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Carriers

Derek Mascarenhas -

“Look at that one, he's got a big butt,” said my sister. “Ants don't have butts, Ally. It's called an abdomen.” “How can they not have...

An Aesthetics of Rat Bites

Stacy Hardy -

Always, I am overcome by their beauty. My lungs tighten in my chest and the color of my blood brightens. I run my hands over...

Heart Lake

Rudrapriya Rathore -

The police told us it wasn’t our fault. They gathered us up, all of us except Jonathan, and put us in a little room off...

The Mother, The Daughter, And The Holy Capitalist

Robin Richardson -

I was not raised with religion. I was raised in a Mississauga bungalow with a cold war and the sitcom banter of resentful family...

Getting Out

Cedar Bowers -

The husband’s back is taut, turned Margaret’s way. It’s an evening when anything could start it. They both know this. Avoid eyes. The husband...

Shrinkage

Millie Ho -

Inez shaved her head the day after. She didn’t make the connection between her impulse to go bald with what had happened. She simply walked...

Ice-Storm

Melissa Bull -

The power knocked out midway through my stupid all day-all night Thursday shift and it got really cold inside my little boutiquette. Something popped behind...

Food I Ate With Frank

Catherine Owen -

1. Fried kielbasa slathered with brie Frank’s mother never keeps such food in the fridge. You can tell by the way he hefts the sausage...

Conflict Zone

Leesa Dean -

Leesa Dean is a graduate of the University of Guelph’s Creative Writing MFA program and teaches English and Creative Writing for Selkirk College in...

Animals in the Garden

Rebecca Fisseha -

The house where I live is the last one on our street. There is a front garden of flowering plants surrounding the lawn, the...