No. 224 (Summer 2005)

Contents:

Editorial
5          Mark Jarman

Fiction
7          Bill Gaston: Freedom 
19        Joanne Merriam: Seeing Red 
23        Grant Buday: Baggage 
30        Edythe Crane: Raising Blood      
39        M. Lynx Qualey: Tamar and Gamal         
44        Edward O'Connor: Bed of Nails 
54        Sean Johnston: Big Books Shut    
65        Wanda Campbell: Cat House 
72        Clayton Bailey: Optique 
79        Barbara Romanik: A Creator Who Cares about You          
87        Pasha Malla: Another Great Canadian Ethnic Fiction 
89        Kate Sturdy: The Storm 
99        Shayna Krishnasamy: The Deed of the Monkeys 
104      Mark Blagrave: Proserpina 
109      Joan Alexander: Home for Lunch 
118      Thomas Abray: Coral  
126      Lorna Jackson: Small Forward 
143      Joe Villaverde: Tatyana's House 
159      Joe Villaverde: Dance of the Suitors 
166      Dan Crosby: The Man Who Does Not Sleep 
172      M.A.C. Farrant: Now Is the Time

Reviews
175      Shane Neilson: Excellent First-Timers
            Way Up, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer. 
            The Sandblasting Hall of Fame, Lawrence Mathews. 
180      Janet Fraser: Strong Voices from Newfoundland
            Down to the Dirt, Joel Hynes. 
            Unraveling Arva, Nicole Lundrigan. 
183      Adrian Fowler: Les litanies de l'sle-aux-Chiens
            Tales from Dog Island, Franoise Enguehard
186      David Creelman: A Fine Transition
            A Far Time, J. A. Wainwright

189      Notes on Contributors         

Cover
Brian MacKinnon
"You're Home!" 
Enamel, oil, and lacquer on gator board, 36 x 41"