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Jan/Feb 2021 • Vol. XLIII No. 1 |

Fish Stories

By Janika Oza

2020 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest Winner

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Janika Oza is a writer based in Toronto. She was the winner of the 2019 Malahat Review Open Season Award in Fiction and has received fellowships from VONA, Tin House, One Story, and the Millay Colony. She is published in The Best Small Fictions 2019 anthology, Cincinnati Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, and elsewhere.

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