Notes & Dispatches from Molly Cross-Blanchard, Sara de Waal, Owen Torrey, and more; New fiction by David Huebert; Comic by Eleanor Panno; Feature essay from Christine Lai; the winners of the 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.
Also in Geist 124:
“My Body Is a Wonderland” by Ian Roy
“Metanoias” by Margaret Nowacyzk
“Dead Listener” by Andrew Steinmetz
“Detritus from the House of Rage” by Jen Sookfong Lee
“Coffeetable Sex Books and the Words of Gods” by Nick Thran
“The Magic Door” by Paige Maylott
More artists in this issue: Kristina Corre, Alyson Davies, Caro Dubois, Kablusiak, Julie Liger-Belair, Eleanor Panno, Andre Petterson and Kyle Scheurmann
…and the world’s most difficult crossword puzzle!
FEATURES
David Huebert, “The Business of Salvation”
Winners of the 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest
Eleanor Panno, “The Broch”
Christine Lai, “Now Must Say Goodbye”
NOTES & DISPATCHES
Ian Roy, “My Body Is a Wonderland”
Margaret Nowaczyk, “Metanoias”
Molly Cross-Blanchard, “Here’s the thing”
Sara de Waal, “Little Women, Two Raccoons”
Owen Torrey, “Short Talk on Summer Ending”
FINDINGS
“Coffeetable Sex Books and the Words of Gods” by Nick Thran
“I Am From…” by Eva Forde
“The Special Canadian Edition of Summer Camps” by Rika Ruebsaat
“Theft” by Valérie Bah
“Dead Listener” by Andrew Steinmetz
“The Magic Door” by Paige Maylott
“Origin” by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike
“Grief Map 2” by Kate Siklosi
“Detritus from the House of Rage” by Jen Sookfong Lee
ENDNOTES: Featuring reviews of
Holden After and Before: Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose by Tara McGuire, reviewed by Peggy Thompson
Turn Every Page, directed by Lizzie Gottlieb, reviewed by Michael Hayward
Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora, reviewed by Patty Osborne
Tracking Giants: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the Forest by Amanda Lewis, reviewed by Kelsea O’Connor
Underland by Robert Macfarlane, reviewed by Michael Hayward
Mercy Gene by JD Derbyshire, reviewed by Peggy Thompson
My Grandfather’s Knife: Hidden Stories from the Second World War by Joseph Pearson, reviewed by Kris Rothstein
Rabo de Peixe, directed by Augusto Fraga and Patrícia Sequeira, reviewed by Debby Reis
A Russian Sister by Caroline Adderson, reviewed by Michael Hayward
Rubymusic by Connie Kuhns, reviewed by Peggy Thompson
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes, reviewed by Michael Hayward
And the GEIST CRYPTIC CROSSWORD!