VOL. XI, NO. 2, WHOLE NUMBER 20
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THE CONTENTS
Read by Paul Bellini as the voice of Taddle Creek [1] (2 MB)
THE MASTHEAD
Read by Moe Berg [2] (1 MB)
THE INDICIA
Read by Moe Berg [3] (2 MB)
THE CONTRIBUTORS
Read by Moe Berg [4] (3 MB)
THE MAIL
Read by Jenny Hall, Terri Favro, Brian Joseph Davis, and Paul Bellini as the voice of Taddle Creek [5] (4 MB)
THE PUNCTUATION, TYPOGRAPHY, AND SUCH DEPT.
“Proper Capitalization” [6] (4 MB)
Read by Paul Bellini as the voice of Taddle Creek
THE FICTION
“Ultra” [7] (21 MB)
By Sara Heinonen
“Tart. Sweet. Crunchy. Crisp.” [8] (6 MB)
By Gary Barwin
“The Princess is Dead” [9] (11 MB)
By Heather Hogan
“Speaker” [10] (7 MB)
By Gil Adamson
Read by Ryan Bigge and Kevin Connolly
“Aphids”
By Stuart Ross
Sorry, no luck with this one. Please listen to “The Apology,” read by Paul Bellini as the voice of Taddle Creek. [11]
THE OUT-OF-TOWNER
“A Situation Comedy” [12] (32 MB)
By Lee Henderson
Read by the Taddle Creek Players: Ryan Blakely as Jasper, Andy Boorman as Cliff, Jeanie Calleja as Mallory, Gabriela Hahn as Gwen, Gord Rand as Rosy, Adrienne Weiss as the fiancée, Dave MacKinnon as the boss, Conan Tobias as the loser and the paramedic, and Chris Chambers as the narrator
THE ILLUSTRATED FICTION
“The Grass Seed” [13] (4 MB)
By Claudia Dávila
Read by Alexandra Leggat
THE PROFILE
R. M. Vaughan [14] (19 MB)
The Troubled adventures of a suffering trickster.
By Sally McKay and Von Bark
Read by Derek McCormack
THE WAR OF THE WORDS DEPT.
“Slim Curiosity” [15] (10 MB)
The Varsity Chapbook was an elegant early step in Toronto’s literary development.
By Conan Tobias
Read by Nathaniel G. Moore
THE CITY
“A Better (Sub)way?” [16] (4 MB)
The T.T.C. is forgetting its history—in more ways than one.
By Alfred Holden
PEOPLE AROUND HERE
My Town Restaurant [17] (2 MB)
By Dave Lapp
THE POEMS
“Be Careful, It’s My Heart” [18] (2 MB)
By Patrick Rawley
“Untitled, by Zelda Sayre” [19] (2 MB)
By Adrienne Weiss
“Pigeon III” [20] (2 MB)
By Chris Chambers
“Reading Ma Jian on the Farm” [21] (2 MB)
By Alexandra Leggat
“New Texas” [22] (1 MB)
By Chris Michalski
Read by Paul Vermeersch
“All You Need is Lorazepam” [23] (1 MB)
By Evie Christie
Read by John Degen
THE BONUS TRACK
Artist unknown [24]
The producer and masterer: Dave MacKinnon. The executive producer: Conan Tobias. Recorded May 21 & 25, 2008, at the Junkshop, in Toronto’s Little Italy. Poems recorded live at the I.V. Lounge Reading Series, April 11, 2008. (“Tart. Sweet. Crunchy. Crisp.” recorded by Gary Barwin at the National Rhyme Institute Regional Rhyme Gland Sound Laboratory, Hamilton, May 11, 2008.) Laugh track on “A Situation Comedy” courtesy of SoundSnap. The Bonus Track © Steam Whistle Brewing. This downloadable talking edition of Taddle Creek was released for free in conjunction with the summer, 2008, issue [25] of the magazine. Please distribute. Print rights to all individual works remain the property of the authors. © 2008 by Vitalis Publishing, P.O. Box 611, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Y4. All rights reserved. Made in Canada. VITMP3 1002.