Issue 22

"Mother Dragon" by Samara Garfinkle

“In this kind of business, all your flowers are like your children.” —Tamey Lau I. At worlds and Miles’ End, There lives the Mother...

"Bus stop on the corner of Queen Mary" by Louis Piette

The will of God on bright blue as I wait to become. Here He is. On me, in me, flushing yellow on my skin. On all of us – waiting,...

"Heir to the Night" by Jerome Ramcharitar

The night deepens in its newest song. Heat has dissolved, its breaths now long, all in the acquisition of a shade— but humid as a swamp,...

"Captivity" by Carolyne Van Der Meer

I look at you, measuring whether I’m fearful your dark eye darting your unease, wildness here in this basement room my refuge, where you...

"Randy Refuses to Go to Town" by Jacalyn den Haan

He wouldn’t take her to the city. He would keep her safe beside himself, in his arms. Dead but still singing. On his peeling doorstep,...

"Montreal in the Summertime" and "Tahiti Fusion" by Katie Cossette

Montreal in the Summertime Câlice, c’est chaud en tabarnak… So where are you two from? Canada… Pas d’argent, besoin manger… If Legault...