K.J. Denny is a journalist and editor with more than thirty years' experience in Asia, North America and the United Kingdom. She has worked for international magazines and book publishers, including BBC Worldwide, and is now an independent creative consultant.
Contributors
Lillian Au is a writer and broadcast journalist from North Vancouver, British Columbia. Her non-fiction story, “Arviat” was featured in the anthology, Upon a Midnight Clear (Tidewater Press, 2024). Her poetry and memoir work have appeared in Ricepaper Magazine and been recognized by the International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir and the Chinese Canadian Museum.
Anne Baldo’s short fiction has appeared in a number of publications, including Broken Pencil, Carousel Magazine, Hermine, Qwerty and SubTerrain. Her creative nonfiction piece, "Expecting," was longlisted for the 2019 CBC Nonfiction Prize. Morse Code for Romantics (Porcupine’s Quill, 2023) is her first collection; her novel, One Day, Hard and Clear, is forthcoming with Dundurn Press. She lives in Windsor, Ontario.
Bill Engleson is a retired social worker, pickleball aficionado, energetic novelist, poet, humourist, essayist, and flash fictionista. He is the author of two novels (The Life of Gronsky and Like a Child to Home) and a collection of humorous literary essays, Confessions of an Inadvertently Gentrifying Soul. He is an engaged community volunteer, who lives on Denman Island, BC.
Matthew Heneghan is an author, public speaker, and mental health advocate based in Falkland, BC. A former military and civilian paramedic, he was diagnosed with PTSD shortly before the tragic loss of his mother to suicide in 2017. Matthew is the author of the memoir, A Medic’s Mind, and Woven in War, a tribute to military sacrifice now archived at the Canadian War Museum. His work has been featured by CBC, CTV, and in several anthologies, earning national recognition, including the British Columbia Medal of Good Citizenship.
is an award-winning author, essayist, poet, fictionist, chef, curious cook, food writer, and runner who lives rurally west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. An ex-restaurateur and longtime freelance journalist, she has written ten books, including Bread&Water: essays (University of Regina Press, 2021), winner of the SK Book Awards Nonfiction Award, the gold medal for culinary narrative from Taste Canada, and is the SK Libraries Association’s 2025 selection for One Book One Province. Her most recent book is Among the Untamed (Frontenac House, 2023), winner of the 2024 SK Book Awards Poetry Award.
Sharon Hunt’s short stories have appeared in Canadian literary magazines such as The Antigonish Review; other stories are forthcoming in anthologies. Her first mystery story, published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, was shortlisted for two international awards, while one, in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories, 2019. Currently, she is working on a collection of stories about loss and remembrance.
Tracy Kreuzburg is currently a student of the Creative Writing Diploma program at Memorial University Newfoundland. She has a background in social work, including addiction counselling and working with Afghan refugees. Her stories have appeared in anthologies and she has also had poetry published. Her tale, “The Corpse Washers,” won first place in WritersNL’s annual “A Nightmare on George Street” in 2023. Tracy lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, located within the traditional territories of the Mi'kmaq people, specifically the area known as Elmastukwek.
Seyward Goodhand's stories have been shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust/McClelland&Stewart Journey Prize and a National Magazine Award and longlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize. Her first book, Even That Wildest Hope (Invisible Publishing, 2019), was a finalist for the Manitoba Book Awards’ Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book, and longlisted for the 2020 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Seyward lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Lauren LaFrance is a graduate in Biology and Psychology and has recently completed a creative writing course at the University of Prince Edward Island. While she has read her fiction and poetry at local events and open mics, “Kick-Ass” is her first published work. Lauren lives on the North Shore, Prince Edward Island.
Tricia Snell is a writer and flutist, author of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Her story, “Out to the Horses,” was longlisted for the 2019 CBC Short Story Award and published in Room magazine (Dec 2019), while the story “A Glass of Vodka” was included in the PEN Syndicated Fiction Project /National Public Radio show, The Sound of Writing. Her writing has appeared in Every Day Fiction, Art Papers, Oregon Humanities, The Oregonian, and The Grove Review. Tricia lives in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Karen Solie was born in Moose Jaw and grew up in southwest Saskatchewan. Her seventh collection of poems, Wellwater, was published in 2025 in Canada by Anansi, in the UK by Picador, and is forthcoming in the US from Farrar, Straus,&Giroux in 2026. Poems from the collection have been published in Canada, the US, UK, Europe, Ireland, and Australia, and are included in The Best Canadian Poetry 2025 and The Best American Poetry 2024. She is a half-time lecturer in creative writing at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Bev Vincent is the author of several non-fiction books, including The Road to the Dark Tower and Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences. In 2018, he co-edited the anthology Flight or Fright with Stephen King and has published nearly 150 stories since 2000, with appearances in magazines like Cemetery Dance and Ellery Queen’s, Alfred Hitchcock’s and Black Cat Mystery Magazines. His work has been published in over 20 languages and nominated for the Stoker (twice), Edgar, Ignotus, Locus, Rondo Hatton Classic Horror and ITW Thriller Awards. Originally from New Brunswick, he now lives in Texas with his wife.
Terry Watada is a well-published author with four novels, six poetry books, and a short story collection in print. His most recent novel, Hiroshima Bomb Money (NeWest Press 2024), is the culmination of his exploration of the Japanese and Japanese Canadian experience. Living in Toronto, Terry is also a musician and recording artist.
Patrick Woodcock is the author of ten poetry collections and numerous reviews, with his work translated into fourteen languages. His seventh book, Always Die Before Your Mother (ECW Press, 2009), was shortlisted for the ReLit Award and reached number one on The Globe and Mail’s bestseller list. You Can’t Bury Them All (ECW Press, 2016) was a finalist for the JM Abraham Poetry Award. His latest release is Farhang Book One (ECW Press, 2023), with Farhang Book Two forthcoming in Fall 2026. He currently serves as the Regional Instructor Coordinator for Nunavut with United for Literacy.
