‘The Shepherdess: Versailles’ by JM Landels
Ever Onward In this next installment of The Shepherdess by JM Landels, Toinette makes a leap of faith and lands on the steps of Versailles. […]
Month: January 2021
Throwback Thursday: Vimy by Steve R Gagnon
One for Sorrow Every Thursday, we are taking a look back at the artists and authors who wowed us in 2019. And today we begin […]
New Poetry from Cara Waterfall
A Tiny Turbine That phrase comes to us from Cara Waterfall, winner of the Editor’s Choice 2020 Magpie Award for Poetry. Her winning poem ‘Hummingbird […]
Throwback Thursday ~ Allaigna’s Song: Aria by JM Landels
Music into Magic In Allaigna’s Song: Aria, by JM Landels, fourteen-year-old Allaigna’s ability to sing music into magic takes a deadly turn when, defending herself […]
New Poetry from Charlene Kwiatkowski
Winner of the 2020 Magpie Award for Poetry for ‘they say you will teach me more than I will ever teach you’, Charlene Kwiatkowski has a knowing finger on the pulse of family. Charlene has generously gifted us with another of her beautiful pieces. ‘How far the apple falls’ is an ekphrastic poem inspired by the poignant surrealist sculpture Father and Son.
‘Chimaera’ by Weiwei Xu
Belonging In Weiwei Xu‘s graphic short ‘Chimæra’, a child experiences the pull of possible selves that exists when living in an ‘in-between’ cultural space. As […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘Wall Street at Night’ by Lola Ridge & Chaille Stovall
All That Glitters In ‘Wall Street at Night’, a graphic short that marries a poem by Lola Ridge with illustrations by Chaille Stovall, we take […]
New Poetry from Maria Ford
Sway, Bend, Sigh That phrase — sway, bend, sigh — is just one of the many evocative images from Maria Ford‘s second-place-winning poem for our […]
‘Mourgadze’ by Cameron MacDonald
Left Behind In ‘Mourgadze’ by Cameron MacDonald, winner of the 2019 SiWC Storytellers Award, there’s more than just chewed-up pens and crumpled paper to discover […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘Inherited Love of Unexplainable Things’ by Zoë Johnson
Magic at the Core Zoë Johnson deftly explores matters of love, identity, and self expression in their evocative story ‘Inherited Love of Unexplainable Things’. We […]