Issue of December 21, 2015
7 articles in this issue.
Family
by
Terry Petersen
— Cover story fiction family holiday
Jess has only three additional family members; only one of them speaks to her. A connection with her daughter seems as likely as bringing Jess's husband Stan back from the dead. But something even more unexpected than a sudden ice storm is about to happen...
A First Nations Perspective 16
by
Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith
— Essay column First Nations
It is time to recognize the devastating effects of colonial policies on First Nations peoples. Especially for the children, especially for the future.
Reader, I Read To Him - Part Two
by
Ron Singer
— Fiction pets
Charles has run away. Is it because of what was read to him? Part Two of Three.
DECEMBER 25th
by
Michael Price
— Poem rhymed
"...Light-em-up Santas and look-alike trees, tinsel, wild parties..."
Self-awareness
by
Samantha Terrell
— Poem unrhymed
"...and just enough, to cause the questioning soul in us to stir..."
Going Hungry 34
by
Sand Pilarski
— Serial fiction family money food
Gloria has accepted her role, and Will's, as wage earners. Can their mother?