A Very Wintery Winter Issue

Taddle Creek’s winter issue isn't usually very wintery, but this year, winter-type things just sort of crept in when Taddle Creek wasn’t looking. It’s a very arty issue too (also not planned). The issue is now on newsstands, so why not have a look for yourself. For a mere $4.95, you can even take one home with you.

And with a lineup like this, you won’t regret it. The Christmas, 2009, number of Taddle Creek (which features a lovely wraparound cover by Maurice Vellekoop) contains a comic by Jason Kieffer on the local legend Zanta, an essay on the sculptor Merle Foster by Terry Murray, alleyway illustrations by Michael Cho, a thoroughly bizarre art project by R. M. Vaughan (wait and look at that one after you've bought the issue), Dave Lapp’s People Around Here, and all-new fiction and poetry by Chris Chambers, Evie Christie, Dani Couture, Cary Fagan, Stacey May Fowles, Heather Hogan, Rose Hunter, Lindsay Zier-Vogel, and, of course, Nathaniel G. Moore.

And just because Taddle Creek loves to give, where are a few pieces to preview for free:

“Toronto’s Lady Santa Claus,” a profile by Terry Murray,

“Why, Zanta? Why?,” a comic by Jason Kieffer,

“Visiting Ours,” a poem by Chris Chambers,

“Pumpkin Patch,” a poem by Dani Couture, 

“Handful,” a poem by Evie Christie, and

“Savage,” an excerpt from a work-in-progress by Nathaniel G. Moore.