Fiction

The Witch of Wellesley Island Chapter 10 – The End . . . of the Trail

Sarah asked herself what she and Pete were thinking, coming to Canoe Point . . . willing to place themselves in danger, maybe even in mortal danger?

Volume 19, Issue 10, October 2024
Marie-Anne Erki

The Final Episode of Roscoe Fish Stories; with Epilogue

“We could have had fish and chips if we had kept one,” one boy grumbled. “What are we going to do?” Christopher sighed.

Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 9: Roscoe and The Floating Roof

Quite soon, however, he was jolted awake by a dark shadow above his head. It wasn’t a cloud, he thought, because the sky was cloudless. And it wasn’t a floating log, because it was big and rectangular.

Volume 19, Issue 7, July 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 8 Roscoe and the Invasion of the River Rats

On one such hot afternoon, Roscoe was lounging on the ledge beside his exercise rock, just inside the mouth of his cave, alternately reading boying adventure magazines and dozing, when heavy raindrops startled him awake. . .

Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 7 – The Fish Grove – Part 1

One Friday evening in the middle of July, Roscoe was sitting at the Minnow Bar, idly sipping a foam shake, when Rose darted by and hurriedly whispered, "Have you heard of the new amusement park over by Wellesley Island?

Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 7, The Fish Grove, Part 2

Despite the possibility of meeting Quin, Roscoe was not about to give up his day at the amusement park. He had outsmarted Quin once, and he could outsmart him again.

Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 7, The Fish Grove, Part 3

“We have to let Quin know that he’s in danger.” “That won’t be easy,” said Rose. Roscoe twirled his eyeballs, which helped The plan began to take shape as they lost no time heading back to the fireworks stall . . .

Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 5 Boying: The Lost Bait Can

Over the winter, he had been taking a class and studying the Boying Manual to become a Boying Guide. At the graduation ceremony, he proudly had received an official Canadian Boying Guide license and badge.

Volume 19, Issue 4, April 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 6 Boying - Of Storms and Shoals

Roscoe had little time to make a plan. Just then, he began to feel a low, rumbling, vibration through the water.

Volume 19, Issue 4, April 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 3 – The Journey Downriver

After bouncing around in the lock, Roscoe and Rose were exhausted. They found a hiding place in a rocky outcropping along the lakeshore and slept all day. When they awoke, dusk was beginning to fall, and they were ravenous . . .

Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 4 – The Perilous Escape

“There, there,” said Rocky’s uncle, trying to calm Roscoe, but he understood the urgency. Quickly he drew a map on the sandy bottom, marking with an ‘x’ . . .

Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode 2: How Roscoe Fish Got His Name (Part l)

Roscoe’s story began in a place far away from the Thousand Islands. His parents were not St Lawrence River fish at all. He was spawned in the pristine waters of the Willowemoc River in upper New York State, near Trout Town, USA . . .

Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2024
Sarah Bodine

Introduction: Roscoe Fish Stories

My uncle John Keats, known to everyone as JK, came to tuck us in when the light faded from the River. His bedtime tales that silenced both flying balls and pillow fights were the ones about a fish named Roscoe.

Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2024
Sarah Bodine

Episode I: Roscoe Fish Goes "Boying"!

Every morning, at dawn, as the sun’s first rays came streaking through the cool, green water above his cave beneath Pine Island, Roscoe Fish slid out of his cozy seaweed bed.

Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2024
Sarah Bodine

Crunch Time, a short story

It was a Saturday morning, which meant the day’s highlight for George Davis would be the big bowl of Cap’n Crunch cereal that he ate slowly in the breakfast nook of the home he lived in for more than 50 years . . .

Volume 18, Issue 12, December 2023
Chris Brock

The Pubble Story by Annie Beatty & Ganwalking

My name is Annie, I was born in South Lake, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada, 16 June 1858. I lived a normal life for my time, except my husband was fascinated with time travel. Time travelling killed him but not me!

Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2023
Sherry L. B. Johnson

River Dog, a short story

The place was filled with the usual crowd for a Sunday afternoon, two different games on the TVs, and the dog was at the bar. I’ll never forget the image of the dog, sitting on a stool, lapping up a beer like he was a regular customer.

Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2022
Tom French