Issue 14: Summer 2011

Twins contort through a tennis racket, tourists navigate racism in South Africa, and a boy named Idaho is hated beyond all comprehension. This and more surprises in Issue 14.

Featuring

Eric Sasson, Tony Burgess, Lauren Carter, Chris Miller, Nicole M. Taylor, Aisha Sasha John, William Haine, Jennifer LoveGrove, Michael Sandler, Katie Jordon, Greg Bell, Gillian Wigmore, Spencer Gordon, Ray McClaughlin Jr, Jesse Eckerlin

Issue 13: Spring 2011

A marriage crumbles in the shadow of an active volcano, a woman spots her dead father on a subway platform, and Toronto's Church Street receives a sun-down ode. Find out more in Issue 13.

Featuring

Nancy Jo Cullen, Su Croll, Rich Ives, Stephen Brockwell, Suzannah Showler, Kristen Orser, Jaime Forsythe, Tabitha Sayegh, Heather Davidson, John Barton, E Martin Nolan, Andrew MacDonald

Issue 12: Winter 2011

Trace a poem's career-long evolution, partake in a soju-fueled sojourn, and sneak a peek at some seedy motel coupling in our triumphant Issue 12.

Featuring

Daniel Scott Tysdal, Chistine Fadden, Joel McConvey, Sharon Erby, E Martin Nolan, George Moore, Kristine Ong Muslim, Martin Balgach, Bardia Sinaee, Mat Laporte, Richard Kostelanetz, Mark DeCarteret, William Doreski, rob mclennan, Darryl Salach

Issue 11: Summer/Fall 2010

The fallout of Swissair Flight 111, psalms pushed into surreal absurdity, and teeth knocked from gums in a drunken melee. Dip in to Issue 11 and read more.

Featuring

Jessica Westhead, Elisabeth de Mariaffi, Kelli Deeth, Victoria Hetherington, Tom Noe, Gary Barwin, Jacob McArthur Mooney, Diane Tucker, Zoë Alexis-Abrams, Nicholas Lea, Richard Norman, Matthew R. Loney, E Martin Nolan, rob mclennan

Issue 10: Spring 2010

An Israeli-US custody battle, a pair of squeamish assassins, and a fruitless search for Tahiti Treat. Investigate the thrilling contents of Issue 10.

Featuring

Marko Fong, Brian Allen Carr, Zachariah Wells, Carey Toane, Dave Margoshes, Catherine Graham, Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Leigh Nash, Robert Swereda, E Martin Nolan

Issue 9: Winter 2010

A murder of Hitchcocks, a home-destroying hurricane, and Olympic-sized swimming pools await you in Issue 9.

Featuring

Matthew Barbehenn, Emily Schultz, Christopher McIlroy, Jim Smith, Marcus McCann, Jenn Blair, Sachiko Murakami, Ben Nardolilli, Jenny Sampirisi, Sean Moreland, Jamie Bradley, Kathryn Mockler, Robin Richardson, Tyler Willis

Issue 8: Fall 2009

Pop culture pangs about Emily Haines and a skeleton slapped together with peanut butter. Need we say more?

Featuring

Angela Hibbs, Nathaniel G. Moore, Andrew Faulkner, Catriona Wright, Mike Spry, Pearl Pirie, Monty Reid, John Lavery, John Goldbach, Eva Moran, Michael Bryson, Sarah Dearing, Michael Blouin, Rebecca Rosenblum, Sheila Heti, Jan Zwicky

Issue 7: Summer 2008

A humiliating first kiss, workmen and their southbound, big-rig odyssey, and a burning case of herpes are just the beginning in The Puritan's farewell print issue.

Featuring

Stephen Leonard, John Ottey, Laurie Graham, Mark McCawley, Elaine McCluskey, Steve Venright, Jeanie Keogh, Stuart Ross, Jessica Wilbanks, Erich Mulhall, John Lavery

Issue 6: Spring 2008

Anal titillation, a poisoned pooch, and "the integrity issue" of a small literary magazine. It doesn't get better than this in Puritan 6.

Featuring

Charles Pinch, Drew McDowell, Matthew Firth, Elizabeth Corcoran, Maria Cichosz, André Narbonne, Jim Nason, Guy Vanderhaeghe

Issue 5: Winter 2008 - Fiction

A rogue's gallery of wrestlers, an extreme rite of passage, and a strange take on purgatory cap the fiction in The Puritan's mammoth 5th issue.

Featuring

Robert Kroetsch, Nathaniel G. Moore, rob mclennan, Matthew Firth, Blanche Howard, Gerald Lynch

Issue 5: Winter 2008 - Interviews

Young turks, lessons in vocabulary, Dionysian digression, and a warm meat sock. What's not to like in the interview addendum to the Puritan's milestone 5th issue.

Featuring

Tony France, Matthew Firth, rob mclennan, Blanche Howard, David Burke, Gerald Lynch, Ryan Turner, Nathaniel G. Moore

Issue 4: Fall 2007

A pair of snapping Emperor scorpions, a river-rapid trip gone awry, and a slow-fall off a moonlit balcony. All this and more inside the Puritan's fabulous 4th issue …

Featuring

George Bowering, John Moss, Paul A. Toth, Dayle Furlong, J.J. Steinfeld, Wes Smiderle, Kate Heartfield, Annie Zhu, Darryl Berger, Michelle Miller, Brian Carr, Rebecca Cuttler

Issue 3: Summer 2007

A perverse uncle, disfigured foreskin, and a machete fight with a cactus await you in our thrilling 3rd issue.

Featuring

Natalie Neville, D. M. Jamieson, Paul A. Toth, Ron Savage, Christina Decarie, Keith Collier, A. Alan Beck, Salvatore Difalco, Colette Maitland, James Papoutsis, Sam Greene, j. fisher

Issue 2: Spring 2007

A body washed up on the beach, a drug-induced camping trip, and a story that starts with "I bet Tony watched the hammer in his father's hand shiver like a tuning bar…"

Featuring

Paul A. Toth, Zdravka Evtimova, Scott McIntyre, Jeffrey Ross, Steven Mayoff, Clay McCann, Jeffrey Griffiths, Sam Greene, Britt Piper, rob mclennan

Issue 1: Winter 2007

A boat on the lonely tide, a beleaguered interior decorator, the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. All this and more in our eponymous 1st issue.

Featuring

Patricia McCarthy, Brent Rouleau, Theresa Kishkan, Steve Dunne, Steve Zytveld, Rachel Dugas, Sarah Gibbons, Theresa Kishkan, Cyril Dabydeen, Jacqueline Kajawa, Amanda Earl, Gloria Mendosa, Sam Greene