Warts – 2nd Prize
I had my first boyfriend and I knew my father didn’t like him. My father would stand at our front window, sometimes with binoculars, and […]
The Hullabaloo – 3rd Prize
While the child nursed, Millie whispered prayers to the savior. She did this each morning while breastfeeding, pleading yet again for help, stressing each time […]
“Just Write the Next One” – An Interview with Bruce Meyer
Bruce Meyer describes himself as one of Canadian literature’s best kept secrets. As a poet, author, editor, interviewer and portrait photographer, Bruce is responsible for […]
The Great Ones
As easy as it is to feel cold nostalgiaon a raw November night, I take solace by escaping into Netflix.A series about World War Two […]
Acquired Tastes
Sweet as the gift of sunlight on snowy mornings in midwinter, the garden spread like caster sugar, the harvest table gilded in honey, the carpet […]
Elysium
Just an open patch of ground.The road dipped in a valley.We had a throwing stickfor the dog’s yellow ball and the dog looked overher shoulder, […]
The Socratic Method
On La Gavotte’s last night, as Michaela and Fred leaned on the Second Empire side server, they stared at the empty tables. They untied their […]
and we are not liars, but this isn’t the truth
don’t be the hopeless man don’t smile like christ whenthe first spike is driven home this is different, is meant to be beautiful,a nation of […]
Falling Asleep
while listening to your voice, its energetic cadence, the wealthy murmur of your laugh spiting grief, pain, the whole past-tense flashback shebang, I feel erased, […]
Trunk
The visitors are sterner even than the ones who’d come calling after last year’s misunderstanding with the bus. They’re somewhat less credulous, too. No-one had […]