{"id":638,"date":"2017-07-03T21:15:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T01:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/?page_id=638"},"modified":"2017-07-04T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T16:34:32","slug":"sl-03","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/archives\/sl-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SL03_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-720 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SL03_2-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"SL03\" width=\"640\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SL03_2-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SL03_2-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SL03_2.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>ISSN 2371-1361 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (&#8220;Collision&#8221; by Fabrice Poussin)<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Contents<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial<\/h2>\n<p><strong>ERIN DELLA MATTIA<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\/\/ \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/let-tell-fears\/\">Let Me Tell You About My Fears<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>JONAH BRUNET<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/venuss-furs\/\">Venus&#8217;s Furs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>JOSH STENBERG<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/valley\/\">Valley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>STEVEN SUNTRES<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/afterparty-going\/\">Afterparty Going<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Non-Fiction<\/h2>\n<p><strong>RACHEL LAVERDIERE<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/pinholes-of-light\/\">Pinholes of Light<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Poetry<\/h2>\n<p><strong>NED BAECK<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/report-from-the-ether\/\">Report from the Ether<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CAIRA CLARK<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/two-poems-by-caira-clark\/\">Two Poems<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_____________<\/span>\/ \u00a0Better than that ORACLE<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_____________<\/span>\/ \u00a0Spreadsheet Blues<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUZANNA DEREWICZ<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/jokeville\/\">Jokeville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.J. HUFFMAN<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/three-poems-by-a-j-huffman\/\">Three Poems<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_____________<\/span>\/ \u00a0Of Pole Dancers and Dark Desires<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_____________<\/span>\/ \u00a0Of Screeching<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_____________<\/span>\/ \u00a0Watching the Rain<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAVID MORGAN O&#8217;CONNOR<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/kiss-night-club-fire\/\">Kiss Night Club Fire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEAN STEELE<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/two-poems-by-sean-steele\/\">Two Poems<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_____________<\/span>\/ \u00a0a cup on its side at the edge of a lake in Germany in the late evening one <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_____________ _<\/span>summer as the sun begins to sink below the line of trees to the West and you <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">____________ __<\/span>are sitting on a park bench watching people feed geese and you are alone and <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___________ ___<\/span>feel good<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_____________<\/span>\/ \u00a0There must be a basement<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Portfolio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>FABRICE POUSSIN<\/strong> \u00a0\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/03\/by-her-window\/\">By Her Window<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Contributors&#8217; Notes<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NED BAECK<\/strong> lives in Vancouver. His poems have previously appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/thecontinuist.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Continuist<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alwaysuntethered.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>untethered<\/em><\/a>. His first full-length collection of poems is forthcoming from Guernica.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JONAH BRUNET<\/strong> is a freelance and creative writer from Ottawa living in downtown Toronto. His fiction has appeared in Carleton University&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/inwordsmagazine.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">In\/Words Magazine<\/a><\/em>, NYU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/minettareview.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Minetta Review<\/em><\/a>, and is forthcoming in the University of Houston&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glassmountainmag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Glass Mountain Magazine<\/em><\/a>. He&#8217;s very happy to be here. You can follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonahbrunet?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">@jonahbrunet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAIRA CLARK<\/strong> grew up in New Brunswick but now calls Nova Scotia home. Her poetry has been shortlisted in contests for <a href=\"http:\/\/foglit.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fog Lit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alwaysuntethered.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>untethered<\/em><\/a>. Currently, she is an apprentice in the Writers&#8217; Federation of Nova Scotia Alistair McLeod Mentorship Program. Find her online on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cairamhairi?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">@CairaMhairi<\/a> or at <a href=\"https:\/\/cairaclark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.cairaclark.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ERIN DELLA MATTIA<\/strong> is a writer, researcher, and the Managing Editor of <em>Sewer Lid<\/em>. This fall she begins her doctoral studies with the Department of English at the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUZANNA DEREWICZ<\/strong> is a writer based in Toronto, Canada. She has recently been published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onmetatron.org\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metatron&#8217;s <em>OMEGA<\/em> blog<\/a>, in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minolareview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Minola Review<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordsonpagespress.com\/parenthetical\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>(parenthetical)<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peachmgzn.com\/read\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Peach Mag<\/em><\/a>, among others. Her debut chapbook, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordsonpagespress.com\/2016\/09\/10\/maggiemonologues\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie Monologues<\/a><\/em>, was released in Fall 2016 by words(on)pages press. