He had attempted to cheat death; instead, he’d invited it into his home.
Artist Spotlight: Meaha Caudle-Choi
The featured artist for this edition of HLR Spotlight is Meaha Caudle-Choi. Meaha is a student in the Visual & Digital Arts program, which is part of Humber’s Faculty of Media & Creative Arts.
Bear Bones
There’s a pressure in my chest and I can’t breathe, thinking I heard her voice—just there, beyond reach, in the dark.
Supporting Role
I could tell he fascinated her, the way he seemed touched with magic dust.
The Truth About Gravity
It would make his father proud, he thought. To be the first to break a law.
The Seven
In the beginning, there were seven. Rua. Oraiste. Bui. Uaine. Gorm. Cor. And Cair. And they were far from pure and solitary.
Leather Shoes
Sugar
“How long will it take, Schmidt?” I asked my junior officer.
He glanced at me. “We are almost here, Oberführer.”
Corn
You are the most prolific farmer in federation space. Today marks the sprouting of your two-trillionth concurrent ear of corn. The local news operation sent a crew to your cottage in the centre of the field to ask you about it.
A Love Underground
Richard Morin creaked down the stairs to the storm cellar with a packet of letters and a bottle of cognac tucked under his arm.
Cold Comfort
The mental health counsellor said writing out my story might help. I don’t know about that, but here goes.
Gone Swimming
I have received much support for my transition. And suddenly, everyone wants me to go swimming all the time. They don’t understand that I don’t have a reflection in bodies of water.
September 19
It didn’t matter that Jane was 13. She loved spending time with her mom. They were tight—Gilmore Girls tight.
Marriage Swallows
If you’re not careful, a marriage will swallow you up.
The Sixth Week
I haven't had a clear thought in days. Not one word you are about to read has been written without a therapeutic-bordering-on-toxic level of coffee consumption beforehand.
The Girls
The house was full of people, but none of them cared about the nine-year-old running in and out of their rooms.
Artist Spotlight: Anna Bondarenko
The featured artist for this edition of HLR Spotlight is Anna Sergeevna Bondarenko. Anna is a student in the Visual & Digital Arts program, which is part of Humber’s Faculty of Media & Creative Arts.
How to Bildungsroman at Twenty-Eight Years Old
A reporter takes a summer internship with the goal of leaving home and learning about his new career, only to discover he had more to learn about himself.
A Grief Revisited
At the funeral service, I stood to read a poem and lost my cool. I choked on the lines and forgot how to read. The mask I worked so hard to create in high school shattered. The confident, at times arrogant, know-it-all me died that day.
The Sun vs. The Moon
“Well Re, here’s the thing,” Celine tells him. “I’m going back to the apartment and packing up everything that is mine and what I want to be mine, and I’m leaving.” Re opens his mouth, but Celine holds up her other hand, “Oh no, no, no. I’m not done.”