Ellipsis Zine

Thunder vibrates through my chest like an extra heartbeat ticking in time with mine. Lightning streaks as I fling my bare ass into the shock of cold water. The thought…

Her spine, like a shepherd’s crook . . . like a question mark—Am I still here? “I won’t be long for this world,” Aunt Mildred keeps reminding us. Our lack…

People think I give them sound advice, but I don’t. I always start by asking what their favourite brand of shoes is. Then I hand them a pair and ask…

My girl Orla and I have made a pact to get sober. As a final blow-out we’ve booked into a chalet on the river for two nights on some-one else’s…

My inbox filled. Phone calls from my mother went unreturned. The showcase of Japanese knives kept replaying on the shopping channel. My thumb was sore from scrolling. I started daydreaming…

Let us suppose that we do go to Venice. Let us imagine that child care can be arranged, that one of the people we’ve tentatively asked – ‘just an idea,…

Tommy sat amongst the debris of his meal. His hands twisted in front of him; a dance of anxiety he was powerless to stop. He had prepared for this evening…

When she was a toddler, I’d sometimes wake up to her laughing and stumble across the dark house and into her room, only to find her missing from her bed.…

She’s spotted three empty seats in an array of five-by-five. The first two rows only have empty middle seats with couples on the edges. Couples not as in romantically-coupled, just…

During his math test, Darwin talks about watching his favorite shows on Hoolahoo. The one about the lightning guy in red is his favorite. The guy who can run real…

‘This is nice,’ said Sharon, ‘thank you for making this a memorable anniversary picnic, one that you actually attend instead of it being just me and the kids. I know…

‘Look, Dad,’ I say, placing the photo album on his lap. ‘It’s you, in the old days, at the circus.’ His pallid hands don’t move, so I flip the pages…