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Issue 155

Stalemate

There was a stretch of woods behind the building, and in the evening, the sun hit all of the back windows with a violent orange. It got good and warm for half an hour, and James enjoyed the wash of vision. Read more.

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Issue 155

Between the Sea and the Ocean

The smell of salt was soon in the wind whistling past the car. I could hear the crashing water before I could see the shoreline. Read more.

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Issue 155

The Finca

I grew up immersed in a language that was private and intimate, that was connected to my mother’s birthplace through the only location I knew: that mansion outside Barcelona. Read more.

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The Writer’s Corner

October 29, 2020

What is John O’Neill Reading?

I always feel as though I’m not reading enough, particularly during this pandemic, during which I’ve found it (apparently not a unique phenomenon) difficult to concentrate. When I do pick up a book (I read mostly fiction these days) even that simple act is fraught – should I choose a new book, a new author, […]

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October 27, 2020

Finding The Form with Sue Goldswain

“The Getaway” began as a chapter in my novel, White Lies, that I removed in one of the later drafts as it seemed like an indulgence, and not pertinent to the central story. Once I started working on it as short fiction, it developed a life of its own, with completely different characters and settings.  […]

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October 22, 2020

Finding the Form with Wendy Donawa

The window at my desk overlooks the blue slump of the Sooke hills; beyond, the Salish Sea surges around Vancouver Island’s south coast. I write my poems here, in a small condo angled toward sea and sky, on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and Esquimalt) peoples. “Eye of God” was finished and submitted […]

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