ISSUE 11

Now we’re green, heralding spring with its freshness and new growth, the soft rain flushing away winter’s greyness and unwanted thoughts. Thanks as always to the members of the editorial collective who read and choose the submissions and fashion the final product, polishing and doing justice to the quality of the content.

New ideas are flooding in with spring, you'll find some of them here in issue #11:

Poetry: Six poets express life's joys and despair with lyrical deftness.

Fiction: Childhood memories are evoked in a universal story.

Literary non- fiction: A unique tale of one woman's struggle with her body.

Reviews: Some good reading, don't forget to share your favourites with us. Make your debut as a book-reviewer, it's easy to follow the guidelines that we've included at the end of this section. Fiction or non-fiction, anything you've enjoyed.

Links: A contest for writers, a great BC resource and a reminder about the special site for parents. If you notice something interesting, useful or funny, share it with us at zine@sheenasplace.org

Gallery: Flushed has a small group of readers in the Czech Republic. One sent us the piece A Work in Progress for a previous issue. This time, we're featuring some beautiful photos of Prague sent by a Canadian living there. And, the talented author of Fighting for Physical Fitness has contributed a painting to illustrate her writing.

If you're a first time reader of Flushed, check the archives for our first 10 issues, lots of good stuff there too.

Have a safe, satisfying and sunny summer: we'll be back in the Fall.

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