ISSUE 10B
(Read 10A right here)
The Clinic by Douglas Young — A piece about language barriers and societal assumptions, with a hilarious punchline at the end
Me, My Eye, and The Things We Saw by S. Tierney — Absurdist humour at its finest, with hints of surreal horror (particularly if you are squeamish about eyeballs)
The Maple Leaf That Didn’t Want To Die by Lynette Yetter — a commentary about the state of Big Pharma, involving the first fir-to-maple graft, a stubborn leaf, and a squirrel named Robert
Lucy in the Sty by Doug Jacquier — a poem which touches on a few other well-known poems (and a song by the Beatles).
Have I Got A Beautiful Final Resting Place For You by Saul Greenblatt — a conversation between a few elderly, Jewish men about retirement (or not wanting to be retired), watermelons, and New York
Streetcar to Heaven by Norman Cristofoli — A story in which the next load of people going to Heaven exhibit childish and unseemly behaviour, overseen by W C Fields and Peter Lorre
Gargoyle by Kenton Adler — a poem about a garden visit from a gargoyle
Me, My Eye, and The Things We Saw by S. Tierney — Absurdist humour at its finest, with hints of surreal horror (particularly if you are squeamish about eyeballs)
The Maple Leaf That Didn’t Want To Die by Lynette Yetter — a commentary about the state of Big Pharma, involving the first fir-to-maple graft, a stubborn leaf, and a squirrel named Robert
Lucy in the Sty by Doug Jacquier — a poem which touches on a few other well-known poems (and a song by the Beatles).
Have I Got A Beautiful Final Resting Place For You by Saul Greenblatt — a conversation between a few elderly, Jewish men about retirement (or not wanting to be retired), watermelons, and New York
Streetcar to Heaven by Norman Cristofoli — A story in which the next load of people going to Heaven exhibit childish and unseemly behaviour, overseen by W C Fields and Peter Lorre
Gargoyle by Kenton Adler — a poem about a garden visit from a gargoyle