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Fiction / November 2005

The Second-last Corporate Retreat

November 12, 2005May 20, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

I want to welcome all of you to the weekend that will change your life. Today is the last day you will ever have to put up with the Old …

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Fiction / September 2005

Killer Ridge

September 12, 2005May 7, 2020 - by Donna Morrissey

Illustration by Christopher Hutsul At the best of times, Newfoundlanders are seasonally impaired. We know climate change—every two hours or so—and, as a result, our minds are prone to wandering …

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Fiction / July/August 2005

My Living Media Will

July 12, 2005December 19, 2021 - by Marni Jackson

For intravenous hydration, I prefer flat water to sparkling, with a slice of lemon in my IV bag

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Illustration by Sam Weber
Fiction / July/August 2005

Pericles

July 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Yiorgos Skardonis

May 1941. The corn is high. There are two goatherds keeping watch over all the goats in Zostiko. A Greek and a Bulgarian. The Bulgarian is a big guy, enormous. …

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Illustration by Michelangelo Iaffaldano
Fiction / July/August 2005

Franklin’s Library

July 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Helen Humphreys

The sailor looks up from the book. He looks up, out of the oily coin of candlelight lying on the page. He can still hear the shore crowd at Greenhithe, …

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Illustration by Christopher Hutsul
Fiction / July/August 2005

Catechism

July 12, 2005December 19, 2021 - by Wayne Johnston

When hell freezes over it will look like that, he thought

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Fiction / July/August 2005

Seven Love Letters

July 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by The Walrus

“Lubyanka, 2 September 1918” by David Bezmozgis My dear Mika, Though you have made it clear that you do not care for me, my heart nevertheless insists that I address …

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Fiction / June 2005

If Things Happen for a Reason

June 12, 2005May 6, 2020 - by Sara O'Leary

This will be something to tell our children. That’s the first thing she remembers him saying to her. They were in a taxicab and he was holding her hand. She …

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April 2005 / Fiction

POETSMART™

April 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by Susan Holbrook

Just like people, poets can develop unhealthy, adverse, and sometimes dangerous habits. Poets are cute but, let’s face it, they can disrupt a household. Like children, they need guidance and …

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Illustration by Julie Morstad
April 2005 / Fiction

Wireless

April 12, 2005May 5, 2020 - by Lynn Coady

Jane salutes you from an age where to be an aficionado is to find yourself foolishly situated in the world. Where to care a great deal about something, no matter …

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