Sissy Fists
By Jon Paul Fiorentino “Behind the hill — four o’ clock. Be there!” This was the socially accepted way to declare […]
It Was Fun Until It Wasn’t: Broken Pencil, 1995-2024
It is with profound sadness that I announce the closure of Broken Pencil Magazine, an independent publication I co-founded 30 […]
BP is Closed, But You Can Still Access Our Archives
Dear friends, Broken Pencil’s fabulous thirty year run has concluded. But we are going to keep our website and archives […]
Review: Nothing Without Us Too
With many of these speculative stories rooted in sci-fi, the line between reality and metaphor nearly disappears, playing with a reader’s inability to clearly differentiate between fact and fiction when it comes to the realities of disability.
Review: Beat The Rust
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
Poster Boy: Dril On Art, Philosophy, Life Beyond Twitter, All That Garbage
"People will beg for AI-free content like they do for water that isn’t tainted with lead. And when AI becomes synonymous with ‘Shit,’ it will die like every other Silicon Valley Clown Show and nobody will miss it."
Call for Submissions: Urban Legends
Overview “Urban Legends” is a compilation zine about urban legends, local myths, and folklore. Share your writing or art that’s […]
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Not About A Dog
By Ken Foster The neighbour boy has been having a problem with hairballs. He won’t stop licking the cat. They’ve tried […]
I Was a Can.Lit Sex Slave
By Emily Schultz I don’t like talking about my time spent as a sex slave for Canadian literature. But it does […]
The Majesty of Mock
By Jason Dickson Definition of the Mockropera: 1) The cumulative and exaggerated musical exposition resulting from a ridiculous love of standard and […]
How to Have Civic Pride Without Seeming Lame
By Derek Murr 1. Don’t worry about sounding lame. Didn’t you get the memo? Enthusiasm is the new ironic detachment. Your […]
The Southwest Rapist
By Leanna McLennan The Southwest Rapist parks his brown van in the Canadian Tire parking lot between me and the school. […]
How to train a shoe
By James Harbeck You will not like the laces. They are evil, they lash out at you, the aglets ripping your […]
Canoe
By Mandy Lui We push two blue and two red canoes into St. Nora Lake. The sun beams down on us […]
On Being a Jew
By David Solway When I was five years old I was dragged off the street by our Catholic neighbour, stood before […]
Thieves
By Lesley Buxton Here is a list of things I have stolen for Clare: a brand new tube of scarlet, Chanel […]
This Is Your Hometown
By Anna Bowness My best friend at school was Mary Clare. Together, we lurked and skulked around downtown London, Ontario, wearing […]
Profile: Friendly Rich
By broken pencil Richard Marsella (best known as Friendly Rich) is the hardest working artist in Brampton. Over the past ten […]