Carol Shumas
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Carol Shumas

The late naïve artist is celebrated by her sister, Linda Shumas, in this touching tribute.

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Michael Schmidt
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Michael Schmidt

Michael Schmidt is an emerging writer from the quiet woods and fields of rural Southern Ontario.

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Joan Rivard
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Joan Rivard

Joan Rivard began her university education studying biology, but left school to work for a tour organizer on the Amazon River.

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Josiah Nelson
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Josiah Nelson

Josiah Nelson is an MFA in Writing student and sessional lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Carole Glasser Langille
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Carole Glasser Langille

Carole Glasser Langille is the author of five books of poems, two collections of short stories, two children's books, and the non-fiction book Doing Time.

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Paul Desjardins
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Paul Desjardins

Paul Desjardins has been an avid photographer of Canada’s flora and fauna since the late 80s.

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Alexxa Collins
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Alexxa Collins

Alexxa Collins is from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Her passion in life is everything mental health and advocacy.

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Eric Lee
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Eric Lee

Eric Lee is a writer whose work has appeared in F(r)iction Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, and Ten Stories Down.

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Dennis Stein
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Dennis Stein

Dennis Stein has been writing historical pieces for free newspapers, and short stories and novels for more than a decade, having begun to take his craft seriously later in life.

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Paul Edward Costa
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Paul Edward Costa

Paul Edward Costa is a literary artist, former Poet Laureate for the City of Mississauga, and the current Director of Toronto's Art Bar Poetry Series.

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Andrew Lindsay
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Andrew Lindsay

Dr. Andrew Lindsay is an occasional teacher of college history with a fond memory of growing up, and attending school in Scarborough, Ontario.

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Tom Ball
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Tom Ball

Tom Ball has published novels, novellas, short stories, and flash. He is currently a senior editor at FLEAS ON THE DOG.

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Daryl Bruce
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Daryl Bruce

Daryl Bruce (he/him) is a recovering dairy farmer turned writer based in Montreal. An emerging voice in queer Canadian prose and poetry, his work has appeared in The Antigonish Review, Open Minds Quarterly, and more.

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