There’s a gateway to hell in the men’s room at Cory’s Pub. It’s in the second stall, and you have to shut the door and… Read More »Stall Number Two by Aeryn Rudel

‘I learned Twinkle Twinkle Little Star today.’ He picks me up with ease and sits me on the stool with the cushion so I can reach. ‘Let’s hear… Read More »How I Wonder by Lyndsey Croal

A man I once knew used to take me to Madame Jo Jo’s in Soho. His place wasn’t far away, just behind that telecom tower… Read More »Ice Cream Lady by Mary Thompson

Old cement dust left her hands stained white, but she couldn’t leave a mark on the concrete. She smoothed out the ledge of the tower… Read More »Concrete Soul by Scott Beggs

Of course there was a cruelty to it, I see that now. It was like someone had yanked the veil from our playground pecking order:… Read More »Loom Bands by Lucy Goldring

My legs tremble as I stand on the platform at the fringe of the sea. The wheel-mounted cubicle was drawn across the sand for me… Read More »Sea Dance by Christine Collinson

I wake to a star bouncing on the bed. The alarm on my phone sounds, the car horn alert. The star startles to the ceiling,… Read More »Stella(r) by Sheree Shatsky

Hello, my name is Carriage Number 78464. How am I looking today? That’s what it says on the sign over there. Have you seen it?… Read More »You Are Assessed for Repairs by Joe Williams

There are many ways to shave. In or out of the shower. With or against the grain. Standing beside your dad as you are initiated… Read More »How to Shave Your Face by Martin Greenacre

They say that you know something’s right by the way it feels. So when I pick up this can at a stranger’s house on a… Read More »Clementine by Andrew Ciaccio