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suzannaderewicz\" target=\"_blank\">@suzannaderewicz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A.J. HUFFMAN<\/strong> has published thirteen full-length poetry collections, thirteen solo poetry chapbooks, and one joint poetry chapbook through various small presses. Her most recent releases, <a href=\"http:\/\/files.scars.tv\/cgi-bin\/works_e.pl?\/home\/users\/web\/b929\/us.scars\/perl\/text-writings\/huffman078.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Pyre On Which Tomorrow Burns<\/em><\/a> (Scars Publications), <a href=\"http:\/\/pinkgirlink.blogspot.ca\/2015\/09\/degeneration-by-aj-huffman.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Degeneration<\/em><\/a> (Pink Girl Ink), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bizarre-Burning-Bees-AJ-Huffman\/dp\/0692579842\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1449871308&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=A+Bizarre+Burning+of+Bees\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Bizarre Burning of Bees<\/em><\/a> (Transcendent Zero Press), and <a href=\"http:\/\/flutterpress2009.blogspot.ca\/2016\/03\/new-release-familiar-illusions-by-aj.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Familiar Illusions<\/em><\/a> (Flutter Press) are now available from their respective publishers. She is a five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a two-time Best of Net nominee, and has published over 2,600 poems in various national and international journals, including: <a href=\"http:\/\/boneorchardpoetry.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bone Orchard<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thebookendsreview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Bookends Review<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corev.ink\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Corvus Review<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egophobia.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>EgoPHobia<\/em><\/a>, <em>The James Dickey Review<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kritya.in\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kritya<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labletter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Labletter<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RACHEL LAVERDIERE<\/strong> writes and teaches in Saskatoon. Her prose and poetry has been published or is forthcoming in various North American literary journals, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dimeshowreview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dime Show Review<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefallmagazine.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FreeFall<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gravelmag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gravel<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/oleanderreview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Oleander Review<\/em><\/a>. Follow Rachel on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/r_laverdiere?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">@r_laverdiere<\/a> or learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachellaverdiere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.rachellaverdiere.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAVID MORGAN O&#8217;CONNOR<\/strong> is from a small village on Lake Huron. After many nomadic years, he is currently based in Albuquerque, where a short story collection progresses. He contributes monthly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newpages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>New Pages<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thereviewreview.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Review Review<\/em><\/a>. His writing has appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/acrossthemargin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Across the Margi<\/em>n<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/afterthepause.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>After the Pause<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelona-metropolitan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Barcelona Metropolitan<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/beechwoodreview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Beechwood Review<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/bohemia-journal\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bohemia<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cecileswriters.com\/mag\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Cecile&#8217;s Writers&#8217; Magazine<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CollectiveExile\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Collective Exile<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fictioninc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fiction Magazine<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreatamericanlitmag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Great American Lit Mag<\/em><\/a> (Pushcart nomination), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.pe.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/headland.org.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Headland<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/tnq.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New Quarterly<\/em><\/a>. You can find out more on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dmoconnorwrites\" target=\"_blank\">@dmoconnorwrites<\/a> and on his website <a href=\"http:\/\/davidmorganoconnor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">davidmorganoconnor.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEAN STEELE<\/strong>: Born in Vancouver, raised on Vancouver Island (Nanaimo). 31 years old. Poet, novelist, musician (records as Mareotis), painter, traveller. Part-time academic, full-time dreamer. PhD student in Humanities at York University. Has an MA in Humanities, a BA in Philosophy and History from Concordia in Montreal, and a music diploma from Vancouver Island University. Currently lives in Toronto. Committed to love, curiosity, and creativity. The eternal optimist. Enjoys the game of living. Celebrates daily. Grateful, alive, and seeking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOSH STENBERG<\/strong> is a Vancouver-born writer, translator and academic. He teaches Chinese literature and language at the University of Sydney and has worked with Chinese theatres, filmmakers, journals and literary events on international projects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>STEVEN SUNTRES<\/strong> is a recent graduate of UNB\u2019s MA in Creative Writing program where he wrote <em>Rave Jesus<\/em>, a novel exploring tensions between cultural authenticity and commercialization in Toronto\u2019s rave scene. \u201cAfterparty Going,\u201d an excerpt from <em>Rave Jesus<\/em>, is his first fiction publication. In the fall, he will be a student in Carleton University&#8217;s PhD in Cultural Mediations program. Find him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ssuntres?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">@ssuntres<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISSN 2371-1361 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/archives\/sl-03\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/638\/revisions\/752"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}