The Danforth Review

NEW! September 1, 2004

An Interesting Story About a Fascinating Life
by Barry Webster

Figure Four Leg Lock
by Shane Jones

The Protector
by Andres Kahar

Bluebells and Gravity Probe B
by Silas Grey

Hijinx Ensue
by Joel Katelnikoff

Estimating Distances
by J.J. Steinfeld

Here is a Story I Wrote by Jennifer Amey

Stuffed in a Box by Richard L. Provencher

The fiction for this issue was selected and edited by Michael Bryson.

Praise Him. Praise Him and Her and the Speech-blossom of the It of the Itness and the breakness of the Knee-wear-blossom-itsum. Barry Webster

In the beginning we had sex four or five times a day. But the summer my boyfriend decided to become an amateur wrestler he lost all interest. Every moment was another opportunity for him to get faster, stronger, and learn yet another new grappling technique. Shane Jones

She wants to kill me, but can't figure out a way to do it — leastways, not without spending half a lifetime behind bars, which sort of defeats the object. Silas Grey

Human being decides to live as cat. HIJINX ENSUE Joel Katelnikoff

Dashiell was the man who anonymously materialized into the anonymous environment of a call centre, right out of thin air — literally. It was during one evening shift: a cubicle was empty one moment, filled the next. No one in the phone room immediately noticed. Andres Kahar

At first it was quite uncomfortable, until he rolled into a ball, using some of Jo-Ann's sweaters as a mattress. The smell of perfume still lingered from her clothes and the aroma made it seem like she was close by. Richard L. Provencher

"When you going to write the history of guerrilla warfare in Canada? You might as well tell them your silly story of how you were a guerrilla in the hills of Prince Edward Island." J.J. Steinfeld

Maybe they're in a park, walking dogs, or just sitting under trees, reading, enjoying the cool air on their faces. Maybe they catch each other's eyes walking down the street. It happens a number of times, neither one does anything about it. Jennifer Amey

ARCHIVES

[*] The Danforth Review archives fiction submissions for two years. Previous editions of The Danforth Review are archived with the National Library of Canada.

All fiction selected by Michael Bryson, except as noted.

ISSUE #1 - September 1999

Tom O'Brien, The Live One

Brian Panhuyzen, The Intoxication of Thought

Ken Sparling, Leave It Where It Falls

Tony Thomas, Forklift

ISSUE #2 - December 1999

Mark Schrutt, Towards Harrisburg

Monica S. Kuebler, Fantasia

ISSUE #3 - March 2000

Sari Colt, Disco Inferno

Sharon Eberhardt, Cotton Candy Dreams

Joy Hewitt Mann, Peter Pan in Bedlam

David Zakss, Rays of Debatable Intention

ISSUE #4 - September 2000

Bryan W. Jones, First Commandments and Second Amendments

Sharon Eberhardt, The Jackal

Deirdre Maultsaid, Authentic

Dimitri Nasrallah, Abbatoir

Deanna Symoski, When All Things Can Be

Gerard Varni, The Hole Between Them

ISSUE #5 - January 2001

Jane Halpern, Embassy

Ann Knight, What Dreams May Come

Ladd Moore, Jack Hardesty: When Red Ryder Got Took Prisoner

George Murray, The Bed

Sam Pitch, Hostess, My Hostess

Michael Twist, Door Number Three

ISSUE #6 - July 2001

Gabe Camozzi, Jacket Walk

Jean-Gérald Charbonneau, Mississippi Mon Amour

Jen Gouthro, The Camel's Hump

Lillie Papps, Self Defence

Diane Scott, Squeeze with Medium Pressure

ISSUE #7 - January 2002 (selected by Nathan Whitlock)

Joe Davies, You Can Expect a Beautiful Summer

Julia Guance, The Underwriter

Paul Glennon, The Man Who Would Not Believe

Greg Kearney, Bad Readings

Diana Kiesners, Irritant

John Lowry, The Saline Solution

Craig Taylor, The Beast

Darryl Whetter, A Sharp Tooth in the Fur

ISSUE #8 - September 2002 (selected with assistance from Harold Hoefle)

Brooke Biaz, Herman's Heart

Phil Jones, Bushed

Rebecca Lloyd, The Lobster Woman's Luck

Peter Vaughan, Plato's Flan

ISSUE #9 - March 2003

Tim Conley, The Watch

Keith Ebsary, Jesus Rides Beside Me

A.C. Koch, Crossdresser

Kabeera McCorkle, Evidence

Nichole McGill, The Witch of Belle's Grove

Patrick Roscoe, Mutilation

ISSUE #10 - September 2003

Judd Hampton, The Killing Frost

Zachary Houle, It Came From Nowhere

Louisa Howerow, Hairs

Greg Kearney, The Man Who Ate Babies

Gail Konop Baker, Pacifier

James Lewelling, Monkey Boxes

ISSUE #11 - March 2004

Thea Atkinson, Broken China

Corin Cummings, excerpt from "Night Support"

Anthony De Sa, Only a Boy

Janina Hornosty, Four Way Stop

Yusouf Mohammad, A Birth in Sharjah

Michael O'Neill, Poema Woman

(Name redacted), (title redacted)

Lisa Polisar, The Manolo Peninsula