ISSUE 28

  • Claire Hollett

    Claire Hollett

     

    Fake Food

    For as long as she could remember, Phyllis had sat at the front of the classroom. Whenever the teacher posed a question, her hand reached highest. Phyllis could remember the name of every teacher she’d ever had. … Read the whole text

  • Gordon Ray Bourgon

    Gordon Ray Bourgon

     

    A Man, a Fender and a Duck Walk into a Bar

     
    There wasn’t a single person in the bar who did not forget what Teddy Roundman looked like. A big man, they all said, all who were in … Read the whole text

  • Melanie Marttila

    Melanie Marttila

     

    Poetry and Fiction Reviews

    A Thousand Tiny Awakenings
    edited by Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew
    Sudbury, ON: Latitude 46 Publishing
    2025 84 pages, $20.00

    This elegant, slim volume features the poetry and prose of 15 dynamic new voices on … Read the whole text

  • Patrick Connors

    Patrick Connors

    Poetry Review 

    The Alphabet of Aliens
    by Sabyasachi Nag
    Mawenzi House
    ISBN: 978-1-77415-201-0
    120 pages, $11.99 – $20.95

    In his previous books, Sabyasachi Nag utilized carefully crafted free-verse poetry with very standard line breaks. His words were often startling, and … Read the whole text

  • Rion Levy

    Rion Levy

     

    Poetry Review 

    What We Know So Far Is…
    by Connor McDonnell

    The universality and ineffability of birth, life, and death, have and continue to be (to no ones surprise) some of the most tempting subjects for the poet. … Read the whole text

  • Kai Toh

    Kai Toh

     

    Art in the Park           

    Spring, Ontario, 1953.

    “Greetings,” Raith said.
    “Hello,” said a middle-age, gray-haired, slightly portly man, carrying much camping gear.
    “You look prepared to be out here, but I am just wondering … Read the whole text

  • Salvatore Difalco

    Salvatore Difalco

     

    Sunflowers

     

    Too many eyes have drawn them out.
    If you weep before them, don’t feel alone.

    A yellow that shouts, a yellow applied
    with a switchblade or a lame à cran d’arrêt.

    Follow no one. Let no one … Read the whole text

  • Louise Carson

    Louise Carson

     

    Rules for Life as a Bee

    Each bee must be her own queen,
    not live in a colony.
    Burrow in the ground along a path
    or build the nest in a dead plant stem
    or stack of empty flowerpots.… Read the whole text

  • Roy Mclean

    Roy Mclean

    autumn dragons

     
    this season is ideal for dragons
    as they blend in well with the leaves…
    red and gold,
    patterned scales disappear into the canopy
    like magic
    (though they in fact
    reserve their magicks
    to other warming purposes
    when … Read the whole text

  • Sharon Berg

    Sharon Berg

     

    1973: The visitors


    Rory has one knee on the floor, the other tucked under his chin as he paints. His canvas is propped on two milk crates set over newspaper laid out to protect the floor. His paint tubes … Read the whole text