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Short Fiction and Poetry
Tall Tales by Calla Smith
“I’m an airplane pilot,” the man said. He had had a few beers in the hotel’s bar by then, even though it had only opened [...]
Memento Mori by Annette Dekker
Clinging to antediluvian violet granite
at the foot of the Terry Fox memorial
in Thunder Bay
a magnificent hand-sized moth [...]
Cannonball Blues by Christopher Butt
“Welcome to the Greatest Show on what’s left of Earth!” the Ringmaster proclaimed to the mostly empty stands [...]
My Old Lady or in the Time of Wild Eyed Prophets and Grocery Carts by Brian Michael Barbeito
Do you know when it is the middle of dusk and you are in the centre of a liminal time? People don’t talk about the middle of dusk [...]
Italian Intrigue: A Quartet by R.P. Logan
Aroused from my sleep by a distant peal
a solemn, singular measure
and catch a glimpse through the curtain lace
of the woman I prize [...]
A Question of Money by Eric Burbridge
“Larry, let me solve your financial difficulties…for five million dollars let me murder you?” Rocmon asked. [...]
Pathway Into Darkness; The Wren by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Nightfall is rapidly
Approaching fast
Encroaching on the
Faltering daylight;
On the pathway to
Castle Dracula in
The very heart [...]
Sea Creatures by Geoffrey Heptonstall
The birds were flying low as they approached land. They were always looking out for what may be in the mud and water of low tide. [...]
I Gave You My Reflection by Samuel Wise
I gave you my reflection
And became invisible
Like a phantom, called upon the night [...]
My Wife: Hardboiled Detective Noir by Louis Marvin
Did it ever get so bad, that your wife said please stop talking? [...]
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