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ISSUE 34

Winter 2009

ON NEWSSTANDS

• My Choice

  by A.M. HINTON

  For A.M. Hinton, abortion was simply another issue to debate over drinks. Then she became pregnant.

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• Generation Geek

  by JOHN SEMLEY

  At a time when comic book culture has never been more mainstream -- or more lucrative -- where’s the line between wannabe and true believer?

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• The Not-Quite Novel

  by NATHAN WHITLOCK

  In their scramble to find the next breakthrough book, publishers are marketing awkward hybrids that are neither literary enough to last nor commercial enough to entertain.

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• The Fox

  by KASIA JUNO VAN SCHAIK

  The prize-winning story from last year’s Quebec Writing Competition

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

• Soldier's Heart

  by JOEL ELLIOTT

  You’ve returned from a traumatizing tour of duty, suicidal and haunted by images you can’t forget. Why won’t the military help?

• A More Perfect Union

  by LES HORSWILL

  The border between Canada and the United States stunts our economies and pits two great countries against each other. Les Horswill makes the case for a greater North American federation.

• Flappers

  by CHRISTOPHER MILLER

  Cute, skinny and scantily clad, flappers gave the rough-and-tumble funnies a much-needed sexual charge.

• Kill Them All

  by STEPHEN O'SHEA

  Eight hundred years ago, crusaders slaughtered twenty thousand people in Languedoc, France. Today, fascination with the massacre has turned the region into a tourist trap.

• Old Gays

  by JEAN-YVES GIRARD

  The generation that launched the queer-rights movement is entering its golden years. Some are still in no hurry to step out of the closet. Translated by Valerie Howes.