{Poetry} To the Dregs
by Chloe N. Clark There’s a story there somewhere. In the story my coffee spills across a table. In the story I’m watching my phone ring on the table, vibrations that set off the nerves in my leg. In the story I’m using napkins to clean away the loss, coffee making the paper curl away … Continue Reading
Literature, Poetry
Glass Pear Gains Inspiration From A Cauldron Of Musical History
by J.R. Leyvas Yestyn Griffiths is a painter, but not in the classical sense. His canvas is your ears. His brush is the songs he produces. His melodies are the paint he splashes across your memory. And his lyrics are all the endless colors that polish his masterpieces. He signs his art with the moniker … Continue Reading
Music, Reviews
Review of The Ghost of Neil Diamond, a novel by David Milnes
And an interview with the author. I spent money like water in Hong-Kong, the restaurants served the best duck I’ve ever tasted and the girls were glamorous and pretty. These days looking back I appreciate that I was almost certainly a disaster on two legs, long-haired with billowing red Harem trousers which I’d acquired on … Continue Reading
Interviews, Writers
The Sacred Clichés of a Montreal Artist
Emmanuel Laflamme is an original member of the ZOUCH creative community. I met up with him recently at a pub in Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal. He was painting the following live in front of a small crowd: We chatted over a pint of bitter about our creative work, and what our shared vision might be. … Continue Reading
Art, Art Shots
The Draw-a-ling Horse-a-ling by Ying-a-ling
This kernel of creative genius hails from the one and only Ying Ying Li. “Ying” noun, interjection 1. coolest Chinese kid around. 2. an exclamitory [sic] word. it is used when one randomly sneaks up upon an unsuspecting victim, preceded by violently screaming “YING!” in their ear, thereby scaring the shit out of them. —Urban Dictionary, 2012 … Continue Reading
Cartoon Saturday
{Fiction} The Scar Maker
“I’ll scar you for life.” That was The Scar Maker’s professional promise. Then he’d add, “I’ll make you interesting. For just $69.99.”
Fiction, Literature
Finding ‘contemporary resonance’ in World War I
“There’s no point writing about the past unless there’s some sort of contemporary resonance.” These may seem like strange words coming from Irish novelist John Boyne, who has almost exclusively written about the past and achieved worldwide renown for his book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, which was set during the Holocaust. But during … Continue Reading
Interviews, Writers
{Poetry} penguin found 2,000 miles off course
by Chloe N. Clark The waves finally were what changed him. The ceaseless crash and pull. Or that’s what he’ll say if anyone asks. He’ll say how he couldn’t stand the rushing of the deep turning over or the color or the weight. He won’t say how he looked back to the others and only … Continue Reading
Literature, Poetry
The Elliott Murphy Papers 24 – Strings of the Storm (Part 4)
An interview with Cindy Bullens When I was eight or nine, my pre-pubescent boy crushes included Suzi Quattro, Lena Zavaroni and Bonnie Langford. I also appreciated the music of Gary Glitter and Joan Jett. Clearly I empathized with the precocious and the glamorous. I’d like to say that changed as an adult, but probably it … Continue Reading
Interviews, Musicians, The Elliott Murphy Papers
A Very Dutch Addiction
I knew it was something I wanted to do even before I moved to the Netherlands. It’s such a part of life there. Sure, people do in Canada too, but not nearly as much or as openly. It’s not nearly as easy to do in Canada. Once I finally arrived in the Netherlands, I was … Continue Reading
Commentary, Culture
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