The Draw-a-ling Horse-a-ling by Ying-a-ling
This kernel of creative genius hails from the one and only Ying Ying Li. “Ying” noun, interjection 1. coolest Chinese kid around. 2. an exclamitory [sic] word. it is used when one randomly sneaks up upon an unsuspecting victim, preceded by violently screaming “YING!” in their ear, thereby scaring the shit out of them. —Urban Dictionary, 2012 … Continue Reading
Cartoon Saturday
{Fiction} The Scar Maker
“I’ll scar you for life.” That was The Scar Maker’s professional promise. Then he’d add, “I’ll make you interesting. For just $69.99.”
Fiction, Literature
Finding ‘contemporary resonance’ in World War I
“There’s no point writing about the past unless there’s some sort of contemporary resonance.” These may seem like strange words coming from Irish novelist John Boyne, who has almost exclusively written about the past and achieved worldwide renown for his book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, which was set during the Holocaust. But during … Continue Reading
Interviews, Writers
The Elliott Murphy Papers 24 – Strings of the Storm (Part 4)
An interview with Cindy Bullens When I was eight or nine, my pre-pubescent boy crushes included Suzi Quattro, Lena Zavaroni and Bonnie Langford. I also appreciated the music of Gary Glitter and Joan Jett. Clearly I empathized with the precocious and the glamorous. I’d like to say that changed as an adult, but probably it … Continue Reading
Interviews, Musicians, The Elliott Murphy Papers
A Very Dutch Addiction
I knew it was something I wanted to do even before I moved to the Netherlands. It’s such a part of life there. Sure, people do in Canada too, but not nearly as much or as openly. It’s not nearly as easy to do in Canada. Once I finally arrived in the Netherlands, I was … Continue Reading
Commentary, Culture
A Short Film Screening With Lasers, Nukes, and Ass
artwork by Group of Seven Billion I had people over last week to see my new apartment in Hamilton Ontario. I call it an apartment, but really it’s the main floor of an old bank that’s been converted into a loft. I live where the tellers used to scramble around before the neighbourhood of Barton … Continue Reading
Film, Reviews
{Fiction} Haloed Skin
by Emily Cameron Tiffany sat at a bus stop waiting for the 4 line to take her home. She was the only one at the stop and preferred it that way. Rather than concerning herself with strange men in windbreaker coats, Tiffany was free to spend her time waiting peeling pieces of calcified gum from … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
Flipping Tibor Fischer
by Steven Partridge The end papers of Tibor Fischer’s new book take design inspiration from Greek pottery and the London Underground. The former prefixes a story about the Trojan War, the latter a woman who returns to her London flat to find the locks are changed. The reader can choose which story to read first and … Continue Reading
Books, Reviews
{Poetry} We Used to Trade Each Other
by Chloe N. Clark when I wanted you, I wanted you in pieces of color like cloths being cut for patterns, like pieces of quartz ground down and mixed with glue, spread across my skin until I hardened like cicada husks thinking I belonged as part of you. when I wanted you, I wanted the … Continue Reading
Literature, Poetry
Doug Hunter and the Attachment to Nature
Rowan & Sif places new works alongside the collectibles of celebrated print-maker and sculptor, Doug Hunter. Hunter not only was an honourary member of ‘Team Saskatchewan’, participating in snow sculpture competitions (and winning), but he also created the ‘Oskana’ sculpture, which still rests in Wascana Park. In addition, Doug Hunter’s sculpture collection is currently on … Continue Reading
Art, Art News
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