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Meromictic by Rosalind Reynolds-Grey

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At this present moment, I am a meromictic lake. My face is awash with saltwater sweat, indistinguishable to […]

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What We Humped in Newfane by Kiki Dy

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You are seven years old and have just gotten the training wheels removed from your pink huffy bicycle. […]

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Water Underground by John Carr Walker

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I found a snapshot of my father taken before I was born, a black-and-white print on foxed paper […]

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Rudolf by Holly Aszkenasy

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You could barely move, in fin-de-siècle Mitteleuropa, without encountering something mystical, transcendental, or at least a bit occultish. […]

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Tangerine by Sally Gander

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I have not always had this memory. It has been acquired, like the pains I feel in my […]

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Step Eight: Make a List of All Persons We Have Harmed, and Become Willing to Make Amends to Them All by Ruby D Jones

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Jess I’m sorry I bought you strawberries. I fed you their scarlet hearts on summer-scorched grass, transfixed by […]

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Not Our Cat by Paul Shacksmyth

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I paint the shed a gun metal blue and fix the rotten wooden panels at the base where […]

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Where to Submit: Autumn 2018

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Although you wouldn’t really guess that from the amazing photo we’ve used here, it’s largely wet and miserable […]

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Henry In The Departure Lounge by Ingrid Persaud

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Trinidadian Hindus contend that a direct correlation exists between the combustion rate of a body on a funeral […]

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Where to Submit: Summer 2018

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We know that this long, hot summer has been a distraction but now that it’s started to cool […]

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