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Annotated Setlist of the Mikaela Cole Jazz Quintet
A Portal Fantasy for Grown-ups
Gamut, August 2024 (Issue 8)
- there’s a portal in your walk-in closet
- but it’s nothing like the portals you dreamt about as a child …
A Test of Trouble
- the first line gives some sense of what this one is about: “When the baby is nine weeks old, Bree begins to suspect she is a time machine”
- content warning for the depiction of domestic violence
Bedtime Snacks for Baby
Calling on Behalf of the Dark Lord
- so you’ve taken a job at a call centre shilling for the Dark Lord …
Ephemera
- what if your belongings had to choose between you and your ex?
Katabasis
- longlisted for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic
The Amphisbaena in the Wild
- why are the heads on these two-headed mythological creatures in conflict?
- told in the form of a transcript from a fictional podcast
The Bear Wife
Metaphorosis: Best of 2019
- a contemporary take on the classic animal bride story
The Crow Bridge
- the power of storytelling to keep dreams alive, and a bridge that no-one can cross – or can they?
The Heartbreaker’s Apprentice
- a bittersweet love story inspired by “The Snow Queen,” appearing in an issue dedicated to winter folklore
