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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
also featuring: the difficulty of balancing work with parenting, assumptions being made about the competence of women in science, and a podcast host who’s a little too confident in his understanding of the events he’s reporting on!
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
