Fiction – Page 3 – Broken Pencil

Amber Velez

You cock your head at me and ask, “Are we too old for fairies?” Both your hands clutch a paper […]

Shawn Stibbards

RIPPLE “It’s over,” Steve says. I think I hear a sigh on the other end of the line. Then silence. […]

Bruce Golden

Bats slammed into lockers, cleats scraped the floor, and frothy spittle stained the walls. An influx of uniformed combatants filed […]

Carolyn Chung

I was twenty-one then, lying on the carpeted floor of a darkened living room with my family asleep in separate […]

Linda White

Barnie and Me The specialist delivers the bad news himself. He looks professional in his white coat, though way […]

Sergey Bolmat

The investigation concluded that such a misstep could only occur due to a bizarre combination of factors. Firstly, it originated with one […]

Dave Mercel

IT LAY somewhere between fleeting sensation and articulation, where precise description of the strange usually put up its feet […]

Savanna Scott Leslie

NOT ALL that long ago, I rented a cottage in the bush. As you know, my family had all moved […]

Marcia Lynx

WELCOME, welcome! Welcome to the biggest day in the History of Me, which also happens to be—apparently—a big day for […]

Gabriela Halas

It was sometime in the late spring, 1994, when I finally wore out my tape of Nevermind. The black plastic […]

Joe Bongiorno

SCREAMS OF WILD MEN fill Chez Beaudry’s cramped, sweat-dripping kitchen. Enzo scrubs dirty dishes while the line cooks play […]

Broken Pencil

Wet’suwet’en Nation is taking a historic stand, and Indigenous artists have a long history of doing their part. Until March […]