This special 20th anniversary anthology invites you to journey outside yourself: float in a capsized rowboat, downward-dog through a yoga studio adapting to covid-19, reflect on the legacy of residential schools, find purpose on the Camino de Santiago, and make peace with your raccoon neighbours. These are stories of ego, loss, birth, renewal-the salient issues of our time.In emerge 20, stories in fiction, narrative non-fiction, speculative fiction, young adult fiction, poetry, and lyric prose isolate the everyday tales of human resilience and solidarity that will leave you wanting more from these emerging writers.CONTENTSBetsy Warland-ForewordFICTIONDora Joella Prieto-The Last Wisdom ToothElliott Gish-Grey DogB. B. Randhawa-The Woman Who Thought She Was a CowTeminey Beckers-My Name Is BadgerDora Larson-The ApartmentPrachi Kamble-World Class EducationBarbara Cameron-Unconsecrated GroundAngela Kruger-Hotel Blue: StoriesFrederic Sahyouni-The Fragrant HarbourColleen Doty-All About IsaacLibby Soper-The Anniversary Cakeeve nixen-Two storiesSarah Phillips-Thin-Grasping at the PineappleFrancesca Mauri -The Day of Her DisappearanceAnya Wyers-Romilegal: DowntownUttara Krishnadas-InfectiousJudy Dercksen-Not the Namib DesertMagnus Lu-Ten Days of UndoingStephanie Peters-The UpsetDK Eve-Lunch Shift at the Castle CafeTanya Belanger-The Last StopVisnja Milidragovic-Happy HourRebecca Chan-An Unnatural WidowHugh Griffith-The Snake ClubSandra Sugimoto-SistersChristina Kruger-Woodrow-Lie FallowNON-FICTIONKatie Lewis-NutsWilliam W. Campbell-Amusia and Ravel’s BoleroKim Spencer-Two piecesLori Greenfield-The Tuesday LadiesEmily Chan-Living in Ms. Shauna Roberts’s ApartmentJustyna Krol-System FailureEmma Brady-The BedroomNancy Jin-GuifangDeborah Folka-Dessert in the DesertShenul Dhalla-Hope for a CureChristine Pilgim-GoodbyeMaryanna Gabriel-Get Thee to a NunneryOla Szczecinska-Big SurCalvin McShane-Catching the Way ZendoMargaret Miller-Two piecesAnne Rosenberg-Two piecesKate Covello-Disruption and Innovation: Yoga Teacher Training After covid-19Ankush Chopra-Stay the CourseSPECULATIVE AND YA FICTIONJenn Marx-Electric Blue TongueJess Wesley-The Curse of the Fairy QueenHannah Costelle-The Dressmaker of DrumchapelDiane Dubas-EnoughClare McNamee-Annett-We Are Doing FineLibby McKeever-What Came BeforeKatherine Fawcett-Ursula MediumSky Regina-We Are ApricotsTim J. O'Connor-Kath’s PartyErin Pettit-Gilded CityElizabeth Page-Price of PrivilegeDaniel Ortiz Rubio-Purple StainSofia Pezentte-The Blameless OneStephanie Charette-To Hunt the MountainLea Taranto-Kiss the GroundSusan Taite-GlimmersJack Murphy-Hyper Neon CowboyBailey Bjolin-DomeDanica Longair-Hope Is a Necessary DelusionRobert Weber-The End Is … Mundane?POETRYAlana Cheyne-Three poemsEla Przybylo-Two poemsAnna Lee-Popham-Three poemsBrandon Houston-Can I Pray for YouKuldeep Singh-Five poemsPinki Li-To the Family of Raccoons Who Moved in Late Last WeekSarah Jessie Tucker-Four poemsF. J. Erica Yang-The Frightfully Pale YellowLaura McGavin-Two poemsClare Adam-Two poemsAmrit Kaur Sanghera-Moving Another WayMarco Melfi-A Model From Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights ReminiscesMichael Edwards-Two poemsTharuna Abbu-Three poems
