Cubby
by Anthony Neil Smith

Cubby sat at the picnic table in the park like always, counting the mosquitoes on his arm. […]

Light the Fire
by Gavin Turner

I gather the woolly blankets around my stiffening shoulders and poke at the chars in the grate. […]

I vomited every other hour for three days after you ended things by SJ Townend

Was it a purge, the sickness? Of sorts, I suppose. […]

Catfishing
by Cole Beauchamp

We often converse with just one syllable. Chill. Rad. It’s only when we’re high that we chatter like this […]

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All the Lives we Almost Live
by Judy Darley

Nan’s taken up yoga. That’s what she tells me. She gets down on the rug in child’s pose […]

Did You Know if Sheep Fall on their Backs they Die by Adele Evershed

My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. Grace Farms dazzles […]

Cockling
by Mairead Fagan

Go at low tide. Wear the rubber boots you’ve been given, though they pinch your toes sore, […]

Grandpa Gave Birth to an Easy Chair by Gale Huxley

The chair rocked before settling.
One long motion, sending lightened leather near its tipping point […]

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If it (ain’t) Broke, Don’t Fix it
by Gill O’Halloran

I gotta stay clean on this court order or I’ll get banged up. The magistrate said I mustn’t fall […]

The Scavenger
by Martha Lane

The cheetah crouches low in the grass. Black tears streaming. Her sunset eyes focused, fangs still tinged […]

Westland Mall, Toronto, Ontario by Sage Tyrtle

We walk into Westland Mall, the five of us, and we are laughing so hard that our stomachs hurt […]

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The Hadal Zone Trapdoor by Isabel Yacura

The angels clustered at the whale fall. The team of scientists who discovered them […]