ISSUE 26

  • Arabella Griffett

    Arabella Griffett

     

    A Heart of Forgiveness    

    1890 – Texas

    He would protect her, even if it would be the death of him. Everlee Davis was worth it, plus it wasn’t her fault that people were trying to kill her; … Read the whole text

  • Charles Joseph Albert

    Charles Joseph Albert

     

    Friend Me 

    Symon Nikchema and Andriy Chilovek sat in an alcove of the Facebook headquarters in Skolkovo, sipping sambuca and discussing the hockey game that had just ended.

    “I mean, you saw the play, right?” Andriy demanded. “You saw … Read the whole text

  • John Tavares

    John Tavares

     

    Two Charaters in Search of an Auteur  

    Before she moved to Toronto, Enola told Kiara, in the Starbucks where they met on Danforth Avenue, near the Pape subway station, she worked for her uncle in his grocery store as … Read the whole text

  • Utitofon Ebong Inyang

    Utitofon Ebong Inyang

     

    Words in Flight

    These words are roving
    birds, returning
    After a spell of wintering
    In distant climes
    Turning, banking, 
    Eyes trained
    On the last home stretch
    Wings weighted with desire
    For a tree, familiar 
    Feet poised to perch 
    On … Read the whole text

  • Uche Peter Umezurike

    Uche Peter Umezurike

    My father loves in a practical way

    My father loves the way only an ex-soldier can.
    He loves with things handy and familiar.
    Like steel or fist.

    My father is practical.
    The way his belts love my behind.
    The way … Read the whole text

  • Candace Fertile

    Candace Fertile

     

    Essay, Poetry, and Fiction Reviews 

    Imagination’s Many Rooms
    by Amatoritsero Ede,
    Griots Lounge Publishing,
    180 pages, $21.99,
    ISBN: 978-1-7776884-9-3

    This edited collection of creative-cum-literary nonfiction essays previously published in the Maple Tree Literary Supplement website gives insight into many … Read the whole text