals the nature of a boy's relationship with his parents and the divisions that run through their family.

About the author

Nicole Chin’s short stories have been published in the Queen’s University Undergraduate Review and the anthology Lake Effect 6. In 2012, she was the recipient of the Helen Richards Campbell Memorial Award, and in 2013, “Shooting the Bitch” received the McIllquham Foundation Prize for best original short story. Recently, one of her stories was longlisted for the House of Anansi Broken Social Scene Short Story Contest. She is a graduate of Queen’s University where she studied under Canadian poet Carolyn Smart. She is currently a student of the MFA in Creative Writing program at University of Guelph.

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