Chin Chin Chan student, beheaded by Chinese authorities for maintaining a romantic correspondence with an American girl he met while studying in the U.S.A., 1882 moon no longer a blossom a pearl a lantern in a lover’s door but a bodiless face, mine, in a train window, she on the platform trying not to lookContinue reading “Chin Chin Chan. Fiction by Robert Olen Butler”
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The Woman Who Vanished into Thin Air. Fiction by Raine Geoghegan
The Woman Who Vanished into Thin Air Her red velvet dressing gown hanging on the back gate, the navy slippers abandoned on the wet grass and the blue tinted morning light, this is what I remember, will always remember about that day. It’s been three years since Izzy disappeared. She simply vanished and I amContinue reading “The Woman Who Vanished into Thin Air. Fiction by Raine Geoghegan”
Yellow Fly. Fiction by Niles M. Reddick
Yellow Fly We weren’t out of the car five minutes at our rented condo at Grayton Beach, Florida, just off highway 30A, when my teen daughter screamed she’d been bitten by a yellow fly, an annoying species that defied bug spray and had its habitat in inland water where it can’t be eradicated due toContinue reading “Yellow Fly. Fiction by Niles M. Reddick”
Call for September Mss: 100 Thousand Poets (and writers) for Change
For our September issue, WordCity Literary Journal is joining the 100 Thousand Poets for Change movement, and seeking poetry, fiction, memoir, essays and book reviews that address change. We hope to see writing that brings awareness of issues that require change, of changes that are already in progress, of initiatives and ideas for change. TheContinue reading “Call for September Mss: 100 Thousand Poets (and writers) for Change”
WordCity Literary Journal. July 2021
Table of Contents Letter from the Editor, Darcie Friesen Hossack Welcome to WordCity Literary Journal’s July 2021 issue. For this collection, while we accepted works that address many different themes, we also expanded on one that was brought forward by our fiction editor, Sylvia Petter. Sylvia noted that 2021 marks only 50 years since WomenContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. July 2021”
Table of Contents. July 2021
Main Journal Letter from the Editor.Darcie Friesen Hossack Podcast.Produced by Jane Spokenword Nathan D. Horowitz Fiction.Edited by Sylvia Petter July Fiction Prelude by Sylvia Petter The Log Boom. by Mitch Toews The Silent Imagination. by Gerald Shepherd The Shaming of Oshia. by Joshua Akemecha Two Dead Poets. by Roger Moore Rashida’s Daughter. byContinue reading “Table of Contents. July 2021”
a world almost. A poem by Ken Cathers
a world almost how delicate the cobweb strung between trees the precise lattice of design destroyed as I walk through. now I feel the glue of those invisible threads the itch of spiders crawling, await the bite. . . oblivious to other symmetries made useless, the secret order of things torn apart I turn intoContinue reading “a world almost. A poem by Ken Cathers”
The Ballad of Margaret Murphy. A poem by Jennifer Wenn
The Ballad of Margaret Murphy The spring of another century, an ancient land cherished and cared for by First Nations now flooded by waves of settlers from an ocean away and beyond, British, Irish and more, all escaping and searching. Upper Canada in the newcomers’ parlance, cradled by the Great Lakes, the budding towns, villagesContinue reading “The Ballad of Margaret Murphy. A poem by Jennifer Wenn”
Today’s Vision for Tomorrow’s Mission. A poem by Hillol Ray
Women Empowerment: Today’s Vision for Tomorrow’s Mission In a globalized world, gender equality And empowerment of women are tools To achieve sustainable development of societies, As admitted even by fools! Still, the violence towards women is an epidemic Against which no country is immune. And today, we face more challenges to peace Due to poverty,Continue reading “Today’s Vision for Tomorrow’s Mission. A poem by Hillol Ray”
3 poems by Samantha Bernstein
Preciousness / Trash (Section 1 of 4) 1. Each to our addictions: his, the alternate universe of orderly violence the current conducts into our basement; mine the porch, laptop a caught moon, cigarette torch and fog as I troll for words, those slippery fish. Will my net be taut or slack tonight? My love gathersContinue reading “3 poems by Samantha Bernstein”
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