Christmas Number, 2002
Vol. VI, No. 1, Whole Number 9
FICTION
“‘Wiggie Waiter Bites into Millions!’ Said the News”
By Kristi-Ly Green
“The First Rule”
By Jay Pinkerton
“Whoredom”
By Tamara Faith Berger
“The Rat”
By Andrew Pyper
“Hot or Cold”
By Rose Hunter
“Steak and Eggs”
By Jessica Westhead
THE OUT-OF-TOWNER
“Two Stories”
By Sonja Ahlers
FOUND
“The Testimony of Carl Sanders, Inventor of the Microchip”
ILLUSTRATED FICTION
“The Portal”
By Alan Hunt
PROFILE
Joe Matt
Meet Joe Matt, indie comics’ answer to nerd rock.
By Conan Tobias
GALLERY
“Aesthetics”
Karen Eull bridges the gap between old-school art and modern technology.
By Karen Eull, Conan Tobias
On Punctuation, typography, and such
“About the Type”
The rebirths of Stillson and Toronto Subway.
POEMS
“Lapse”
By Kevin Connolly
“Road Signs”
By Dayle Furlong
“Broken Love Poem”
By Alexandra Wilder
“The Inevitability of Time”
By Victoria Ward
“Apostrophe (You Are Entirely Happy With Your Poem)”
By Bill Kennedy, Darren Wershler-Henry
COVER STAR
Ken Tobias, 1965. Photograph by Ian MacEachern.
