Welcome to Issue 6.1! It’s hard to believe that we are entering our sixth month of publication. Thank you to everyone who has been on this journey with us! I have a few announcements this week. We’re sad to say goodbye to Amy, who has been our Social Media Manager for the last few months….
Issue 6.1 – Nonfiction
When my friend, Letty, and I were fifteen, we cut our fingers, touched them together, and became blood sisters. As adults, we can go months without communicating, but when we get together again, we are still those sisters, mixing blood and staying up all night to talk smart and laugh ourselves silly. We wanted to…
Issue 6.1 – Fiction
25 December 1989. Leonard Bernstein gave a concert in Berlin celebrating the end of the Wall, including the 9th Symphony (Ode to Joy) with the word “Joy” (Freude) changed to “Freedom” (Freiheit) in the lyrics sung. The rain hit the house as Cara stood snug by the front bay window, holding a china mug of…
Issue 6.1 – Poetry
You told yourself it was easier to imagine a thousand reasons than to know any one answer. There was glory in the theory of having no choice. He was your hero, more magical than Jesus or so you thought. He smoked Winston’s and blew smoke rings in the air. You thought he was invincible….
Serial – Little River – Chapter 13
* New to Little River or behind in reading? Find all the previous chapters here. Jonathan hurried down the front porch steps, and walked down to the crumbling sidewalk. He had told Abby he was going for a walk, but he felt like running. He wanted to run until his lungs burst—until he couldn’t run anymore. He wanted…
Book Review – Second Growth
In her debut collection, Second Growth, Canadian Poet Fabinne Calvert Filteau writes of planting trees in northern BC after clearcut, and about being the second growth daughter of a mother who attempted suicide throughout her childhood. She uses both traditional and experimental stanzas throughout the book. As someone who is less comfortable with anything other…
The Little Things – Microwork
The Many Brands of Loneliness Empty pens, Empty heads, Empty smiles, and Empty beds. Emma Hastie moved to Toronto From Calgary, Alberta and realized she might have been a city girl trapped in a small town. She likes to consider herself a Jack of all trades while blatantly ignoring the latter part of the saying….
A Word from the Editor
What an exciting week it’s been since announcing the release of “Raising Her Voice” is Issue 5.4! It’s been so great to watch the buzz on social media and hear from people who have gotten their copy of the anthology. I’m so very proud of the work of each and every woman who contributed to…
Issue 5.5 – Nonfiction
The scar on my breast is a dark reddish brown, fading slowly at the edges. It is curved, like a parenthesis. There is a slight indentation, a flat spot under the blemish that shows when I stand in profile. The scar is hidden, even by my most revealing bathing suit. Most of the time I…
Issue 5.5 – Fiction
The first year I lived in a very tall building. The tower was plain, ugly even, despite its remarkable height. It was a place to live. From my window, I could see the offices of electronics companies and, when the haze wasn’t bad, a flat ribbon of the river. The haze was usually bad. Some…
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