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Issue 4 Interview Series: Sharlene Allsopp

Our founding editor, Svetlana Sterlin (SS), spoke to our Issue 4 poet, Sharlene Allsopp (AS), about her venture into poetry with ‘After Flanders Fields [No Man’s Land]’. SS: Our collaboration came about when I reached out to you about performing a poetry set at a special Volta event earlier this year. Can you walk readersContinue reading “Issue 4 Interview Series: Sharlene Allsopp”

Issue 4 Interview Series: Dave Clark

Our founding editor, Svetlana Sterlin (SS), had a chat with Issue 4 fiction contributor, Dave Clark (DC, pictured below). If you haven’t already, check out his short story, ‘Contractual at First Sight’ before diving into some spoilers revealed below. SS: Your story, ‘Contractual at First Sight’, is centred around a group of characters who haveContinue reading “Issue 4 Interview Series: Dave Clark”

Issue 4 Interview Series: Milla Fargo

Our founding editor, Svetlana Sterlin (SS), spoke to Issue 4 contributor Milla Fargo (MF, pictured below) about her writing process, literary influences, and creative non-fiction piece, ‘New West, Approximately’. SS: I noticed right away that your piece, ‘New West, Approximately’, has a very particular tone and mood and draws on the work of some prominentContinue reading “Issue 4 Interview Series: Milla Fargo”

Megan Cartwright

Phantom/Pantoum  I lurch toward the bathroom, gelatinous,  dissolve into stark white ceramic.   The clot slides from my body; an unlikely plop.  I wonder if I am dying.   Dissolve into stark white ceramic  with the crack of skull, a slap of skin on tile.   I wonder if I am dying, floating  borderless, an unanswered question.   The crack of skull, a slap of skin on tile.  My face pale asContinue reading “Megan Cartwright”

Milla Fargo

New West, Approximately Content warning: references to self-harm, racism, and violence.  i I saw women laughing. When I looked back they were crying.—Unnamed document. New Westminster, Canada. 1:41 p.m. Monday afternoon.   I remember now, sitting alone in the cafe booth, leaning against the glass of the northern wall behind me. I could feel myContinue reading “Milla Fargo”

Ellie Fisher

double exposure slick rot. past selves shedding, congealing—discarded, soul heavy. i feel ill; past mistakes. unbrushed teeth. my face feels as if it is detaching itself from my skull / i saw someone today i once loved. something is splitting. i am peeling the past from my heart, revealing the core; a wound. refraction ofContinue reading “Ellie Fisher”