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Bleeding Light by Rob Benvie
Content warning: gun violence in a school (there are dark themes and drug use throughout, but the most shocking, triggering event is a school shooting that is mostly averted but could be very triggering) Rob Benvie is the author of two previous novels, Maintenance and...
Moments of Happiness by Neils Hav, Translated by Per Brask and Patrick Friesen
The cover art for Neils Hav’s Moments of Happiness features a wall with wallpaper and paint partially peeled away, revealing layer after layer of understory. In keeping with this image, Hav opens the collection with the line: “The battered inside of the cupboard under...
The Summer Contest Issue is Here!
Our summer issue has dropped! Check out the winners of the 2022 writing contests and some great new writing from Margaret Sweatman, Robbie Chesick, Claire Matthews, Cooper Skjeie, Eric Wang & more! Take me to the issue!
Dreaming Home by Lucian Childs
Lucian Childs’ short stories have been widely published in various literary journals throughout the US and Canada. Dreaming Home is his debut book-length work of fiction, divided into six chapters that focus on different characters spanning a time period of about...
Haunted Issue Update: Selection Process Complete
Just a quick update to let everyone know we have made our selections and have contacted the writers whose work was chosen. Thank you to everyone who submitted. At final count there was around 700 of you! Obviously we couldn't take everyone, and if your work was not...
“Museum of Winter” by Willy Blomme Takes Second Place in Fiction at National Magazine Awards
A big 'ol congrats to Will Blomme whose fiction piece "The Museum of Winter" took second place at the National Magazine Awards! Great Job, Willy! And also a shout out to Duncan Mercredi whose poem "Misipawistik" received honourable mention! Way to go, Duncan! Both...