Meg Todd has made the 2019 CBC Short Story Prize shortlist for Green is the Colour of Calm. She will receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and her story is published below.

Sterling, $19.95 (20p) ISBN 978-1-4549-1729-8 A pigtailed, paper cutout girl assists a scribbly, googly-eyed monster in sorting his mixed-up emotions, represented by different colors, into jars.

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