No. 306 (Winter 2026)

The cover of Issue 306 of The Fiddlehead featuring the photograph "Silent Night" by Kirsten Stackhouse which is of a person standing in a bus shelter at night in winter. The ad on the bus shelter behind the person casts a green glow on the snow around the shelter.

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Introductions
6      Anuja Varghese: Fiction Contest Editorial

Creative Nonfiction
41     José Teodoro: Houston, We Have a Problem 
56     Kimberly Foulger: The Bridge

Fiction
7       Ariadne Asho: Faultline
20     Julia Lin: Birdman of Beijing
64     Maggie Burton: The Flood
79     Andrea Bradley: Highwire
90     Barbara Darby: Fissures

Poetry
14     Carl Phillips: Five Poems
19     Erin Wilson: The Messenger
32     Geordie Miller: Two Poems
34     Gordon Taylor: Debt
36     Alexandra Oliver: Two Poems
39     Bruce Rice: Two Poems
51     John O’Neill: A Mothman Prophecy
52     Justin Timbol: The Autonomy of Good Luck
53     Emily Davidson: Two Poems
71     Susan Robertson: Four Poems
76     Julie Bruck: Three Poems
83     John McNeil: Two Poems
86     Jay Ritchie: Two Poems
88     Micaela Carren: Two Poems

Interviews
99     Laurence Hutchman: An Interview with Mary Dalton

Reviews
109   Suzanne Stewart: Politics or Opera, Revolution or Art? The Triumph of Felicity Alexander’s Decision 
         The World So Wide, Zilla Jones 
111   Deborah Vail: An Invitation into the Ancient Forests of Haidi Gwaii 
         A Room in the Forest, Heather Ramsay
113   Janet Pollock Millar: Pathos, Suspense, and the Absurd: Steven Heighton’s Storytelling Gifts 
         Sacred Rage: Selected Stories, Steven Heighton
115   Colleen Coco Collins: The Flit and Perch of a feather 
         of a feather, Thaddeus Holownia & Harry Thurston

Contributors
119   Notes on Contributors

Cover
Kirsten Stackhouse
Silent Night, 2023
Digital Photograph

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