Issue 7: Winter 2026

  • Fall, 1980

    LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I ignored Emily Rubenfeld. Maybe I always found her fascinating and just called the feeling pity, I don’t know, but it was easy enough to mind my own business and just lump her in with the other social outcasts. Until Grade 11 history, when I became obsessed with her. The entire hour…

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  • The Eyes of the Blind

    THE LIGHT HAD FAILED a long time ago. The research, the injections, even the gridlines you had to look at to check if your macular degeneration was getting worse – all these had come too late for Vera. She was blind. Most days, Vera was reasonably pleased with how she was coping. Her long-dead mother,…

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  • Ding Ding

    SECURITY AT PUFFIN Luxury Rentals is no laughing matter: the new contract covers all four buildings in closed-circuit video and includes a daytime patrol (one guard, one gate attendant) and a nighttime patrol (one guard), to the tune of $20,000/month. Another $10,000 pays for a round-the-clock concierge and fresh flowers and mats on every floor.…

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  • How to use Canada’s First Subway

    How to use Canada’s First Subway is a pamphlet that was distributed by the Toronto Transit Commission in 1954, a portion of which is included in the pages to follow. It provides instructions on how to find subway entrances, use turnstiles, and obtain transfers, among other things. Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 16, Series…

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