Canadian Stories, A Folk Magazine Written By or About Canadians

COVER
Spring Tulips by Loreena M. Lee		Cover
STORIES
Digging Up Treasures by Hilda J. Born		1
I Believe in Ghosts by Sheila Jecks	Featured Story	2
The Bay Window by Loreena M. Lee		5
Perilous Journey by Susanna Voth Wiebe		6
Schoolhouse Tales by Donna Quick		7
Surprise of a One-Sided Stroke by Margrit de Graff		8
I Made A Cake for My Garbage Collectors by Linda D. Payne		11
Escape to the Caribbean by Sabine Schouten		14
Shimmies at 60 by Bruce Corbett		16
Musical Marathon - Forte Etude by Edythe L. Falconer		17
You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby by Nesta Primeau		18
Where Are You From? by Alvin Ens		19
I’m Canadian by E.R. Nicodemus		21
All People Matter by Dena Speevak		22
Hard Candies and An Orange by Rob Clark		23
Joan Fierro by Heather Mallett		26
Relative Eccentricity by Holly Larocque		27
Summer Jail-Time by Peter A. Scotchmer		28
The Two-Mile Sneeze by Rosemary L. Rigsby		31
Red Tail Hawk, Armadillo and Vultures by John Trott		32
POETRY
Rural Life, July 1950 and Rural Life, 2019 by Royden McCoag		33
Ode to the Apple by Robert English		34
I Don’t Understand by Glenn Lloyd		34
Dreams by Robert English		35
Sing A Song to the Man in the Moon by Edythe Falconer		36
The Damnation of Faust!!! by Gerald McClean		37
The Second Chance by Alvin Ens		38
Dementia Moments by Elaine Durst		38
Let Justice Flow by Alvin Ens		39
Tidal Pools by Leesa Hanna		39
Eyes Wide and It Wasn’t The Mortality of Combat by Andrew Lafleche		40
Masks by John Trott		41
Spring Cento 2020 by Carol Garvie		42
Unimaginable and Smiles by Norma West Linder		43
Health Care Workers by Norma West Linder		44
FICTION
Blind Heart in a Small Town by Suzanne Alimoglu		45
The Last Trousseau Tea, 1946 by Joan M. Baril		45
Celestial Bliss by Gerald McClean		48
Heaven Sent by Linda Payne		48
The Reunion by Donna Quick		50
Summer Company by Mary Ruth Reed		52
Recapturing the Rapture by Bruce Corbett		55
Together Again by Norma Janzen		56
Gullible’s Incredible Travels by David Charles O’Hearn		59
COLUMNS
From Peter’s Pen by Peter C. Joyce		62
Marie’s Musings by Marie Minaker		63
MORE . . .
Art Work from Paula Brine-Hogan		63
The Giants of Eastern Ontario by Philip Shea		64
Three Days With the Trio by Peter C. Joyce		65
The Coven, Flavours of Autumn and Vulture Sighting by Stella Mazur Preda	Featured Poems	67
The Dark and Light of Winter by Robert English		68
A Miracle on the Prairies by Les D. Sicherman		69
The Window by Rosine Ryan-Lewis		70
Purses & Wallets - March Madness by Hal Studholme		70
Images of Plage Laval by Dena Speevak		71
Paddy and Pops by Norma West Linder		72
Virtual Tourist by Neil Garvie		74
18TH STORY ENDING CONTEST
Is This The Day? Story Ending by John Trott		75
To Die or Not To Die by Peter C. Joyce		75
Is This The Day? Ending by Doris Cassan		76
Is This The Day? Continued by Vincent L. Morris		77
Imprisoned by E.R. Nicodemus		77
19TH STORY ENDING CONTEST
Take Your Choice by Gary E. Miller		78
LETTERS		78
Editor’s Postscript		80
Short Story, Poetry & Black and White Line Art Contest 2021		81
Story Contest		Back Cover