Christmas Number, 2009
VOL. XIII, NO. 1, WHOLE NUMBER 23
THE FICTION
“Corey Was a Danger Cat”
By Heather Hogan
“My Life Among the Apes”
By Cary Fagan
“See You Next Tuesday”
By Stacey May Fowles
“Savage”
By Nathaniel G. Moore
THE ILLUSTRATED FICTION
“Why, Zanta? Why?”
By Jason Kieffer
THE PROFILE
Merle Foster
Merle Foster’s studio wasn’t a toy shop, but it was still magical to the children of the Ward.
By Terry Murray
THE Gallery
“Down in the Alley”
Toronto’s little-seen laneways can be dynamic.
By Michael Cho, Matthew Blackett
THE Photo Essay
“The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye”
An artist faces the absurdities of aging, in a most absurd place.
By R. M. Vaughan, Sholem Krishtalka
The City
“Revelation”
Gerstein is worth exploring.
By Jennifer Marston
PEOPLE AROUND HERE
College Park
By Dave Lapp
THE POEMS
“Alice Vichenroff”
By Lindsay Zier-Vogel
“Handful”
By Evie Christie
“Pumpkin Patch”
By Dani Couture
“Visiting Ours”
By Chris Chambers
THE Out-of-Towner
“Procyon lotor”
By Rose Hunter
THE COVER
Somebody Always Dies at Christmas, by Maurice Vellekoop











