From the Archive: Allison Chow (CAROUSEL 17)

From the Archive: Allison Chow (CAROUSEL 17)

ALLISON CHOW Some Three Hours in the Evening of August Sixteenth When I Am Nineteen One of my grandfathers looks like a Chinese Dustin Hoffman. He has gotten more handsome with age. When we go out to restaurantson SaturdaysI open doors for himbecause he is decades olderthan I ambut morebecause my reverencefor him cannot be containedsilentlyor only within me. Really it is my honourto open doors for him. Some Three Hours in the Evening…appeared in

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From the Archive: J.R. Myers (CAROUSEL 17)

From the Archive: J.R. Myers (CAROUSEL 17)

J.R. MYERS The Last Snowman It was a battle again; Ray pushing and demanding, never satisfied because he didn’t know what he wanted; Ethel pining to be left alone, wanting nothing more than to gaze at old familiar things and daydream.       “It’s no use your moping around,” Ray scowled when his wife refused to come outside with him.       “And it’s no use your storming around like a bull in a china

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From the Archive: Dunja Lukic (CAROUSEL 16)

From the Archive: Dunja Lukic (CAROUSEL 16)

DUNJA LUKIC December 1992 I. It was in the shadows of a dark first winterwhen the stars were frozen in the night domeand even with our spinningwe couldn’t shake them from the skyheld our hungry mouths openwaiting for those falling universes to explode on our tongues expectant hoping our bellies would be swollen with stars. II. With wide seven year old eyes that same winter the sky was colorless it was snowing I saw stars

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From the Archive: Dan Wells (CAROUSEL 16)

From the Archive: Dan Wells (CAROUSEL 16)

DAN WELLS Spare Change There he was, once again. Sitting on his bench, clothed in a knatty white dress shirt, collar curling like a dead leaf, dress pants cinched so tight they ballooned. He had a build for begging, emaciated limbs striking right angles, threatening to poke new holes in his clothing. He smiled at Paul, wished him a good morning. Paul scowled, locked the door behind him. Beggars were never good for business.       

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From the Archive: John B. Lee (CAROUSEL 16)

From the Archive: John B. Lee (CAROUSEL 16)

JOHN B. Lee Drugging the Fishes It seemsthe things we flushare drugging the fishesin New York City, for instancethere’s enough Prozacin the East Riverto keepthe herring happy as housewivesin sitcoms all seasonproblem is — they’ve lost theirinterest in spawning, soif and when the males come-a-milting(though they mostly come-a-tilting)they keep their eggsto themselves, their roe in sacks like bobblesthey’re so swim-dizzy they’ve lost all desireeven the words ‘oviparous,spontaneous myosis, external fertilization,egg vent’leave them cold-blooded …even the

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From the Archive: Brian Burke (CAROUSEL 15)

From the Archive: Brian Burke (CAROUSEL 15)

BRIAN BURKE Hibiscus iguanas hide in the drain pipesof a twenty-foot walloutside our studio doorfeed on the hibiscuscamouflaged from gamekeepersintent on banishing themto the lush green golf coursebeside the ocean the iguana journey back hang on overhead palm branches bury themselves in small rock crevices dig out shaded caves near the shore & finally stretch their necks out of the drain-piped wall of rock cautious but dreaming also of rain of gamekeepers & of dinosaurs

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From the Archive: D.N. Simmers (CAROUSEL 15)

From the Archive: D.N. Simmers (CAROUSEL 15)

D.N. SIMMERS Letting an Umbrella Open Into the Wind                                     I let                                                                 an umbrella                        

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CAROUSEL 43 — out now!

CAROUSEL 43 — out now!

Summer 2020; 80 pages perfect-bound w/ bleedsCover artwork by Mark LaliberteDesign by Origin Obscure The summer 2020 issue of CAROUSEL — our final print issue — is available to order now! Poetry, Fiction, Comics, Interviews & Artwork by: John Barton • Gary Barwin • derek beaulieu • David James Brock • Sue Chenette • Jeremy Colangelo • Adam Day • Leesa Dean • Jonathan Duckworth • Jonathan Dyck • Kenneth Jakubas • Karl Jirgens •

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4PANEL Supplement  No. 16 now free online (from CAROUSEL 42)

4PANEL Supplement No. 16 now free online (from CAROUSEL 42)

Kim Jooha recently guest-edited The 4PANEL Project‘s 8-page Supplement section in CAROUSEL 42. This special section features explorations of the four-panel comic strip format by an absolutely magical roster of both Canadian and international artists: William Dereume (Canada) Margaux Duseigneur (France) François Henninger (France) Huh Hyunjung (South Korea) Laurence Lagier (France) Lomé Lu (France) Andrea Lukic (Canada) Juli Majer (Canada) Manuel (France) Aeon Mute (Canada) OOO (Korea) Rantan (Korea) Caroline Sury (France) Jeong Wonkyo (Korea) Woo Younsik (Korea) While the 4PANEL Supplement

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