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Fiction

December 2007 / Fiction

The Dead Are More Visible

December 12, 2007January 17, 2025 - by Steven Heighton

Technically, she still had a boss, but out here she never had to deal with him

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Fiction / November 2007

Show Me Yours

November 12, 2007June 13, 2017 - by Richard Van Camp

Saw northern lights last night. Nice and big across the sky: 1:30. Green. We saw baby ones trying to swim like little faint feathers so we helped them by rubbing …

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Fiction / October 2007

What a Season It Could Be…

October 12, 2007October 15, 2019 - by Don Gillmor

No one was more surprised than yours truly when nhl Commissioner Gary Bettman’s crazy plan worked, more or less. We all knew that hockey was in trouble. We all thought …

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Fiction / September 2007

The Hidden Mickey Mouse

September 12, 2007October 15, 2019 - by John Reardon

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. — Walt Disney The Diaries of …

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Fiction / September 2007

Mont Royal

September 12, 2007October 15, 2019 - by Jaspreet Singh

When I moved to this city, ladies, I thought the cross on the top of the mountain was actually a mathematical sign, you see, I came here to study Engineering …

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Fiction / July/August 2007

The Counterpart

July 12, 2007April 15, 2020 - by Nadia Kalman

Aleksey Alexandrovich Smoletkin—the former Gorky Professor of Arts and Letters at Leningrad State, the father of a twelve-year-old daughter in ribbons and brown uniform in Moscow, the destroyer of a …

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Illustration by Kate Wilson
Fiction / July/August 2007

The Principles of Exile

July 12, 2007June 15, 2020 - by Camilla Gibb

My mother has sent me out to Saint-Denis by Métro, because Alsan, the cleaner at her office, has told her that the best halloumi is to be found floating in …

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Illustration by Thomas Libetti
Fiction / July/August 2007

Bob Dylan Goes Tubing

July 12, 2007April 19, 2020 - by Marni Jackson

One morning we came back from town to find a strange car parked under the white pines beside our cottage. An old Citroën, the kind where the chassis goes up …

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Fiction / July/August 2007

Big Ticket

July 12, 2007May 1, 2017 - by Jim Garrard

The Characters Dave… tow truck operator Annie… realtor Billy… biker Early evening. A grimy auto-pound office—in a trailer. Ambient light through barred windows. Traffic noise from expressway overhead. City sounds, …

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Illustration by Leif Parsons
Fiction / June 2007

Tank Talk

June 12, 2007April 15, 2020 - by David Macfarlane

“What’ll we call this lot? ” “Who are they? ” “Dunno. They just showed up.” “From? ” “The 77th.” “In? ” “Tanks.” “Don’t mention it.” “No. Men. In bloody tanks.” “Steady on.” “Quite a …

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