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Louise Gallagher

Louise lives on a Gulf Island in the Salish Sea, wandering beaches with her Sheepadoodle, Beaumont. A former executive in the homeless-serving sector, she writes with raw honesty about the human condition – most recently detailing her journey caregiving for her husband with late-stage COPD. Her writing career spans decades, from a 1988 feature on WWII POWs to plays with street youth, OpEds, documentaries, and 4,500+ blog posts on her original platform, Recover Your Joy until she migrated to, Dare Boldly. An artist and author, Louise is currently co-president of the Gabriola Arts Council and is editing her upcoming memoir, The Caregiver's Mutiny: Dismantling the Noble Lies of Caregiving. Find her daily on Substack at She Dares Boldly, exploring poetry, fiction, and what it means to be truly sovereign.

Beryl by Liz Berg

My Auntie Beryl was a gal. That’s what they called her. Always with a fag in her mouth, laughing eyes crinkling against the smoke. She had lived life hard, or so she said. A secretary in a busy office, she wore tight skirts and high heels that she kicked off discreetly under the desk whenever she got a chance, whenever He wasn’t around. She used to tell me these stories amid great bursts of laughter. One hand holding a cocktail with elegance, the plastic cherry on the stick poking through the maraschino cherry dangling in the alcohol...

Features

The Enchanted Bleedin’ Forest

An Eye for an Eye

This City is Mine

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Dibyangana

Spotlight On Writers – Julian Matthews

Spotlight On Writers – Maria Lorenzana

The Daughter of the Maccabees

The Enchanted Bleedin’ Forest

This City is Mine

Why Do You Write?

“I love you” Heals

Solitary Crowd

Heard

Further and Further

heard

This City is Mine

The Daughter of the Maccabees

The Lives and Dreams of Some of Us

An Eye for an Eye

How Grey Wall

Isle of Palms

Bhumi

A Tiny Seed

A Hopeful Beginning

Our Inheritance

Let The Tombstone Speak

Granada